Julian Assange, inside a DDoS attack, and deepfake traumas
Wikileaks's Julian Assange is a free man, deepfakes cause trouble in the playground, and we hear hot takes about ransomware and tales from inside a devastating denial-of-service attack.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 Eleanor Dallaway.Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.Episode links:Julian Assange lands in Australia a free man - BBC News.Smashing Security episode 245: The Julian Assange assassination plot, and IoT toilets.Kidnapping, assassination and a London shoot-out: Inside the CIA's secret war plans against WikiLeaks - Yahoo News.Surprise! WikiLeaks won’t just hand over details of zero-day vulnerabilities to tech firms - Graham Cluley.Tubthumping (Q3 2021 Issue) - Infosecurity Magazine.Infosecurity Magazine suffering ‘significant’ DDoS attack - Cybernews.Infosecurity Magazine is Back Online! - Infosecurity Magazine.YouTube now lets you report AI deepfakes of yourself - MSN.Two private schools face police probe over claims pupils used AI to 'create deepfake porn images of up to a dozen girls' - Daily Mail. We're calling on the next government to protect women and girls from image-based abuse - Glamour Magazine. Deepfakes as a Security Issue: Why Gender Matters - WiisGlobal.AI poses disproportionate risks to women - Brookings.'Violating and dehumanising': How AI deepfakes are being used to target women - Euronews.Snapshot Paper - Deepfakes and Audiovisual...