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Graham Cluley @grahamcluley.com · 6d

Great to have industry legend Paul "Duck" Ducklin join me on the latest episode of the "Smashing Security" podcast.

In it we discussed how researchers had found a Salesforce security hole. Yes, another one!

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Salesforce's trusted domain of doom

Podcast Episode · Smashing Security · 10/01/2025 · 39m

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The Green Girl @thegreengirl.net · 10d

The Green Girl just ordered a green @smashingsecurity.com t-shirt. Whoo hoo! @grahamcluley.com

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · 13d

All this and more is discussed in episode 436 of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast with @grahamcluley.com. Find it in all good podcast apps or at www.smashingsecurity.com/436

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436: The €600,000 gold heist, powered by ransomware

Ransomware doesn’t just freeze computers - it can silence alarms too. And when the Natural History Museum in Paris went dark, thieves helped themselves to €600,000 worth of gold in a daring late-night...

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · 13d

Plus - a worm dubbed “Shai Hulud” has wriggled its way through more than 180 npm packages, quietly stealing secrets.

But it’s not all doom and gloom – unless you count your kitchen appliances turning into ad billboards...

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436: The €600,000 gold heist, powered by ransomware

Ransomware doesn’t just freeze computers - it can silence alarms too. And when the Natural History Museum in Paris went dark, thieves helped themselves to €600,000 worth of gold in a daring late-night...

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · 13d

What a delight it was to have @rosesec.bsky.social join the "Smashing Security" podcast this week, as we discussed how ransomware can silence burglar alarms, allowing thieves to help themselves to €600,000 worth of gold in a daring late-night heist.

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The €600,000 gold heist, powered by ransomware

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · 13d

WHERE have you been all our life?????

Glad to have you onboard!! Plenty for you to catch up with! :)

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · 13d

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · 14d

Gah!! Quick, invent a Time Machine and go back and convince us to invest!

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Graham Cluley @grahamcluley.com · 20d

Fabulous to have the wonderful Jenny Radcliffe on the latest "Smashing Security" podcast, where we discussed when "bad actors" stop being hackers and start being... actual actors.

Plus! How the UK's ICO says students are increasingly hacking their own schools...

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Lights! Camera! Hacktion!

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · 21d

Glad you are enjoying the pod!

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · 27d

Meanwhile, in Silicon Valley, one AI wunderkind managed to turn a $7 million payday into a career-ending lawsuit by allegedly walking trade secrets straight out the door as he jumped ship for a rival

All discussed in the latest “Smashing Security” podcast with @grahamcluley.com and Lianne Potter!

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · 27d

Ever wondered what would happen if Burger King left the keys to the kingdom lying around for anyone to use? Ethical hackers did – and uncovered drive-thru recordings, hard-coded passwords, and even the power to open a Whopper outlet on the moon.

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Whopper Hackers, and AI Whoppers

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · Sep 9

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · Sep 4

Or tune in to your favourite podcast app:

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · Sep 4

＋ a joyous geek detour into keyboard history, and the most diabolically annoying, fully functional AI-generated CAPTCHA that you will love to inflict on your friends.

Listen to "Smashing Security" now, with special guest @ai-fix-mark.bsky.social:
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How hackers turned AI into their new henchman

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · Sep 4

🚨 New podcast alert!! 🚨

🥸 LegalPwn - malicious instructions hidden in code comments and disclaimers that persuade AI into rubber-stamping dangerous payloads

☠️ Hackers are already used AI agents to break into networks, steal passwords, sift through stolen data, and even write custom ransom notes.

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Graham Cluley @grahamcluley.com · Sep 2

In the "Smashing Security" podcast, we unpack how some password managers can be tricked into coughing up your secrets, with a clickjacking sleight-of-hand, what website owners can do to prevent it, and how to lock down your personal password vault.

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · Aug 24

You need to listen to episode 428!

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428: Red flags, leaked chats, and a final farewell

The viral women-only dating safety app Tea, built to flag red flags, gets flagged itself - after leaking over 70,000 private images and chat logs. We are talking full-on selfies, ID docs, private DMs,...

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · Aug 22

And for something a little different, we peek into the Internet Archive’s dystopian Wayforward Machine and take a detour to Mary Shelley’s resting place in Bournemouth.

All this and more discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast with special guest @ransomwaresommelier.com!

Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · Aug 22

A self-proclaimed crypto-influencer calling himself CP3O thought he had found a shortcut to riches - by racking up millions in unpaid cloud bills.

Meanwhile, the growing threat of EDR-killer tools that disable your security are explored...

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How to mine millions without paying the bill

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · Aug 22

As promised, I was on this week’s @smashingsecurity.com podcast (it was so nice of BlueSky to give them that missing G) where @grahamcluley.com and I discussed EDR killing tools and I had a very “grave” pick of the week!

How to mine millions without paying the bill

Podcast Episode · Smashing Security · 08/20/2025 · 33m

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · Aug 20

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Podcast · Graham Cluley · Smashing Security isn’t your typical tech podcast. Hosted by cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, it serves up weekly tales of cybercrime, hacking horror stories, privacy blu...

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · Aug 20

A great way to kick off what I’m calling “Season 2” of the “Smashing Security” podcast!

Dave Bittner joined me to discuss a poisoned Google Calendar invite hijacking smart homes, and how a man was hospitalised after ChatGPT told him to season food with… pesticide.

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Poisoned Calendar invites, ChatGPT, and Bromide

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · Aug 17

OMG! Dave Bittner is on the most recent episode of @smashingsecurity.com!

@grahamcluley.com and Dave Bittner together is pretty amazing!

Poisoned Calendar invites, ChatGPT, and Bromide

Podcast Episode · Smashing Security · 08/13/2025 · 31m

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Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com · Aug 2

Find "Smashing Security" in your favourite podcast app:

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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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