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Smashing Security

Hacks on the high seas, and how your home can be stolen under your nose

Smashing Security

Graham Cluley

Technology, News, Tech News

4.7579 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

An Italian hacker makes the grade and ends up in choppy waters, and hear true stories of title deed transfer scams.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

Plus - don't miss our featured interview with Avery Pennarun of Tailscale.

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

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Transcript

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0:00.0

No, no, I'm not saying that. I'm saying this is a problem for society. Why isn't this kid kicking a ball around or doing something else? Is he maybe spending too long doing the computers? Should he be doing jigsaws? Tell us, oh, wise parent. How is it going there with your kid. Exactly.

0:32.0

Smashing Security, Episode 401, Hacks on the High Seas,

0:37.3

and how your home can be stolen under your nose with Carol Terrio and Graham Cluley.

0:41.6

Hello, hello and welcome to Smashing Security episode 401. Terrio and Graham Cluley. Hello, hello and welcome to Smash Insecurity Episode 401. My name's Graham Cluley.

0:43.2

And I'm Carol Terrio.

0:46.3

Carol, what's coming up on the show this week?

0:52.6

Well, first, let's thank this week's wonderful sponsors, One Password and Tail Scale.

0:55.9

It's their support that help us give you this show for free.

0:58.1

Now, coming up on today's show, Graham, what do you got?

1:02.5

I'm going to be talking about a hacker who found himself in choppy waters.

1:03.6

Okay.

1:09.3

And I'm going to be looking at when bad deeds come back to haunt you.

1:13.0

Plus, we have a fabulous featured interview with the zany but also brainy, Avery Pennerun,

1:17.6

co-founder and CEO of Tailscale.

1:20.4

And this is where I sink my teeth into how Tailscale

1:22.7

is making secure networking easier, faster, and way safer.

1:27.4

All this and much more coming up on this episode

1:29.7

of Smashing Security.

1:35.8

Now, chums, chums, let me first of all take you to the beautiful country of Italy. That is somewhere

1:41.6

I would rather be than old blighty at the moment. Hopefully it's a little bit, well, it may not be warmer, actually. Maybe in the southern parts of Italy. That is somewhere I would rather be than old blighty at the moment. Hopefully it's

1:45.2

a little bit, well, it may not be warmer, actually. Maybe in the southern parts of Italy, it's warmer.

1:50.3

Italy, well, it's given us a lot, isn't it? Passioner opera, great artists. It's given us everything.

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