A Bitcoin bungle causes one user to lose millions, hackers attempt to bribe a Tesla employee into infecting the company's network, and are we ready for a sky full of drones?
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, joined this week by Jessica Barker.
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Links:
- Confident Cyber Security by Jessica Barker.
- Tweet by John McAfee about the mathematical impossibility of Bitcoin being less than $1 million by the end of 2020.
- The Dickening Countdown to John McAfee Dick Eating.
- Bitcoin Holder Loses $16 Million in BTC to Well-Known Scam — Decrypt.
- Electrum user says he has lost 1400 Bitcoin — GitHub.
- Electrum Bitcoin wallets under siege — Malwarebytes.
- Electrum vulnerability announcement — Github.
- Sybil attack — Wikipedia.
- Fawlty Towers: The best of Sybil — YouTube.
- Electrum Bitcoin Wallet homepage.
- Elon Musk Says Tesla Saved From 'Serious' Ransom Attempt — Data Breach Today.
- Jennifer Lopez - Jenny from the Block (Official Music Video) — YouTube.
- The security impact of drones: Challenges and opportunities for the UK (PDF) — University of Birmingham.
- Security analysis of drones systems: Attacks, limitations, and recommendations — NCBI.
- Drone Delivery? Amazon Moves Closer With F.A.A. Approval — New York Times.
- What Security Threats Are Posed By Drones? — Avast.
- The Surprising Ways Drones Are Saving Lives — National Geographic.
- HEAVE HO!
- Heave Ho - Launch Trailer — YouTube.
- Behind the Schemes: Heave Ho with Le Cartel — YouTube.
- StartUp (TV series) — Wikipedia.
- StartUp - Launch Trailer — YouTube.
- Steal the Stars podcast — Tor Labs.
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