Smashing Security Gary Barlow, and a scam turns deadly
Take That's Gary Barlow chats up a pizza-slinging granny from Essex via Facebook, or does he? And a scam takes a sinister turn - for both the person being scammed and an innocent participant - in Ohio.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.
Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.
Episode links:
- Animal Crossing with Garry Kasparov - Smashing Security.
- Gary Barlow - Wikipedia.
- I was catfished by a fake Gary Barlow on Facebook - Daily Mail.
- Video shows Clark County man charged with murder confront Uber driver - Springfield News.
- Uber driver, 61, shot dead by Ohio man, 81, who was being targeted by scammers - Daily Mail.
- Boxfit classes - Better.
- Waschii - PocketSized SolarHeated Washjing Machine - Indiegogo.
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Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.
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