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August 12, 2020We are on the bird
Can a video game help your company's staff choose stronger passwords? Why might satellite-based internet communications be bad for security? And what are the alternatives to TikTok?
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.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/191 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: Dave Bittner.
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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.

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Passworld: A Serious Game to Promote Password Awareness and Diversity in an Enterprise — USENIX.
Whispers Among the Stars: A Practical Look at Perpetrating (and Preventing) Satellite Eavesdropping Attacks — Black Hat USA 2020.
Satellite Broadband Security - James Pavur — YouTube.
Twitter and TikTok reportedly have had talks about a deal — The Verge.
Trump bans US transactions with Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat — The Guardian.
These apps are scrambling to become the next TikTok — Wired.
Introducing Instagram Reels — Facebook.
Quoridor — Wikipedia.
Quoridor — BoardGameGeek.
BLACK & DECKER 20V LBX20 Li-Ion Battery USB Power Source Adapter w/DC 12V Port — eBay.
The Young Offenders — BBC iPlayer.
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55 min
August 05, 2020Twitter hack arrests, email bad behaviour, and Fawkes vs facial recognition
Special guest Geoff White can't resist using the podcast to promote his new book, "Crime Dot Com", but other than that we also discuss the creepy (and apparently legal) way websites can find out your email and postal address even if you don't give it to them, take a look at how the alleged Twitter hackers were identified, and learn about Fawkes - the technology fighting back at facial recognition.
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 "Crime Dot Com" author Geoff White.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/190 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: Geoff White.
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:
A free chapter of Geoff's book, "Crime Dot Com"
Start-Up Helps Conservative Websites Like the Daily Caller Store User Names, Postal Addresses of Anonymous Readers — Jezebel.
Permission Shmarketing: How does GetEmails work? — YouTube.
Some say we're criminals. Many say we're unethical. We think we're geniuses. But we're so, so bad... — YouTube.
Three charged in massive Twitter hack, Bitcoin scam — KTVU.
Three Individuals Charged For Alleged Roles In Twitter Hack — Department of Justice.
Defund Facial Recognition Before It's Too Late — The Atlantic.
'Atlas of Surveillance' now provides searchable, interactive database of police surveillance — VentureBeat.
Clearview AI—Yet Another Example of Why We Need A Ban on Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Now — Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Facial Recognition Map.
This Tool Could Protect Your Photos From Facial Recognition — The New York Times.
Fawkes - Image "Cloaking" for Personal Privacy.
Fawkes: Protecting Personal Privacy against Unauthorized Deep Learning Models (USENIX Security 2020) — YouTube.
Rush Hour (puzzle) — Wikipedia.
Rush Hour games — ThinkFun.
How To Play: Rush Hour - by ThinkFun — YouTube.
Unblock Me — iOS App Store.
Origins - How the earth shaped human history — Lewis Dartnell.
The Umbrella Academy — Netflix.
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49 min
July 29, 2020DNA cock-up, Garmin hack, and virtual kidnappings
Why are students faking their own kidnappings? What's the story behind Garmin's ransomware attack? And a genetic genealogy website suffers a hack or two.
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].
Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.
Links:
Tribe of Hackers Podcast.
Golden State Killer pleads guilty to 13 murders — BBC News.
Joseph James DeAngelo — Wikipedia.
Hackers Attacked Two Leading Genetic Genealogy Websites — Buzzfeed News.
GEDmatch confirms data breach after users’ DNA profile data made available to police — TechCrunch.
Garmin outage caused by confirmed WastedLocker ransomware attack — Bleeping Computer.
Charges Announced in Malware Conspiracy — FBI.
Garmin staggers back online after ransomware attack — Graham Cluley.
Coronavirus: China warns students over 'risks' of studying in Australia — BBC News.
Chinese students in Australia targeted in virtual kidnapping scam — BBC News.
Chinese students in Australia are being targeted in kidnapping scams, police warn — South China Morning Post.
Chinese Students in Australia Are Faking Their Own Kidnappings. Here’s Why — Vice.
SecondHandSongs.
Doomsday Algorithm — Just in case you didn't understand Ray's explanation...
Incredibox.
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Theme tune: “Vinyl Memories” by Mikael Manvelyan.
Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

