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Remember when a US mother was accused of distributing explicit deepfake photos and videos to try to get her teenage daughter's cheerleading rivals kicked off the team? Well, there has been a surprising development. And learn how cybercriminals have been stealing boomers' one-time-passcodes via a secretive online service.
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:
- ‘Got that boomer!’: How cybercriminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts) - TechCrunch.
- Cheerleader's mom created deepfake videos to allegedly harass her daughter's rivals) - ABC News.
- Bucks County mom doctored videos to harass girls on daughter's cheerleading sqaud, prosecutors say) - Philly Voice.
- Spone v. Reiss, Civil Action 23-0147) - Casetext.
- Mother 'used deepfake to frame cheerleading rivals') - BBC News.
- She was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and condemned. The problem? Nothing was fake after all) - The Guardian.
- Parkrun) - Wikipedia.
- Parkrun UK).
- Oxfordshire Artweeks 2024) - Artweeks homepage.
- Carole’s art website) - carole.wtf
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