
Four-legged girlfriends, LoveGPT, and a military intelligence failure
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10/11/23 • 48 min
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Dream girlfriends, AI love scams, and an alleged spy who is said to have made a series of blunders.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Host Unknown's Thom Langford.
Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.
Episode links:
- Former Soldier Indicted for Attempting to Pass National Defense Information to People’s Republic of China - US Department of Justice.
- ‘Dream’ AI Girlfriend Randomly Turns Into Nude Jennifer Lopez, Has Four Legs - 404 Media.
- LoveGPT: How “single ladies” looking for your data upped their game with ChatGPT - Avast Threat Labs.
- 5 Signs Your Tinder Match Is a Scam Bot - LifeWire.
- Support Alie Hothersall’s fundraising for Mind - JustGiving.
- “The Last Action Heroes” by Nick de Semlyen - Pan Macmillan.
- Life Kit - NPR.
- Tom Hanks has made a complaint - Twitter.
- Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)
Sponsored by:
- Kolide – Kolide ensures that if your device isn’t secure it can’t access your cloud apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today!
- Devo – Register now to join Devo and other cybersecurity industry professionals on October 18 for sessions and panels focused on de-stressing, SOC career development, and more!
- Moonlock — cybersecurity wing of MacPaw. Developers of the antimalware tech in CleanMyMac X — Moonlock Engine.
SUPPORT THE SHOW:
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THANKS:
Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.
Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Dream girlfriends, AI love scams, and an alleged spy who is said to have made a series of blunders.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Host Unknown's Thom Langford.
Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.
Episode links:
- Former Soldier Indicted for Attempting to Pass National Defense Information to People’s Republic of China - US Department of Justice.
- ‘Dream’ AI Girlfriend Randomly Turns Into Nude Jennifer Lopez, Has Four Legs - 404 Media.
- LoveGPT: How “single ladies” looking for your data upped their game with ChatGPT - Avast Threat Labs.
- 5 Signs Your Tinder Match Is a Scam Bot - LifeWire.
- Support Alie Hothersall’s fundraising for Mind - JustGiving.
- “The Last Action Heroes” by Nick de Semlyen - Pan Macmillan.
- Life Kit - NPR.
- Tom Hanks has made a complaint - Twitter.
- Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)
Sponsored by:
- Kolide – Kolide ensures that if your device isn’t secure it can’t access your cloud apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today!
- Devo – Register now to join Devo and other cybersecurity industry professionals on October 18 for sessions and panels focused on de-stressing, SOC career development, and more!
- Moonlock — cybersecurity wing of MacPaw. Developers of the antimalware tech in CleanMyMac X — Moonlock Engine.
SUPPORT THE SHOW:
Tell your friends and colleagues about “Smashing Security”, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.
Become a supporter via Patreon or Apple Podcasts for ad-free episodes and our early-release feed!
FOLLOW US:
Follow us on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or Mastodon, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, and visit our website for more episodes.
THANKS:
Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.
Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
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Is a deepfake Tom Hanks better than the real thing? Who has been attacking the British Royal Family's website, and why? And how can you protect your vehicle from the spate of keyless car thefts?
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Maria Varmazis.
Plus don't miss our featured interview with Devo CISO Kayla Williams.
Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.
Episode links:
- The disturbing uncanny valley of Robert Zemeckis film 'Polar Express' - Far Out magazine.
- Tom Hanks warns of deepfake video promoting dental plan - Instagram.
- Fuming Tom Hanks says he had nothing to do with that AI dental ad clone of him - The Register.
- Tom Hanks warns dental plan ad image is AI fake - BBC News.
- Robin Williams’ Daughter Zelda Criticizes Use of AI to Re-create His Voice: “I Find It Personally Disturbing” - Hollywood Reporter.
- Bruce Willis denies selling rights to his face - BBC News.
- Deepfake Bruce Willis in Russian telecoms advert - YouTube.
- Could you get "carhacked"? The growing risk of keyless vehicle thefts and how to protect yourself - CBS News.
- Keyless car theft: What is a relay attack, how can you prevent it, and will your car insurance cover it? - Leasing.com.
- Testing Phone-Sized Faraday Bags - Matt Blaze.
- Famous DDoS attacks - Cloudflare.
- The sinister Russian hackers who've claimed responsibility for crashing Buckingham Palace website - Daily Mail.
- King Charles rebukes Russia's 'horrifying' invasion of Ukraine in unprecedented speech - Express.
- Visually, how much paper would a GB and a TB of data fill in terms of physical size? - Quora.
- “The shop around the corner” - Wikipedia.
- Evan Designs.
- “Eight Detectives” by Alex Pavesi - Penguin Books.
- Review of “Eight Detectives” - The Guardian.
- Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)
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How hunting for an aubergine could be all it takes for you to hand your credit card details over to a scammer, and just how good is a podcast entirely built by AI?
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.
Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.
Episode links:
- Support Alie Hothersall’s fundraising for Mind - JustGiving.
- Fraudsters target Booking.com customers claiming hotel stay could be cancelled - Graham Cluley.
- Security.txt - A proposed standard which allows websites to define security policies.
- Develop AI launches a completely synthetic podcast - Develop AI.
- Develop AI podcast.
- Is It Legal To Pay - The err.. https version of a map of which countries allow you to pay ransom demands.
- Licorice Pizza - BBC iPlayer.
- Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)
Sponsored by:
- Kolide – Kolide ensures that if your device isn’t secure it can’t access your cloud apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today!
- Devo – Register now to join Devo and other cybersecurity industry professionals on October 18 for sessions and panels focused on de-stressing, SOC career development, and more!
- Vanta - Expand the scope of your security program with market-leading compliance automation... while saving time and money. Smashing Security listeners get 10% off!
SUPPORT THE SHOW:
Tell your friends and colleagues about “Smashing Security”, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.
Become a supporter via Patreon or Apple Podcasts for ad-free episodes and our early-release feed!
FOLLOW US:
Follow us on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or Mastodon, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, and visit our website for more episodes.
THANKS:
Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.
Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
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