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In episode 431 of the "Smashing Security" podcast, a self-proclaimed crypto-influencer calling himself CP3O thought he had found a shortcut to riches — by racking up millions in unpaid cloud bills.

Meanwhile, we look at the growing threat of EDR-killer tools that can quietly switch off your endpoint protection before an attack even begins.

And for something a little different, we peek into the Internet Archive’s dystopian Wayforward Machine and take a detour to Mary Shelley’s resting place in Bournemouth.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley, joined this week by special guest Allan "Ransomware Sommelier" Liska.

Episode links:

• Crypto Influencer Sentenced to Prison for Multi-Million Dollar “Cryptojacking” Scheme - US Department of Justice.
• Ransomware crews don't care about your endpoint security – they've already killed it - The Register.
• Way Forward Machine - The Internet Archive.
• Mary Shelley’s grave - Atlas Obscura.
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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, and some thoughts on Superman’s latest cinematic outing.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley, joined this week by special guest Dave Bittner from The Cyberwire.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Episode links:

• Invitation Is All You Need: Invoking Gemini for Workspace Agents with a Simple Google Calendar Invite - SafeBreach.
• Invitation attack curses - YouTube.
• Invitation attack opens shutters - YouTube.
• Guy Gives Himself 19th Century Psychiatric Illness After Consulting With ChatGPT - 404 Media.
• Superman (2025) trailer - YouTube.
• Billy Joel: And so it goes - HBO Max.
• Billy Joel: And so it goes trailer - YouTube.
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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 episode of the "Smashing Security" podcast obviously.

Graham explains how a Singaporean bug-hunter cracked Google’s defences and could brute-force your full phone number. Meanwhile, Carole dives into a chilling scam where ICE impersonators used fear, spoofed numbers, and... Apple gift cards to extort terrified migrants.

Plus: Nazis, door safety, and the age-old struggle of telling Ralph Fiennes from Liam Neeson.

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.

Episode links:

• Bruteforcing the phone number of any Google user - Brutecat.
• Leaking the phone number of any Google user - YouTube.
• Researcher Found Flaw to Discover Phone Numbers Linked to Any Google Account - The Hacker News.
• Google fixes flaw that could unmask YouTube users' email addresses - Bleeping Computer.
• ICE Scammers Are On The Rise: What To Do  - Newsweek.
• Student visa holder tricked by fake ICE agent scam, loses thousands  - Newsweek.
• Conspiracy - IMDB.
• Schindler’s List - IMDB.
• Dutch Reach car door opening method - The AA.
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Dr 90210 finds himself in a sticky situation after his patients' plastic surgery photos AND more end up in the hands of hackers, emails to the US military end up in the wrong hands, and script kiddies salivate at the thought of Business Email Compromise powered by generative AI.

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by T-Minus Space Daily’s Maria Varmazis.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Episode links:

• 90210 plastic surgeon Dr Gary Motykie.
• Dr Gary Motykie videos - YouTube.
• More plastic surgery patients have their nude photos and information leaked - DataBreaches.net.
• Typo watch: 'Millions of emails' for US military sent to .ml addresses in error - The Register.
• Hundreds of thousands of US military e-mails wind up in Mali - Le Monde.
• Beware of WormGPT: AI Tool Enables Cyber Attacks and Impersonation Scams - IB Times.
• WormGPT: a generative AI tool to compromise business emails - CSO Online.
• WormGPT - The Generative AI Tool Cybercriminals Are Using to Launch BEC Attacks - SlashNext.
• “Who shat on the floor at my wedding?”
• Futurama - Wikipedia.
• Radiooooo.
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• ClearVPN - Hide your IP address, browse without geo-restrictions, and stay private online with a 30 day free trial of its premium plan.

