America turns the heat up on Kaspersky anti-virus, Disqus announces a data breach, Elon Musk plans a bolthole on Mars to escape our robot overlords, and Graham gets to play chess with Garry Kasparov.

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 technology journalist and broadcaster David McClelland.

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• Altered Images - Happy Birthday
• Graham met Garry Kasparov
• Graham about to lose a game of chess to Garry Kasparov
• Sign in Office Depot store (via @gadievron on Twitter)
• Kaspersky accused of close ties to sauna-loving Russian spies
• Russian Hackers Stole NSA Data on U.S. Cyber Defense - WSJ
• What is Kaspersky's role in NSA data theft? Here are three likely outcomes - ZDNet
• Eugene Kaspersky says U.S. government can examine his company's source code
• McAfee joins the anti-Kaspersky witch hunt in shitty attempt to sell a few boxes
• Disqus security alert: User info breach
• Disqus reveals data breach, but wins points for transparency – HOTforSecurity
• It's 4PM on Friday, almost time to log off and, oh look, Disqus says it's been hacked - The Register
• A World Leader in AI Just Established an Ethics Committee for Artificial Intelligence
• The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Part 1 - Wait But Why
• Open Letter on Autonomous Weapons - Future of Life Institute
• Sam Harris: Can we build AI without losing control over it? - TED Talk
• Elon Musk’s Billion-Dollar Crusade to Stop the A.I. Apocalypse - Vanity Fair
• Artificial Intelligence Is Our Future. But Will It Save Or Destroy Humanity?
• Artificial Intelligence - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Google's AI Chief Is 'Definitely Not Worried About the AI Apocalypse
• Elon Musk is wrong. The AI singularity won't kill us all
• Robots - Flight of the Conchords
• "SEAGULLS! (Stop It Now)" -- A Bad Lip Reading of The Empire Strikes Back - YouTube
• David Stranack's post on the Smashing Security Facebook group
• TimeScapes by Nigel Stanford
• CYMATICS: Science Vs. Music - Nigel Stanford
• AUTOMATICA - Nigel Stanford
• Automatica Robot tests
• Comrade Detective - Wikipedia
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Bearded man entangled in dark web drugs market bust, Google researches how to make browser security warnings less confusing, and (ahem) "bedroom entertainment systems" probed for security holes.

All this and 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 Rich Baldry.

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Special Guest: Rich Baldry.

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• Feds catch a lord of the 'dark web' suspected of drug deals - Miami Herald
• Trip to world beard competition ends in arrest for alleged dark web drug dealer - The Guardian
• Austin Facial Hair Club
• The World Beard and Moustache Championships
• Glorious Portraits from the 2017 World Beard And Mustache Championship
• Where the wild warnings are: Root causes of Chrome HTTPS certificate errors [PDF]
• Screwdriving. Locating and exploiting smart adult toys - Pen Test Partners
• Wi-Fi sex toy with built-in camera fails penetration test - The Register Forums
• Topo by Ergodriven
• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - IMDb
• Dead roach in Utah man’s milkshake becomes Twitter hero - KSL.com
• Trevor The Roach: A Tribute Movie
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Deloitte suffers an embarrassing hack, CCleaner spreads malware, and Twitter explains why it isn't planning to ban Donald Trump from Twitter anytime soon.

All this and 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 Phil Wood of Cisco.

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• Graham Cluley on Twitter: "Turns out I slept in a cheesegrater last night"
• Deloitte hit by cyber-attack revealing clients’ secret emails - The Guardian
• Source: Deloitte Breach Affected All Company Email, Admin Accounts — Krebs on Security
• Deloitte is a sitting duck: Key systems with RDP open, VPN and proxy 'login details leaked' • The Register
• CCleanup: A Vast Number of Machines at Risk - Talos Intelligence blog
• CCleaner Command and Control Causes Concern - Talos Intelligence
• North Korean Minister: Trump's 'Declaration Of War' Means N.K. Can Shoot Down U.S. Bombers - NPR
• Twitter PublicPolicy on Twitter
• The Twitter Rules - Twitter Help Center
• Wildergorn colour-in posters
• Star Trek: Discovery - CBS
• Rick and Morty - Wikipedia
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Carole wants to know why Graham keeps FaceTiming her from the shower.

Can you help solve the mystery?

("Bonus" behind-the-scenes content.)

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In this special "splinter" episode of the "Smashing Security" podcast 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.

Listen to the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by special guest Maria Varmazis.

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Special Guest: Maria Varmazis.

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• Tina Turner - Private Dancer - YouTube
• The Ed Sullivan Show - 'Baranton Sisters' - “Foot Jugglers” (Aired February 2, 1969) - 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
• 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
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Equifax's shambolic response to its huge data breach, a scary-sounding Bluetooth exploit, and Apple's iPhone X comes with Face ID.

All this and 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 Javvad Malik of AlienVault.

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Special Guest: Javvad Malik.

