In episode 459 of Smashing Safety, we dive right into a chillingly intelligent account takeover try focusing on WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg – involving MFA fatigue, actual Apple alerts, a convincing help name, and a phishing web page that oh-so-nearly labored. If a well-known techie might have this occur to you, are you able to ensure you’re immune?
Plus: would you donate your lifetime medical historical past to science should you have been promised anonymity? We unpack severe issues round UK Biobank, the place “de-identified” knowledge might not be as nameless as you suppose — and the way surprisingly little info it takes to disclose every little thing.
And! Human-powered “AI”, and a punishment worse than jail: eight hours on the RSA expo ground…
All this, and rather more, in episode 459 of the “Smashing Safety” podcast with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, and particular visitor Paul Ducklin.
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Paul Ducklin: / pducklin
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