Hackers could change emails in your inbox after they are delivered, the web is getting more and more encrypted, and hacked robots can be commanded to umm... stab you.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by researcher Scott Helme.
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Special Guest: Scott Helme.
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Links:
- Introducing the ROPEMAKER Email Exploit — Mimecast.
- Did ROPEMAKER just unravel email security? Nah, it's likely a feature — The Register.
- Measuring HTTPS adoption on the web [USENIX 17] — Research presented by Adrienne Porter Felt (Google) and April King (Mozilla).
- Alexa Top 1 Million Analysis - August 2017 — Scott Helme's report.
- ALPHA 2, The World's First Humanoid Robot for the Family — YouTube.
- UBTech Alpha 2 turns Chucky — YouTube
- Researchers warn against 'hackable' robots — IT Pro.
- Overcooked — Team 17.
- "Could you be paying for things using just your hand? — BBC Click on Twitter.
- 250,000 Dominoes - The Incredible Science Machine — YouTube.
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