Smashing Security podcast #481: Never say this to a robot dog

At Black Hat this month, a group of security researchers took a $9,000 robot dog, plugged Google’s AI into its brain, and jailbroke it by telling it – with a completely straight face – that it was a Pokemon. What followed involved a wall, a blue ice chest, and anyone in the room wearing white shoes. Oh, and did we mention you can buy a flamethrower attachment?

Meanwhile, in Salzburg, 280 gold statuettes of Mozart have vanished from the streets. This has happened to the same artist before. Organised crime, or a publicity stunt? Jenny has thoughts – and some parallels for the world of cybersecurity.

All this and more in episode 481 of the “Smashing Security” podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest Jenny Radcliffe.GRAHAM CLULEYRead More