Smashing Security podcast #017: Data breaches, zero day exploits, and toenail clippings

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Smashing Security #017: Data breaches, zero day exploits, and toenail clippings

Hotel malware has been stealing guests’ payment card details… again, should businesses relay delay rolling out vulnerability patches, and Burger King’s Whopper TV ad campaign tries to take advantage of viewers’ Google Home devices with predictable results.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by special guest Paul Ducklin.

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Smashing Security #017: 'Data breaches, zero day exploits, and toenail clippings'

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Graham Cluley is a veteran of the cybersecurity industry, having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. Follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky, or drop him an email.

2 comments on “Smashing Security podcast #017: Data breaches, zero day exploits, and toenail clippings”

  1. Bob

    More on this story:

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/04/19/intercontinental-hotels-group-breach-holiday-inn-crowne-plaza-front-desk-malware/100652570/

    One thing you didn't mention Graham was that if you use Apple Pay it generates a unique card number per transaction so even if a retailer's system is compromised then you're safe. Obviously this can't be used for deposits but it can be used for everything else.

    Another option is to get a pre-paid card such as:

    https://uk.virginmoney.com/virgin/prepaid-card/

    Of course the "nth-complexity infinite binary loop" is a "meaningless term"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodtimes_virus
    https://www.sophos.com/ko-kr/press-office/press-releases/1999/11/va_hoaxes.aspx

  2. Bob

    Also:

    http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/4/20/15364960/google-home-speaker-multi-user-new-feature

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