Smashing Security
Stories from the world of hacking, cybersecurity, and rogue AI.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 most entertaining cybersecurity podcast awards in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024, Smashing Security has had over ten million downloads...
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Episodes (507)
The Most Wanted Missing CryptoQueen
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Disney's social dumpster fire, Anom phones, and TikTok tragedies
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Raising money through ransomware, China's mega-leak, and hackers for hire
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Debug ransomware and win $1,000,000, period-tracking apps, and AI gets emotional
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Hot tub hijinx, and a sentient AI
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Encrypted notes, and a deadly case of AirTag spying
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Tim Hortons, avoiding sanctions, and good faith security research
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Bad bots, cheeky ransoms, and good deepfakes
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Webcam extortion, Michael Fish, and food foul-ups
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Jail for Bing, and mental health apps may not be good for you
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Hands off my biometrics, and a wormhole squirmish
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Password blips, and who's calling the airport?
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Going ape over the Kardashians, and the face of romance scams
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Crypto break-in, Google blurring, and mics not muting
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Bearded Barbie, EDR scams, and hobbyist crime detectives
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Trezor Deep Throat, a CCTV stalker, and Amazon's list of banned words
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LinkedIn deepfakes, doxxing Russian spies, and a false alarm
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Virtual kidnapping, two helipads, and a naughty Apple employee
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Cyberflashing, Kaspersky, and secret spies
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The Nigerian supercop and Alexa vs. Alexa
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Hacked car chargers, Telegram sextortionists, and secret bossware
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Problèmes de Weefeee, AI artists, and Web 3.0
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Macro progress, eyeball-tracking ads, and encryption backdoors
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North Korea hacked, DEA cosplay, and Horizon Worlds drama
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New hire mystery, hacktivist ransomware, and digi-dating
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Techquilibrium and mediocre linguistic escapades
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Tesla remote hijacks and revolting YouTubers
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Pokemon-hunting cops and the Spine Collector scammer
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Virgin Media just won't take no for an answer, NFT apes, and bad optics
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Revolting receipts, a Twitter fandango, and shopkeeper cyber tips
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A dead hamster, a brass pen, and The Beatles
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Cybercrime unicorns, HVAC hacks, and NFT piracy - with Mikko Hyppönen
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Hotel hacks, workplace spies, and the FBI
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PrawnHub, Tesla recall, and IoT luggage
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Yes, you heard that correctly. Two hundred and fifty
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Devious licks, Netflix, and sensitive hackers
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Press F12 to hack
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Rickrolling submarine secrets
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Facebook has fallen
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The Julian Assange assassination plot, and IoT toilets
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Facebook Ray-Bans, VPN spies, and AI camouflage
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Breaking news, Apple zero-clicks, and bad blood
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ProtonMail privacy questioned, and Banksy blunder
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Flipping dating apps, and crypto rewards for criminals
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3D printer hijacks, crypto fails, and a tech billionaire’s revenge
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TikTok vigilantes, sloppy IoT, and Wikipedia woe
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Fashion captain, fraud family, and DEF CON. D'oh!
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NuNa, NuNu, NaNa
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Stingrays, soccer, and smart homes
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REvil returns, TikTok grows, and Gettr defaced
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