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Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to hand over his WhatsApp messages - or does he? And a couple of fun-loving girls from Aberdeen have come up with a sinister twist on sextortion scams.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley (from a mystery location) and Carole Theriault.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Episode links:

• The UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
• Court orders ministers to hand Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps to Covid inquiry - The Guardian.
• Boris Johnson ‘has forgotten’ passcode for phone wanted by Covid inquiry - The Guardian.
• The Lockdown Files: Matt Hancock rejected expert advice on care home testing, WhatsApp messages reveal - The Telegraph.
• Boris Johnson's Personal Phone Number Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight Online For 15 Years - Vice.
• Party girls netted £120,000 from terrified men in ‘sextortion’ scam -The Times.
• Exclusive: Women posed as underage girls to blackmail men out of nearly £122000 -Press and Journal.
• Musicless music video of Lionel Richie’s “Hello” - YouTube.
• Musicless music video of Rolling Stones performing live in 1964 - YouTube.
• Intrigue: Burning Sun - BBC podcast.
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• Drata – With over 14 frameworks including SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 27001, Drata gets you audit-ready for crucial security standards needed to scale your business. As a listener to Smashing Security you can save 10% off Drata and have implementation fees waived.

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Going for a jog can be bad for your privacy (but even worse for your health), and Britain's consumer finance champion finds his face is being faked.

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.

Episode links:

• Russian commander shot dead after posting runs on Strava running app - Kyiv Post.
• Martin Lewis felt 'sick' seeing deepfake scam ad on Facebook - BBC News.
• How synthetic media, or deepfakes, could soon change our worldeing deepfake scam ad on Facebook - 60 Minutes on YouTube.
• Nicki Minaj wants to delete the “whole internet” after viral AI deepfake video -Technology Inquirer.
• Fears grow of deepfake ID scams following Progress hack - Ars Technica.
• “Deep Fake Neighbour Wars”: ITV’s comedy shows how AI can transform popular culture -The Conversation.
• ”My Old School” - BBC Scotland.
• ”My Old School” trailer - YouTube.
• MP doesn’t know whether she attended Downing St Party - YouTube.
• ”Non-Censored” with Rosie Holt podcast - Audioboom.
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• Sysdig - Is your cloud secure? Not without runtime insights! Sysdig delivers the industry's ONLY complete, consolidated Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) - powered by runtime insights - to prioritize critical risks and stay ahead of unknown threats. Learn how runtime insights reduces fatigue so developers can focus on delivering software and your security teams can focus on other demands.
• Drata – With over 14 frameworks including SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 27001, Drata gets you audit-ready for crucial security standards needed to scale your business. As a listener to Smashing Security you can save 10% off Drata and have implementation fees waived.

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Just how much do porn websites know about your sexual peccadillos? How are Barbie dolls involved in identity scams? And would you trust a completely free telly?

Oh, and Graham has some opinions to share about "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny".

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Matt Davey from the "Random but Memorable" podcast.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Episode links:

• Pornhub Is Being Accused of Illegal Data Collection - Wired.
• StopDataPorn brings Pornhub to court for abusing users’ personal data with GDPR complaints - StopDataPorn.
• The Password Game - Neal.fun.
• The True Cost of a Free TV - Wired.
• Telly dual-screen TV first look: it’s free and may be the future - The Verge.
• Swindlers Used Barbie Dolls to Rob COVID Relief Program - The Messenger.
• How rampant abuse by fintech fueled covid relief fraud - The Washington Post.
• 'Biggest fraud in a generation': The looting of the Covid relief plan known as PPP - NBC News.
• "We Are Not the Fraud Police": How Fintechs Facilitated Fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program - Fox News.
• ‘The Dial Of Destiny’ Is Now The Worst-Reviewed ‘Indiana Jones’ Movie - Forbes.
• “Jury Duty” TV series - Wikipedia.
• “Jury Duty” trailer - YouTube.
• Spray Cork: What Is It? - Build with Rise.
• CorkSol.
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• Kolide – Kolide ensures that if your device isn’t secure it can’t access your cloud apps. It’s Zero Trust for Okta. Watch a demo today!
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UPS delivers some smishing advice (but have they kept something under wraps?), we ask ChatGPT to take a long hard look at itself, and we debate what the penalty should be for taking national secrets home with you.

