Shocking Security Podcast - Part 3

Heating systems are left vulnerable to attack in the high courts, cybercrime unicorns have become a reality (but what are they?), over 15 Terabytes of NFTs are made available for anyone to download ... and Carole reveals her Pick of the Year.

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, joined this week by Mikko Hyppönen.

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

Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guest: Mikko Hyppönen.

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Links:

• Royal Courts of Justice HVAC systems had unsecured Wi-Fi AP — The Register.
• Tweet by Tristan Kirk, court correspondent of the London Evening Standard.
• Target Hackers Broke in Via HVAC Company — Brian Krebs.
• Former Security Guard Who Hacked Into Hospital’s Computer System Sentenced to 110 Months in Federal Prison — FBI.
• Video by Jesse McGraw (aka "PhantomExodizzmo") — YouTube.
• Cybercrime Unicorns: How Hackers Are Building Empires That Rival Tech's Most Sophisticated, Highly Valued Startups — International Business Times.
• Will we see a cybercrime unicorn? — Comic strip featuring Mikko Hyppönen.
• 'Piracy' website offers NFT art as free downloads — BBC News.
• Someone Made a Pirate Bay for NFTs — Motherboard.
• The NFT Bay.
• NFTs are causing chaos in online artist communities — Polygon.
• Think cryptocurrency is bad? NFTs are even worse — Mashable.
• MailMate.
• The Ted Dabney Experience — Podcast about vintage video games.
• Ruben Brandt, Collector — IMDB.
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