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Smashing Security Podcast · Graham Cluley · A helpful and hilarious take on the week's tech SNAFUs. Computer security industry veteran Graham Cluley chats with guests about cybercrime, hacking, and online privacy. ...

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Red flags, leaked chats, and a final farewell Smashing Security · Episode

The women-only dating safety app Tea leaks over 70,000 private images, ID docs, private DMs, and a dash of 4chan creepiness. Yikes.

Plus, Carole takes us down memory lane as she hangs up her co-host mic after 428 glorious episodes. Expect tea, tears, and Tom Lehrer

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Thanks! Judging by the feedback we’ve received you weren’t the only one to find it a mite emotional…

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Glad you enjoyed it!

Phew! Sorry about that.

Must have been a glitch in the matrix...

Our podcast app (Overcast) seems to have cleaned itself up now.

Interestingly, it was ep 73 (the Rik Astley one) from 7 years ago which appeared on our phone, which seems to be the first one in the snap you shared too.

Yeah, we just had it happen on our phone too (well, one episode from 2018 just popped up with today's date)

Apologies... No idea why, as we hadn't done anything out of the ordinary at our podcast host... Investigating!!

Yeah, tell us about it... 😔

Smashing Security Podcast · 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 cyb...

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...only to be greeted by her very-much-still-husband at the gate.

Plus: Sky Arts painting competitions get a thumbs up, Mark Zuckerberg never loses at board games, and the scandalous Facebook memoir Meta tried to silence.

From NZ to London, scammers are driving around cities like dodgy Uber drivers, spewing phishing texts to thousands at once.

Meanwhile, Carole unpacks a painfully awkward tale of amour fou... as a 76-year-old Belgian man drives 476 miles to meet the beauty queen of his dreams...

When 2G attacks, and a romantic road trip goes wrong Smashing Security · Episode

🚨New episode alert!🚨 When 2G attacks, and a romantic road trip goes wrong.

In episode 427 of the podcast, @grahamcluley.com warns why it's time we said goodbye to 2G - the outdated mobile network being exploited by cybercriminals with suitcase-sized SMS blasters.

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Smashing Security Podcast · 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 cyb...

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Meanwhile, Carole reports on how Grok went berserk, and it didn't stop the Department of Defense signing a contract with Elon’s AI chatbot.

So who is responsible when your chatbot becomes a bigot?

Plus: Email headaches, SPF rage, and a glowing review for... Taskmaster SuperMax Plus?

Train goes off the rails...

In episode 426 of the "Smashing Security" #podcast, @grahamcluley.com reveals how you can hijack a train’s brakes from 150 miles away using kit cheaper than a second-hand PlayStation.

#cybersecurity

Call of Duty: From pew-pew to pwned Smashing Security · Episode

In the latest "Smashing Security" podcast, I reveal how "Call of Duty: WWII" has been weaponised - allowing hackers to hijack your entire PC during online matches, thanks to ancient code and Microsoft’s Game Pass.

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Our pleasure!!!

Operation Endgame, deepfakes, and dead slugs Podcast Episode · Smashing Security · 25/06/2025 · 52m

BBC cyber correspondent & author @joetidy.bsky.social joins Carole & Graham on the @smashingsecurity.com podcast to talk about #CtrlAltChaos, his new book diving into the murky world of teenage hackers & the strange motivations that lie behind digital mayhem:
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Operation Endgame, deepfakes, and dead slugs Podcast Episode · Smashing Security · 06/25/2025 · 52m

The @joetidy.bsky.social interview on @smashingsecurity.com is really good. Take a listen.

One thing, @joetidy.bsky.social, know your audience better: when you said you did an “Iron Man” I thought you meant you donned a metal suit to fight baddies!

When authorities announced the "largest ever" law enforcement action against ransomware-deploying botnets they didn't just take seize sites and dismantle hacker infrastructure

They also posted videos mocking the cybercriminals, and asking them to think again about the way their life was heading...

Cheers Allan!

And.. 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.

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.

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420: Fake Susies, flawed systems, and fruity fixes for anxiety A bizarre case of political impersonation, where Trump’s top aide Susie Wiles is cloned (digitally, not biologically — we think), and high-ranking Republicans start getting invitations to link up with...

PLUS! We take a worryingly familiar journey into the mental health crisis in the UK — and how TikTok is stepping in with advice like “eat an orange in the shower” to cure your anxiety. 🍊🚿

And a nostalgic tale involving a monitor and an unexpected shade of brown.

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Fake Susies, flawed systems, and fruity fixes for anxiety Smashing Security · Episode

In episode 420 (!) of the #podcast...

A bizarre case of political impersonation, where Trump’s top aide Susie Wiles is cloned, and high-ranking Republicans start getting invitations to link up with "her" on Telegram to share their Trump pardon wishlists...

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I really must do better, and remember to post on the "Smashing Security" Bluesky account.... Sorry chums.

Grid failures, Instagram scams, and Legal Aid leaks Smashing Security · Episode

In this week’s #podcast, we investigate the mysterious Iberian Peninsula blackout (aliens? toaster? cyberattack?) and the UK legal aid hack, and our guest describes how her teen’s Instagram account was hacked - and how a parental control accidentally saved the day.

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Hello, Pervert! - Sextortion scams and Discord disasters Smashing Security · Episode

Don't get duped, doxxed, or drained! In ep 417 of Smashing Security #podcast we dive into the creepy world of sextortion scams, and investigate how crypto wallet firm Ledger's Discord server was hijacked in an attempt to phish for cryptocurrency recovery phrases.

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I got referenced on the latest @smashingsecurity.com for being a real geek who uses Discord - rest assured, this accusation is completely accurate!

Ha ha!!