The UK Government takes aim at IoT devices shipping with weak or default passwords, a man spends two years incarcerated after being mistaken for the person who stole his identity, and are you au fait with the latest scams?

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Paul Ducklin.

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

Episode links:

• New laws to protect consumers from cyber criminals come into force in the UK - UK Government.
• Mirai - Wikipedia.
• Identity theft victim wrongly locked up for 2 years is exonerated at last - Paul Ducklin.
• Amount of fraud in UK more than doubled to £2.3bn in 2023, report finds - The Guardian.
• 5 scams you need to know about in 2024 - Which? News.
• How fraudsters are getting fake articles onto Facebook - BBC News.
• Five Scams To Beware In 2024 - Forbes Advisor UK.
• Eerie ‘breathing’ mistake to listen out for exposes costly AI ‘audio deepfake' scam calls that take just seconds to make - The Sun.
• How to spot fraud - UK Government.
• Etymology Monday: David Crystal on the word ‘gaggle’ - Literary Minded.
• Moon - Wikipedia.
• Baby Reindeer - Netflix.
• Why row over Baby Reindeer sleuths will change real-life drama for ever - The Guardian.
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Leicester City Council suffers a crippling ransomware attack, and a massive data breach, but is it out of the dark yet? And as election fever hits India we take a close eye at deepfakery.

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:

• When a breach goes from 25 documents to 1.3 terabytes… - Graham Cluley.
• Leicester street lights stuck on all day due to cyber attack - Leicester Mercury.
• Top AI researchers race to detect ‘deepfake’ videos: ‘We are outgunned - Washington Post.
• AI deepfakes threaten to upend global elections. No one can stop them - Washington Post.
• Models, dead netas, campaigning from jail: How AI is shaping Lok Sabha polls - India Today.
• Why Elections Take So Long in India - The New York Times.
• How A.I. Tools Could Change India’s Elections - The New York Times.
• Bollywood deepfakes fuel AI election meddling fears in India - GG2.
• World Explained: How India's politicians are using AI to reach voters in the world’s most populous country - The Scotsman.
• 12 Angry Men - Wikipedia.
• VIA Rail.
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