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 Cybersecurity Podcast" in 2018, 2019, and 2023, and the "Most Entertaining" in 2022 and 2023, Smashing Security has had over nine million downloads. Past guests include Garry Kasparov, Mikko Hyppönen, and Rory Cellan-Jones. Follow the podcast on Twitter at @smashinsecurity, and subscribe for free in your favourite podcast app. New episodes released at 7pm EST every Wednesday (midnight UK).
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007: ASCII art attack
Printers start churning out ASCII art after a vigilante hacker hijacks 160,000 devices, a researcher reveals how you can get Donald Trump to tweet an embarrassing spoof video of himself, and has your smart TV been snooping on you?
Computer security veterans Graham Cluley, Carole Theriault and Vanja Svajcer discuss.
SHOW NOTES
- Hacker: I made 160,000 printers spew out ASCII art around the world
- ASCII art collection
- How I hijacked top celebrities tweets including Katy Perry, Shakira…
- Donald Trump's hijacked tweet
- VIZIO Settlement: Smart TVs should not track your shows without your O.K.
- Vizio settles FTC lawsuit and agrees to get viewer consent before tracking TV habits
- LG Smart TVs logging USB filenames and viewing info to LG servers
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Special Guest: Vanja Švajcer.
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