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The Darkside ransomware gang thinks it's a modern-day Robin Hood when it donates extorted Bitcoins to charity, the micro-targeted ad industry could pop like a bubble, and would you trust a burger-flipping robot?

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 Tim Hwang.

Plus don't miss our featured interview with Recorded Future's Levi Gundert.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/201 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.

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

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guests: Levi Gundert and Tim Hwang.

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• Recorded Future: Recorded Future empowers your organization, revealing unknown threats before they impact your business, and helping your teams respond to alerts 10 times faster. How does it do this? By automatically collecting and analyzing intelligence from technical, open web, and dark web sources.
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• Go to lastpass.com/smashing to see why LastPass is the trusted enterprise password manager of over 33 thousand businesses.
• Immersive Labs: Immersive Labs delivers hands-on, challenge-based training and exercises to make your team ready to fight real-world threats.
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• Check out their free ebook all about the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and how you can use it as part of your cyber skills strategy and improve your security posture by identifying weaknesses.
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• Smashing Security celebration livestream — YouTube.
• Ransomware gang donates part of ransom demands to charity organizations — ZDNet.
• Mysterious 'Robin Hood' hackers donating stolen money — BBC News.
• Donate Bitcoin - Give to Help Build Wells and Water Projects — The Water Project.
• Donate cryptocurrency to Children International
• Ad Tech Could Be the Next Internet Bubble — Wired.
• Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet — A book by Tim Hwang.
• Miso Robotics unveils its next-gen robot kitchen assistant — VentureBeat.
• Flippy — Miso Robotics.
• Miso Robotics Flippy Robot flips burgers like it's its job — YouTube.
• Flippy the burger-flipping robot too good, fired after one day — Naked Security.
• Cybersecurity a Must for Safe IIoT Robots — Robotics Online.
• How to Improve Cybersecurity for Robots — RIA Robotics Blog.
• Airplane Mode — Steam.
• Enjoy a 6-hour flight in real-time with economy class sim Airplane Mode from tomorrow — Eurogamer.
• Airplane Mode: Live Action Trailer — YouTube.
• Airplane Mode Gameplay — YouTube.
• Gef the Talking Mongoose — Wikipedia.
• Gef! The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose — MIT Press.
• Dirty Diana — QCODE.
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We're in celebratory mood as we celebrate our 200th episode, but there's still time to discuss Fatima the ballerina who the UK government wants to become a cybersecurity expert, why women are quitting the tech industry, and a smartwatch which might be putting your kids at risk.

Plus don't miss our featured interview with Mimecast's Michael Madon.

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/200 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.

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

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guests: Maria Varmazis and Michael Madon.

Sponsored By:

• Mimecast: Mimecast's State of Email Security 2020 report helps you understand the most pervasive threats and how they attack organizations at their email perimeters, from inside the organization (through compromised accounts, vulnerable insiders, social engineering), or beyond the organization’s perimeters (the domains they own and their brands via impersonation).
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• LastPass: LastPass Enterprise simplifies password management for companies of every size, with the right tools to secure your business with centralized control of employee passwords and apps.
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• But, LastPass isn’t just for enterprises, it’s an equally great solution for business teams, families and single users.
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• Go to lastpass.com/smashing to see why LastPass is the trusted enterprise password manager of over 33 thousand businesses.
• Immersive Labs: Immersive Labs delivers hands-on, challenge-based training and exercises to make your team ready to fight real-world threats.
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• Check out their free ebook all about the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and how you can use it as part of your cyber skills strategy and improve your security posture by identifying weaknesses.
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• Go to immersivelabs.com/smashing

