016: Wonga wronga!

Smashing Security

Graham Cluley

Technology, News, Tech News

4.7 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Spyware companies are filmed plotting to break global sanctions to ship surveillance and spying equipment to dodgy authoritarian regimes, an unsecured database exposed diabetics’ sensitive data, and a massive data breach leaves hundreds of thousands of current and former Wonga customers at risk.

All this and more is discussed by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by special guest Lisa Vaas.

Show notes:

Spyware firms in breach of global sanctions - Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera Investigations - Spy Merchants - YouTube.
Mounties admit to using cellphone-snooping ‘stingrays’ - Sophos Naked Security.
A huge trove of patient data leaks, thanks to telemarketers' bad security - ZDNet.
Leak of diabetic patients’ data highlights risks of giving info to telemarketers - DataBreaches.net.
Unsecured database exposed diabetics’ sensitive data - Sophos Naked Security.
Fraudsters Target People With Diabetes - AARP.
Wonga.com TV advert - YouTube.
Wonga security incident FAQ - Wonga.com.
Wonga data breach puts up to 245,000 UK current and former customers at risk - Graham Cluley.

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Special Guest: Lisa Vaas.

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0:00.0	Hey, Grimm. Hello. Now, tell me about our sponsor this week, please. Oh, yes, we've got a lovely sponsor this week. It is Recorded Future.
0:11.9	Yay! Yeah, those are the guys who produce the Cyber Daily newsletter, which you can get at RecordedFuture.com slash intel.
0:19.8	And they go scouring the web,
0:22.3	looking for the latest information on new vulnerabilities and emerging threats, and then they
0:27.0	deliver lots and lots of details about all that kind of stuff straight into your inbox.
0:31.6	Super. Yeah. How where can I get it?
0:34.1	Recordedfuture.com slash intel.
0:36.3	Great. On with the show.
0:42.3	Smashing Security, episode 16, Wongaronga with Carol Terrio and Graham Cluley.
0:53.4	Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of Smash Insecurity number 16 for the 13th April 2017.
1:00.4	And as always, I'm joined by my buddy, Carol. Hi, Carol.
1:03.3	Hello.
1:04.1	And we've got a special guest with us. Yes, we are joined by Info Security journalist Lisa Vass.
1:09.8	How are you, Lisa? I am very well indeed, Graham. Thank you. Great to have you on board. Lovely. It's nice to have another woman on board. Oh, yeah. Am I the first other woman? Yes. And you're very welcome. This is epic. Personally, I would love to make this an all-female show.
1:29.5	That would be my dream.
1:30.1	I agree.
1:31.6	We'll order up the surgery for you, Graham.
1:35.0	So, Lisa, of course, you're a big fan of the show.
1:38.8	I'm sure you're listening to it all the time, so you well know the score.
1:41.4	Constantly.
1:41.9	What we try to do is we try and think about some of the interesting computer security stories we've seen over the last seven days and give our opinions on them.
1:52.5	And a few things have cropped up.
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