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Smashing Security
Smashing Security isn’t your typical tech podcast. Hosted by cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, it serves up weekly tales of cybercrime, hacking horror stories, privacy blunders, and tech mishaps - all with sharp insight, a sense of humour, and zero tolerance for tech waffle.Winner of the best and...
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I hacked the government, and your headphones are next
In episode 451 of "Smashing Security," we meet the cybercriminal who hacked the US Supreme Court, Veterans Affairs, and more - and then helpfully post...
From Instagram panic to Grok gone wild
Confusion reigns after claims that data linked to 17.5 million Instagram accounts is up for sale - sparked by a vague post, contradictory statements,...
How to scam someone in seven days
Romance scammers have apparently discovered astrology... and Taurus is their secret weapon.
In episode 449 of "Smashing Security", we take a loo...
The Kindle that got pwned
Think your Kindle is harmless? Think again! In this episode, Graham and special guest Danny Palmer unpack a Black Hat Europe talk revealing how a boob...
Grok the stalker, the Louvre heist, and Microsoft 365 mayhem
On this week's show we learn that AI really can be a stalker’s best friend, as we explore a strange tale that starts with a manatee-shaped mailbox on...
A hacker doxxes himself, and social engineering-as-a-service
A teenage cybercriminal posts a smug screenshot to mock a sextortion scammer... and accidentally hands over the keys to his real-world identity. Meanw...
The hack that brought back the zombie apocalypse
America's airwaves are haunted by zombies again, as we dig into a decade of broadcasters leaving their hardware open to attack, giving hackers the cha...
We’re sorry. Wait, did a company actually say that?
Stop the press - a company has actually said "sorry" after a data breach, and hotels are helping hackers phish their own guests.
In episode 444...
Tinder’s camera roll and the Buffett deepfake
Tinder has got a plan to rummage through your camera roll, and Warren Buffett keeps popping up in convincing deepfakes dishing "number one investment...
The hack that messed with time, and rogue ransomware negotiators
Time itself comes under attack as a state-backed hacking gang spends two years tunnelling toward a nation’s master clock — with chaos potentially only...
Inside the mob's million-dollar poker hack, and a Formula 1 fumble
Basketball stars have allegedly joined forces with the mafia to fleece high-rollers in a poker scam involving hacked shufflers, covert cameras, and an...
How to hack a prison, and the hidden threat of online checkouts
A literal insider threat: we head to a Romanian prison where “self-service” web kiosks allowed inmates to run wild. Then we head to the checkout aisle...
A breach, a burnout, and a bit of Fleetwood Mac
A critical infrastructure hack hits the headlines - involving default passwords, boasts on Telegram, and a finale that will make a few cyber-crooks wi...
When your mouse turns snitch, and hackers grow a conscience
Your computer's mouse might not be as innocent as it looks - and one ransomware crew has a crisis of conscience that nobody saw coming.
We talk...
Salesforce's trusted domain of doom
Researchers uncovered a security flaw in Salesforce’s shiny new Agentforce. The vulnerability, dubbed "ForcedLeak", let them smuggle AI-read instructi...
The €600,000 gold heist, powered by ransomware
Ransomware doesn’t just freeze computers - it can silence alarms too. And when the Natural History Museum in Paris went dark, thieves helped themselve...
Lights! Camera! Hacktion!
When "bad actors" stop being hackers and start being... actual actors.
This week, Graham and special guest Jenny Radcliffe play “Hacker or Ham?”...
Whopper Hackers, and AI Whoppers
Ever wondered what would happen if Burger King left the keys to the kingdom lying around for anyone to use? Ethical hackers did - and uncovered drive-...
How hackers turned AI into their new henchman
Your AI reads the small print, and that's a problem. This week in episode 433 of "Smashing Security" we dig into LegalPwn - malicious instructions tuc...
