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Smashing Security podcast #448: The Kindle that got pwned
Think your Kindle is harmless? Think again! In this episode, we unpack a Black Hat Europe talk revealing how a boobytrapped audiobook could exploit…
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The AI Fix #81: ChatGPT is the last AI youll understand, and your teacher is a deepfake
In episode 81 of The AI Fix, Graham discovers that deepfakes are already marking your kids’ homework, while Mark glimpses the future when he…
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Smashing Security podcast #446: A hacker doxxes himself, and social engineering-as-a-service
A teenage cybercriminal posts a smug screenshot to mock a sextortion scammer… and accidentally hands over the keys to his real-world identity. Meanwhile, we…
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The AI Fix #77: Genome LLM makes a super-virus, and should AI decide if you live?
In episode 77 of The AI Fix, a language model trained on genomes that creates a super-virus, Graham wonders whether AI should be allowed…
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Smashing Security podcast #443: Tinders camera roll and the Buffett deepfake
Tinder has got a plan to rummage through your camera roll, and Warren Buffett keeps popping up in convincing deepfakes dishing “number one investment…
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The human cost of the UK Governments Afghan data leak
49 people have reportedly lost family members or colleagues after the UK government leaked details of 19,000 Afghan citizens who helped the British military…
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The AI Fix #74: AGI, LLM brain rot, and how to scam an AI browser
In episode 74 of The AI Fix, we meet Amazon’s AI-powered delivery glasses, an AI TV presenter who doesn’t exist, and an Ohio lawmaker…
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Smashing Security podcast #440: How to hack a prison, and the hidden threat of online checkouts
A literal insider threat: we head to a Romanian prison where “self-service” web kiosks allowed inmates to run wild. Then we head to the…
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Smashing Security podcast #438: When your mouse turns snitch, and hackers grow a conscience
Your computer’s mouse might not be as innocent as it looks – and one ransomware crew has a crisis of conscience that nobody saw…
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Allianz Life hit by hackers, customer and staff personal data stolen
US insurance firm Allianz Life has told the media that hackers stole personal info of the “majority” of its customers and staff earlier this…
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