049: Hacking funeral homes, crypto mining websites, and careful with that hairspray

Smashing Security

Scammers show a lack of imagination after hacking a funeral home, more websites are secretly stealing visitors' resources to mine for cryptocurrency, and everyone is very confused about the USA's airline laptop ban.

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by The Register's John Leyden.

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• Questions and answers on proposed ban on laptops in luggage - The Washington Post
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