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• Join us on the Smashing Security LIVE STREAM! — We'll be live at 8pm UK Thursday 15 October (3pm Eastern).
• Fury over Government campaign suggesting ballet dancer could retrain in cyber security — London Evening Standard.
• Dying swan or lame duck? Why 'Fatima' the ballerina's next job was tripping up the government — The Guardian.
• "For those worried about Fatima she’s almost certainly not called Fatima and almost certainly will never work in cyber. The image is from a US photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia." — Ciaran Jenkins on Twitter.
• The Vocabularist: How we use the word cyber — BBC News.
• Resetting Tech Culture: 5 strategies to keep women in tech (PDF) — Accenture and Girls Who Code.
• Exposing covert surveillance backdoors in children’s smartwatches — Mnemonic.
• Undocumented backdoor that covertly takes snapshots found in kids’ smartwatch — Ars Technica.
• Introducing the Xplora GO — YouTube.
• Commerce Department to Add Two Dozen Chinese Companies with Ties to WMD and Military Activities to the Entity List — U.S. Department of Commerce.
• Skribbl — Free Multiplayer Drawing & Guessing Game.
• Hades — Super Giant Games.
• Sticky Pickles — A new podcast by Carole Theriault and Anna Brading.
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An internet-connected adult toy could leave its users encaged, the official NHS COVID-19 contact-tracing app alarms users, and would you be happy if a robot interviewed you for a job?

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 Zoe Kleinman.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/199 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: Subscribe 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: Zoe Kleinman.

Sponsored By:

• Immersive Labs: Immersive Labs delivers hands-on, challenge-based training and exercises to make your team ready to fight real-world threats.
• 
  
• Check out their free ebook all about the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and how you can use it as part of your cyber skills strategy and improve your security posture by identifying weaknesses.
• 
  
• Go to immersivelabs.com/smashing
• LastPass: LastPass Enterprise simplifies password management for companies of every size, with the right tools to secure your business with centralized control of employee passwords and apps.
• 
  
• But, LastPass isn’t just for enterprises, it’s an equally great solution for business teams, families and single users.
• 
  
• Go to lastpass.com/smashing to see why LastPass is the trusted enterprise password manager of over 33 thousand businesses.

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• Smashing Security LIVE STREAM!
• CellMate chastity cage (Short model) — QIUI.
• Smart male chastity lock cock-up — Pen Test Partners.
• NHS Covid-19 app: 12m downloads - and lots of questions — BBC News.
• Hubert+1 - Add more to your team.
• Predictive Hire - Bias-free interviews.
• I Got a Job at an Amazon Warehouse Without Talking to a Single Human — Ryan Fan, OneZero.
• Tengai demo — YouTube.
• John Lennon at 80 - episode one. — BBC Sounds.
• John Lennon at 80 - episode two. — BBC Sounds.
• Sean Lennon's full conversation with Julian Lennon. — BBC Sounds.
• Sean Lennon's full conversation with Elton John. — BBC Sounds.
• Sean Lennon's full conversation with Paul McCartney. — BBC Sounds.
• John Lennon at the BBC: From The Beatles’ early days to his final interview — BBC Sounds.
• Television set — Wikipedia.
• Perspective — YouTube.
• Broad Canvas — Oxford art supplies store.
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Coffee machines catching ransomware, Blacklight shines a torch on website tracking, and a woman is freaked out that a complete stranger can turn off her home's security system.

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 Greg Jensen from Oracle, who talks all about five free reports he has put together for listeners about cloud security.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/198 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: Subscribe 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 Greg Jensen.

Sponsored By:

• Oracle: Check out the free cloud security reports that Oracle is making available for listeners of "Smashing Security" and learn how organizations can make security an essential part of the culture of their business.
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• LastPass: LastPass Enterprise simplifies password management for companies of every size, with the right tools to secure your business with centralized control of employee passwords and apps.
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• But, LastPass isn’t just for enterprises, it’s an equally great solution for business teams, families and single users.
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• Go to lastpass.com/smashing to see why LastPass is the trusted enterprise password manager of over 33 thousand businesses.

