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What is hacking? Before listening to this podcast We recommend changing your email, banking & Apple ID passwords if you use them for anything else. Use a password generator to make unique, random new ones for each login. These accounts are central to unlocking your online life. Ideally never use duplicate passwords. Nothing is perfect, but let's make it as hard as possible for hackers & bots ?? We also recommend subscribing to a password manager like 1Password: It remembers all your passwords, generates new ones & automates all your logins...have a read (1Password) (https://1password.com) And now to the show notes WannaCry ransomware: What is it & how to protect yourself (Wired) (http://www.wired.co.uk/article/wannacry-ransomware-virus-patch) WannaCry ransomware attack (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack) Global ransomware attack makes less than $US60,000 as only 209 victims choose to pay (ABC Australia) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-16/ransomware-attack-makes-hackers-less-than-60000/8529122) The hardest part of decrypting your ransomwared files might be figuring out Bitcoin - so hackers are offering 'customer support' (Mashable) (http://mashable.com/2017/05/17/ransomware-bitcoin-wannacry/#aZH4x4E4VPq1) How does Bitcoin work? (bitcoin) (https://bitcoin.org/en/how-it-works) What is hacking? (The Conversation) (http://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-hacking-13039) Why do people hack computers? (Computer Hope) (https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001530.htm) Hacker holds Netflix to ransom over new season of Orange Is The New Black (The Guardian) (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/apr/29/hacker-holds-netflix-to-ransom-over-new-season-of-orange-is-the-new-black) That Orange Is The New Black leak was never going to pay off (Wired) (https://www.wired.com/2017/05/orange-is-the-new-black-leak/) Learn how Richard Feynman cracked the safes with atomic secrets at Los Alamos (Open Culture) (http://www.openculture.com/2013/04/learn_how_richard_feynman_cracked_the_safes_with_atomic_secrets_at_los_alamos.html) Why hackers learn to pick locks (itnews) (https://www.itnews.com.au/news/why-hackers-learn-to-pick-locks-464049) What is social engineering? (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(security)) Password cracking (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_cracking) How hackers really crack your passwords (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtUvMJFP_IE) The 5 most common tactics used to hack passwords (MUO) (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-common-tactics-hack-passwords/) Die Hard: The safe cracking scene (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUOXn9b8dkg) What is a dictionary attack? (Hacksplaining) (https://www.hacksplaining.com/glossary/dictionary-attacks) This site is selling a password cracking dictionary, anyone can download it (CrackStation) (https://crackstation.net/buy-crackstation-wordlist-password-cracking-dictionary.htm) The 'Anonymous' hacker group (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group)) Anonymous (http://anonofficial.com) PlayStation Network hackers access data of 77 million users (The Guardian) (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/apr/26/playstation-network-hackers-data) Here's exactly how much your stolen credit card info is worth to hackers (Business Insider Australia) (https://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-much-stolen-credit-card-info-is-worth-to-hackers-2015-11?r=US&IR=T) Here’s how much your identity could be worth on the dark web (MUO) (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/heres-much-identity-worth-dark-web/) Check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach (have i been pwned) (https://haveibeenpwned.com) Hackers don't have to be human anymore, this bot battle proves it (Wired) (https://www.wired.com/2016/08/security-bots-show-hacking-isnt-just-humans/) Ever re-use your passwords? You're a hacker's dream (ABC Australia) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-01/reuse-your-password-youre-a-hackers-dream/8575888) How Apple & Amazon security flaws led to my epic hacking (Wired) (https://www.wired.com/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/) Security questions are just passwords (Big Nerd Ranch) (https://www.bignerdranch.com/blog/security-questions-are-just-passwords/) Time to kill security questions - or answer them with lies (Wired) (https://www.wired.com/2016/09/time-kill-security-questions-answer-lies/) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (IMDb) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091042/) War Games (IMDb) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/) The Hacker News (http://thehackernews.com) You can now do a 'Master of Cybersecurity' (La Trobe University) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=una347DGVaE&feature=youtu.be) Phishing (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing) Phishing.org (http://www.phishing.org/what-is-phishing) Where are you from? Send us a postcard! 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