What happens when a healthcare giant’s legal threats ignite a Streisand Effect wildfire… while a ransomware gang appears to ditch the dark web for postage stamps?

Find out about this, and more, in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Episode links:

• 'We wanted to help': Students arrested after exposing FreeHour security flaw - Times of Malta.
• Medusa ransomware gang demands $2M from UK private health services provider - DataBreaches.net.
• Medusa Unveils Another 50TB of Stolen Data from HCRG Care Group, Giving Greater Insight Into the Scope of the Breach - DataBreaches.net.
• HCRG Care’s lawyers claimed an injunction issued in a “private” hearing required us to remove two posts. We didn’t comply - DataBreaches.net.
• Security firm leaves more than five billion records exposed on unsecured database - Graham Cluley.
• After threatening me with legal action, Keepnet Labs finally issues statement over data breach - Graham Cluley.
• Sophos apologises for going legal on school techies - The Register.
• Mail Scam Targeting Corporate Executives Claims Ties to Ransomware - IC3.
• One of the nastiest ransomware groups around may have a whole new way of doing things - TechRadar.
• Snail Mail Fail: Fake Ransom Note Campaign Preys on Fear - GuidePoint Security.
• Severance - Apple TV+.
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Journey with us to Myanmar's shadowy scam factories, where trafficked workers are forced to run romance-baiting and fake tech support scams, and find out why a company's mandatory hold time for tech support could lead to innocent users having their computers compromised.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

Plus - don't miss our featured interview with Acronis CISO Gerald Beuchelt!

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Episode links:

• HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls - The Register.
• HP mandated 15-minute wait time for callers - why that was good news for criminals - Bob Sullivan.
• How vulnerable people are trafficked to fuel a global cyber scam industry - ABC News.
• Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres - BBC News.
• 'I need help': Freed from Myanmar's scam centres, thousands are now stranded - BBC News.
• Some foreigners pulled out of Myanmar scam centres face struggle to get home - Yahoo! News.
• 'Pig Butchering' Scam: How China's 'Broken Tooth' stole over $75 bn from global investors using crypto currencies - The Economic Times.
• Scunthorpe problem - Wikipedia.
• Scunthorpe Sans font.
• Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne - Goodreads.
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We explore how the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has been hacked to the jaw-dropping tune of $1.5 billion, and we look at what is being done to better defend women and girls' safety online.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Episode links:

• Incident Update: Unauthorized Activity Involving ETH Cold Wallet - Bybit.
• Bybit Launches Recovery Bounty Program with Rewards up to 10% of Stolen Funds - Bybit.
• ZachXBT links Bybit hack to Lazarus Group - Twitter.
• Online Safety Act: explainer - GOV.UK
• These Are The 10 Most Complained-About TV Moments In Ofcom's History - Ofcom.
• Ofcom to push for better age verification, filters and 40 other checks in new online child safety code - TechCrunch.
• UK’s internet watchdog toughens approach to deepfake porn - TechCrunch.
• Girlguiding research exposes alarming online harms facing girls - Charity Today News.
• Ofcom's approach to implementing the Online Safety Act - Ofcom.
• Women's abuse online: 'I get trolled every second, every day' - BBC.
• Amanda’s funniest moments in Motherland - YouTube.
• Amandaland - BBC iPlayer.
• Cassandra Sci-Fi Thriller limited series - Netflix.
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