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• Trojan Room coffee pot — Wikipedia.
• Trojan Room Coffee Machine — Department of Computer Science and Technology, Cambridge University.
• Reversing the Smarter Coffee IoT Machine Protocol to Make Coffee Using the Terminal — Evil Socket.
• The Fresh Smell of ransomed coffee — Martin Hron, Avast Threat Labs.
• When coffee makers are demanding a ransom, you know IoT is screwed — Ars Technica.
• What a hacked coffee machine looks like — YouTube.
• Blacklight — The Markup.
• What They Know … Now — The Markup.
• Smart Home Security Market Share, Size & Forecast to 2024 — Market data forecast.
• Smart home penetration rates — Statista.
• New homeowner 'freaked out' when stranger took control of her security system — CBC News.
• Confirmed: 2 Billion Records Exposed In Massive Smart Home Device Breach — Forbes.
• John Miles - Music — YouTube.
• You Can't Unhear This — YouTube.
• The Mystery Singer in All You Need Is Love — YouTube.
• New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States — ProPublica.
• ‎Hank the Cowdog — Apple Podcasts.
• Matthew Mcconaughey Lincoln MKZ Commercials compilation — YouTube.
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Why are Zoom and Twitter making some people disappear? How are Counter-Strike: Global Offensive cheats getting their just desserts? And the founder of a anti cyber-fraud firm is charged with fraud.

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/197 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: Subscribe 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:

• Immersive Labs: Immersive Labs delivers hands-on, challenge-based training and exercises to make your team ready to fight real-world threats.
• 
  
• Check out their free ebook all about the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and how you can use it as part of your cyber skills strategy and improve your security posture by identifying weaknesses.
• 
  
• Go to immersivelabs.com/smashing
• LastPass: LastPass Enterprise simplifies password management for companies of every size, with the right tools to secure your business with centralized control of employee passwords and apps.
• 
  
• But, LastPass isn’t just for enterprises, it’s an equally great solution for business teams, families and single users.
• 
  
• Go to lastpass.com/smashing to see why LastPass is the trusted enterprise password manager of over 33 thousand businesses.

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap — YouTube.
• CSGO Cheaters trolled by fake cheat software — YouTube.
• This Hacker Creates Fake Cheats That Make Cheaters Jump Off Buildings In-Game — Vice.
• Tweet by Colin Madland.
• Which will the Twitter algorithm pick: Mitch McConnell or Barack Obama? — Tweet by @bascule.
• GrahamOrCarole? — Twitter.
• Founder And CEO Of Cyberfraud Prevention Company Arrested And Charged With Securities Fraud Scheme — Department of Justice press release.
• Founder of Anti Cyber Fraud Company Charged With Fraud — Vice.
• Founder of cyber fraud startup ironically facing fraud charges — Gizmodo.
• Interview with NS8's Adam Rogas — YouTube.
• Mission to the Unknown Recreation - Doctor Who — YouTube.
• The making-of Mission to the Unknown — YouTube.
• Trillion Trees.
• Criminal: UK — Netflix.
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Kalashnikov unveils its "smart" shotgun, San Diego struggles with its street lights, and a researcher reveals how he found a way to hack every Tesla on the planet.

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/196 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: Subscribe 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:

• LastPass: LastPass Enterprise simplifies password management for companies of every size, with the right tools to secure your business with centralized control of employee passwords and apps.
• 
  
• But, LastPass isn’t just for enterprises, it’s an equally great solution for business teams, families and single users.
• 
  
• Go to lastpass.com/smashing to see why LastPass is the trusted enterprise password manager of over 33 thousand businesses.
• Immersive Labs: Immersive Labs delivers hands-on, challenge-based training and exercises to make your team ready to fight real-world threats.
• 
  
• Check out their free ebook all about the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and how you can use it as part of your cyber skills strategy and improve your security posture by identifying weaknesses.
• 
  
• Go to immersivelabs.com/smashing

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• Kalashnikov smart shotgun - MP-155 Ultima.
• Kalashnikov reveals first Russian-made smart shotgun MP-155 Ultima — YouTube.
• Mike Jernigan, blind veteran, uses a TrackingPoint system to land a 300+ yard shot — YouTube.
• See how a self-aiming sniper rifle can be remotely hacked — Hot for Security.
• Tesla Network Vulnerability Report - 2017-03-24 (Annotated) — Google Docs.
• The Big Tesla Hack: A hacker gained control over the entire fleet, but fortunately he's a good guy — Electrek.
• Smart Streetlights Program — City of San Diego.
• Cops Tap Smart Streetlights Sparking Controversy and Legislation — IEEE Spectrum.
• Mayor orders San Diego's Smart Streetlights turned off until surveillance ordinance in place — The San Diego Union-Tribune.
• Mayor was right to shut off Smart Streetlights — The San Diego Union-Tribune.
• Hints of life on Venus — University of Manchester.
• "This Is Paris - The Real Story of Paris Hilton" — YouTube.
• “This is Paris” is a quixotic redemption story about what it means to be a human and a brand at once — Salon.com.
• Moriarty's Game: A Killer in the Hive.
• Castolog - a podcast recommendation podcast — That's Not Canon Productions.
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The Gadget Show's Jon Bentley joins us to discuss the mystery of a Facebook friend you never requested, software updates for the Mercedes S-Class, and risks in the online classroom.

