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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episode 120: Silk Road with Deliveroo
Online drug dealers get busted due to poor OPSEC! People are still failing to wipe their USB sticks properly! A potential presidential candidate is outed as a former hacker! Flat Earthers! Pi! Empathy!
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Paul Ducklin.
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Links:
- 'It's like Uber, but for weed': Meet the man who revolutionized Israel's pot trade — Haaretz.
- Israel Police arrest top members of Telegrass online drug ring — Haaretz.
- Sources: Telegrass head cooperating with police — YNet News.
- You left WHAT on that USB drive?! — Naked Security.
- Cult of the Dead Cow — Wikipedia.
- Back Orifice — Wikipedia.
- Beto O’Rourke’s secret membership in America’s oldest hacking group — Reuters.
- Beto O’Rourke acknowledges involvement with hacking group as teen — The Texas Tribune.
- Behind the Curve.
- Behind the Curve - Official Release Trailer — YouTube.
- Serious Security: What we can all learn from PiDay — Naked Security.
- Drawabox — A free, exercise based approach to learning the fundamentals of drawing.
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