Smashing Security

Smashing Security


Latest Episodes

Smashing Security presents The AI Fix
July 30, 2024

In episode nine of "The AI Fix", our hosts learn about the world's most dangerous vending machine, a cartoonist who hypnotises himself with AI, and OpenAI's plans to eat Google's lunch.Graham tells Mark about a pig-farming professor, and Mark tests Graham

CrowdStrike, Dark Wire, and the Paris Olympics
July 24, 2024

Computers blue-screen-of-death around the world! The Paris Olympics is at risk of attack! And the FBI pull off the biggest sting operation in history by running a secret end-to-end encrypted messaging app!All this and much much more is discussed in the la

Trump assassination conspiracies, Squarespace account hijacks, and the butt stops here
July 17, 2024

Social media fuels conspiracies galore after Donald Trump is shot at a rally, cryptocurrency websites are hijacked after a screw-up at Squarespace, and our guest takes a close look at bottoms on Instagram.All this and much much more is discussed in the la

Teachers TikTok targeted, and fraud in the doctors’ waiting room
July 10, 2024

Execs at a health tech startup are sentenced to jail after a massive ad fraud, and a school is shaken after teachers are targeted via TikTok.All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans

Private nights, evil twins, and crypto home invasions
July 03, 2024

Apps can let you spy on strangers in bars, a gang of cryptocurrency thieves turns to kidnap and assault, and have you joined the mile-high evil twin club?All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by

Julian Assange, inside a DDoS attack, and deepfake traumas
June 26, 2024

Wikileaks's Julian Assange is a free man, deepfakes cause trouble in the playground, and we hear hot takes about ransomware and tales from inside a devastating denial-of-service attack.All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the

An unhealthy data dump, railway surveillance, and a cheater sues Apple
June 19, 2024

There's a wee data breach with unhealthy implications in Scotland, privacy has gone off the rails in the UK, and a cheater blames Apple for his expensive divorce.All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast

iOS 18 for cheaters, and a model cop extortionist?
June 12, 2024

Apple announces a new privacy feature in iOS that will allow you to hide and lock away your apps - but will it be philanderers who benefit the most? And an ex-police officer is arrested for extortion.All this and more is discussed in the latest edition o

Crashing robo-taxis, and name-dropping rappers
June 05, 2024

Drones, some coloured cardboard, and a piece of tinfoil may be all the kit you need to crash a robot-driven taxi, and a rapper is accused of using Justin Bieber's name to defraud a TV company.All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Sm

Microsoft’s Recall controversy, and the North Korean insider threat
May 29, 2024

Microsoft gets itself into a pickle with a privacy-popping new feature on its CoPilot+ PCs, the FTC warns of impersonated companies, and is your company hiring North Korean IT workers?All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "