Smashing Security
Hosted by Graham Cluley · Graham Cluley
4.7from 656 ratings
- 501
- Episodes
- 134
- Transcribed
- 656
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About Smashing Security
Stories from the world of hacking, cybersecurity, and rogue AI. Smashing Security isn’t your typical tech podcast. Hosted by cybersecurity keynote speaker and industry veteran Graham Cluley, it serves up weekly tales of cybercrime, hacking horror stories, privacy blunders, and tech mishaps - all with sharp insight, a sense of humour, and zero tolerance for tech waffle. Winner of the best and most entertaining cybersecurity podcast awards in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024, Smashing Security has had over ten million downloads. Past guests include Garry Kasparov, Mikko Hyppönen, and Jack Rhysider. Follow the podcast on Bluesky at @smashingsecurity.com (https://bsky.app/profile/smashingsecurity.com), and subscribe for free in your favourite podcast app. New episodes released at 7pm EST every Wednesday (midnight UK).
- Publisher
- Graham Cluley
- Category
- news · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Dec 2016
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
134 of 501 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
How AI agents are spooking the banks
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Jared Kushner's iPhone was allegedly hacked twice
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How a brand new crypto wallet came with a spy inside
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How AI agents are spooking the banks
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Trust anybody, not even your AI girlfriend with your banking password. OK, and clearly they were saying this for a reason, right? They weren't just thinking, oh, what can we say to our customers today? They were actually thinking we need to tell people this. Clearly, they felt people weren't listening. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Renee Dudley
- James Ball
- Chuck Randolph
- Spencer Thompson
- Lianne Potter
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 316 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 340 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts Smashing Security?
Graham Cluley host the show. Published by Graham Cluley.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Smashing Security take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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