Smashing Security

By Graham Cluley & Carole Theriault

A helpful and hilarious take on the week's tech SNAFUs.

Computer security industry veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault chat with guests about cybercrime, hacking, and online privacy. It's not your typical cybersecurity podcast...

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. Past guests include Garry Kasparov, Mikko Hyppönen, and Rory Cellan-Jones.

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Episodes

2025-03-27 Unleash the AI bot army against the scammers - now!

2025-03-20 Peeping perverts and FBI phone calls

2025-03-13 A gag order backfires, and a snail mail ransom demand

2025-03-06 HP's hold music, and human trafficking

2025-02-27 History's biggest heist just happened, and online abuse

2025-02-20 A crypto con exchange, and soaring ticket scams

2025-02-13 Podcast not found

2025-02-06 Coinbase crypto heists, QR codes, and ransomware in the classroom

2025-01-30 Hackers get hacked, the British Museum IT shutdown, and social media kidnaps

2025-01-23 Hacks on the high seas, and how your home can be stolen under your nose

2025-01-16 Hacker games, AI travel surveillance, and 25 years of IoT

2025-01-09 Honey in hot water, and reset your devices

2024-12-19 Fake CAPTCHAs, Harmageddon, and Krispy Kreme

2024-12-12 Snowflake hackers, and under the influence

2024-12-05 Dishy DDoS dramas, and mining our minds for data

2024-11-28 Gym hacking, disappearing DNA, and a social lockout

2024-11-21 Digital arrest scams and stream-jacking

2024-11-14 Who needs a laptop to hack when you have a Firestick?

2024-11-07 Pasta spies and private eyes, and are you applying for a ghost job?

2024-10-31 The secret Strava service, deepfakes, and crocodiles

2024-10-24 When security firms get hacked, and your new North Korean remote worker

2024-10-17 WordPress vs WP Engine, and the Internet Archive is down

2024-10-10 Vacuum cleaner voyeur, and pepperoni pact blocks payout

2024-10-03 Breaches in your genes, and Kaspersky switcheroo raises a red flag

2024-09-26 The $230 million crypto handbag heist, and misinformation on social media

2024-09-19 TFL security derailed, and is Trump the king of crypto?

2024-09-12 A room with a view, AI music shenanigans, and a cocaine bear

2024-09-05 The Godfather club, and AirTags to the rescue

2024-08-06 Smashing Security presents The AI Fix: An AI cookery dumpster fire, the ARC prize, and a creepy new AI friend

2024-07-30 Smashing Security presents The AI Fix

2024-07-25 CrowdStrike, Dark Wire, and the Paris Olympics

2024-07-18 Trump assassination conspiracies, Squarespace account hijacks, and the butt stops here

2024-07-11 Teachers TikTok targeted, and fraud in the doctors’ waiting room

2024-07-04 Private nights, evil twins, and crypto home invasions

2024-06-27 Julian Assange, inside a DDoS attack, and deepfake traumas

2024-06-20 An unhealthy data dump, railway surveillance, and a cheater sues Apple

2024-06-13 iOS 18 for cheaters, and a model cop extortionist?

2024-06-06 Crashing robo-taxis, and name-dropping rappers

2024-05-30 Microsoft’s Recall controversy, and the North Korean insider threat

2024-05-23 iPhone undeleted photos, and stealing Scarlett Johansson’s voice

2024-05-16 The fake deepfake, and Estate insecurity

2024-05-09 Unmasking LockBitsupp, company extortion, and a Tinder fraudster

2024-05-02 The closed loop conundrum, default passwords, and Baby Reindeer

2024-04-25 Keeping the lights on after a ransomware attack

2024-04-18 Gary Barlow, and a scam turns deadly

2024-04-11 WhatsApp at Westminster, unhealthy AI, and Drew Barrymore

2024-04-04 Money-making bots, and Incognito isn’t private

2024-03-28 Hacking hotels, Google’s AI goof, and cyberflashing

2024-03-21 Bing pop-up wars, and the British Library ransomware scandal

2024-03-14 Stuck streaming sticks, TikTok conspiracies, and spying cars

2024-03-07 Ransomware fraud, pharmacy chaos, and suicide

2024-02-29 Wireless charging woe, AI romance apps, and ransomware revisited

2024-02-22 LockBit locked out, and funeral Facebook scams

2024-02-15 Declaring war on ransomware gangs, mobile muddles, and AI religion

2024-02-08 Hong Kong hijinks, pig butchers, and poor ransomware gangs

2024-02-01 Interview with an iPhone thief, anti-AI, and have we gone too far?