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Host Unknown's sole founder Thom Langford.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Episode links:

• UPS discloses data breach after exposed customer info used in SMS phishing - Bleeping Computer.
• Example of UPS SMS phishing message related to Lego order - Twitter.
• Another example of a Lego-related UPS phishing message - Twitter.
• Former FBI Analyst Sentenced for Retaining Classified Documents - US Department of Justice.
• How The Intercept might have helped unmask Reality Winner to the NSA - Graham Cluley.
• Bad adverts leave people scratching their heads - MSN.
• How Cybercriminals Can Perform Virtual Kidnapping Scams Using AI Voice Cloning Tools and ChatGPT - Trend Micro.
• Which Jobs Will Be Most Impacted by ChatGPT? - Visual Capitalist.
• Unraveling an AI Scam with AI - Imperva.
• 100,000 Hacked ChatGPT Accounts Discovered on Dark Web - Hackread.
• 97+ ChatGPT Statistics & User Numbers In June 2023 (New Data)  - Nerdy Nav.
• “Speed Cubers” - Netflix.
• Trailer for “Speed Cubers” - YouTube.
• KBDcraft.
• ”How to Win Friends and Disappear People” - Qcode Podcasts.
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Sponsored by:

• Bitwarden – Password security you can trust. Bitwarden is an open source password manager trusted by millions of individuals, teams, and organizations worldwide for secure password storage and sharing.
• Kolide – Kolide ensures that if your device isn’t secure it can’t access your cloud apps. It’s Zero Trust for Okta. Watch a demo today!
• Drata – With over 14 frameworks including SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 27001, Drata gets you audit-ready for crucial security standards needed to scale your business. As a listener to Smashing Security you can save 10% off Drata and have implementation fees waived.

SUPPORT THE SHOW:

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There's some funny business going on on Google, and Zuckerberg's $14 billion bet on the metaverse is beginning to look a little childish...

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.

Episode links:

• Google sues alleged scammer over fake business and review scheme - The Verge.
• Meta to Lower Age for Users of Virtual Reality Headset to 10 From 13 - New York Times.
• Introducing New Parent-Managed Meta Accounts for Families - Meta Blog.
• Keep Connected - ages 10–14 - Keep Connected.
• The Metaverse Police: A VR content moderator shares his insights - Mixed News.
• “Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist” - Netflix.
• Tommy Siegel - Some candy hearts comics I drew, a thread - Twitter.
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Sponsored by:

• Bitwarden – Password security you can trust. Bitwarden is an open source password manager trusted by millions of individuals, teams, and organizations worldwide for secure password storage and sharing.
• Kolide – Kolide ensures that if your device isn’t secure it can’t access your cloud apps. It’s Zero Trust for Okta. Watch a demo today!
• Drata – With over 14 frameworks including SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 27001, Drata gets you audit-ready for crucial security standards needed to scale your business. As a listener to Smashing Security you can save 10% off Drata and have implementation fees waived.

SUPPORT THE SHOW:

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Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

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There are shocking revelations about a US Government data suck-up, historic security breaches at Windsor Castle, and the MOVEit hack causes consternation.

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by The Cyberwire's Dave Bittner.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Episode links:

• Declassified files reveal ‘large number’ of security scares at Windsor Castle - Metro.
• Intruder at Windsor: Security 400 scared of unpleasant Andrew' to turn away fantasist - Express.
• The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens - Wired.
• I don’t care about cookies browser plugin.
• MOVEit hack: Media watchdog Ofcom latest victim of mass hack - BBC News.
• BBC, BA and Boots issued with ultimatum by cyber gang Clop - BBC News.
• Ukrainian police arrest multiple Clop ransomware gang suspects - TechCrunch.
• BBC and British Airways affected by data breach at payroll company Zellis - The Record.
• BA, Boots and BBC staff details targeted in Russia-linked cyber-attack - The Guardian.
• Zero-Day Vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer Exploited for Data Theft - Mandiant.
• MOVEit Transfer and MOVEit Cloud Vulnerability - Progress.
• MOVEit announces second vulnerability; Minnesota schools agency breached with original bug - The Record.
• An Update on the Steps We are Taking to Protect MOVEit Customers  - Ipswitch.
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - IMDB.
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer - YouTube.
• The Muppets Mayhem - Disney+.
• The Muppets Mayhem trailer - YouTube.
• NT-USB microphone - Rode.
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Sponsored by:

• Bitwarden – Password security you can trust. Bitwarden is an open source password manager trusted by millions of individuals, teams, and organizations worldwide for secure password storage and sharing.
• Kolide – Kolide ensures that if your device isn’t secure it can’t access your cloud apps. It’s Zero Trust for Okta. Watch a demo today!
• Hunters - A SOC platform, built to empower your security team to reduce risk, complexity and costs.

SUPPORT THE SHOW:

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Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

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