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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084: No! My voice is not my password
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083: Fake email derails clarinetist's dream
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082: World Cup cybersecurity, crypto crashes, and a bang of a password fail
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081: Hacker no-hopers, Wessex Water has a word, and we win an award
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080: Country bans Facebook, eavesdropping Alexa, and PornHub VPN
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079: Mugshots, mobile mania, and backend gurus
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078: Hounds hunt hackers, too-human Google AI, and ethnic recognition tech - WTF...
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077: Why Paris Hilton doesn’t use iCloud, lottery hacking, and Facebook dating
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076: Spying phones, hacked ski lifts, and World Password Day
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075: Quitting Facebook
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074: Smashing Security isn't bullsh*t
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073: Rick Astley: Never gonna hack you up...
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072: Why are firms so cr*p with our private data?
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071: Pony-tailed pundit ponders privacy problems - with Mikko Hyppönen
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070: Facebook and Cambridge Diabolica
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069: Cryptomining, China, and Bob Ross
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068: Malware from outer space!
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067: Cyber stalking and gun control
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066: Passwords, pirates, and postcards
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065: Cryptominomania, Poppy, and your Amazon Alexa
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064: So just a "teeny tiny" security issue then?
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063: Carole's back!
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062: Tinder spying, Amazon shoplifting, and petrol pump malware
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061: Fallout over Hawaii missile false alarm
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060: Meltdown, Spectre, and personal devices in the White House
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059: An intro to Bitcoin and Blockchain
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058: Face ID, Firefox, and Windows SNAFUs, plus Bitcoin FOMO
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057: Mikko Hyppönen - live from the sauna - talks Bitcoin security
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056: Peeping Toms, prison hacks, and parliamentary passwords
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055: Uber, net neutrality, and website hacks
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054: A great big fat macOS bug
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053: Game of Thrones, a major Amazon cloud leak, and web tracking gone crazy
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052: Facebook tackles vengeful scumbags, and a sex toy privacy boob
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051: Robots, romance, passwords, and CrunchyRoll
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050: MailChimp, Piers Morgan, and The Dark Overlord
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049: Hacking funeral homes, crypto mining websites, and careful with that hairsp...
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048: KRACK, North Korea, and an 18th century cyber attack
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047: Kaspersky, AI, and a well-handled data breach
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046: Good beard bad beard
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045: Deloitte fail, CCleaner, and dotards on Twitter
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044: Bonus behind the scenes - shower time
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043: Backups - a necessary evil?
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042: Equifax, BlueBorne, and the iPhone X
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041: Hacking Instagram, facial failures, and spying bosses
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040: The show that cost Troy Hunt 14 dollars
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039: Woah - are we talking to a cyborg?
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038: Gents! Stop airdropping your pics!
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037: Boobs, dragons and data breaches
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036: Flash? Clunk flush... and hacking security researchers
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035: Up the Roomba with mandatory Chinese spyware
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