070: Facebook and Cambridge Diabolica
Smashing Security
Graham Cluley
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2018
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
It’s not fair to describe what happened at Facebook and Cambridge Analytica as a data breach - it’s much worse than that. An autonomous Uber vehicle kills a pedestrian. And sextortion continues to be a serious problem.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, who are joined this week by researcher Scott Helme.
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- Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
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- How To Change Your Facebook Settings To Opt Out of Platform API Sharing
- Uber Halts Autonomous Car Tests After Fatal Crash in Arizona
- Warning from police: scammers solicit nude photos for blackmail
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| 0:00.0 | I saw your tweets, Graham, you are not a fan of the whole bio-implanting, I. |
| 0:08.9 | Not really. |
| 0:12.4 | It's always those that need it most that complain the most. |
| 0:15.2 | We'll sleep over that. |
| 0:17.7 | Yes. |
| 0:32.1 | Smash. Yes. Smashing Security, Episode 70, Facebook and Cambridge Diabolica with Carol Terrio and Graham Cluley. |
| 0:56.0 | Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of Smashing Security episode 70. My name is Graham Cluley. I'm Carol Terrio. And we are joined today by a returning guest. It's Scott Helm. Hello, Scott. Hello, guys. How's it going? Not too bad at all. Now, we've got a packed agenda today. So, sorry, Scott. No time for chit-chat. You've been here before. Exactly. We can skip the courtesies. Well, let's find out who our sponsor is and let's get on with it. |
| 1:04.1 | Thanks to Metaccompliance for supporting this episode of Smashing Security. People are the key |
| 1:09.5 | to minimizing your cybersecurity risk posture, |
| 1:12.9 | and Metaccompliance makes this easier by providing a single platform for fishing, |
| 1:17.6 | cyber security training, policy, privacy, and incident management. |
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| 1:29.1 | smashing. Just visit www.mettaccompliance.com.com. That's www. Metaccompliance.com. |
| 1:39.6 | Righty-ho, like I said, we've got a lot to cover today because I think there's a huge story right now. |
| 1:45.3 | It's exploding. |
| 1:46.8 | Hundreds of headlines. |
| 1:49.9 | Hi, welcome back. It's probably one of your favorite guilty pleasures on Facebook. |
| 1:53.8 | I'm talking about those personality quizzes. They seem pretty harmless, right? |
| 1:58.5 | Well, now a data firm associated with the Trump campaign |
| 2:02.0 | has been suspended by Facebook after reportedly using information from those quizzes |
| 2:07.1 | without permission to target voters. |
| 2:11.1 | New developments tonight on Cambridge Analytica, |
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