{"id":11444,"date":"2026-03-19T02:03:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/smashing-security-podcast-459-this-clever-scam-nearly-hijacked-a-tech-ceos-apple-id\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T02:03:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:03:27","slug":"smashing-security-podcast-459-this-clever-scam-nearly-hijacked-a-tech-ceos-apple-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/smashing-security-podcast-459-this-clever-scam-nearly-hijacked-a-tech-ceos-apple-id\/","title":{"rendered":"Smashing Security podcast #459: This clever scam nearly hijacked a tech CEO\u2019s Apple ID"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smashing Security podcast #459: This clever scam nearly hijacked a tech CEO\u2019s Apple ID
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In episode 459 of Smashing Security, we dive into a chillingly clever account takeover attempt targeting WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg – involving MFA fatigue, real Apple alerts, a convincing support call, and a phishing page that oh-so-nearly worked. If a famous techie could have this happen to you, can you be sure you’re immune?<\/p>\n

Plus: would you donate your lifetime medical history to science if you were promised anonymity? We unpack serious concerns around UK Biobank, where \u201cde-identified\u201d data may not be as anonymous as you think \u2014 and how surprisingly little information it takes to reveal everything.<\/p>\n

And! Human-powered \u201cAI\u201d, and a punishment worse than prison: eight hours on the RSA expo floor…<\/p>\n

All this, and much more, in episode 459 of the “Smashing Security” podcast with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, and special guest Paul Ducklin.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Smashing Security podcast #459: This clever scam nearly hijacked a tech CEO\u2019s Apple ID In episode 459 of Smashing Security, we dive into a chillingly clever account takeover attempt targeting WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg – involving MFA fatigue, real Apple alerts, a convincing support call, and a phishing page that oh-so-nearly worked. If a famous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[276,2379,54,264,2380,160,124,166,83,175,593],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-11444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-apple-id","category-grahamcluley","category-healthcare","category-matt-mullenweg","category-nhs","category-phishing","category-podcast","category-privacy","category-smashing-security","category-wordpress","tag-grahamcluley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}