Smashing Security

Microsoft issues warning to unpatched Windows users about worm risk, and how do you delete all traces of yourself off the internet after you murder your podcast co-host?

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, who aren't joined by a special guest this week.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/131 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.

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• WannaCry ransomware hits systems worldwide — Graham Cluley.
• WannaCry - Who's to blame? — Smashing Security #021.
• Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2019-0708 — Microsoft.
• A Reminder to Update Your Systems to Prevent a Worm — Microsoft.
• Microsoft practically begs Windows users to fix wormable BlueKeep flaw — Ars Technica.
• Almost One Million Vulnerable to BlueKeep Vuln (CVE-2019-0708) — Errata Security.
• Intense scanning activity detected for BlueKeep RDP flaw — ZDNet.
• Greatest Love Of All (Official Music Video) - Whitney Houston — YouTube.
• DeleteMe.
• Deseat.me.
• Removing Content From Google.
• I want to know how to go about deleting everything about myself online — Reddit.
• Remove yourself from the internet, hide your identity, and erase your online presence — ZDNet.
• Chernobyl Trailer — YouTube.
• The 23-Year-Old Woman Who Pioneered Investigative Journalism — The Atlantic.
• Undercover in an Insane Asylum: How a 23-Year-Old Changed Journalism — YouTube.
• Nellie Bly — Wikipedia.
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You won't believe who had to report themselves to the data protection agency for a breach, or who has been sharing doctored videos of political rivals, or how much money you can make selling a laptop infected with malware... and how Carole gets her diva on.

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, who aren't joined by a guest this week.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/130 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.

Sponsored By:

• Recorded Future: For anyone who is baffled by threat intelligence, and the benefits that it can bring to your company, this is the book for you.
• 
  
• "The Threat Intelligence Handbook" is an easy-to-read guide will help you understand why threat intelligence is an essential part of every organisation's defence against the latest cyber attacks.
• 
  
• Download it for free at smashingsecurity.com/intelligence
• 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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• Final chance to vote for Smashing Security!
• Apple Podcasts New & Noteworthy, What’s Hot Sections Are Back — Kate Erickson.
• When selling security awareness training by email, probably a good shout not to hit 'reply all' — The Register.
• Ghostery Email Incident Update — Ghostery.
• NHS IT bod sends test email to 850k users – and then responses are sent 'reply all' — The Register.
• Google mistakes the entire NHS for massive cyber-attacking botnet — The Register.
• UK NHS 850k Reply-all email fail: State health service blames Accenture — The Register.
• BCC warning when emailing to many TO/CC recipients — SafeSend.
• SendGuard for Outlook.
• Privacywaakhond AP blundert met cc-knop — Computable.
• Tweet by Jeroen Terstegge.
• Canada Plans Fines for Tech Companies That Spread Disinformation — Motherboard.
• #DeleteFacebook: Twitter Users Urge People To Deactivate Accounts After Fake Nancy Pelosi Video Goes Viral — Newsweek.
• Half of European voters may have viewed Russian-backed ‘fake news’ — Politico.
• Inside Facebook's war room: the battle to protect EU elections — The Guardian.
• The Nancy Pelosi Videos Are Part of a Long GOP Campaign — The Atlantic.
• Mona Lisa 'brought to life' with deepfake AI — BBC News.
• The Persistence Of Chaos — Guo O Dong.
• Samantha-Antoinette Smith.
• Samantha Antoinette - Don't You Know Baby - Copenhagen Blues Festival 2016 — YouTube.
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Don't hire a hacker, they might scam you! What works and what doesn't when it comes to protecting your email account? And China's controversial social credit system comes under the microscope.

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/129 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: People are the key to minimizing your Cyber Security risk posture. MetaCompliance makes this easier by providing a single platform for Phishing, Cybersecurity training, Policy, Privacy and Incident management.
• 
  
• Go to smashingsecurity.com/metacompliance Promo Code: 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:

