How hackers turned Russian cars into pumpkins

You're driving your new Chinese SUV when the dashboard goes dark. Ten minutes later, your phone rings. A stranger says they've got the digital key to your car, and would you like it back? Of course you would. That'll be $550.

Meanwhile, three men have been charged over a scheme that used deepfakes of company bosses to steal around $130 million. Hear more about what happened, and the simple human trick that can foil the fakes.

All this and more in episode 492 of the "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest Danny Palmer.

EPISODE LINKS:

• Binance warns of iOS flaw that could leak crypto wallet secrets - Bleeping Computer.
• Palantir exec nominated to lead CISA; lame-duck Senate vote is uncertain - The Record.
• Hotel giant Wyndham exposed customer data after app security lapse - TechCrunch.
• Взлом кроссоверов Li Auto в России. Схема, защита, последствия - Autonews.
• Cyber thieves Remotely block Luxury Chinese cars for Ransom - Известия.
• Кроссовер за миллионы превратился в тыкву. Хакеры блокируют Li Auto и требуют выкуп - Securitylab.
• Man accused of disabling 100 cars over Internet - NBC News.
• Russian dealer threatens to block multimedia in cars imported via gray schemes - Kursiv Media Kazakhstan.
• Three Foreign Nationals Arrested And Charged With Scheme To Use Super Intelligence To Defraud Companies Of $129 Million - US Department of Justice.
• Arsène Lupin - Wikipedia.
• Lupin - Netflix.
• Lupin Official Trailer - YouTube.
• Two Point Museum - Steam Store.
• Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

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