Smashing Security
Episodes
This job interview could destroy your company
Graham Cluley and Paul Ducklin discuss a North Korean "fake interview" scam that uses social engineering to install malware, and a critical vulnerability in KARR aftermarket car alarms.
How 14 orders of chicken McNuggets helped nail a suspected Russian hacker
In Smashing Security episode 477, host Graham Cluley and guest James Ball discuss how a Russian hacker was caught via 14 orders of chicken McNuggets.
Remote-control rickshaws and rogue book marketers
In this episode, Graham Cluley and Geoff White discuss a viral prank in India where teens use a battery management app to remotely disable e-rickshaws via unsecured Bluetooth.
JadePuffer - the AI that ran a ransomware attack all by itself
Graham Cluley and guest Zoe Rose discuss how AI lowers the barrier to cybercrime, citing a 15-year-old using ChatGPT to disrupt an anime service and…
Polymarket can predict the future. So how did it miss this hack?
In Smashing Security episode 474, host Graham Cluley and guest Quentin Taylor discuss Polymarket’s recent $3 million hack, deceptive marketing practices, and governance issues.
How a hacker could have Rickrolled the entire World Cup
Graham Cluley and Danny Palmer discuss a FIFA security flaw that could have Rickrolled the World Cup, and Dutch police using billboards to expose fraudsters.
AI gets hacked, and BitLocker gets bypassed
Graham Cluley and Paul Ducklin discuss how AI coding agents can be hijacked via fake Sentry error reports to execute malicious code, bypassing traditional security.
This AI worm just rewrote its own rules
Graham Cluley and James Ball discuss a new AI worm that autonomously rewrites its own rules to bypass security controls, highlighting the risks of adaptive malware.