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• We tested Equifax's data breach checker — and it's basically useless | ZDNet
• Equifax hack: 44 million Britons' personal details feared stolen in major US data breach
• "The front page of Equifax's UK website. They don't seem to have room to mention the data breach affecting up to 44 million Brits." - Twitter
• Chatbot lets you sue Equifax for up to $25,000 without a lawyer - The Verge
• How to protect yourself in the wake of the Equifax data breach
• Ayuda! (Help!) Equifax Has My Data! — Krebs on Security
• BlueBorne Information from the Research Team - Armis Labs
• The five biggest questions about Apple’s new facial recognition system - The Verge
• Can the government force you to unlock your own phone? | The Guardian
• UK police have a new tactic to circumvent strong iPhone encryption: steal the unlocked phone out of the criminal’s hand | 9to5Mac
• Chessable
• The science that makes chess learning easier - Chessable.com
• You can actually be allergic to exercise - Pop Science
• Dr Mandell's Push and Pull Technique (20-Second Neck Pain Relief) - YouTube
• It's all about the Squinch! - YouTube
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It's easy to phone up a celebrity on Instagram following security breach, facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival can't tell the girls from the boys, and companies are spying on their workers' activities.

All this and 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 David Bisson.

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Special Guest: David Bisson.

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• "Who Is Marcus Hutchins?" — Krebs on Security
• Ahem, Kim Kardashian Is Naked Up A Tree - Huffington Post
• Hackers Claim Apparent Instagram Fightback Will Not Stop Them From Selling Stolen ‘Doxagram’ Data - The Daily Beast
• A Note on Security from Instagram’s CTO - Instagram Blog
• London police’s use of facial recognition falls flat on its face – Naked Security
• Misidentification and improvised rules - we lift the lid on the Met's Notting Hill facial recognition operation - Liberty
• Statement from police commander for Notting Hill Carnival 2016 - Metropolitan Police
• UK govt steams ahead with £5m facial recog system amid furore over innocents' mugshots - The Register
• ECHR court reverses ruling on sacking over private messages - BBC News
• Monitoring at work - UK Citizens Advice
• Through the Keyhole: Privacy in the Workplace, an Endangered Right - American Civil Liberties Union
• Employers, Schools, and Social Networking Privacy - American Civil Liberties Union
• The Big Sick (2017) - IMDb
• Group Therapy Radio | Streaming live every Friday - YouTube
• Above & Beyond - SoundCloud
• Above & Beyond present Group Therapy 250
• How To Fix a Toilet And Other Things We Can't Do Without Search
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Are public figures lying about being hacked? What were online criminals doing with 711 million email addresses? And how could scammers profit from Hurricane Harvey?

All this and 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 Troy Hunt.

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Special Guest: Troy Hunt.

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• Trump appointee says for the 'past several years' he has been the victim of 'multiple cyber attacks' — Graham Cluley.
• Trump appointee: Comment calling Obama's mother a 'w@!re' result of 'Internet crimes' against me — CNN.
• Inside the Massive 711 Million Record Onliner Spambot Dump — Troy Hunt.
• Have I been pwned? — Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach
• Harvey Hoax: There are no sharks on Houston's flooded freeways — WCVB 5.
• Photo of planes at flooded Houston airport is a fake — Daily Mail.
• Charity Listing - BBB Wise Giving Alliance — Give.org.
• Wise giving in the wake of Hurricane Harvey — FTC.
• The Phoenix Comic
• Little Ripper Lifesaver Drones Spot Sharks Electronically — YouTube.
• ChirpChange
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Hackers could change emails in your inbox after they are delivered, the web is getting more and more encrypted, and hacked robots can be commanded to umm... stab you.

All this and 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 researcher Scott Helme.

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Special Guest: Scott Helme.

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• Introducing the ROPEMAKER Email Exploit — Mimecast.
• Did ROPEMAKER just unravel email security? Nah, it's likely a feature — The Register.
• Measuring HTTPS adoption on the web [USENIX 17] — Research presented by Adrienne Porter Felt (Google) and April King (Mozilla).
• Alexa Top 1 Million Analysis - August 2017 — Scott Helme's report.
• ALPHA 2, The World's First Humanoid Robot for the Family — YouTube.
• UBTech Alpha 2 turns Chucky — YouTube
• Researchers warn against 'hackable' robots — IT Pro.
• Overcooked — Team 17.
• "Could you be paying for things using just your hand? — BBC Click on Twitter.
• 250,000 Dominoes - The Incredible Science Machine — YouTube.
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WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins (aka MalwareTech) pleads not guilty to malware charges, the Scottish parliament is hit by a brute force attack, IoT smart locks aren't so smart, and.. ahem.. someone is sending intimate pics via AirDrop to unsuspecting commuters.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity keynote speaker Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by technology journalist Geoff White.

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Special Guest: Geoff White.

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• "The Secret Life of Your Mobile Phone" — Geoff White's show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
• MalwareTech is back online, as he pleads not guilty to Kronos malware charges — Graham Cluley.
• Scottish parliament hit by cyber-attack similar to Westminster assault — The Guardian.
• Hackers try to break into Scottish parliament email accounts weeks after Westminster attack — Graham Cluley.
• Blocking Brute Force Attacks — Advice from OWASP.
• Hundreds of 'smart' locks bricked by flubbed remote update — Graham Cluley.
• Friendly neighborhood hacker helps family regain access to locked car — Graham Cluley.
• AirDropping penis pics is the latest horrifying subway trend — New York Post.
• Is there a way to view AirDrop transfer history? — Apple Support community.
• What Is AirDrop? How Does It Work? — Lifewire.
• Exposing yourself is illegal - so why should the law tolerate cyber-flashing on online dating apps? — The Independent.
• Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz — Grand Chess Tour.
• Amazon's LoveFilm postal rentals is shutting down — Radio Times.
• "Waking up with Sam Harris"
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