2024-01-25 Big dumpers, AI defamation, and the slug that slurped

2024-01-18 Fishy Rishi, 23andMe, and the labour of love

2024-01-11 Chuck Norris and the fake CEO, artificial KYC, and an Airbnb scam

2023-12-21 Phone hacking, Piers Morgan, and Carole’s Christmas cockup

2023-12-14 For research purposes only

2023-12-07 Nuclear cybersecurity, Marketplace scams, and face up to porn

2023-11-30 Think before you shrink! And our guest is faked

2023-11-23 Ransomware gang reports its own crime, and what happened at OpenAI?

2023-11-16 Hacking for chimp change, and AI chatbot birthday

2023-11-09 Trolls, military data, and the hitman and her

2023-11-02 How hackers are breaching Booking.com, and the untrustworthy reviews

2023-10-26 Cyber sloppiness, and why does Google really want to hide your IP address?

2023-10-19 What’s cooking at Booking.com? And a podcast built by AI

2023-10-12 Four-legged girlfriends, LoveGPT, and a military intelligence failure

2023-10-05 Royal family attacked, keyless car theft, and a deepfake Tom Hanks

2023-09-28 Another T-Mobile breach, ThemeBleed, and farewell Naked Security

2023-09-21 Heated seats, car privacy, and Graham’s porn video

2023-09-14 Bitcoin boo-boo, deepfakes for good, and time to say goodbye to usernames?

2023-09-07 Catfishing services, bad sports, and another cockup

2023-08-31 The DEA’s crypto calamity, and scammers’ blue tick bonanza

2023-08-24 Pizza pests, and securing your wearables

2023-08-17 AI chat wars, and hacker passwords exposed

2023-08-10 Acoustic attacks, and the tears of a crypto rapper

2023-08-03 Barbie and the stalking spouse

2023-07-27 Nudes leak at the plastic surgery, Mali mail mix-up, and WormGPT

2023-07-20 Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps, and sextorting party girls

2023-07-13 Deepfake Martin Lewis, and a deadly jog in the park

2023-07-06 Pornhub, Barbie dolls, and can you trust a free TV?

2023-06-29 UPS smishing, ChatGPT 101, and storing secret files

2023-06-22 Mark’s metaverse for minors, and getting down to business

2023-06-15 Right Royal security threats and MOVEit mayhem

2023-06-08 Rick Astley and the little birdie scam

2023-06-01 .ZIP domains, AI lies, and did social media inflame a riot?

2023-05-25 Botched Bitcoin blackmail, iSpoof, and Meta’s billion dollar data bungle

2023-05-18 When you buy a criminal’s phone, and paying for social media scams

2023-05-11 Eurovision, acts of war, and Twitter circles

2023-05-04 City Jerks, AI animals, and is the BBC hacking again?

2023-04-27 The CEO who also ran IT, Strava strife, and TikTok tall tales

2023-04-20 Tesla workers spy on drivers, and Operation Fox Hunt scams

2023-04-13 Another Uber SNAFU, an AI chatbot quiz, and is juice-jacking genuine?

2023-04-06 Of Musk and Afroman

2023-03-30 Crypto hacker hijinks, government spyware, and Utah social media shocker

2023-03-23 Photo cropping bombshell, TikTok debates, and real estate scams

2023-03-16 Tesla twins and deepfake dramas

2023-03-09 Super grannies, bar trolls, and US Marshals

2023-03-02 TikTok, wiretapping, and your deepfake voice is your password

2023-02-23 Verified blue ticks and horny AI chatbots

2023-02-16 Synthetic voices, ChatGPT reflections, and social skirmishes

2023-02-09 Jail after VPN fail, criminal messaging apps, and wolf-crying watches

2023-02-02 ChatGPT and the Minister for Foreign Affairs

2023-01-26 No Fly lists, cell phones, and the end of ransomware riches?

