Join Danny Palmer, a seasoned cybersecurity journalist, as he delves into two thrilling tales of deception. Discover how basketball stars allegedly teamed up with the mafia for a multi-million-dollar poker scam using hacked shufflers and covert technology. Also, learn about a security flaw that exposed the personal information of Formula 1 drivers through a vulnerability in the FIA driver portal. Plus, Graham shares a wild CAPTCHA game that transforms mundane puzzles into a hilarious challenge.
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Celebrities As Lures
NBA figures like Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups allegedly acted as face cards to lure high rollers.
Games ran in private homes and high-end card rooms where lack of oversight made cheating easier.
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Shuffler Camera Abuse
The DeckMate 2 shuffler contained an internal camera used to verify decks, which could be re-flashed to leak card images.
Compromised firmware sent card images over Bluetooth to remote operators calculating optimal plays.
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Remote Command And Signaling
Remote teams acted as command centers to compute strategies and relay instructions back to table players.
A local ‘quarterback’ translated signals into betting actions via prearranged gestures.
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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.
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