Smashing Security podcast #372: The fake deepfake, and Estate insecurity

Remember when a US mother was accused of distributing explicit deepfake photos and videos to try to get her teenage daughter’s cheerleading rivals kicked off the team? Well, there has been a surprising development. And learn how cybercriminals have been stealing boomers’ one-time-passcodes via a secretive online service.

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.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Hosts:

Graham Cluley:

 @grahamcluley.com  @  / grahamcluley

Carole Theriault:

 @caroletheriault

Episode links:

• ‘Got that boomer!’: How cybercriminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts – TechCrunch.
• Cheerleader’s mom created deepfake videos to allegedly harass her daughter’s rivals – ABC News.
• Bucks County mom doctored videos to harass girls on daughter’s cheerleading sqaud, prosecutors say – Philly Voice.
• Spone v. Reiss, Civil Action 23-0147 – Casetext.
• Mother ‘used deepfake to frame cheerleading rivals’ – BBC News.
• She was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and condemned. The problem? Nothing was fake after all – The Guardian.
• Parkrun – Wikipedia.
• Parkrun UK.
• Oxfordshire Artweeks 2024 – Artweeks homepage.
• Carole’s art website – carole.wtf
• Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

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Theme tune: “Vinyl Memories” by Mikael Manvelyan.
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