2023-01-19 Norton unlocked, and police leaks

2023-01-12 Oxford's dating disaster, cheap security robots, and faking a suicide

2022-12-22 Secret Roomba snaps, Christmas cab scams, and the future of AI

2022-12-15 Lensa AI, and a dog called Bob

2022-12-08 AI chatbot or the start of Skynet? Eufy privacy, and hot desks

2022-12-01 Interplanetary file systems, iSpoof, and don't delete Twitter

2022-11-24 EV charging risks, FTX, and an ancient apocalypse

2022-11-17 Housing market scams, Twitter 2FA, and the fesshole

2022-11-10 Mastodon 101, and the Hushpuppi saga

2022-11-03 Twitter turmoil, AI animal chatters, and metaverse at work

2022-10-27 Slushygate, sextortion, and nano-targeting

2022-10-20 The Virgin trains swindler, cyber clowns, and AirTag election debacle

2022-10-13 Massive crypto bungle, and the slave scammers

2022-10-06 Trussterflucks and eBay stalking

2022-09-29 Deepfake dangers, AI image opt out, and controlling your urges

2022-09-22 Uber, Rockstar, and crystal balls

2022-09-15 Printer peeves, health data hangups, and Twitter tussles - with Rory Cellan-Jones

2022-09-08 Chiquita banana, dumb criminals, and detecting ring binders

2022-09-01 Lost in translation, spiders, and slapping tortillas - with Mikko Hyppönen

2022-08-04 Hackers doxxed, Pornhub probs, and Co-op security measures

2022-08-03 286: Hackers doxxed, Pornhub probs, and Co-op security measures

2022-07-28 Uber's hidden hack, tips for travel, and AI accent fixes

2022-07-27 285: Uber's hidden hack, tips for travel, and AI accent fixes

2022-07-21 The Most Wanted Missing CryptoQueen

2022-07-20 284: The Most Wanted Missing CryptoQueen

2022-07-14 Disney's social dumpster fire, Anom phones, and TikTok tragedies

2022-07-13 283: Disney's social dumpster fire, Anom phones, and TikTok tragedies

2022-07-07 Raising money through ransomware, China's mega-leak, and hackers for hire

2022-07-06 282: Raising money through ransomware, China's mega-leak, and hackers for hire

2022-06-30 Debug ransomware and win $1,000,000, period-tracking apps, and AI gets emotional

2022-06-29 281: Debug ransomware and win $1,000,000, period-tracking apps, and AI gets emotional

2022-06-23 Hot tub hijinx, and a sentient AI

2022-06-22 280: Hot tub hijinx, and a sentient AI

2022-06-15 Encrypted notes, and a deadly case of AirTag spying

2022-06-08 Tim Hortons, avoiding sanctions, and good faith security research

2022-06-01 Bad bots, cheeky ransoms, and good deepfakes

2022-05-25 Webcam extortion, Michael Fish, and food foul-ups

2022-05-18 Jail for Bing, and mental health apps may not be good for you

2022-05-11 Hands off my biometrics, and a wormhole squirmish

2022-05-04 Password blips, and who's calling the airport?

2022-04-27 Going ape over the Kardashians, and the face of romance scams

2022-04-20 Crypto break-in, Google blurring, and mics not muting

2022-04-13 Bearded Barbie, EDR scams, and hobbyist crime detectives

2022-04-06 Trezor Deep Throat, a CCTV stalker, and Amazon's list of banned words

2022-03-30 LinkedIn deepfakes, doxxing Russian spies, and a false alarm

2022-03-24 Virtual kidnapping, two helipads, and a naughty Apple employee

2022-03-17 Cyberflashing, Kaspersky, and secret spies

2022-03-10 The Nigerian supercop and Alexa vs. Alexa

2022-03-03 Hacked car chargers, Telegram sextortionists, and secret bossware

2022-02-24 Problèmes de Weefeee, AI artists, and Web 3.0

2022-02-17 Macro progress, eyeball-tracking ads, and encryption backdoors

2022-02-10 North Korea hacked, DEA cosplay, and Horizon Worlds drama

2022-02-03 New hire mystery, hacktivist ransomware, and digi-dating

2022-01-27 Techquilibrium and mediocre linguistic escapades

2022-01-20 Tesla remote hijacks and revolting YouTubers

2022-01-13 Pokemon-hunting cops and the Spine Collector scammer

2021-12-16 Virgin Media just won't take no for an answer, NFT apes, and bad optics

