Smashing Security podcast #167: Coronavirus scams and an exaggerated lion

Scammers from Africa are preying on US businesses, a drug dealer makes a mistake when hiding his Bitcoin fortune, and the Coronavirus pandemic is causing scams to soar and raising questions about facial recognition.

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Naked Security’s Anna Brading.

Hosts:

Graham Cluley – @gcluley
Carole Theriault – @caroletheriault

Guest:

Anna Brading – @annabrading

Show notes:

• Business Email Compromise (BEC) and G Suite: How the Exaggerated Lion Cybercrime Group Cashes Out — Agari.
• A weed dealer’s $59M lesson: Don’t hide Bitcoin keys with a fishing rod — Ars Technica.
• Chance encounter with gardaí unmasked bitcoin millionaire drug dealer — Irish Times.
• Man who ‘threw away’ bitcoin haul now worth over $80m wants to dig up landfill site — The Independent.
• Coronavirus Update — RSA Conference.
• The Coronavirus Is Swiftly Breaching Defenses Across The World — Peak Prosperity.
• Scores of Hongkongers hit by mask scam on Facebook, hundreds more could be fraud victims since coronavirus outbreak — South China Morning Post.
• How Big of a Scam Are 'Coronavirus Protection Kits?' — Vice.
• Wearing a mask won’t stop facial recognition anymore — Abacus News.
• Coronavirus phishing scam targets victims with false information — Business Insider.
• This Cat Does Not Exist.
• These Cats Do Not Exist.
• Intelligence — Sky.
• This Country — BBC Three.
• Farkle — Wikipedia.
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Graham Cluley is an award-winning keynote speaker who has given presentations around the world about cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. A veteran of the computer security industry since the early 1990s, he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows, makes regular media appearances, and is the co-host of the popular "Smashing Security" podcast. Follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, or drop him an email.