450: From Instagram panic to Grok gone wild
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley·15 Jan 2026
Confusion reigns after claims that data linked to 17.5 million Instagram accounts is up for sale - sparked by a vague post, contradictory statements, and a flood of password reset emails nobody...
449: How to scam someone in seven days
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley·8 Jan 2026
Romance scammers have apparently discovered astrology... and Taurus is their secret weapon. In episode 449 of "Smashing Security", we take a look inside an actual romance-fraud handbook - complete...
448: The Kindle that got pwned
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley·18 Dec 2025
Think your Kindle is harmless? Think again! In this episode, Graham and special guest Danny Palmer unpack a Black Hat Europe talk revealing how a boobytrapped audiobook could exploit the Amazon...
447: Grok the stalker, the Louvre heist, and Microsoft 365 mayhem
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley·11 Dec 2025
On this week's show we learn that AI really can be a stalker’s best friend, as we explore a strange tale that starts with a manatee-shaped mailbox on a millionaire's lawn and ends with Grok happily...
446: A hacker doxxes himself, and social engineering-as-a-service
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley·4 Dec 2025
A teenage cybercriminal posts a smug screenshot to mock a sextortion scammer... and accidentally hands over the keys to his real-world identity.
444: We’re sorry. Wait, did a company actually say that?
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley·20 Nov 2025
Stop the press - a company has actually said "sorry" after a data breach, and hotels are helping hackers phish their own guests.
443: Tinder’s camera roll and the Buffett deepfake
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley·13 Nov 2025
Tinder has got a plan to rummage through your camera roll, and Warren Buffett keeps popping up in convincing deepfakes dishing "number one investment tips."
442: The hack that messed with time, and rogue ransomware negotiators
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley·6 Nov 2025
Time itself comes under attack as a state-backed hacking gang spends two years tunnelling toward a nation’s master clock — with chaos potentially only a tick away.
441: Inside the mob's million-dollar poker hack, and a Formula 1 fumble
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley·30 Oct 2025
Basketball stars have allegedly joined forces with the mafia to fleece high-rollers in a poker scam involving hacked shufflers, covert cameras, and an X-ray card table.
440: How to hack a prison, and the hidden threat of online checkouts
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley·22 Oct 2025
A literal insider threat: we head to a Romanian prison where “self-service” web kiosks allowed inmates to run wild.
437: Salesforce's trusted domain of doom
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley·1 Oct 2025
Researchers uncovered a security flaw in Salesforce’s shiny new Agentforce. The vulnerability, dubbed "ForcedLeak", let them smuggle AI-read instructions in via humble Web-to-Lead form...
435: Lights! Camera! Hacktion!
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley·17 Sept 2025
When "bad actors" stop being hackers and start being... actual actors. This week, Graham and special guest Jenny Radcliffe play “Hacker or Ham?” (yes, Steven Seagal, we’re looking at you), before...
433: How hackers turned AI into their new henchman
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley·3 Sept 2025
Your AI reads the small print, and that's a problem. This week in episode 433 of "Smashing Security" we dig into LegalPwn - malicious instructions tucked into code comments and disclaimers that...
432: Oops! I auto-filled my password into a cookie banner
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley·27 Aug 2025
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...
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