2021-12-09 Revolting receipts, a Twitter fandango, and shopkeeper cyber tips

2021-12-02 A dead hamster, a brass pen, and The Beatles

2021-11-25 Cybercrime unicorns, HVAC hacks, and NFT piracy - with Mikko Hyppönen

2021-11-18 Hotel hacks, workplace spies, and the FBI

2021-11-11 PrawnHub, Tesla recall, and IoT luggage

2021-11-04 Yes, you heard that correctly. Two hundred and fifty

2021-10-27 Devious licks, Netflix, and sensitive hackers

2021-10-20 Press F12 to hack

2021-10-13 Rickrolling submarine secrets

2021-10-06 Facebook has fallen

2021-09-29 The Julian Assange assassination plot, and IoT toilets

2021-09-22 Facebook Ray-Bans, VPN spies, and AI camouflage

2021-09-15 Breaking news, Apple zero-clicks, and bad blood

2021-09-08 ProtonMail privacy questioned, and Banksy blunder

2021-09-01 Flipping dating apps, and crypto rewards for criminals

2021-08-25 3D printer hijacks, crypto fails, and a tech billionaire’s revenge

2021-08-18 TikTok vigilantes, sloppy IoT, and Wikipedia woe

2021-07-28 Fashion captain, fraud family, and DEF CON. D'oh!

2021-07-21 NuNa, NuNu, NaNa

2021-07-14 Stingrays, soccer, and smart homes

2021-07-07 REvil returns, TikTok grows, and Gettr defaced

2021-06-30 Cozy Bear, dildo scams, and robo hires and fires

2021-06-23 Peloton problems, romance regret, and Weiner woes

2021-06-16 Zoomolympics and language matters

2021-06-09 Sexy snaps and encrypted chat traps

2021-06-02 Flash card f-up and energy pipe pilfering

2021-05-26 Dating leaks, right to repair, and a stinky bishop

2021-05-19 Pipeline pickle, Blockchain bollocks, and Eufy SNAFU - with Rory Cellan-Jones

2021-05-12 Phishing foul-up, Twitter tip jars, and Facebook's Apple fury

2021-05-05 Cryptocrazies and NFTs

2021-04-28 Master of your domain, gripe sites, and John Deere Farmergeddon

2021-04-21 The Lazarus Heist, Facebook faux pas, and no-cost security

2021-04-14 Booze, nudes, and insurance dudes

2021-04-07 Facebook, deepfakes, and April Fools scandals - with Nina Schick

2021-03-31 God bless his hairy palms

2021-03-25 Ransoms, scandals, and glitter bombs

2021-03-18 Cheerleaders, dating apps, and crisis PR

2021-03-11 Microsoft, McAfee, and mayhem

2021-03-04 Would you cuddle this revolting robot? - with Robert Llewellyn

2021-02-25 Playboy, prison, and digital ploys - with Garry Kasparov

2021-02-18 Sexy cows banned on Facebook

2021-02-11 Lockdown love scams, SolarWinds, and a data deletion bungle

2021-02-04 No security smarts at Mensa, long-term identity theft, and GameStop's share frenzy

2021-01-28 Dutch leaks, Peeping Toms, and researchers under fire

2021-01-21 Fleeking, COVID-19 hacking, and Bitcoin balls-ups

2021-01-14 DC rioters ID'd, Energydots, and ransomware gets you in a pickle

2020-12-17 Vengeful ex-staff, bad Santas, and iOS app nutrition facts

2020-12-10 Hidden treasure, COVID tracker trauma, and happy holidays with IoT

2020-12-03 Cyber biowarfare, giant ladybugs, and strippers

2020-11-26 Robo dogs, deepfakes and dirty deceptions - with Tim Harford

2020-11-19 Zoom password pinching and Parler problems

2020-11-12 Green buttons, Olympic attacks, and... an apology

2020-11-05 Testing times, naming names, and the bald truth about AI

2020-10-29 The Wu-Tang Clan are Among Us

2020-10-21 Robin Hood, Flippy, and the web ad bubble

2020-10-14 Two flipping hundred

2020-10-07 A few tech cock-ups, and one cock lock-up

2020-09-30 Chucky the coffee maker

2020-09-23 Greedy bosses, game cheats, and virtual beheadings

2020-09-16 Smart guns, smart cars, and smart street lights - oh my!

