This week, while Dave Bittner is out, Joe Carrigan, and Maria Varmazis (also host of N2K's daily space podcast, T-Minus), are sharing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. We start off with a lot of follow up on listener feedback this week! Justin shares a thought about how to track gold de ... Show More
Sep 15
SEO poisoning (noun) [Word Notes]
Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. The manipulation of search engine optimization, SEO, to promote malicious sites in search engine results. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/search-engine-optimization-poisoning Audio reference link: Brown, B.E., 2 ... Show More
6m 19s
Jul 2020
Elon Musk Gets Hacked, Last-Minute Smartphone Season Leaks, & a 12K Video Camera!
It's a virtual grab-bag of tech news topics this week! First we recap the great Twitter hack of 2020, where celebrities like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and even Barack Obama had their accounts compromised. We then take a quick look at Black Magic's new 12K (Yes, 12K!) video camera an ... Show More
1h 7m
Oct 2024
Trump’s Strange Playlist, Kamala on Fox, and Elon’s Robot Fail
Kara and Scott discuss the latest from the campaign trail: VP Kamala Harris’s potential Joe Rogan appearance, former President Trump’s musical rally, and Elon Musk’s $75 million donation to his pro-Trump Super PAC. Plus, Elon’s big Cybercab reveal, Big Tech's nuclear energy buy-i ... Show More
1h 6m
Oct 2025
Week in Tech: To Catch a Cheater
Should facial recognition be available to everybody? This week, Oz shows off his new swag from the company of the moment, Colossal Biosciences, and tells us about his visit to the labs’ responsible for Woolly Mice and Dire Wolves. Then, Oz and Karah unpack how facial recognition ... Show More
32m 3s
Mar 2023
Crypto hacker hijinks, government spyware, and Utah social media shocker
A cryptocurrency hack leads us down a maze of twisty little passages, Joe Biden's commercial spyware bill, and Utah gets tough on social media sites.All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Gra ... Show More
47m 33s
Sep 2021
Flipping dating apps, and crypto rewards for criminals
How to find your match on the Bumble dating app, convicted criminals make money out of cryptocurrency, and there are concerns about data in Afghanistan.All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans ... Show More
47m 41s
This week, hosts of N2K CyberWire Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittn ... Show More
This week, hosts of N2K CyberWire Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner ... Show More
