Smashing Security

Criminals are caught in a encrypted chat trap, should you trust Apple's repair team with your sexy snaps, and do you think the FBI should be able to tell who has been reading the USA Today website?

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 The Cyberwire's Dave Bittner.

And don't miss our featured interview with Dr Simon Wiseman, the CTO of Deep Secure.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/231 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.

Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guests: Dave Bittner and Simon Wiseman.

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• Find out more at knowbe4.com/freetest
• Deep Secure: Deep Secure Threat Removal takes incoming poisoned Word documents, boobytrapped PowerPoint slides and the like, and creates brand new files with just the good stuff (and none of the bad). It is a great way of handling brand new threats coming into organisations via the web, email or file sharing and can run alongside your existing anti-virus.
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• Threat Removal gives you the good stuff by delivering files that are 100% threat-free, fully functional and fully revisable.
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• 1Password: Around 80% of business data breaches result from weak or reused passwords. Using 1Password can close the gaps in your company’s security, combat shadow IT, and help your employees stay both productive and secure, wherever they are.
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• AFP-led Operation Ironside smashes organised crime — Australian Federal Police.
• AN0M: Hundreds arrested in massive global crime sting using messaging app — BBC News.
• Fake encrypted app cooked up over beers by Aussie cops and the FBI leads to global sting — Daily Mail.
• FBI Effort to Expose 'USA Today' Readers Was Likely Unlawful, Experts Say — Gizmodo.
• Sunrise, Florida, shooting: 2 FBI agents killed in shootout identified — USA Today.
• Apple paid woman millions after technicians used her iPhone to post explicit videos — The Guardian.
• Get your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch ready for service — Apple Support.
• The Three Investigators.
• Mini Motorways.
• Mini Motorways gameplay video — YouTube.
• Mini Metro — A strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city.
• Love Death & Robots review – prestige TV with added sexbots — The Guardian.
• Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots Volume 2 Ranked Best to Worst — Vulture.
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The US military has been caught exposing its nuclear weapons secrets, and we explore the world of nerdy miners.

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 "Lola."

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/230 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.

Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Sponsored By:

• 1Password: Around 80% of business data breaches result from weak or reused passwords. Using 1Password can close the gaps in your company’s security, combat shadow IT, and help your employees stay both productive and secure, wherever they are.
• 
  
• 1Password makes the secure thing to do the easiest thing to do.
• 
  
• Instant control, effortless management. Quickly deploy 1Password to a single team, multiple teams, or your entire enterprise. Provision employees using trusted systems, respond quickly to domain breach reports, and offer every business user a free 1Password Families account for work-from-home security.
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• Find out more and try 1Password free for 14 days at 1Password.com
• JumpCloud: JumpCloud’s Directory Platform makes it easier to solve today's IT challenges by unifying device and user management through a single pane of glass.
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• With JumpCloud securely managing your users and their devices, doing common things like onboarding and offboarding remote workers is easy.
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• Try JumpCloud for free today at smashingsecurity.com/jumpcloud and help your organization move to a modern, secure hybrid work model.
• Deep Secure: Deep Secure Threat Removal takes incoming poisoned Word documents, boobytrapped PowerPoint slides and the like, and creates brand new files with just the good stuff (and none of the bad). It is a great way of handling brand new threats coming into organisations via the web, email or file sharing and can run alongside your existing anti-virus.
• 
  
• Threat Removal gives you the good stuff by delivering files that are 100% threat-free, fully functional and fully revisable.
• 
  
• Visit deep-secure.com/smashingsecurity for more information, and set up your free trial today.

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Links:

• WarGames (1983 movie starring Matthew Broderick) — Wikipedia.
• Cram: Create and Share Online Flashcards.
• Chegg flashcards.
• US Soldiers Expose Nuclear Weapons Secrets Via Flashcard Apps — Bellingcat.
• 'Three nerds' linked to massive Bitcoin mine found in Sandwell warehouse — Birmingham Mail.
• Sandwell Bitcoin mine found stealing electricity — BBC News.
• The Berglas Effect: Magic's Best Card Trick — The New York Times.
• David Berglas and the Legendary Berglas Effect — YouTube.
• West Cork podcast — Acast.
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A big cheese ends up in jail, a Japanese dating site spills the dirt after a hack, and we learn all about the right to repair.

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 Roberts from The Security Ledger.

Plus don't miss our featured interview with Javvad Malik from KnowBe4.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/229 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.

Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guests: Javvad Malik and Paul F Roberts.