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 Jon Bentley.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/195 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: Subscribe 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: Jon Bentley.

Sponsored By:

• Immersive Labs: Immersive Labs delivers hands-on, challenge-based training and exercises to make your team ready to fight real-world threats.
• 
  
• Check out their free ebook all about the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and how you can use it as part of your cyber skills strategy and improve your security posture by identifying weaknesses.
• 
  
• Go to immersivelabs.com/smashing
• Deep Instinct: Most people agree that the most effective way to reduce the cost of an attack is to prevent it from happening in the first place!
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• Deep Instinct strives to prevent all known and unknown threats using deep learning, making detection and response automated, fast and effective for any threat that cannot be prevented.
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• Check out a report by the Ponemon Institute, which studied the cost savings of adopting an efficient prevention model. Go grab it at smashingsecurity.com/deepinstinct
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• LastPass: LastPass Enterprise simplifies password management for companies of every size, with the right tools to secure your business with centralized control of employee passwords and apps.
• 
  
• But, LastPass isn’t just for enterprises, it’s an equally great solution for business teams, families and single users.
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• Go to lastpass.com/smashing to see why LastPass is the trusted enterprise password manager of over 33 thousand businesses.

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• Say hello to to the latest weird viral Facebook hoax: ‘Selene Delgado Lopez’ — Mashable.
• Veja Quem é Selene Delgado Lopez - a Fantasma do Facebook — YouTube.
• The 10 most important innovations in the New Mercedes-Benz S‑Class! — Exhibit.
• Mercedes Revs mbrace2 With Cloud Updates — Wired.
• San Leandro schools stepping up online security after latest Zoombomb — San Francisco Chronicle.
• ‘Zoombombers’ using porn to troll students across US — Miami Herald.
• Schoolgirl is robbed during a Zoom lesson in Ecuador — Daily Mail.
• Digital Education: The cyberrisks of the online classroom — SecureList.
• E-safety for schools — NSPCC Learning.
• A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human? — The Guardian.
• Smart heater for water & milk — Heatle.
• Autopia: The Future of Cars by Jon Bentley — Amazon.
• Rayvolt Cruzer V3 E-Bike — CostCo.
• Harry Hill's TV Burp - Gadget Show Competition Prizes — YouTube.
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A Bitcoin bungle causes one user to lose millions, hackers attempt to bribe a Tesla employee into infecting the company's network, and are we ready for a sky full of drones?

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 Jessica Barker.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/194 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: Subscribe 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: Jessica Barker.

Sponsored By:

• Immersive Labs: Immersive Labs delivers hands-on, challenge-based training and exercises to make your team ready to fight real-world threats.
• 
  
• Check out their free ebook all about the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and how you can use it as part of your cyber skills strategy and improve your security posture by identifying weaknesses.
• 
  
• Go to immersivelabs.com/smashing
• LastPass: LastPass Enterprise simplifies password management for companies of every size, with the right tools to secure your business with centralized control of employee passwords and apps.
• 
  
• But, LastPass isn’t just for enterprises, it’s an equally great solution for business teams, families and single users.
• 
  
• Go to lastpass.com/smashing to see why LastPass is the trusted enterprise password manager of over 33 thousand businesses.

