053: Game of Thrones, a major Amazon cloud leak, and web tracking gone crazy
The FBI think they've identified the HBO hacker, the US military have been caught with a leaky bucket, and web tracking has just got scarier than ever. 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 The Register's Iain Thomson. Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or visit our website for more episodes. Remember: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening! Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.Special Guest: Iain Thomson.Support Smashing SecurityLinks:Uber paid hackers $100,000 to keep data breach quiet HBO offered its hackers $250,000 after attack, leaked email claims Game of Thrones stars’ personal phone numbers leaked, as HBO hackers attempt to extort ransomSmashing Security 037: Boobs, dragons and data breachesIranian ‘Game of Thrones’ Hacker Demanded $6 Million Bitcoin Ransom From HBO, Feds SaySealed IndictmentOver 400 of the World's Most Popular Websites Record Your Every Keystroke, Princeton Researchers FindNo boundaries: Exfiltration of personal data by session-replay scriptsData release: list of websites that have third-party “session replay” scriptsThe dark side of Replay Sessions that record your every move onlineShark Attack 3 - That Famous Line (NSFW!)