Online drug dealers get busted due to poor OPSEC! People are still failing to wipe their USB sticks properly! A potential presidential candidate is outed as a former hacker! Flat Earthers! Pi! Empathy!

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Paul Ducklin.

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Special Guest: Paul Ducklin.

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Links:

• 'It's like Uber, but for weed': Meet the man who revolutionized Israel's pot trade — Haaretz.
• Israel Police arrest top members of Telegrass online drug ring — Haaretz.
• Sources: Telegrass head cooperating with police — YNet News.
• You left WHAT on that USB drive?! — Naked Security.
• Cult of the Dead Cow — Wikipedia.
• Back Orifice — Wikipedia.
• Beto O’Rourke’s secret membership in America’s oldest hacking group — Reuters.
• Beto O’Rourke acknowledges involvement with hacking group as teen — The Texas Tribune.
• Behind the Curve.
• Behind the Curve - Official Release Trailer — YouTube.
• Serious Security: What we can all learn from PiDay — Naked Security.
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This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:

OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy