Trezor Deep Throat, a CCTV stalker, and Amazon's list of banned words
There's monkey business involving cryptocurrency thieves and MailChimp, a stalker exploits his ex-partner's CCTV cameras, and what are the naughty words Amazon doesn't want its staff using?
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 Zoë Rose.
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Special Guest: Zoë Rose.
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Links:
- Trezor wallets hacked? Don’t be duped by phishing attack email — Graham Cluley.
- Tweet by Trezor.
- Ongoing phishing attacks on Trezor users — Trezor.
- Hacker accessed 319 crypto- and finance-related Mailchimp accounts, company said — The Record.
- Stalker used woman's own CCTV cameras to watch her at home — Liverpool Echo.
- Operation: SafeEscape.
- Work Trend Index: Microsoft’s latest research on the ways we work — Microsoft.
- Research: A Little Recognition Can Provide a Big Morale Boost — HBR.
- 50% of companies want workers back in office 5 days a week — CNBC.
- New Amazon Worker Chat App Would Ban Words Like “Union” — The Intercept.
- Trust No One — Netflix.
- Smashing Security episode 114: Darknet Diaries, death, and beauty apps — Where we discussed the mysterious case of Gerry Cotten and QuadrigaCX.
- Find QuadrigaCX’s missing $190 million, and you could win a $100,000 bounty — Graham Cluley.
- Hamilton One Essential S1 Magicfold Premium Buggy — Kruidvat NL.
- Infantino 4-in-1 Flip Advanced Draagzak BK-05204 — Bol.
- Cosco Scenera Next Convertible Car Seat, Boulder — Canadian Tire.
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