• Vote for Smashing Security in the EU Security Blogger Awards
• "How to hack a Facebook account..." - how on earth to answer? — Graham Cluley.
• Hack for Hire: Exploring the Emerging Marketfor Account Hijacking — Report from University of California, San Diego and Google.
• Google research: Most hacker-for-hire services are frauds — ZDNet.
• New research: How effective is basic account hygiene at preventing hijacking — Google Online Security Blog.
• The complicated truth about China's social credit system — Wired.
• China bans 23m from buying travel tickets as part of 'social credit' system — The Guardian.
• Is China’s social credit system as Orwellian as it sounds? — MIT Technology Review.
• Opinion: Why India needs to be wary of China-style social credit ratings — LiveMInt.
• Mihail Tal vs. Vassily Smyslov // Sacrificial Maniac vs. Positional Maestro — YouTube.
• Outray Chess — YouTube.
• What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — A documentary film produced by 455 Films.
• DS9 Doc Heads To Uk & Ireland - List of Locations — TrekSphere.
• Joe Rogan — Wikipedia.
• Tesla’s Elon Musk smokes weed on Joe Rogan podcast, havoc ensues - Vox — Vox.
• Faux Rogan — Can you tell which are real or fake (Faux Rogan)?
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A bad software update causes big headaches for Dutch police, but brings temporary freedom to criminals. SIM swaps are in the news again as fraudsters steal millions. And does your cloud photo storage service have a dirty little secret?

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 Rip Off Britain's David McClelland.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/128 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:

• Gartner: Gartner's Security & Risk Management Summit, running from June 17-20 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland, is the premier cybersecurity conference for CISOs, IT Security & Risk Professionals. Get the latest unbiased research and advice on cyber attacks, and emerging technologies including AI, blockchain, machine-learning and more.
• Visit smashingsecurity.com/gartner to find out more. Smashing Security listeners can save $350 off the standard registration rate by using the code "SMASHING". Promo Code: SMASHING
• Recorded Future: For anyone who is baffled by threat intelligence, and the benefits that it can bring to your company, this is the book for you.
• 
  
• "The Threat Intelligence Handbook" is an easy-to-read guide will help you understand why threat intelligence is an essential part of every organisation's defence against the latest cyber attacks.
• 
  
• Download it for free at smashingsecurity.com/intelligence
• 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:

• Vote for Smashing Security in the EU Security Blogger Awards
• Software update crashes police ankle monitors in the Netherlands — ZDNet.
• Irishman facing more than 100 years in US prison for alleged $2.5m cryptocurrency fraud — Independent.ie
• U.S. investor awarded $75 million in cryptocurrency crime case — Reuters.
• The SIM Swap Fix That the US Isn't Using — Wired.
• Everalbum Photo Organizing App — YouTube.
• Facial recognition's 'dirty little secret': Millions of online photos scraped without consent — NBC News.
• Everalbum Review — Good Housekeeping.
• OverSimplified — YouTube.
• CGP Grey — YouTube.
• The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained — YouTube.
• BBC One - Rip Off Britain, Series 11, Episode 3 — BBC iPlayer.
• All The Stations.
• Get a Spine! — This American Life.
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Israel strikes back at Hamas's hacking HQ, a new sextortion email comes with a twist, and Carole saves the world with some help from hacked Roomba vacuum cleaners.

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 Malicious Life's Ran Levi.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/127 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: Ran Levi.

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.
• Gartner: Gartner's Security & Risk Management Summit, running from June 17-20 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland, is the premier cybersecurity conference for CISOs, IT Security & Risk Professionals. Get the latest unbiased research and advice on cyber attacks, and emerging technologies including AI, blockchain, machine-learning and more.
• Visit smashingsecurity.com/gartner to find out more. Smashing Security listeners can save $350 off the standard registration rate by using the code "SMASHING". Promo Code: SMASHING
• MetaCompliance: People are the key to minimizing your Cyber Security risk posture. MetaCompliance makes this easier by providing a single platform for Phishing, Cybersecurity training, Policy, Privacy and Incident management.
• 
  
• Go to smashingsecurity.com/metacompliance Promo Code: SMASHING

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• New Extortion Email Scam Threatens to Release Your Sex Tape — Bleeping Computer.
• Here's what an Ashley Madison blackmail letter looks like — Graham Cluley.
• Suicide and Ashley Madison — Graham Cluley.
• Israel bombs building containing alleged Hamas hackers — Graham Cluley.
• IDF says it thwarted a Hamas cyber attack during weekend battle — Times of Israel.
• Israel: Hamas Tried to Spy on Soldiers With Fake Dating Apps — Bloomberg.
• Ransomware attack on Israeli users fails miserably due to coding error — ZDNet.
• Michael Reeves on Twitter.
• A Robot That Picks Tomatoes Out of Your Salad — YouTube.
• A Robot That Shoots Energy Drink at You When You Get Tired — YouTube.
• Consumption of Tide Pods — Wikipedia.
• The Roomba That Screams When it Bumps Into Stuff — YouTube.
• This Person Does Not Exist.
• Have they faked me?
• Drugslab — YouTube.
• The Hows and Whys of Influencing People — Reddit.
• How Master Manipulators Conceal Their Intentions — Kletische.
• How to Win Friends and Influence People — Wikipedia.
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What's the worst that can happen if you join a Hollywood hard man's Facebook page? What drove a man to hijack a website's name at gunpoint? And can you solve the mystery of the Canadian Hamburglar?