Oops! I auto-filled my password into a cookie banner
We unpack how some password managers can be tricked into coughing up your secrets, with a clickjacking sleight-of-hand, what website owners can do to...
How to mine millions without paying the bill
In episode 431 of the "Smashing Security" podcast, a self-proclaimed crypto-influencer calling himself CP3O thought he had found a shortcut to riches...
Poisoned Calendar invites, ChatGPT, and Bromide
A poisoned Google Calendar invite that can hijack your smart home, a man is hospitalised after ChatGPT told him to season his food with… pesticide, an...
Replit panics, and the AI that will kill you
Those of you who tuned in to last week's episode (#428) will have heard the big news from my podcast pal Carole that she's decided to move on from her...
Red flags, leaked chats, and a final farewell
The viral women-only dating safety app Tea, built to flag red flags, gets flagged itself - after leaking over 70,000 private images and chat logs. We...
When 2G attacks, and a romantic road trip goes wrong
In this episode, Graham warns why it is high time we said goodbye to 2G - the outdated mobile network being exploited by cybercriminals with suitcase-...
Choo Choo Choose to ignore the vulnerability
In episode 426 of the "Smashing Security" podcast, Graham reveals how you can hijack a train’s brakes from 150 miles away using kit cheaper than a sec...
Call of Duty: From pew-pew to pwned
In episode 425 of "Smashing Security", Graham reveals how "Call of Duty: WWII" has been weaponised - allowing hackers to hijack your entire PC during...
Surveillance, spyware, and self-driving snafus
A Mexican drug cartel spies on the FBI using traffic cameras and spyware — because "ubiquitous technical surveillance” is no longer just for dystopian...
Operation Endgame, deepfakes, and dead slugs
In this episode, Graham unravels Operation Endgame - the surprisingly stylish police crackdown that is seizing botnets, mocking malware authors with a...
The curious case of the code copier
A GCHQ intern forgets the golden rule of spy school — don’t take the secrets home with you — and finds himself swapping Cheltenham for a cell. Meanwhi...
Toothpick flirts, Google leaks, and ICE ICE scammers
What do a sleazy nightclub carpet, Google’s gaping privacy hole, and an international student conned by fake ICE agents have in common? This week’s ep...
Fake Susies, flawed systems, and fruity fixes for anxiety
A bizarre case of political impersonation, where Trump’s top aide Susie Wiles is cloned (digitally, not biologically — we think), and high-ranking Rep...
Star Wars, the CIA, and a WhatsApp malware mirage
Why is a cute Star Wars fan website now redirecting to the CIA? How come Cambodia has become the world's hotspot for scam call centres? And can a Wh...
Grid failures, Instagram scams, and Legal Aid leaks
In this week’s episode, Graham investigates the mysterious Iberian Peninsula blackout (aliens? toaster? cyberattack?), Carole dives in the UK legal ai...
Hello, Pervert! - Sextortion scams and Discord disasters
Don't get duped, doxxed, or drained! In this episode of "Smashing Security" we dive into the creepy world of sextortion scams, and investigate how cry...
High street hacks, and Disney's Wingdings woe
Brits face empty shelves and suspended meal deals as cybercriminals hit major high street retailers, and a terminated Disney employee gets revenge wit...
Hacking hijinks at the hospital, and WASPI scams
He's not a pop star, but Jeffrey Bowie is alleged to have toured staff areas of a hospital in Oklahoma, hunting for computers he could install spyware...
Zoom.. just one click and your data goes boom!
Graham explores how the Elusive Comet cybercrime gang are using a sneaky trick of stealing your cryptocurrency via an innocent-appearing Zoom call, an...
Hacking the hackers... with a credit card?
A cybersecurity firm is buying access to underground crime forums to gather intelligence. Does that seem daft to you?
And over in Nigeria, even...
Signalgate sucks, and the quandary of quishing
QR codes are being weaponised by scammers — so maybe think twice before scanning that parking meter. And in a blunder so dumb it makes autocorrect loo...