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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Episode links:
- Mastodon: What you need to know for your security and privacy – Graham Cluley.
- Follow Graham Cluley on Mastodon.
- Hushpuppi: Notorious Nigerian fraudster jailed for 11 years in US – BBC.
- Influencer involved in $1.1 million Qatar school financing scam jailed – Alarabiya.
- Influencer ‘Ray Hushpuppi’ jailed over plan to launder $300m – The Guardian.
- Hushpuppi’s wife, Imams write judge as US court sentences fraudster today – Premium Times.
- Living trailer – YouTube.
- Kleo – Netflix.
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