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 Naked Security's Mark Stockley.

Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/126 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, 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:

• Gartner: Gartner's Security & Risk Management Summit, running from June 17-20 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland, is the premier cybersecurity conference for CISOs, IT Security & Risk Professionals. Get the latest unbiased research and advice on cyber attacks, and emerging technologies including AI, blockchain, machine-learning and more.
• Visit smashingsecurity.com/gartner to find out more. Smashing Security listeners can save $350 off the standard registration rate by using the code "SMASHING". Promo Code: 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.
• Recorded Future: For anyone who is baffled by threat intelligence, and the benefits that it can bring to your company, this is the book for you.
• 
  
• "The Threat Intelligence Handbook" is an easy-to-read guide will help you understand why threat intelligence is an essential part of every organisation's defence against the latest cyber attacks.
• 
  
• Download it for free at smashingsecurity.com/intelligence

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• Fraudster poses as Jason Statham to steal victim's money — BBC News.
• Nine men arrested in United States for stealing millions through business email compromise and romance scams — Graham Cluley.
• Twitter Hack: Part Of Broader Iranian Strategy — TechCrunch.
• Hackers Hit Google Palestine and Defaced the Front Page — Gizmodo.
• Gunpoint domain hijack turns out to have been a family affair — Naked Security.
• Jury Convicts Social Media Entrepreneur in Plot to Hijack Internet Domain — Department of Justice.
• Hamburglar strikes again, feasts on $2,000 in meals using customer's McDonald's app — CBC News.
• McDonalds UK TV Advert 1983 featuring Hamburglar — YouTube.
• How Animators Created the Spider-Verse | WIRED — YouTube.
• How 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse' Was Animated | Movies Insider — YouTube.
• Cool Math.
• IQ Ball — Carole's favourite game on Cool Math.
• CoolMath4Kids.
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WannaCry's "accidental hero" pleads guilty to malware charges, Samsung and Nokia have fingerprint fumbles, the NCSC publishes a list of 100,000 dreadful passwords, and Apple finds itself at the centre of an identity mix-up.

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.

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, 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:

• MetaCompliance: People are the key to minimizing your Cyber Security risk posture. MetaCompliance makes this easier by providing a single platform for Phishing, Cybersecurity training, Policy, Privacy and Incident management.
• 
  
• Go to smashingsecurity.com/metacompliance Promo Code: 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:

• "Gents! Stop airdropping your pics!" — Smashing Security episode 038, where we discussed the arrest of Marcus Hutchins.
• Marcus Hutchins plea agreement — PDF
• Statement from Marcus Hutchins (aka MalwareTech)
• "Stick to the good side." — Marcus Hutchins on Twitter.
• The Samsung Galaxy S10's ultrasonic fingerprint scanner is hacked — Graham Cluley.
• Video of Nokia 9's fingerprint sensor failure — Decoded Pixel on Twitter.
• Nokia 9 buggy update lets anyone bypass fingerprint scanner with a pack of gum — ZDNet.
• Most hacked passwords revealed as UK cyber survey exposes gaps in online security — NCSC.
• Facebook hoovered up 1.5 million users' email contacts without permission... "unintentionally" — Graham Cluley.
• Facebook: we logged 100x more Instagram plaintext passwords than we thought — Naked Security.
• Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2): 8 things businesses needs to know — Information Age.
• Teen sues Apple over accusations of Apple Store thefts — 9to5Mac
• Student Sues Apple for $1 Billion, Blames Face-Recognition Tech for False Arrest — Insurance Journal.
• Thunderbirds - 50th Anniversary Specials — Century 21 films
• Thunderbirds 1965 - Documentary — YouTube.
• Clash Royale: Enter the Arena.
• Oxfordshire Artweeks.
• Details of Carole and John's exhibition — Oxfordshire Artweeks.
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The hacker who lived the high life after spreading malware via porn sites, Wipro demonstrates how to turn a cybersecurity crisis into a PR disaster, and why are humans listening in to your Alexa conversations?