2020-09-09 Selene Delgado Lopez is not your friend - with Jon Bentley

2020-09-02 Carry on droning

2020-08-26 Hacking the CIA, Bridgefy, and college lockdowns

2020-08-19 Ritz and robocalls - with Rory Cellan-Jones

2020-08-12 We are on the bird

2020-08-05 Twitter hack arrests, email bad behaviour, and Fawkes vs facial recognition

2020-07-29 DNA cock-up, Garmin hack, and virtual kidnappings

2020-07-22 Dinner with Elon Musk and Kris Jenner

2020-07-15 Huawei ban, MGM hack, and a contact-tracing cock-up

2020-07-08 This one's for all the Karens!

2020-07-01 Bieber fever, Roblox, and ransomware

2020-06-24 Vanity Bitcoin wallets, BlueLeaks, and a Coronavirus app conspiracy

2020-06-17 MAMILs, gameshows, and a surprise from eBay

2020-06-10 Space Force, credit card fraud, and beep-ti-beep

2020-06-03 Anti-cybercrime ads, tricky tracing, and a 5G Bioshield

2020-05-27 Taking care of Clare

2020-05-20 Deepfake Jay-Z, and beer apps spilling your data

2020-05-13 Office pranks, meat dresses, and robocop dogs

2020-05-06 Elon Musk, Roblox, and Love Bug author found

2020-04-29 Hacking hacks and university attacks

2020-04-22 Zoom deepfakes, Zardoz, and 'Rona tracing

2020-04-15 Animal Crossing with Garry Kasparov

2020-04-08 5G fiascos, Zoom gloom, and butt biometrics

2020-04-01 UncleF***Face - with Mikko Hyppönen

2020-03-26 WhatsApp hoaxes, Zoombombs, and 8-bit love

2020-03-19 PornHub, Coronavirus apps, and remote working

2020-03-12 Burglaries, breaches, and bidets

2020-03-05 The Bitcoin fraud factory

2020-02-27 Coronavirus scams and an exaggerated lion

2020-02-20 What the Dickens! Ad ban thank you scam

2020-02-13 Cheapfakes, deepfakes, and Ashley Madison

2020-02-06 A bitter pill to swallow

2020-01-30 Russian heists and Ring wrongs

2020-01-23 Robocalls, health hacks, and facial recognition fears

2020-01-16 Love, lucky dips, and 23andMe

2020-01-09 SNAFUs! MS Word, Amazon Ring, and TikTok

2019-12-19 Rap, robbery, and IoT holiday hell

2019-12-12 The man behind The Missing Cryptoqueen

2019-12-05 A biometric knuckle duster

2019-11-27 Better safe than Sony

2019-11-21 Juice jacking, YouTube hacking, password slacking

2019-11-14 A buttock of biometrics

2019-11-07 Cybercrime doesn’t pay (but Uber does)

2019-10-31 Cats, hoodies, and rent

2019-10-23 Frankly, sometimes paying the ransom is a good idea

2019-10-16 Liverpool WAGs, Facebook politics, and a selfie stalker

2019-10-09 Falling in love with fraudsters

2019-10-02 Billboard boobs, face forensics, and Alexa gets way too personal

2019-09-25 Don't Snapchat and drive

2019-09-18 Password secrets and baking brownies

2019-09-11 Apple and Google willy wave while home assistants spy - DoH!

2019-09-04 Google helps the FBI, Twitter Jack’s hijack, and car data woes

2019-08-28 Hacking from outer space, Ukrainian cryptomining, and deepfaked Canadians

2019-08-21 Mercedes secret sensors, smart cities, and ransomware runs riot

2019-08-14 Black Hat and Bridezillas

2019-08-07 Love, PINs, and 8chan

2019-07-31 Capital One hacked, iMessage flaws, and anonymity my ass!

