You won't believe who had to report themselves to the data protection agency for a breach, or who has been sharing doctored videos of political rivals, or how much money you can make selling a laptop infected with malware... and how Carole gets her diva on.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, who aren't joined by a guest this week.
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- Apple Podcasts New & Noteworthy, What’s Hot Sections Are Back — Kate Erickson.
- When selling security awareness training by email, probably a good shout not to hit 'reply all' — The Register.
- Ghostery Email Incident Update — Ghostery.
- NHS IT bod sends test email to 850k users – and then responses are sent 'reply all' — The Register.
- Google mistakes the entire NHS for massive cyber-attacking botnet — The Register.
- UK NHS 850k Reply-all email fail: State health service blames Accenture — The Register.
- BCC warning when emailing to many TO/CC recipients — SafeSend.
- SendGuard for Outlook.
- Privacywaakhond AP blundert met cc-knop — Computable.
- Tweet by Jeroen Terstegge.
- Canada Plans Fines for Tech Companies That Spread Disinformation — Motherboard.
- #DeleteFacebook: Twitter Users Urge People To Deactivate Accounts After Fake Nancy Pelosi Video Goes Viral — Newsweek.
- Half of European voters may have viewed Russian-backed ‘fake news’ — Politico.
- Inside Facebook's war room: the battle to protect EU elections — The Guardian.
- The Nancy Pelosi Videos Are Part of a Long GOP Campaign — The Atlantic.
- Mona Lisa 'brought to life' with deepfake AI — BBC News.
- The Persistence Of Chaos — Guo O Dong.
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- Samantha Antoinette - Don't You Know Baby - Copenhagen Blues Festival 2016 — YouTube.
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