A hacker doxxes himself, and social engineering-as-a-service • Graham Cluley

A teenage cybercriminal posts a smug screenshot to mock a sextortion scammer… and unintentionally fingers over the keys to his real-world identification. In the meantime, we glance into the crystal ball for 2026 and take into account how stolen information is now the jet gasoline of cybercrime – and the way subsequent yr could possibly be even nastier than 2025.

Plus, Graham rants about recipe websites that gained’t shut up, and there’s much more love for Lily Allen’s album “West Finish Lady” album.

All this and extra is mentioned in episode 446 of the “Smashing Safety” podcast with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, and particular visitor Rik Ferguson.

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