Unleash the AI bot army against the scammers - now!

Smashing Security

Graham Cluley

Technology, News, Tech News

4.7 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

A YouTuber has unleashed an innovative AI bot army to disrupt and outwit the world of online scammers, and a New York Times investigation looks into the intricate web of global money laundering.

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:

O2’s AI granny Daisy unveils what she’s learnt from her time on the phone to scammers – and what you can do to ruin their day - O2.
Lenny - The Telemarketing Troll.
I Built a Bot Army that Scams Scammers - Kitboga on YouTube.
Takeaways From Our Money Laundering Investigation - The New York Times.
Infiltrating scammer networks with the world’s top fraud fighters - YouTube.
Open Street Map - Open Street Map.
Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

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1Password Extended Access Management – Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	is an automated system which does a reasonable impression of a confused elderly Australian guy with a wheezy voice and a slight whistle while they're rocks.
0:13.5	Wow. Pot kettle. Just saying. Oh, there's my wheezy voice.
0:29.9	Smashing Security, episode 410.
0:32.7	Unleash the AI bot army against the scammers.
0:36.0	Now, with Carol Terrio and Graham Cluley.
0:41.0	Hello, hello and welcome to Smashing Security episode 410. My name's Graham Cluley. Hello, hello and welcome to Smash Incurity Episode 410. My name's Graham Cluelly.
0:42.6	And I'm Carol Terrio.
0:46.4	Corral, what have we got coming up on the show this week?
0:54.0	Well, before we get to that, let's thank our wonderful sponsors, One Password, Vanta and Drata. It's their support that help us give you this show for free.
0:56.6	Coming up in today's show, Graham, what he got?
0:59.8	Scampty scams, scampy, scams, scam, scam, scam, scam.
1:04.3	I'm talking about scams too.
1:06.6	My story is called The Scammed, the scammer, the matchmaker and the mules.
1:12.5	All this and much more.
1:14.2	Coming up in this episode, just smashing security.
1:19.1	Now, chums, chums, scams.
1:21.7	We're going to have quite a scammy episode from the sound things.
1:24.9	Back in episode 394, Kroll, you were telling me all about how O2, the telecoms company,
1:30.9	had created an electronic granny called Daisy.
1:34.5	Do you remember her?
1:35.5	Well, yes, she was there to educate, wasn't she, to show how scams work?
1:39.7	Yeah.
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