2019-07-24 Logic bombs, brain data exploitation, and Digga D tweets

2019-07-17 Porn trolling lawyers, Insta hacking, and Ctrl-Alt-LED

2019-07-10 Oops, we created Iran's hacking exploit

2019-07-03 Zombie grannies and unintended leaks

2019-06-26 Sextortion, silicone face masks, and a DDoS doofus

2019-06-19 Cookie cock-ups, Hong Kong protests, and smart TV virus scans

2019-06-12 CBP cyber attack, an iPhone privacy boost, and Twitter list abuse

2019-06-05 Zap yourself from the net, and patch now against BlueKeep

2019-05-30 Doctored videos, Bcc blunders, and a diva

2019-05-22 Too Long; Didn't Listen

2019-05-15 Shackled ankles, photo scrapes, and SIM card swaps

2019-05-08 I do love the Dutch

2019-05-01 Zombie chickens and fast-food victims

2019-04-24 Pick of the thief!

2019-04-17 Poisoned porn ads, the A word, and why why why Wipro?

2019-04-10 Backups - a necessary evil? (replay)

2019-04-03 The big fat con at Office Depot

2019-03-28 Hijacked motel rooms, ASUS PCs, and leaky apps

2019-03-21 Silk Road with Deliveroo

2019-03-14 Hijacked homes, porn passports, and ransomware regret

2019-03-07 The 's' in IoT stands for security

2019-02-28 SWATs on a plane

2019-02-21 Stalking debtors, Facebook farce, and a cyber insurance snag

2019-02-14 Love, Nests, and is 2FA destroying the world?

2019-02-07 Darknet Diaries, death, and beauty apps

2019-01-31 FaceTime, Facebook, faceplant

2019-01-24 Payroll scams, gold coin heists, web giants spanked

2019-01-17 When rivals hack, and "extreme" baby monitors

2019-01-10 What? You can get paid to leave Facebook?

2018-12-20 Grinches target Amazon and Reddit, stealing Christmas from the poor

2018-12-13 Hoaxes, Huawei and chatbots - with Mikko Hyppönen

2018-12-06 Sextorting the US army, and a Touch ID scam

2018-11-29 Google Maps, Fed phishing, and Grinch bots

2018-11-22 Facebook, Nietzsche, Tesla, and Nicole

2018-11-15 The world's most evil phishing test, and cyborgs in the workplace

2018-11-08 An Instagram nightmare, crazy iPhone deaths, and election hack claims

2018-11-01 Ethical dilemmas, Girl Scouts, and porn-loving US officials

2018-10-24 Rule 34, Twitter scams, and Facebook fails

2018-10-17 IoT failures, and Donald Trump dating disaster

2018-10-10 099: Passwords - A Smashing Security splinter (replay)

2018-10-03 098: A Facebook omnishambles

2018-09-26 097: Dash cam surveillance, robocall plague, and Zoho woe

2018-09-19 096: Bribing Amazon staff, and blinking deepfakes

2018-09-12 095: British Airways hack, Mac apps steal browser history, and one person has 285,000 texts leaked

2018-09-06 094: Rogue browser extensions, Twitter presence, and how to cheat in exams

2018-08-29 093: Abandoned domains and dating app dangers

2018-08-22 092: Hacky sack hack hack

2018-08-15 091: Sextortion, Las Vegas hotels, and Alex Jones

2018-08-08 090: Fortnite for Android, and the FCC's DDoS BS

2018-08-01 089: Data breaches, ransomware, Bitcoin robberies, and typewriters

2018-07-25 088: PayPal’s Venmo app even makes your drug purchases public

2018-07-18 087: How Russia hacked the US election

2018-07-11 086: Elon Musk submarine scams and 2FA bypass

2018-07-04 085: Doctor Who, Facebook patents, and Bob's Burgers

2018-06-27 084: No! My voice is not my password

2018-06-20 083: Fake email derails clarinetist's dream

2018-06-13 082: World Cup cybersecurity, crypto crashes, and a bang of a password fail

2018-06-07 081: Hacker no-hopers, Wessex Water has a word, and we win an award

2018-05-30 080: Country bans Facebook, eavesdropping Alexa, and PornHub VPN

2018-05-23 079: Mugshots, mobile mania, and backend gurus

2018-05-16 078: Hounds hunt hackers, too-human Google AI, and ethnic recognition tech - WTF?