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• Confident Cyber Security by Jessica Barker.
• Tweet by John McAfee about the mathematical impossibility of Bitcoin being less than $1 million by the end of 2020.
• The Dickening Countdown to John McAfee Dick Eating.
• Bitcoin Holder Loses $16 Million in BTC to Well-Known Scam — Decrypt.
• Electrum user says he has lost 1400 Bitcoin — GitHub.
• Electrum Bitcoin wallets under siege — Malwarebytes.
• Electrum vulnerability announcement — Github.
• Sybil attack — Wikipedia.
• Fawlty Towers: The best of Sybil — YouTube.
• Electrum Bitcoin Wallet homepage.
• Elon Musk Says Tesla Saved From 'Serious' Ransom Attempt — Data Breach Today.
• Jennifer Lopez - Jenny from the Block (Official Music Video) — YouTube.
• The security impact of drones: Challenges and opportunities for the UK (PDF) — University of Birmingham.
• Security analysis of drones systems: Attacks, limitations, and recommendations — NCBI.
• Drone Delivery? Amazon Moves Closer With F.A.A. Approval — New York Times.
• What Security Threats Are Posed By Drones? — Avast.
• The Surprising Ways Drones Are Saving Lives — National Geographic.
• HEAVE HO!
• Heave Ho - Launch Trailer — YouTube.
• Behind the Schemes: Heave Ho with Le Cartel — YouTube.
• StartUp (TV series) — Wikipedia.
• StartUp - Launch Trailer — YouTube.
• Steal the Stars podcast — Tor Labs.
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Whatever happened to Crackas with Attitude, perfidious Albion College's approach to locking down Coronavirus, and the Bridgefy mesh messaging app falls down when it comes to 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 Anna Brading.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/193 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: Subscribe 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: Anna Brading.

Sponsored By:

• LastPass: LastPass Enterprise simplifies password management for companies of every size, with the right tools to secure your business with centralized control of employee passwords and apps.
• 
  
• But, LastPass isn’t just for enterprises, it’s an equally great solution for business teams, families and single users.
• 
  
• Go to lastpass.com/smashing to see why LastPass is the trusted enterprise password manager of over 33 thousand businesses.

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• CIA boss has his personal email account hacked… and yes, it’s on AOL — Graham Cluley.
• Two years' detention for UK teenager who 'cyberterrorised' US officials — The Guardian.
• Kane Gamble sentencing remarks (PDF).
• What It’s Like for a Hacker to Get Back Online After a Two-Year Internet Ban — Motherboard.
• Fearing coronavirus, a Michigan college is tracking its students with a flawed app — TechCrunch.
• Bridgefy, the messenger promoted for mass protests, is a privacy disaster — Ars Technica.
• Bridgefy’s Commitment to Privacy and Security.
• Mesh Messaging in Large-scale protests: Breaking Bridgefy — Technical paper by Martin R Albecht, Jorge Blasco, Lenka Marekova, and Rikke Bjerg Jensen of Royal Holloway, University of London.
• How to Watch The Avengers Movies in Order — Digital Trends.
• "Thor: Ragnarok" Official Trailer — YouTube.
• Sounds of the 90s with Fearne Cotton — BBC.
• Super Sapiens: a card game to help change the world — Etsy.
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A scam involving restaurant bookings at The Ritz is suitably sophisticated, the second wave of UK coronavirus testing apps, and we take a look at one of the biggest studies ever into the scourge of robocalls.

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.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/192 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: Subscribe 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: Rory Cellan-Jones.

Sponsored By:

• LastPass: LastPass Enterprise simplifies password management for companies of every size, with the right tools to secure your business with centralized control of employee passwords and apps.
• 
  
• But, LastPass isn’t just for enterprises, it’s an equally great solution for business teams, families and single users.
• 
  
• Go to lastpass.com/smashing to see why LastPass is the trusted enterprise password manager of over 33 thousand businesses.

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• Tech Tent podcast — BBC World Service.
• Sir Frederick Barclay releases footage of alleged Ritz bugging — The Guardian.
• Tea at the Ritz soured by credit card scammers — BBC News.
• Tweet from The Ritz London.
• Coronavirus: England's contact-tracing app gets green light for trial — BBC News.
• Coronavirus: England's contact tracing app trial gets under way — BBC News.
• A simple telephony honeypot received 1.5 million robocalls across 11 months — ZDNet.
• Who's Calling? Characterizing Robocalls through Audio and Metadata Analysis — USENIX.
• Pick of the Week archive — Smashing Security.
• 13 Minutes to the Moon — BBC World Service.
• Borrasca — QCODE.
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