Show Notes
Basketball stars have allegedly joined forces with the mafia to fleece high-rollers in a poker scam involving hacked shufflers, covert cameras, and an X-ray card table. Meanwhile, researchers have found they could poke around an FIA driver portal to pull up the personal details of Formula 1 megastars. Plus: Graham’s “Pick of the Week” turns CAPTCHA hell into a delightfully deranged browser game that will make you question vegetables, geometry, and your life choices, while Danny takes a trip to ancient Africa... All this and more is discussed in episode 441 of "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, and special guest Danny Palmer.
EPISODE LINKS: Baohuo, the gray eminence. Android backdoor hijacks Telegram accounts, gaining complete control over them - Dr Web. Cyberattack on Russia’s food safety agency reportedly disrupts product shipments - The Record. Dissecting YouTube's malware distribution network - Check Point. 31 Defendants, Including Members and Associates of Organized Crime Families and National Basketball Association Coach Chauncey Billups, Charged in Schemes to Rig Illegal Poker Games - US Department of Justice. How Hacked Card Shufflers Allegedly Enabled a Mob-Fueled Poker Scam That Rocked the NBA - Wired. Every Formula 1 driver on the grid just had their passport and license details leaked - but it could have been so much worse - TechRadar. I’m not a robot - Neal.fun. Can I Beat The CAPTCHA Game? - YouTube. An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi - Penguin. Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)
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