Smashing Security

• A Sneaky Phish Just Grabbed my Mailchimp Mailing List - Troy Hunt.
• Thunderbird breach notice.
• Opération Cactus - Le Groupement d’Intérêt Public Action contre la Cybermalveillance.
• Cancer patient lost life savings to whisky barrel scammers - BBC. 
• How to spot an investment scam - Saga Money.
• More than £612 million was lost to investment fraud in the UK last year - City of London Police. 
• Thames Water: Inside the Crisis - BBC iPlayer.
• Who let the BBC inside Thames Water? - The New Statesman.
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• O2’s AI granny Daisy unveils what she’s learnt from her time on the phone to scammers – and what you can do to ruin their day - O2.
• Lenny - The Telemarketing Troll.
• I Built a Bot Army that Scams Scammers - Kitboga on YouTube.
• Takeaways From Our Money Laundering Investigation - The New York Times.
• Infiltrating scammer networks with the world’s top fraud fighters - YouTube.
• Open Street Map - Open Street Map.
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Sponsored by:

• Vanta – Expand the scope of your security program with market-leading compliance automation… while saving time and money. Smashing Security listeners get $1000 off!
• Drata - The world’s most advanced Trust Management platform – making risk and compliance management accessible, continuous, and 10x more automated than ever before.
• 1Password Extended Access Management – Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.

SUPPORT THE SHOW:

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• This is the FBI, open up. China's Volt Typhoon is on your network - The Register.
• Landlord recorded nude videos of woman tenant with cameras hidden in bedroom smoke detectors, lawsuit says - The Independent.
• Landlord arrested after tenant discovers hidden camera in rented room - PBSO.
• Hidden Cameras: What Travelers Need to Know - The New York Times.
• Shakespeare insults t-shirt - Royal Shakespeare Company.
• OAS Exhibitions - Oxford Art  Society.
• Carole’s “Rusty Sage” - Bluesky.
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Sponsored by:

• Drata - The world’s most advanced Trust Management platform – making risk and compliance management accessible, continuous, and 10x more automated than ever before.
• Acronis Threat Research Unit - Your secret weapon against cyber attacks. Access the reports now.
• Vanta – Expand the scope of your security program with market-leading compliance automation… while saving time and money. Smashing Security listeners get $1000 off!

SUPPORT THE SHOW:

Tell your friends and colleagues about “Smashing Security”, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.

Become a supporter via Patreon or Apple Podcasts for ad-free episodes and our early-release feed!

FOLLOW US:

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THANKS:

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

• 'We wanted to help': Students arrested after exposing FreeHour security flaw - Times of Malta.
• Medusa ransomware gang demands $2M from UK private health services provider - DataBreaches.net.
• Medusa Unveils Another 50TB of Stolen Data from HCRG Care Group, Giving Greater Insight Into the Scope of the Breach - DataBreaches.net.
• HCRG Care’s lawyers claimed an injunction issued in a “private” hearing required us to remove two posts. We didn’t comply - DataBreaches.net.
• Security firm leaves more than five billion records exposed on unsecured database - Graham Cluley.
• After threatening me with legal action, Keepnet Labs finally issues statement over data breach - Graham Cluley.
• Sophos apologises for going legal on school techies - The Register.
• Mail Scam Targeting Corporate Executives Claims Ties to Ransomware - IC3.
• One of the nastiest ransomware groups around may have a whole new way of doing things - TechRadar.
• Snail Mail Fail: Fake Ransom Note Campaign Preys on Fear - GuidePoint Security.
• Severance - Apple TV+.
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• 1Password Extended Access Management – Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.
• Palo Alto Networks - Get the 2025 Unit 42 Global Incident Response report to discover emerging threat trends, attacker tactics and expert recommendations to safeguard your business.
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• HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls - The Register.
• HP mandated 15-minute wait time for callers - why that was good news for criminals - Bob Sullivan.
• How vulnerable people are trafficked to fuel a global cyber scam industry - ABC News.
• Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres - BBC News.
• 'I need help': Freed from Myanmar's scam centres, thousands are now stranded - BBC News.
• Some foreigners pulled out of Myanmar scam centres face struggle to get home - Yahoo! News.
• 'Pig Butchering' Scam: How China's 'Broken Tooth' stole over $75 bn from global investors using crypto currencies - The Economic Times.
• Scunthorpe problem - Wikipedia.
• Scunthorpe Sans font.
• Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne - Goodreads.
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Sponsored by:

• Acronis - Integrated cybersecurity, data protection and endpoint management built for MSPs.
• Threat Vector - The podcast from Palo Alto Networks that gives you timely analysis of current security trends and challenges.
• Drata - The world’s most advanced Trust Management platform – making risk and compliance management accessible, continuous, and 10x more automated than ever before.

SUPPORT THE SHOW:

Tell your friends and colleagues about “Smashing Security”, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.

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FOLLOW US:

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THANKS:

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.