How hunting for an aubergine could be all it takes for you to hand your credit card details over to a scammer, and just how good is a podcast entirely built by AI?
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.
Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.
Hosts:
Graham Cluley – @gcluley
Carole Theriault – @caroletheriault
Episode links:
- Support Alie Hothersall’s fundraising for Mind – JustGiving.
- Fraudsters target Booking.com customers claiming hotel stay could be cancelled – Graham Cluley.
- Security.txt – A proposed standard which allows websites to define security policies.
- Develop AI launches a completely synthetic podcast – Develop AI.
- Develop AI podcast.
- Is It Legal To Pay – The err.. https version of a map of which countries allow you to pay ransom demands.
- Licorice Pizza – BBC iPlayer.
- Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)
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Thanks:
Theme tune: “Vinyl Memories” by Mikael Manvelyan.
Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.
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Graham Cluley is a veteran of the cybersecurity industry, having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. Follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky, or drop him an email.