Sponsored By:

• KnowBe4: Did you know that 91% of successful data breaches started with a spear phishing attack? Find out what percentage of your employees are at risk with KnowBe4's free phishing security test. Plus, see how you stack up against your peers with the new phishing industry benchmarks. Find out more at knowbe4.com/freetest
• OneLogin: According to the OneLogin IAMokay Mental Health Survey, more than 77% of technology leaders have said that their work-related stress increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, CISOs and IT executives have been under ever-increasing pressure - leading to deteriorating mental health, addiction issues, and even suicidal thoughts and tendencies. OneLogin's message? You're not alone. Attend their live event on Weds May 26, "Keeping the Mind Clear and the Company Secure" at smashingsecurity.com/oneloginiamokay
• 1Password: With 1Password you only ever need to memorize one password. All your other passwords and important information are protected by your Master Password, which only you know. Take the 14 day free trial now.

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Links:

• Cheese Is Addictive As Drug: Dairy Product Triggers Brain Region Linked To Addiction — Tech Times.
• How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime — Motherboard.
• Liverpool man latest to be jailed as part of national Operation Venetic — Merseyside Police.
• Hard cheese: Stilton snap shared via EncroChat leads to drug dealer's downfall — The Register.
• Automakers Hype Hacking Threat To Sink Pro-Repair Measure — Forbes.
• FTC Report Slams OEM Restrictions on Repair — Fight to Repair.
• securepairs.org – IT pros fight for a fixable future.
• Apology for dating breach (Japanese).
• Coronavirus: Why dating feels so different now — BBC Worklife.
• How Covid-19 has upended dating for singles — Vox.
• Japan's biggest dating app hit by major cyberattack — TechRadar.
• Omiai(お見合い)
• The Pursuit of Love — BBC.
• Adapting The Pursuit of Love for BBC One — BBC Writers Room.
• The Colonial pipeline ransomware hackers had a secret weapon: self-promoting cybersecurity firms — MIT Technology Review.
• Obscura.
• Fstoppers Reviews Obscura 2: A Superb iOS Photo App that Rethinks the 'Interface' — Fstoppers.
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The Colonial Pipeline attack has shone light on the activities of the Darkside ransomware gang, we take a skeptical look at cryptocurrencies and the blockchain, and Eufy security cameras suffer an embarrassing security failure.

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 BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.

Plus don't miss our featured interview with Vanessa Pegueros of OneLogin.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/228 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.

Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guests: Rory Cellan-Jones and Vanessa Pegueros.

Sponsored By:

• 1Password: With 1Password you only ever need to memorize one password. All your other passwords and important information are protected by your Master Password, which only you know. Take the 14 day free trial now.
• Skiff: We store more personal information on our devices than we do in our homes. Where do you go online when you want to write or share something privately?
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• Skiff is the first collaboration platform built for privacy from the ground up. Every document, note, and idea you write is end-to-end encrypted and completely private. Only you and your trusted collaborators - no one else, not even Skiff - can see what you've created.
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• Skiff is offering listeners of Smashing Security early access. Sign up now: skiff.org/smashing
• OneLogin: According to the OneLogin IAMokay Mental Health Survey, more than 77% of technology leaders have said that their work-related stress increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 
  
• As a result, CISOs and IT executives have been under ever-increasing pressure - leading to deteriorating mental health, addiction issues, and even suicidal thoughts and tendencies.
• 
  
• OneLogin's message? You're not alone. Attend their live event on Weds May 26, "Keeping the Mind Clear and the Company Secure" at smashingsecurity.com/oneloginiamokay

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• Major US oil pipeline shut down after ransomware attack — Graham Cluley.
• Abrdn: Standard Life Aberdeen vowel-less rebrand mocked — BBC News.
• DarkSide Ransomware Gang Quits After Servers, Bitcoin Stash Seized — Brian Krebs.
• Colonial Pipeline did pay ransom to hackers, sources now say — CNN.
• Darkside Retreats to the Dark — Kim Zetter on Substack.
• Elliptic Follows the Bitcoin Ransoms Paid by Colonial Pipeline and Other DarkSide Ransomware Victims — Elliptic.
• "Always On: Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era" by Rory Cellan-Jones — Bloomsbury.
• Eufy privacy breach leaks both live and recorded cam feeds — 9to5 Mac.
• WARNING Disconnect any Eufy Security products you own immediately — Reddit.
• Server glitch allowed Eufy owners to see through other homes’ cameras — The Verge.
• Crown Court (TV series) — Wikipedia.
• Fulchester Crown Court — Fan website.
• Crown Court - The Jawbone of an Ass (1978) — YouTube.
• Crown Court - Treason — YouTube.
• BBC Weather app for Android — Google Play Store.
• ‎BBC Weather app for iOS — iOS App Store.
• The Hyacinth Disaster - A Sci Fi Audio Drama.
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Facebook says it's sticking up for the little guys as it picks a fight with Apple, there are testing times on the trains, and Twitter takes a tip.

