These researchers got drunk to hack an LG TV

SPEAKER_1 (0:03)

So, we're gonna have a private conversation about our next crypto scam, and it would really be unfortunate if anyone had recording of this.

SPEAKER_2 (0:20)

Smashing Security, episode 485 These researchers got drunk to hack an LG TV, with Graham Cluley and special guest Lianne Potter.

Graham Cluley (0:30)

Hello, hello, and welcome to Smashing Security, episode 485 My name's Graham Cluley.

Lianne Potter (0:34)

And I'm Lianne Potter.

Graham Cluley (0:36)

Lianne, welcome back to the show. Always great to have you here. Now, you are, of course, quite the aficionado when it comes to podcasts. You've got podcasts coming out of your ears, haven't you?

Lianne Potter (0:46)

I'm a millennial. You have to have multiple podcasts.

Graham Cluley (0:49)

But you haven't just got one podcast. You've got multiple podcasts. You've got your Compromise In Positions podcast, all about cybersecurity, excellent groovy stuff there. But you also do tech film noir, where you're looking at old movies and seeing how well they've predicted future tech in particular, right?

Lianne Potter (1:06)

It's just an excuse to watch the films I absolutely adore, mostly Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi movies.

Graham Cluley (1:12)

Well, the latest episode you've put out is all about Weird Science, which was from about 1985, which hit me at precisely the right time. It was in my formative teenage years.

Lianne Potter (1:24)

I see. So does that explain it all then, Graham?

Graham Cluley (1:27)

Anyone who hasn't seen it, it's about a couple of teenagers who decide to use technology to magic up the perfect woman in the shape of Kelly LeBrock.

Lianne Potter (1:35)

And what a shape, that's all I'd say. Clothing controversy on the podcast.

Graham Cluley (1:38)

Goodness gracious me.

Lianne Potter (1:39)

They were like, Lianne, you know, we can't really do this podcast because it's not age great. And I said, well, that's the whole point of this podcast, that it's not age great. The technology hasn't aged great and neither has the ethical quandaries.

Graham Cluley (1:50)

Oh, well, I haven't seen it for a while, but I remember I enjoyed it at the time. These couple of nerds, they boot up a Memotech MTX computer, a home computer, which wasn't very popular. And with it, they managed to create Kelly LeBrock. Now, the thing I have to tell you, Lianne, is I had a Memotech MTX computer.

Lianne Potter (2:10)

Boom, my head just exploded. No, you didn't. Really?

Graham Cluley (2:13)

I really did.

Lianne Potter (2:14)

We should have got you on the episode.

Graham Cluley (2:16)

My original home computer was the Sinclair ZX81. But my dad actually got us a Memotech MTX. I can't remember if it was the 500 or the 512 They had different amounts of RAM in them.

SPEAKER_1 (2:27)

Yeah.

Graham Cluley (2:28)

And I wrote games for them. I have to say the graphics were nothing like as good as-

SPEAKER_1 (2:32)

That was my next question.

Graham Cluley (2:33)

The pixels on Kelly LeBrock.

SPEAKER_1 (2:34)

How does it compare?

Graham Cluley (2:36)

But it is a very nostalgic movie for me because it's like, oh my goodness, I remember this computer.

SPEAKER_1 (2:42)

That's your life?

Graham Cluley (2:42)

This was where I was at. It was fantastic.

Lianne Potter (2:45)

Were you living the high life with free screens though, like this young lad does in the film? I remember just thinking when I saw that, I was like, free screens? Wow.

Graham Cluley (2:52)

Who would need three screens? You've only got two eyes, haven't you? I mean, two feels like an extravagance to me.

Lianne Potter (2:59)

Do you still have it?

Graham Cluley (3:00)

No, long gone I suspect.

Lianne Potter (3:01)

Such a shame because we could do a follow-up episode and we could literally try and rebuild Kelly LeBrock from it.

Graham Cluley (3:07)

I suspect that they go for a fortune on eBay now. They're probably very collectible.

Lianne Potter (3:11)

I bet they are as well. So cool, Graham. That's really, really cool.

Andy Hornegold (3:18)

This week on Smashing Security.

Graham Cluley (3:20)

We won't be talking about how scammers tricked Revolut into handing over customer data by posing as a government agency.

SPEAKER_2 (3:29)

You'll hear no discussion of.

Graham Cluley (3:31)

How the Reddit account of HBO Max was hijacked by hackers to spread malware.

Andy Hornegold (3:38)

And we won't even mention.

Graham Cluley (3:39)

How the UK and United States have joined forces to take down global scam centers. So Lianne, what are you going to be talking about this week?

Lianne Potter (3:50)

Well, I'm talking about a piece of Android malware that if it wasn't an all-you-can-eat buffet, it would get kicked out for being too greedy.