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Smashing Security

Smashing Security isn’t your typical tech podcast. Hosted by cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, it serves up weekly tales of cybercrime, hacking horror stories, privacy blunders, and tech mishaps - all with sharp insight, a sense of humour, and zero tolerance for tech waffle.


Winner of the best and most entertaining cybersecurity podcast awards in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024, Smashing Security has had over ten million downloads. Past guests include Garry Kasparov, Mikko Hyppönen, and Jack Rhysider. Follow the podcast on Bluesky at @smashinsecurity.com, and subscribe for free in your favourite podcast app.


New episodes released at 7pm EST every Wednesday (midnight UK).

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Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
46 minutes
Episodes
436
Years Active
2016 - 2025
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055: Uber, net neutrality, and website hacks

055: Uber, net neutrality, and website hacks

Uber covers up a data breach, the noose tightens on net neutrality, and Bulletproof's website spills the data beans.

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Sec…

00:28:05  |   Thu 30 Nov 2017
054: A great big fat macOS bug

054: A great big fat macOS bug

Yes, you can log into macOS High Sierra's root account with no password.

In this special "emergency" edition of the podcast computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault discuss the br…

00:08:09  |   Wed 29 Nov 2017
053: Game of Thrones, a major Amazon cloud leak, and web tracking gone crazy

053: Game of Thrones, a major Amazon cloud leak, and web tracking gone crazy

The FBI think they've identified the HBO hacker, the US military have been caught with a leaky bucket, and web tracking has just got scarier than ever.

All this and much much more is discussed in the …

00:40:31  |   Wed 22 Nov 2017
052: Facebook tackles vengeful scumbags, and a sex toy privacy boob

052: Facebook tackles vengeful scumbags, and a sex toy privacy boob

Is your dildo listening to you? Do you trust Facebook with your most intimate photos? And just how did a vengeful DDoSer come up with that nickname?

All this and much much more is discussed in the lat…

00:39:27  |   Wed 15 Nov 2017
051: Robots, romance, passwords, and CrunchyRoll

051: Robots, romance, passwords, and CrunchyRoll

Passwords are under the microscope again, CrunchyRoll leads anime fans to malware, a sexy robot gains Saudi citizenship, and Carole begins her career as an agony aunt.

All this and much much more is d…

00:41:33  |   Thu 09 Nov 2017
050: MailChimp, Piers Morgan, and The Dark Overlord

050: MailChimp, Piers Morgan, and The Dark Overlord

There's little time to celebrate our 50th episode, because there are rants to be had about MailChimp's switch to single opt-in, Graham upsets Piers Morgan on Twitter, and the Dark Overlord hacking ga…

00:42:41  |   Thu 02 Nov 2017
049: Hacking funeral homes, crypto mining websites, and careful with that hairspray

049: Hacking funeral homes, crypto mining websites, and careful with that hairspray

Scammers show a lack of imagination after hacking a funeral home, more websites are secretly stealing visitors' resources to mine for cryptocurrency, and everyone is very confused about the USA's air…

00:44:56  |   Wed 25 Oct 2017
048: KRACK, North Korea, and an 18th century cyber attack

048: KRACK, North Korea, and an 18th century cyber attack

KRACK! Has the Wi-Fi vulnerability got you worried? Did North Korea hack a British TV company to prevent a "slanderous farce" from being made? And what have Dutch police learnt from Pokémon?

All this …

00:33:44  |   Wed 18 Oct 2017
047: Kaspersky, AI, and a well-handled data breach

047: Kaspersky, AI, and a well-handled data breach

America turns the heat up on Kaspersky anti-virus, Disqus announces a data breach, Elon Musk plans a bolthole on Mars to escape our robot overlords, and Graham gets to play chess with Garry Kasparov.

00:40:35  |   Wed 11 Oct 2017
046: Good beard bad beard

046: Good beard bad beard

Bearded man entangled in dark web drugs market bust, Google researches how to make browser security warnings less confusing, and (ahem) "bedroom entertainment systems" probed for security holes.

All t…

00:38:17  |   Wed 04 Oct 2017
045: Deloitte fail, CCleaner, and dotards on Twitter

045: Deloitte fail, CCleaner, and dotards on Twitter

Deloitte suffers an embarrassing hack, CCleaner spreads malware, and Twitter explains why it isn't planning to ban Donald Trump from Twitter anytime soon.

All this and more is discussed in the latest …

00:36:25  |   Wed 27 Sep 2017
044: Bonus behind the scenes - shower time

044: Bonus behind the scenes - shower time

Carole wants to know why Graham keeps FaceTiming her from the shower.

Can you help solve the mystery?

("Bonus" behind-the-scenes content.)

Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or visit our we…

00:06:59  |   Mon 25 Sep 2017
043: Backups - a necessary evil?

043: Backups - a necessary evil?

In this special "splinter" episode of the "Smashing Security" podcast we tackle the tricky subject of backups - when did you last backup your data? how and what should you backup? and where should yo…

00:29:18  |   Wed 20 Sep 2017
042: Equifax, BlueBorne, and the iPhone X

042: Equifax, BlueBorne, and the iPhone X

Equifax's shambolic response to its huge data breach, a scary-sounding Bluetooth exploit, and Apple's iPhone X comes with Face ID.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing…

00:45:47  |   Wed 13 Sep 2017
041: Hacking Instagram, facial failures, and spying bosses

041: Hacking Instagram, facial failures, and spying bosses

It's easy to phone up a celebrity on Instagram following security breach, facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival can't tell the girls from the boys, and companies are spying on their workers' ac…

00:46:10  |   Thu 07 Sep 2017
040: The show that cost Troy Hunt 14 dollars

040: The show that cost Troy Hunt 14 dollars

Are public figures lying about being hacked? What were online criminals doing with 711 million email addresses? And how could scammers profit from Hurricane Harvey?

All this and more is discussed in t…

00:47:34  |   Wed 30 Aug 2017
039: Woah - are we talking to a cyborg?

039: Woah - are we talking to a cyborg?

Hackers could change emails in your inbox after they are delivered, the web is getting more and more encrypted, and hacked robots can be commanded to umm... stab you.

All this and more is discussed in…

00:46:01  |   Thu 24 Aug 2017
038: Gents! Stop airdropping your pics!

038: Gents! Stop airdropping your pics!

WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins (aka MalwareTech) pleads not guilty to malware charges, the Scottish parliament is hit by a brute force attack, IoT smart locks aren't so smart, and.. ahem.. someone is …

00:44:55  |   Thu 17 Aug 2017
037: Boobs, dragons and data breaches

037: Boobs, dragons and data breaches

Hackers are holding HBO to ransom after a massive data breach, and have leaked the phone numbers and email addresses of "Game of Thrones" cast members. Has security firm Carbon Black been leaking cu…

00:37:38  |   Wed 09 Aug 2017
036: Flash? Clunk flush... and hacking security researchers

036: Flash? Clunk flush... and hacking security researchers

A security threat researcher is badly hacked in a revenge attack. Some people want to save Adobe Flash, but is that wise? And a poorly-secured electronic billboard starts displaying offensive images.…

00:44:57  |   Thu 03 Aug 2017
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