On this episode, Graham unravels Operation Endgame – the surprisingly fashionable police crackdown that’s seizing botnets, mocking malware authors with anime movies, and taunting cybercriminals through Telegram.
In the meantime, Carole exposes the AI-generated distant hiring risk. May your subsequent coworker be a North Korean hacker with an ideal LinkedIn?
And BBC cyber correspondent Joe Tidy joins us to speak about “Ctrl-Alt-Chaos”, his new guide diving into the murky world of teenage hackers, ransomware gangs, and the unusual motivations that lie behind digital mayhem.
Plus: aggressive pond husbandry, lifeless slugs, Hitster the board sport, and a shoutout to the AI startup that hijacked Graham’s search engine marketing.
All this and extra is mentioned in episode 423 of the “Smashing Safety” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault – it’s like a cauldron of life… however for cybersecurity.
Warning: This podcast could comprise nuts, grownup themes, and impolite language.
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