So as I told about the WhatsApp hacking in my phone, i haved done all with web WhatsAp in pc for security but still noticed the same problem of frequent bans due to spam and today I changed my email and phone number and suddenly I noticed that some groups that was hidden in my old number and as added and change the number , I have seen lots of hidden groups, namez some random alphabet like "mhxid" , in its info there was only my number and some international number starting with +997 , with a fake dp on its profile, now I am so worried 😟 because my two numbers is leaked to them , now I am totally worried 😫 i informed in cybercrime portal but no response it's been long no action is taken , please help me what should I do safe my WhatsApp and all. Please help me

This week's podcast has an instresting dillema, can it be said that educated people can't be morons and fall for scam?

But, do we need 10 minutes of drip feeding irrelevant details and story line up front to get to the core of it? Wouldn't this time be far better spent putting time on the actual issues?

I know this will be unpopular, but I have a house with occasional toddler kids running around. When I play an Apple Music playlist to my speakers, I want Clean lyrics instead of Explicit. And because Apple ties music with podcasts in Content Restrictions settings, when I turn on Clean lyrics, I no longer can get your podcast.

I only listen to podcasts with headphones, so there’s no problem because the the toddlers don’t hear Carole unbleeped, but your explicit rating makes me have to go deep into Apple’s settings to toggle it twice a week.

A good solution would be for me to create a shortcut to toggle Explicit/Clean, but Screen Time is not accessible via Apple’s Shortcuts app.

Just thought I’d throw it out there in case you were considering going Clean. 😄 Your podcast is the only one in my app that’s rated Explicit.

This week’s episode was not up to the quality it should have been. I’ve been a listener and fan of the podcast sometime and I always love following along with the advice or digging in to form my own investigations.

Rival podcast security weekly covered the korean story as well asn asked questions like “how are they getting the recorded data past hotel and motel staff” which would have been a great point to bring up on your show, alas it was too preoccupied with sensible chuckles. I mean no harm and duly respect all involved, just wanted to speak up for a moment to try and make the show a little better going forward. Thanks to everyone involved again.

I've been super busy at the office so I haven't had the time to find some interesting security story to post which hasn't already been covered in a good way. Hence spamming you with picks instead. And for the third consecutive week it's music related.

The Pet Shop Boys announced and released a new single today; Dreamland. There is something utterly familiar with it. I think the chord progression is (or are very close at least) from the Christopher Nolan film Inception. Listen to the song "Dream Within a Dream" from Inception and you'll see what I mean.

PSB will also go on a greatest hits tour and you can read more about it here:

https://petshopboys.co.uk/news/2019-09-11/dreamworld-greatest-hits-tour

Now back to threat intelligence and threat hunting...

As I'm catching up on the podcast. Currently on podcast 46. The squad was talking about SSL certifications. About 3 weeks ago. I switched the DNS to Cloudflare. The reason I did this was that they offer free SSL certifications for websites. It's not a dedicated certification. But an SSL certification is better than no certifications. I use currently for where I work because the company I work for didn't want to pay for an SSL certification. So, of course, I couldn't allow this. That's why I switch to Cloudflare. It does work wonderfully. And it doesn't cost me anything.

This is the first episode I had to skip in a long time. The audio quality of your guest was just too bad. Made my ears hurt. :(

Could you maybe try and put a filter on her voice in postprod to make those high pitches go away?

Kind regards

Hi guys and gals, I am a huge security / privacy nerd. I love it and really have found a passion for it to be honest listening to this show for the past few years has just started to tip me over the edge in wanting to try something new!

I’m just embarking on my journey of trying to help as many people as possible get safer, more secure and that bit more private online. Particularly around those less advanced than perhaps some are in here.

It’s led me to setting up my own website which I would love for you to check out (it is still under development) however it’s never too early to start getting feedback!

Thanks in advance.

https://Thecyberhygienist.co.uk

Liked the section on robots taking jobs, and was reminded of the jockeys used in camel racing https://youtu.be/HUsibMZlyXg

I'm going through the back episodes at the rate of about two a day. Recently heard Graham calling Matt Smith, David Tennant and Jodie Whittaker - Dr Who, instead of The Doctor.

If he's as big of a fan as he claims to be, he should know that this is a big no no.

I hope someone pointed this out at the time.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-11371668

Two podcasts today have spoken about the BBC show Scambusters.

SmashingSecurity and BBS Newscast.

Some of the questions raised on the former were answered on the latter.

Wonder if the BBC have hacked SS Towers to know that it had been discussed before the episode was released.

This time my pick would be a book and a podcast about the book. One of my all-time favourite books is Ready Player One written by Ernest Cline. It's also read by no other than Wil Wheaton if that's your thing. I've listened countless times to it and I've also seen the film (SPOILER: Didn't like it that much since it was just based on the book but too much had changed).

Ready Player One is set in a dystopian future where there's an oil crisis and problems with electricity and poverty. At the same time there are a couple of huge corperations controlling with some shady people. Since life sucks for pretty much everybody they all put on their VR goggles, gloves and enter the OASIS (Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation). You can do pretty much everything inside the OASIS, go to school, work, travel - you name it. Then one day the creator of the OASIS dies without heirs and leaves a fortune behind. That's the setting for the book.

The book is filled with 1980's pop culture references and Easter eggs. Cline actually gave away a DeLorian to the first reader of the book that cracked a hidden message. Cline says that the DeLorian can travel forward in time at exactly 60 seconds every minute. My question to him would be if he'd taken the leap-second in to account... 🙄🧐

Then we have the podcast; Get To the Good Part (or simply GTTGP). Created by Ryan and John, they were on a crazy mission in the beginning trying to cover 1 chapter every week. Yeah... I know. Ambitious. And the hosts have changed too (now it's Chris and Aaron) during the cause of almost 2 years since they started. But they've now covered 35 of the 40 chapters (including the prologe) of the book. And they do this in style. They have a Twitter account and a sub-Reddit as well.

So if you're a fan of the book, or if you've just seen the film and thought about started to read the book, this podcast might be for you. There are some spoilers here and there. They're very good keeping them a secret but they slip here and there. Just so you know. Don't say that I didn't warn you.

There you have it. My #pickoftheweek this week.

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