Tinder has got a plan to rummage through your camera roll, and Warren Buffett keeps popping up in convincing deepfakes dishing “number one investment tips.”
Meanwhile, will agentic AI replace your co-hosts before you can say “EDR for robots”? and why you should still read books.
All this, plus Lily Allen’s new album and Claude Code come up for discussion in episode 443 of the “Smashing Security” podcast, with special guest Ron Eddings.
Host:
Graham Cluley:
Guest:
Ron Eddings
Episode links:
- ‘Landfall’ spyware abused zero-day to hack Samsung Galaxy phones – TechCrunch.
- Cyber insurers paid out over twice as much for UK ransomware attacks last year – The Register.
- Lost iPhone? Don’t fall for phishing texts saying it was found – Bleeping Computer.
- Tinder to use AI to get to know users, tap into their Camera Roll photos – TechCrunch.
- Facebook’s AI can now suggest edits to the photos still on your phone – TechCrunch.
- Berkshire warns of AI deepfakes impersonating Warren Buffett – Reuters.
- West End Girl – Wikipedia.
- West End Girl – Spotify.
- Claude Code.
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Theme tune: “Vinyl Memories” by Mikael Manvelyan.
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