Take That’s Gary Barlow chats up a pizza-slinging granny from Essex via Facebook, or does he? And a scam takes a sinister turn – for both the person being scammed and an innocent participant – in Ohio.
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.
Hosts:
Graham Cluley – @gcluleyCarole Theriault – @caroletheriault
Episode links:
Animal Crossing with Garry Kasparov – Smashing Security.
Gary Barlow – Wikipedia.
I was catfished by a fake Gary Barlow on Facebook – Daily Mail.
Video shows Clark County man charged with murder confront Uber driver – Springfield News.
Uber driver, 61, shot dead by Ohio man, 81, who was being targeted by scammers – Daily Mail.
Boxfit classes – Better.
Waschii – PocketSized SolarHeated Washjing Machine – Indiegogo.
Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)
Sponsored by:
Bitwarden – Password security you can trust. Bitwarden is an open source password manager trusted by millions of individuals, teams, and organizations worldwide for secure password storage and sharing.
The Secure Developer – A conversational and insightful podcast, that bridges the gap between dev and sec, from Snyk.
SolCyber – SolCyber delivers Fortune 500 level cybersecurity for small and medium-sized enterprises. If the bad guys aren’t being discriminating about who they’re attacking, how can you settle for anything less?
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Thanks:
Theme tune: “Vinyl Memories” by Mikael Manvelyan.Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.
