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  • Smashing Security podcast #491: How AI agents are spooking the banks

    Bank of America has a message for its customers: please, for the love of God, stop handing your banking passwords to your AI assistant. And if your robot does something daft with your money? That’s your problem, not theirs.

    Meanwhile, a company that promised to rescue ransomware victims without paying the criminals stands accused of… paying the criminals. ProPublica’s Renee Dudley was on the case years before the indictment.

    Plus, Dropzone AI’s Edward Wu asks what happens when AI models break out of their test environment and go hacking, and whether AI agents can help overstretched security teams keep up.

    All this and more in episode 491 of the “Smashing Security” podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest Renee Dudley.

    Source: Graham Cluley · 2026-11-05

  • Smashing Security podcast #490: How Jared Kushner’s iPhone was allegedly hacked twice

    Dutch spies, Russian hackers and Jared Kushner’s iPhone. It sounds like the ingredients for a thriller, but according to claims in a new book the US President’s son-in-law may have been hacked twice. Is any of it true, and what does it tell us about the phones in our pockets?

    Meanwhile, James Ball explains that of the internet’s most trusted security keys were protected by numbers so small that one of them was… four. Yes, “4”. And then, of course, to make the week worse we suffered a PHPocalpyse…

    Plus, Chuck Randolph of 360 Privacy explains how the internet has made it scarily easy to put company executives and public officials in danger.

    All this and more in episode 490 of the “Smashing Security” podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest James Ball.

    Source: Graham Cluley · 2026-10-29

  • Smashing Security podcast #489: How a brand new crypto wallet came with a spy inside

    Imagine buying a brand new hardware wallet for your cryptocurrency with the shrink-wrap still on… what could possibly be hiding inside? We break out a Geiger counter and a cat to find out.

    Meanwhile, malicious ads are targeting journalists with zero-click attacks.

    Plus, Origin’s Spencer Thompson reveals what AI agents are really getting up to on your employees’ laptops when nobody’s looking.

    All this and more in episode 489 of the “Smashing Security” podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest Lianne Potter.

    Source: Graham Cluley · 2026-10-21

  • Smashing Security podcast #488: How a ransomware negotiator ended up arrested at his own conference

    A ransomware negotiator attended a cybersecurity conference, only to be arrested by the FBI in connection with its investigation into the ShinyHunters gang.

    Meanwhile, hackers get the keys to ASOS’s app and the chance to message every single customer. What did they say? And how did the company respond? We have thoughts.

    All this and more is discussed in episode 488 of the “Smashing Security” podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest Paul Ducklin.

    Source: Graham Cluley · 2026-10-14

  • Smashing Security podcast #487: Clippy’s crypto comeback

    Microsoft’s Twitter account, with its 13 million followers, was hijacked by a paperclip. There was no ransomware or data theft, just Clippy, a dodgy crypto coin, and a corporate apology that wasn’t from Microsoft either.

    Meanwhile, UK losses from hacked email and social media accounts have rocketed by 417%, as scammers pose as your friends to flog you tickets to gigs that don’t exist.

    Plus, Hack The Box’s Christine Bartlett joins us for a featured interview to ask what happens when AI agents join your security team, and whether anyone has thought to give them a performance review.

    Source: Graham Cluley · 2026-10-07