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 special guest Brian Honan.

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, 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: Brian Honan.

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.
• Recorded Future: For anyone who is baffled by threat intelligence, and the benefits that it can bring to your company, this is the book for you.
• 
  
• "The Threat Intelligence Handbook" is an easy-to-read guide will help you understand why threat intelligence is an essential part of every organisation's defence against the latest cyber attacks.
• 
  
• Download it for free at smashingsecurity.com/intelligence

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• Hacker from Russian crime group jailed for multi-million pound global blackmail conspiracy — NCA.
• The No More Ransom Project.
• Experts: Breach at IT Outsourcing Giant Wipro — Krebs on Security.
• Statement from Wipro Limited confirming security breach.
• TalkTalk phone scams: arrests made at Indian call center — Graham Cluley.
• How Not to Acknowledge a Data Breach — Krebs on Security.
• "The Wipro quarterly earnings call would have gone really well if that pesky @briankrebs hadn't shown up... " — Graham Cluley on Twitter.
• Smart speaker recordings reviewed by humans — BBC News.
• Is Anyone Listening to You on Alexa? A Global Team Reviews Audio — Bloomberg.
• How to stop Amazon from listening to what you say to Alexa — CNBC.
• Judge orders Amazon to turn over Echo recordings in double murder case — TechCrunch.
• Klokken minutt for minutt — NRK TV.
• 3-year-old's password fail locks iPad for 25,536,442 minutes — UPI.
• Nominate your favourite security podcast/blog/tweeter etc — EU Security Blogger Awards 2019.
• Nudes mug — The Unemployed Philosophers Guild.
• Bob Ross mug — The Unemployed Philosophers Guild.
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With Graham incapacitated, we drag an episode out from the archives. In this special "splinter" episode of the "Smashing Security" podcast from September 2017 we tackle the tricky subject of backups - When did you last backup your data? How and what should you backup? And where should you store them?

Lots of questions and Graham gets to do his Tina Turner impression.

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

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, 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:

• 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: People are the key to minimizing your Cyber Security risk posture. MetaCompliance makes this easier by providing a single platform for Phishing, Cybersecurity training, Policy, Privacy and Incident management.
• 
  
• Go to smashingsecurity.com/metacompliance Promo Code: SMASHING

Support Smashing Security

Links:

• Tina Turner - Private Dancer — YouTube.
• The Baranton Sisters foot juggling tables — YouTube.
• How to create a robust data backup plan (and make sure it works)
• How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch — Apple Support.
• How to back up your Android phone or tablet: The ultimate guide — Android Central.
• Crashplan stops offering its consumer backup solution
• Carbonite cloud backup
• Backblaze Online Backup
• Mozy Cloud Storage & Backup
• Amazon Glacier
• CloudBerry Lab - Cross-Platform Cloud Backup
• Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

Office Depot and OfficeMax are fined millions for tricking customers into thinking their computers were infected with malware, car alarms can make your vehicle less secure, and facial recognition in apartment blocks comes under the microscope.

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.

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, 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.

Sponsored By:

• Recorded Future: For anyone who is baffled by threat intelligence, and the benefits that it can bring to your company, this is the book for you.
• 
  
• "The Threat Intelligence Handbook" is an easy-to-read guide will help you understand why threat intelligence is an essential part of every organisation's defence against the latest cyber attacks.
• 
  
• Download it for free at smashingsecurity.com/intelligence
• 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:

• Is Office Depot diagnosing non-existent computer problems? — YouTube.
• Office Depot and Tech Support Firm Will Pay $35 Million to Settle FTC Allegations That They Tricked Consumers into Buying Costly Computer Repair Services — FTC.
• Alarming vulnerabilities in automotive security systems — The Cyberwire.
• Gone in six seconds? Exploiting car alarms — Pen Test Partners.
• The Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilized Buildings. Why? — New York Times.
• Brooklyn Landlord Wants To Install Facial Recognition Tech At Rent-Stabilized Complex — Gothamist.
• New key-less Moscow apartments use facial recognition to open doors and elevators — Achinect.
• Study finds gender and skin-type bias in commercial artificial-intelligence systems — MIT News.
• The woman who doesn't feel pain — BBC News.
• TVR Exploring — YouTube.
• Lost Dutchman's Gold — BBC Games Archive.
• Dirty John: The Dirty Truth — Netflix.
• A Complete Timeline of the Events of Dirty John — Harper's Bazaar.
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