Smashing Security podcast #297: Mastodon 101, and the Hushpuppi saga

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Smashing Security podcast #297: Mastodon 101, and the Hushpuppi saga

Graham offers some security and privacy advice for those exodusing Twitter to Mastodon, and Carole slams the door shut on a notorious scammer with a huge Instagram following.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, who aren’t joined by a guest this week.

Smashing Security #297: 'Mastodon 101, and the Hushpuppi saga'

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Graham Cluley – @gcluley
Carole Theriault – @caroletheriault

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Theme tune: “Vinyl Memories” by Mikael Manvelyan.
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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.

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