Drones, some coloured cardboard, and a piece of tinfoil may be all the kit you need to crash a robot-driven taxi, and a rapper is accused of using Justin Bieber's name to defraud a TV company.

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:

• Riding Baidu's self-driving robo-taxi - YouTube.
• Malicious Attacks against Multi-Sensor Fusion in Autonomous Driving - Research paper.
• Researchers warn robot cars can be crashed with tinfoil and paint daubed on cardboard - The Register.
• Gang of Hackers Tries to Steal Baidu’s Driverless Car Secrets - Bloomberg.
• Rapper Sean Kingston agrees to return to Florida, where he and mother are charged with $1M in fraud - AP News.
• Sean Kingston Extradited From California to Florida in Fraud and Theft Case - Entertainment Tonight.
• Rapper Sean Kingston, his mother arrested on fraud charges after SWAT raid at his Southwest Ranches home - Sun Sentinel.
• What is fraudulent use of personal identification information? - Pumphrey Law.
• Google’s AI really is that stupid, feeds people answers from The Onion - AV Club.
• Some of Google’s “best” AI search results - Twitter.
• Google Rolls Back A.I. Search Feature After Flubs and Flaws - NY Times.
• Sure, Google’s AI overviews could be useful – if you like eating rocks - The Guardian.
• Citymapper.
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Microsoft gets itself into a pickle with a privacy-popping new feature on its CoPilot+ PCs, the FTC warns of impersonated companies, and is your company hiring North Korean IT workers?

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by author, journalist, and podcaster Geoff White.

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

Episode links:

• Microsoft's new Windows 11 Recall is a privacy nightmare - Bleeping Computer.
• Statement in response to Microsoft Recall feature - ICO.
• Arizona woman charged in North Korean IT worker scheme that raised millions - CNN.
• Charges and Seizures Brought in Fraud Scheme Aimed at Denying Revenue for Workers Associated with North Korea - US Department of Justice.
• New FTC Data Shed Light on Companies Most Frequently Impersonated by Scammers - FTC website.
• Who’s who in scams: a spring roundup - FTC.
• Udio.
• Geoff's Labyrinth ext v2 - Graham’s AI song about Geoff White’s book “Rinsed”.
• “Nuclear War” by Annie Jacobsen - Amazon.
• The Patient - Disney+.
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iPhone photos come back from the dead! Scarlett Johansson sounds upset about GPT-4o, and there's a cockup involving celebrity fakes.

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by special guest Anna Brading of Malwarebytes.

Plus! Don't miss our featured interview with Sandy Bird of Sonrai Security.

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

Episode links:

• When NASA Lost a Spacecraft Due to a Metric Math Mistake - Simscale.
• The worst sales promotion in history - The Hustle.
• Nonconsensual AI Porn Maker Accidentally Leaks His Customers' Emails - 404 Media.
• UK's Ministry of Defence fined after Bcc email blinder that put the lives of Afghan citizens at risk - Hot for Security.
• £200,000 fine for exposing possible child abuse victims in classic Cc/Bcc email blunder - Graham Cluley.
• Apple's Photo Bug Exposes the Myth of 'Deleted' - Wired.
• OpenAI Voice Scandal: Sky's Fall From Grace - YouTube.
• How the voices for ChatGPT were chosen - OpenAI.
• As AI becomes more human-like, experts warn users must think more critically about its responses - CBC News.
• What We Lose When ChatGPT Sounds Like Scarlett Johansson - The New York Times.
• Scarlett Johansson’s Statement About Her Interactions With Sam Altman - The New York Times.
• Kin TV series - Wikipedia.
• Portal connecting Dublin and New York 'reawakens' under new restrictions after 'inappropriate behaviour' - Sky News.
• How to cook the perfect chicken rendang – recipe - The Guardian.
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