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50 min
July 22, 2020Dinner with Elon Musk and Kris Jenner
Who stopped Twitter's hackers from stealing more money? Why are Covid-19 researchers being told to ramp up their cybersecurity? How can you find out if your smartphone is infected with stalkerware? And who does Graham think he is turning down a celebrity dinner invite?
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 Lisa Forte.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/188 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: Lisa Forte.
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:
The Twitter mega-hack. What you need to know — Tripwire State of Security.
The Twitter hack: Why Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and others might have reason to be worried — Graham Cluley.
Twitter Hackers Could Have Stolen A Whole Lot More Bitcoin — Forbes.
Twitter says hackers downloaded private account data — BBC News.
UK condemns Russian Intelligence Services over vaccine cyber attacks — GOV.UK.
Britain’s charges of hacking & meddling ‘make no sense’ but Russia is ready to turn the page & work with UK – ambassador — Russia Today.
Russian Cyber Espionage Group Targets COVID-19 Vaccine Research and IP — IP Watchdog.
Google bans ads for stalkerware apps—with some exceptions — Ars Technica.
Google’s ad ban won’t stop stalkerware apps from promoting themselves — Graham Cluley.
1 in 10 Americans uses stalkerware to track partners and exes, poll finds — CNET.
Stalkerware: Domestic Abuse Victims Face Invisible Threat — Digital Trends.
How to Check Your Devices for Stalkerware — Wired.
Find and remove stalkerware and bossware from your phone — Traced.
President Trump goes one-on-one with Chris Wallace — YouTube.
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) — A similar test to that taken by President Donald Trump.
Quiz: Could you pass Donald Trump's cognitive test? — BBC News.
"How to cognitive" — Sarah Cooper on Twitter.
Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer — IMDB.
60 Versions of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah,' Ranked — Newsweek.
Hallelujah (COVER) - Shaun Brown & Jeremy Dunham — YouTube.
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1 hr 3 min
July 15, 2020Huawei ban, MGM hack, and a contact-tracing cock-up
Login chaos for England's contact tracing service, our drill-down on the Britain's Huawei 5G ban, MGM's blockbuster breach, and how to pronounce "Gigabyte."
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.

Plus we have a bonus featured interview with Scott Petry, the co-founder of Authentic8, all about how you can browse the internet safely, securely, and anonymously when conducting research, collecting sensitive evidence, and analyzing data.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/187 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: Maria Varmazis and Scott Petry.
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.
Authentic8: Silo for Research (Toolbox) from Authentic8 is a secure and anonymous web browsing solution that enables threat intelligence, security, and public safety professionals to conduct research, collect evidence, and analyze data across the open, deep and dark web.

To learn how Silo for Research enables teams to timely and efficiently investigate, while ensuring maximum security and oversight to ensure compliance - including GDPR - go to smashingsecurity.com/authentic8

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Coronavirus: Contact tracers in England 'locked out of accounts' — Sky News.
TalkTalk’s ex-CEO Dido Harding heads up the UK’s Coronavirus tracing app… — Graham Cluley.
Apparently Coronavirus-tracing scammers won’t sound professional… (Yeah, right!) — Graham Cluley.
Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027 — BBC News.
US sanctions make Huawei more of a security risk, says leaked UK report — The Verge.
A different future for telecoms in the UK — NCSC.
Commerce Addresses Huawei’s Efforts to Undermine Entity List, Restricts Products Designed and Produced with U.S. Technologies — U.S. Department of Commerce.
A hacker is selling details of 142 million MGM hotel guests on the dark web — ZDNet.
WindowSwap.
How do you pronounce "Gigawatt"? — Waldo Jaquith on Twitter.
Metric (SI) Prefixes — NIST.
No podcast.
In the No Part 1 — Radiolab.
21 OSINT Tools for Cyber Threat Intelligence — Authentic8.
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1 hr 4 min
July 08, 2020This one's for all the Karens!
A high-rolling Hushpuppi gets extradited to the United States, Carole details her problems with clipboards and Disposophobia, and our guest becomes the subject of fake news during the Senegalese election.
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 investigative journalist Michelle Madsen (or is it Michelle Damsen? Hmm...).

