There’s a whole new dating scam that could mean you end up out of pocket (or beaten up) after a first date with a glamorous admirer, and a woman in Los Alamos uses an Air Tag to entrap a thief.

Plus – don’t miss our featured interview with Maya Levine of Sysdig.

All this, and a very bad Cockney accent, in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by industry 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:

• Mail Theft Suspect Apprehended Using AirTag – Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.
• Google and Apple deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in Android and iOS – Google Security blog.
• Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android – Apple.
• Barclays Scams Bulletin: Men more likely to fall victim to romance scams, while women lose more money – Barclays.
• 3 men trapped by same woman: Journalist on modus operandi of dating app scams –  India Today. 
• Mumbai club under fire for ‘dating scam’ after man gets Rs 61,000 bill – India News.
• Romance scams in 2024 + online dating statistics – Norton.
• Tips for romance scams – Better Business Bureau.
• What to know about romance scams – Consumer Advice.
• The Godfather club dating app scam in Mumbai – YouTube.
• What accent does Butcher have in ‘The Boys’? – NME.
• Shokz bone conduction headphones – Shokz.
• Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

Sponsored by:

• 1Password Extended Access Management – Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.
• Sysdig – Secure your cloud in real time. Detect, investigate, and respond to threats at cloud speed.
• Material Security – email security that covers the full threat landscape – stopping new flavors of phishing and pretexting attacks in their tracks, while also protecting accounts and data from exploit or exposure.

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Thanks:

Theme tune: “Vinyl Memories” by Mikael Manvelyan.
Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

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