2018-05-09 077: Why Paris Hilton doesn’t use iCloud, lottery hacking, and Facebook dating

2018-05-02 076: Spying phones, hacked ski lifts, and World Password Day

2018-04-25 075: Quitting Facebook

2018-04-18 074: Smashing Security isn't bullsh*t

2018-04-11 073: Rick Astley: Never gonna hack you up...

2018-04-04 072: Why are firms so cr*p with our private data?

2018-03-28 071: Pony-tailed pundit ponders privacy problems - with Mikko Hyppönen

2018-03-22 070: Facebook and Cambridge Diabolica

2018-03-15 069: Cryptomining, China, and Bob Ross

2018-03-08 068: Malware from outer space!

2018-03-01 067: Cyber stalking and gun control

2018-02-22 066: Passwords, pirates, and postcards

2018-02-15 065: Cryptominomania, Poppy, and your Amazon Alexa

2018-02-08 064: So just a "teeny tiny" security issue then?

2018-02-01 063: Carole's back!

2018-01-25 062: Tinder spying, Amazon shoplifting, and petrol pump malware

2018-01-18 061: Fallout over Hawaii missile false alarm

2018-01-11 060: Meltdown, Spectre, and personal devices in the White House

2018-01-04 059: An intro to Bitcoin and Blockchain

2017-12-21 058: Face ID, Firefox, and Windows SNAFUs, plus Bitcoin FOMO

2017-12-14 057: Mikko Hyppönen - live from the sauna - talks Bitcoin security

2017-12-07 056: Peeping Toms, prison hacks, and parliamentary passwords

2017-11-30 055: Uber, net neutrality, and website hacks

2017-11-29 054: A great big fat macOS bug

2017-11-23 053: Game of Thrones, a major Amazon cloud leak, and web tracking gone crazy

2017-11-16 052: Facebook tackles vengeful scumbags, and a sex toy privacy boob

2017-11-09 051: Robots, romance, passwords, and CrunchyRoll

2017-11-02 050: MailChimp, Piers Morgan, and The Dark Overlord

2017-10-25 049: Hacking funeral homes, crypto mining websites, and careful with that hairspray

2017-10-18 048: KRACK, North Korea, and an 18th century cyber attack

2017-10-11 047: Kaspersky, AI, and a well-handled data breach

2017-10-04 046: Good beard bad beard

2017-09-27 045: Deloitte fail, CCleaner, and dotards on Twitter

2017-09-25 044: Bonus behind the scenes - shower time

2017-09-20 043: Backups - a necessary evil?

2017-09-14 042: Equifax, BlueBorne, and the iPhone X

2017-09-07 041: Hacking Instagram, facial failures, and spying bosses

2017-08-30 040: The show that cost Troy Hunt 14 dollars

2017-08-24 039: Woah - are we talking to a cyborg?

2017-08-17 038: Gents! Stop airdropping your pics!

2017-08-10 037: Boobs, dragons and data breaches

2017-08-03 036: Flash? Clunk flush... and hacking security researchers

2017-07-26 035: Up the Roomba with mandatory Chinese spyware

2017-07-20 034: The pen is mightier than the password

2017-07-13 033: 1Password, net neutrality, and spatchcock chicken

2017-07-06 032: The iPhone 8, a data breach at the AA, and a mystery no show

2017-06-29 031: Petya (don't know the name of this ransomware)

2017-06-22 030: GDPR - The good and the bad

2017-06-15 029: Exploits to get your English teeth into

2017-06-08 024: Reality Winner, Gordon Ramsay and a leaky bucket

2017-05-31 023: Covfefe

2017-05-25 022: Walk this way... to defeat biometrics

2017-05-18 021: WannaCry - Who's to blame?

2017-05-10 020: Phishing for Donald Trump

2017-05-03 019: The Love Bug virus

2017-04-27 018: Windows is a virus. True or False?

2017-04-20 017: Data breaches, zero day exploits, and toenail clippings

2017-04-13 016: Wonga wronga!

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