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/186 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: Michelle Madsen.
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.
Authentic8: Silo for Research (Toolbox) from Authentic8 is a secure and anonymous web browsing solution that enables threat intelligence, security, and public safety professionals to conduct research, collect evidence, and analyze data across the open, deep and dark web.

To learn how Silo for Research enables teams to timely and efficiently investigate, while ensuring maximum security and oversight to ensure compliance - including GDPR - go to smashingsecurity.com/authentic8

Support Smashing Security
Links:
Ray Hushpuppi's Instagram account.
Your 2.3m Instagram fans won't stop the FBI... Web star accused of plotting to launder millions from cyber-crime — The Register.
Hushpuppi and Mr. Woodbery, BEC scammers: Welcome to Chicago! — CyberCrime & Doing Time.
Dubai Police operation Fox Hunt 2 against Hushpuppi. — Vimeo.
Cosmic Lynx Threat Dossier — Agari.
Domain Message Authentication Reporting & Conformance — DMARC.
How to Combat Fake Emails — Australian Cyber Security Centre.
My fake news whodunnit: Caught up in a Senegal fake news scam — BBC News.
The Documentary: My fake news whodunnit — BBC World Service.
TikTok grabbing the contents of an iPhone clipboard every 1-3 keystrokes — Twitter.
Popular iPhone and iPad Apps Snooping on the Pasteboard — Mysk.
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (with Ennio Morricone theme tune) — YouTube.
Dogmatix chasing a Roman legionary, to the tune of Ennio Morricone's Chi Mai. — YouTube.
A Tribute to Ennio Morricone. — Tableau.
An Abridged Micro List — Malaika Kegode on Facebook.
Karen (slang) — Wikipedia.
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50 min
July 01, 2020Bieber fever, Roblox, and ransomware
Who's been dressing Robox players up in red baseball caps? Which ransomware victim's negotations got spied on by the media? And should Jason Bieber think twice before touching his hat? Oh, and we need to talk about squirrels...
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 John Hawes.
Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/185 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: John Hawes.
Sponsored By:
Authentic8: Silo for Research (Toolbox) from Authentic8 is a secure and anonymous web browsing solution that enables threat intelligence, security, and public safety professionals to conduct research, collect evidence, and analyze data across the open, deep and dark web.

To learn how Silo for Research enables teams to timely and efficiently investigate, while ensuring maximum security and oversight to ensure compliance - including GDPR - go to smashingsecurity.com/authentic8
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:
Roblox accounts being hacked in support of Trump re-election — Bleeping Computer.
Add 2-Step Verification to Your Roblox Account — Roblox.
Ransomware Groups Promise Not to Hit Hospitals Amid Pandemic — Wired.
NetWalker Ransomware - What You Need to Know — Tripwire.
Update on IT Security Incident at UCSF — UC San Francisco.
How hackers extorted $1.14m from University of California, San Francisco — BBC News.
Pizzagate conspiracy theory — Wikipedia.
A TikTok Twist on ‘PizzaGate’ — The New York Times.
‘PizzaGate’ Conspiracy Theory Thrives Anew in the TikTok Era — The New York Times.
TikTok Teens Are Obsessed With Pizzagate — The Daily Beast.
Building the Perfect Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder — YouTube.
DARK Season 1 Trailer — YouTube.
DARK - The Official Guide — Netflix.
Conan Doyle estate sues Netflix for giving Sherlock Holmes too many feelings — The Verge.
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48 min
June 24, 2020Vanity Bitcoin wallets, BlueLeaks, and a Coronavirus app conspiracy
A conspiracy spreads on social media about Coronavirus tracing apps, US police find decades' worth of sensitive data leaked online, and is there a Bitcoin bonanza to be had from watching Elon Musk YouTube videos?
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 reporter Zoe Kleinman.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/184 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:
MetaCompliance: Create a more security-conscious workforce with MetaCompliance's Cyber Security Awareness for Dummies book. Download it for free at smashingsecurity.com/cyberaware
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.