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 Ray [REDACTED].

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/227 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.

Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guest: Ray [REDACTED].

Sponsored By:

• 1Password: Introduce your family to better online security and safer browsing habits with 1Password.
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• Share more than passwords — save logins, documents, credit cards, and more, accessible on all your devices.
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• Sharing is made simple. Keep personal logins private, and easily share access to what they need.
• 
  
• Recover 1Password access for family members so they never get locked out.
• 
  
• Find out more and try 1Password free for 14 days at 1Password.com
• OneLogin: According to the OneLogin IAMokay Mental Health Survey, more than 77% of technology leaders have said that their work-related stress increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 
  
• As a result, CISOs and IT executives have been under ever-increasing pressure - leading to deteriorating mental health, addiction issues, and even suicidal thoughts and tendencies.
• 
  
• OneLogin's message? You're not alone. Attend their live event on Weds May 26, "Keeping the Mind Clear and the Company Secure" at smashingsecurity.com/oneloginiamokay
• Skiff: We store more personal information on our devices than we do in our homes. Where do you go online when you want to write or share something privately?
• 
  
• Skiff is the first collaboration platform built for privacy from the ground up. Every document, note, and idea you write is end-to-end encrypted and completely private. Only you and your trusted collaborators - no one else, not even Skiff - can see what you've created.
• 
  
• Skiff is offering listeners of Smashing Security early access. Sign up now: skiff.org/smashing

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• Train firm’s ‘worker bonus’ email is actually cybersecurity test — The Guardian.
• Anger Over Shocking Covid Bonus Stunt At West Midlands Trains — TSSA.
• Researcher calls out privacy flaw in Twitter’s new ‘Tip Jar’ donation feature — The Daily Swig.
• Twitter's Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable — Wired.
• We Checked 250 iPhone Apps—This Is How They’re Tracking You — Wirecutter.
• 96% of US users opt out of app tracking in iOS 14.5, analytics find — Ars Technica.
• App Privacy Details on the App Store — Apple.
• What is App Tracking Transparency and how do you block app tracking? — MacWorld.
• Daily iOS 14.5 Opt-in Rate — Flurry.
• If an app asks to track your activity — Apple Support.
• Another Kind of Mind – A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast.
• One Sweet Dream podcast.
• The Pret Index: Pret Sandwich Sales Show Where U.K. Workers Are Returning to the Office — Bloomberg.
• Unframed : Intimacies, Félix Vallotton — YouTube.
• Unframed, a virtual reality series about Swiss painters.
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How did the SCAM cryptocurrency become a success? Why is Google allowing government rip-off ads to still appear on search results? And why on earth is everyone suddenly spending millions of dollars on NFTs?

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 David McClelland.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/226 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.

Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guest: David McClelland.

Sponsored By:

• Skiff: We store more personal information on our devices than we do in our homes. Where do you go online when you want to write or share something privately?
• 
  
• Skiff is the first collaboration platform built for privacy from the ground up. Every document, note, and idea you write is end-to-end encrypted and completely private. Only you and your trusted collaborators - no one else, not even Skiff - can see what you've created.
• 
  
• Skiff is offering listeners of Smashing Security early access. Sign up now: skiff.org/smashing
• KnowBe4: Did you know that 91% of successful data breaches started with a spear phishing attack?
• 
  
• Find out what percentage of your employees are at risk with KnowBe4's free phishing security test.
• 
  
• Plus, see how you stack up against your peers with the new phishing industry benchmarks.
• 
  
• Find out more at knowbe4.com/freetest
• 1Password: Introduce your family to better online security and safer browsing habits with 1Password.
• 
  
• Share more than passwords — save logins, documents, credit cards, and more, accessible on all your devices.
• 
  
• Sharing is made simple. Keep personal logins private, and easily share access to what they need.
• 
  
