Chuck Norris gives a helping hand to a mysterious cryptocurrency CEO who may have separated investors from over a billion dollars, generative AI creates a nightmare for those wanting to Know Their Customer, and a determined journalist finally gets their revenge on a sneaky Airbnb scammer.
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 special guest Maria Varmazis.
Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.
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Episode links:
- Chief executive of collapsed crypto fund HyperVerse does not appear to exist – The Guardian.
- Crypto hedge fund CEO may not exist; probe finds no record of identity – Ars Technica.
- BUSTED: Fake HyperVerse CEO Who Stole $1.3 Billion Unmasked! – YouTube.
- Hyperverse’s Steven Reece Lewis outed as Steve Harrison – Behind MLM.
- HyperVerse crypto promoter ‘Bitcoin Rodney’ arrested and charged in US – The Guardian.
- GenAI could make KYC effectively useless – TechCrunch.
- Airbnb Grifter Busted for $7.5 Million ‘Bait-and-Switch’ Scam, Feds Say – The Daily Beast.
- I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam Run by Fake Hosts on Airbnb – Vice.
- Percentage Point vs. Percent Difference – Macroption.
- “Is Math Real?” – Book by Eugenia Cheng.
- “Julia” trailer – YouTube.
- Watch Before We Die – Channel 4.
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