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Links:
How photographs are airbrushed — A 2010 BBC News article, starring Zoe Kleinman.
Elon Musk Bitcoin vanity addresses used to scam users out of $2 million — ZDNet.
Kate Winslet responds to Bitcoin scam faking her endorsement — Decrypt.
Bitcoin scam uses Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to dupe would-be investors — Decrypt.
Covid-19 tracing tool on smartphones is 'not app' — BBC News.
‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departments — Krebs on Security.
Koko Analytics — A privacy-friendly analytics plugin for WordPress.
Fathom — Fast, simple and privacy-focused website analytics.
Upload trailer — YouTube.
Backspace and beyond — Audioboom.
The Magnus Archives — Horror podcast.
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52 min
June 17, 2020MAMILs, gameshows, and a surprise from eBay
A TV gameshow with cash prizes if you're obeying Coronavirus lockdown rules, ex-Ebay staff charged in crazy cyberstalking case, and when the wrong cyclist was accused by the internet bearing pitchforks.
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/183 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: Maria Varmazis.
Sponsored By:
MetaCompliance: Create a more security-conscious workforce with MetaCompliance's Cyber Security Awareness for Dummies book. Download it for free at smashingsecurity.com/cyberaware
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:
Mr Blobby — Wikipedia.
Noel's House Party — Wikipedia.
A man is surprised at home by Noel's House Party — YouTube.
Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway contact tracing apps among most dangerous for privacy — Amnesty International.
Coronavirus: Alarm over 'invasive' Kuwait and Bahrain contact-tracing apps — BBC News.
‘Are You At Home?’ Winner Selection Rules — Bahrain's Information & eGovernment Authority.
Bahrain BeAware — iOS App Store.
Bahrain BeAware — Google Play Store.
Six Former eBay Employees Charged with Aggressive Cyberstalking Campaign Targeting Natick Couple — Department of Justice.
Ex-EBay CEO's 'Inappropriate' Messages Played Role in Ouster — TheStreet.
MAMIL throws a tantrum — Twitter.
Maryland cyclist arrested for assaulting 3 people posting Black Lives Matter flyers — CNN.
Smashing Security episode 063: Carole's back! — In which we discuss privacy issues involving fitness trackers.
What It’s Like to Get Doxed for Taking a Bike Ride — New York magazine.
Staged — BBC iPlayer.
The Mars Challenge by Alison Wilgus — Macmillan.
Mars trip to use astronaut poo as radiation shield — New Scientist.
Culture quiz: from Bob Holness 007 to the Daily Mail's feast of filth — The Guardian.
Quizzes — The Guardian.
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47 min
June 10, 2020Space Force, credit card fraud, and beep-ti-beep
Graham finds himself in hot water with a security firm after a data breach, Carole discusses credit card fraud, and we have a pleasant surprise for Thom Langford, who appears to have mostly agreed to be a guest to promote his own podcast.
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 Host Unknown's Thom Langford.

And don't miss our featured interview with Robbie O'Brien of MetaCompliance, all about the new book he's written - Cyber Security Awareness for Dummies.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/182 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: Robert O'Brien and Thom Langford.
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.
MetaCompliance: Create a more security-conscious workforce with MetaCompliance's Cyber Security Awareness for Dummies book. Download it for free at smashingsecurity.com/cyberaware

Support Smashing Security
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Security firm leaves more than five billion records exposed on unsecured database — Graham Cluley.
"Following a legal threat from ███████ ████ I have removed their name from this article on my site..." — Graham Cluley on Twitter.
Keepnet Labs confirms contractor exposed 'data breach database' of 5 billion records — Verdict.
Public Statement in Relation to Data Briefly Exposed on an ElasticSearch Database — Keepnet Labs.
After threatening me with legal action, Keepnet Labs finally issues statement over data breach — Graham Cluley.
Goodbye Naked Security? — Graham Cluley.
US Military Could Lose Space Force Trademark to Netflix Series — CBR.
Space Force review: astonishingly bad show — The Verge.
The number of credit card scams continues to soar during the pandemic — Verdict.
Pandemic Brings Huge Increases In Card Fraud And Mobile Banking — Forbes.
Credit Card Fraud During the Pandemic — Consumer Reports.
Credit Card Fraud — Advice from the FBI.
How to Reduce Credit Card Fraud — The New York Times.
Ian's Shoelace Site – Introduction
Magnet – Window manager for Mac.
The Host Unknown Podcast.
DEVS — BBC iPlayer.
Cyber Security Awareness for Dummies — A free book for listeners from MetaCompliance.
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