• Recover 1Password access for family members so they never get locked out.
• 
  
• Find out more and try 1Password free for 14 days at 1Password.com

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• Andre Lewis (@dreesuschrist) — TikTok.
• This TikToker’s ‘SCAM’ Cryptocurrency Took Off and He Can’t Believe It — Motherboard.
• Simple. Cool. Automatic. Money — Scamily.io.
• Why can't Google get a grip on rip-off ads? — BBC News.
• New Government Services Policy — Google Advertising Policies.
• Fungible definition and meaning — Collins English Dictionary.
• NFTs, explained: what they are, and why they’re suddenly worth millions — The Verge.
• Why Did Someone Pay $560,000 for a Picture of My Column? — The New York Times.
• Jack Dorsey is trying to sell his first tweet as an NFT — The Verge.
• CryptoPunks — Larva Labs.
• Johnny Depp selling Winona Ryder poem as part of NFT collection — Female First.
• NFTs are suddenly everywhere, but they have some big problems — CNN.
• Chrome can now caption audio and video — Google.
• Gosforth Handyman.
• Gosforth Handyman — YouTube.
• Grow Bag Pros And Cons – Advantages And Disadvantages Of Grow Bags — Gardening KnowHow.
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Google loses its domain in Argentina, how do gripe sites make their dough, and has John Deere solved the cybersecurity problem?

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 Mark Stockley.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/225 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.

Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guest: Mark Stockley.

Sponsored By:

• 1Password: The 1Password you know and love, now for all your company secrets
• 
  
• 1Password protects secrets like logins and credit cards. Secrets Automation protects secrets in your company infrastructure – like API tokens, application keys, and private certificates – and supplies them when and where they’re needed.
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• Visit 1password.com/secrets/ to learn more.

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• Smashing Security Christmas LIVE STREAM — Including Mark Stockley and his chickens.
• How a WhatsApp status loophole is aiding cyberstalkers — Traced.
• Google Argentina's domain name bought by man for £2 — BBC News.
• Hacker breaks into Google Palestine homepage in protest of Maps depiction — Firstpost.
• Google Security Rewards - 2015 Year in Review — Google Online Security Blog.
• Microsoft forgets to renew hotmail.co.uk domain — The Register.
• 184 Years In: Ag Giant John Deere Awaits Its First Software Vulnerability — Forbes.
• Bugs Allowed Hackers to Dox John Deere Tractor Owners — Vice.
• The Wurzels sing "Combine Harvester" — YouTube.
• The Slander Industry — The New York Times.
• A Vast Web of Vengeance — The New York Times.
• Remove content about me on sites with exploitative removal practices from Google — Google Search Help.
• Online demo of MicroMacro - Crime City.
• MicroMacro - Crime City.
• They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War — Wired.
• Mcbroken.
• Overheard In New York.
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Facebook has managed to do the seemingly impossible - and had a data breach about its handling of a data breach. Meanwhile, we chat to the host of the brand new podcast about North Korea's hackers targeting the rest of the world, and discuss if an intern can be trusted to monitor your security.

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 Geoff White of "The Lazarus Heist" podcast.

Plus! Don't miss our featured interview with Duo's Helen Patton.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/224 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.

Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guests: Geoff White and Helen Patton.

Sponsored By:

• 1Password: The 1Password you know and love, now for all your company secrets
• 
  
• 1Password protects secrets like logins and credit cards. Secrets Automation protects secrets in your company infrastructure – like API tokens, application keys, and private certificates – and supplies them when and where they’re needed.
• 
  
• Visit 1password.com/secrets/ to learn more.
• Duo: While remote work has been on the rise for years now, the recent rapid expansion of work-from-home culture presents new security challenges. Duo Security makes application access more secure for organizations of all sizes. Its modern access security is designed to safeguard all users, devices, and applications - so you can stay focused on what you do best.
• 
  
• Proactively reduce the risk of a data breach, verify users' identities, gain visibility into every device and enforce polices to secure access to every application. Give your organization the peace-of-mind that only complete device visibility can bring. Visit Duo.com to sign-up for a free 30 day trial.

