Hackers linked to China and Iran are using AI to enhance cyberattacks. An AI-powered messaging tool for Slack and Discord is reportedly leaking user data. British engineering giant Smiths Group suffers a cyberattack. Rockwell Automation details critical and high-severity vulnerabilities. Researchers warn of new side-channel vulnerabilities in Apple CPUs. The ... Show More
Apr 18
A new breed of RAT. [Research Saturday]
Today we are joined by Dr. Darren Williams, Founder and CEO of BlackFog, to discuss his team's work on "Steaelite RAT Enables Double Extortion Attacks from a Single Panel." A new remote access trojan, Steaelite, is being marketed on underground forums as an all-in-one platform th ... Show More
21m 52s
May 2023
City Jerks, AI animals, and is the BBC hacking again?
Two unsavoury websites suffer from a worrying leak, scientists are going animal crackers over AI, and the BBC is intercepting scammers' live phone calls with victims.All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer secu ... Show More
48m 42s
Feb 2025
10,000 Days in Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity has changed dramatically over the past 10,000 days. In this episode of Threat Vector, host David Moulton speaks with Haider Pasha, Chief Security Officer for EMEA & LATAM at Palo Alto Networks, about how the field has evolved and what’s coming next. From his early e ... Show More
36m 19s
Oct 2025
The $25M Zoom Call: How Deepfakes Are Rewriting the Rules of Trust, Featuring KnowBe4's Erich Kron
<p>A Hong Kong employee sits through what seems like a routine video call with colleagues and the CFO. Everything looks normal. Then comes the urgent wire transfer request. $25 million later, the horrifying truth emerges: every face on that call was fake, generated by AI.</p>
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38m 18s