Smashing Security podcast #174: Garry Kasparov and Animal Crossing

Chess champion and activist Garry Kasparov joins the podcast as our special guest.

Smashing Security #174: Garry Kasparov and Animal Crossing

World-chess-champion-turned-activist Garry Kasparov joins us as we discuss celebrity lookalikes, smartphone fleeceware, the impact Coronavirus is having on security, and how a popular new video game is being used for political ends.

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Garry Kasparov.

Yes, the Garry Kasparov. Graham was pretty excited too.

Smashing Security #174: 'Garry Kasparov and Animal Crossing'

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Hosts:

Graham Cluley – @gcluley
Carole Theriault – @caroletheriault

Guest:

Garry Kasparov – @Kasparov63

Show notes:

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Graham Cluley is a veteran of the anti-virus 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 security analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of computer security, hackers, and online privacy. Follow him on Twitter at @gcluley, on Mastodon at @[email protected], or drop him an email.

One comment on “Smashing Security podcast #174: Garry Kasparov and Animal Crossing”

  1. not weird

    FYI, Weird Al always gets permission from the original artist before releasing his parody recordings

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