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• Facebook isn’t sorry for letting someone steal personal details of half a billion users — Graham Cluley.
• Stolen Data of 533 Million Facebook Users Leaked Online — Business Insider.
• Interne mail toont hoe Facebook veiligheidsproblemen wil 'normaliseren' — Data News.
• Facebook suffers a data breach about how it’s hoping to stop the media talking about its last data breach — Graham Cluley.
• The Lazarus Heist podcast — BBC World Service.
• Local Government Organizations Most Frequently Targeted by Ransomware — Infosecurity Magazine.
• Update On Ransomware Attack Against Town Of Didsbury — CKFM.
• Entry-Level Information Security Positions — Dummies.
• How to get an Entry-Level Cyber Security Job in 2021 — Comparitech.
• Getting into cyber security — Cisco.
• Cybersecurity training — NIST.
• Best online cybersecurity courses of 2021: free and paid certification programs, degrees and masters — TechRadar.
• PISCES: Public Infrastructure Security Cyber Education System.
• Paperball Deluxe — Nintendo store.
• Paperball — Steam.
• Paperball Deluxe – Indie Super Monkey Ball!? — YouTube.
• Jeff Mills - "Exhibitionist Mix" ( Full version) — YouTube.
• Invincible — Amazon Prime.
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Should insurance companies be banned from helping companies pay ransomware demands? How has malware messed with motorcars in the United States? And how are cybercriminals exploiting alcohol drinking during the pandemic?

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 Maria Varmazis.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/223 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.

Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guest: Maria Varmazis.

Sponsored By:

• 1Password: With 1Password you only ever need to memorize one password. All your other passwords and important information are protected by your Master Password, which only you know. Take the 14 day free trial now.
• Duo: While remote work has been on the rise for years now, the recent rapid expansion of work-from-home culture presents new security challenges. Duo Security makes application access more secure for organizations of all sizes. Its modern access security is designed to safeguard all users, devices, and applications - so you can stay focused on what you do best.
• 
  
• Proactively reduce the risk of a data breach, verify users' identities, gain visibility into every device and enforce polices to secure access to every application. Give your organization the peace-of-mind that only complete device visibility can bring. Visit Duo.com to sign-up for a free 30 day trial.

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• Lessons of the SolarWinds hack — Article by Marcus Willett, IISS.
• Insurers defend covering ransomware payments — BBC News.
• Cyber insurance giant CNA hit by ransomware attack — Graham Cluley.
• FatFace pays out $2 million to Conti ransomware gang — Graham Cluley.
• How do we stamp out the ransomware business model? Ban insurance payouts for one, says ex-GCHQ director — The Register.
• Cyber Attack Forces Vehicle Emissions Testing Company to Halt Operations in 8 States — The Drive.
• Malware attack is preventing car inspections in eight US states — Bleeping Computer.
• Service Restoration Status Update — Applus Tech.
• Changes in Adult Alcohol Use and Consequences During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US — JAMA Network.
• Rebalancing the ‘COVID-19 effect’ on alcohol sales — NielsenIQ.
• Alcohol does not protect against COVID-19; access should be restricted during lockdown — WHO.
• Lockdown Saw Rise in Wine Domains and Wine Scammers — Recorded Future.
• The Raven Remastered — THQ Nordic.
• The Raven Remastered trailer — YouTube.
• Westworld — HBO.
• Thermapen Fast, Accurate Instant-read Thermometers — Thermoworks.
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Deepfake expert Nina Schick joins us as we discuss synthetic media, Facebook's latest data fiasco, and some less-than-brilliant April Fool's tricks.

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

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/222 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.

Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guest: Nina Schick.

Sponsored By:

• Duo: While remote work has been on the rise for years now, the recent rapid expansion of work-from-home culture presents new security challenges. Duo Security makes application access more secure for organizations of all sizes. Its modern access security is designed to safeguard all users, devices, and applications - so you can stay focused on what you do best.
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Links:

• Stolen Data of 533 Million Facebook Users Leaked Online — Business Insider.
• Mark Zuckerberg is on Signal — Dave Walker on Twitter.
• The Facebook Phone Numbers Are Now Searchable in Have I Been Pwned — Troy Hunt.
• Facebook isn’t sorry for letting someone steal personal details of half a billion users — Graham Cluley.
• Smashing Security episode 75: Quitting Facebook.
• Deep Fakes - the coming infocalypse. — Nina Schick.
• This Person Does Not Exist.
• 'Deepfake' AI Trump impersonator highlights election fake news threat — CNBC.
• Past Google April Fools Pranks As It Cancels 2021's Over COVID — Newsweek.
• "Joke" tweet by Piers Morgan — Twitter.
• The joke is on Volkswagen after April Fool’s name change debacle — Al Jazeera.
• Deliveroo April Fool's joke backfires in France — BBC News.
• The 8 Generations of Video Game Consoles — BBC Archive.
• The Terror — BBC iPlayer.
• Pretend it's a city — Netflix.
• Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)