There’s a whole new dating scam that could mean you end up out of pocket (or beaten up) after a first date with a glamorous admirer, and a woman in Los Alamos uses an Air Tag to entrap a thief.
Plus – don’t miss our featured interview with Maya Levine of Sysdig.
All this, and a very bad Cockney accent, in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by industry veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.
Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.
Smashing Security #383:
The Godfather club, and AirTags to the rescue
Hosts:
Graham Cluley:
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Carole Theriault:
Episode links:
- Mail Theft Suspect Apprehended Using AirTag – Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.
- Google and Apple deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in Android and iOS – Google Security blog.
- Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android – Apple.
- Barclays Scams Bulletin: Men more likely to fall victim to romance scams, while women lose more money – Barclays.
- 3 men trapped by same woman: Journalist on modus operandi of dating app scams – India Today.
- Mumbai club under fire for ‘dating scam’ after man gets Rs 61,000 bill – India News.
- Romance scams in 2024 + online dating statistics – Norton.
- Tips for romance scams – Better Business Bureau.
- What to know about romance scams – Consumer Advice.
- The Godfather club dating app scam in Mumbai – YouTube.
- What accent does Butcher have in ‘The Boys’? – NME.
- Shokz bone conduction headphones – Shokz.
- Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)
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- 1Password Extended Access Management – Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.
- Sysdig – Secure your cloud in real time. Detect, investigate, and respond to threats at cloud speed.
- Material Security – email security that covers the full threat landscape – stopping new flavors of phishing and pretexting attacks in their tracks, while also protecting accounts and data from exploit or exposure.
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Theme tune: “Vinyl Memories” by Mikael Manvelyan.
Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.
