GTA 6 scams launched within hours of pre-orders going live. Scattered Spider's teenage hackers pleaded guilty for the TfL attack, and one of them was hacking US hospitals while on bail. And a fake AI plugin passed every security scanner because the malware only switched on after the check was done.

This week on The Awareness Angle: why attackers are borrowing your trust instead of breaking it, what the TfL case tells us about where the real hacking talent is, and why a clean security scan no longer means what it used to.

Also this week: 630GB of Apple and Tesla manufacturing secrets stolen from their supplier, three million Texans had driving licence numbers taken from a hunting licence database, fake receipts appearing in the Shop app for purchases you never made, ClickFix malware hitting Gizmodo readers through a compromised account, the White House app federal workers can't delete from their phones, and the cybersecurity firms including Huntress and HackerOne who got hacked through a marketing tool.

00:00 Intro
01:35 This week on The Awareness Angle
02:52 Breach of the Week: Apple and Tesla supplier hacked, 630GB leaked
07:43 Breach of the Week: 3 million Texans' driving licences stolen
11:01 Fake receipts in the Shop app
18:29 Scattered Spider guilty plea: TfL hack and US hospital attacks
23:00 GTA 6 scams
29:06 The AI plugin that passed every security scan
36:46 Gizmodo ClickFix attack
43:25 White House app on government phones
48:57 Cybersecurity firms hacked through Klue
54:09 Topic: Hosting malware on ChatGPT's own domain
57:37 Topic: The TikTok inheritance scam DM
1:02:13 Topic: Your address on the floor of a corner shop
1:05:28 Topic: Google AI gets it wrong
1:08:14 Topic: Luke's email from the US Defence Counterintelligence Agency

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This week the threats are getting bigger and the defences are getting stranger. A criminal gang hit a school system that holds records for eleven million kids, Americans lost a record three and a half billion dollars to imposter scams, and the FBI built an entire fake town just to train agents to fight cybercrime. Plus earbuds that could be listening in, malware hiding in Steam wallpapers, a nasty new Android banking trojan, your cheap streaming box secretly working for criminals, and Google quietly deciding to use your IP address for ads.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
03:01 Breach of the Week — Infinite Campus / ShinyHunters
07:56 Imposter Scams — $3.5 Billion Record
13:45 The FBI's Fake Town — Kinetic Cyber Range
18:50 Bluetooth Flaw — Beats Studio Buds
24:20 Steam Wallpaper Malware
28:17 Android Banking Trojan — Rokarolla
35:14 Popa Botnet — Cheap Streaming Boxes
39:11 Google — IP Address Ad Targeting
42:24 Security Socials — Fake iOS Virus Pop-up
46:10 Security Socials — Claude Age Verification
56:05 And Finally — Whale Song Captcha, Cloudflare Lava Lamps & SETI@home

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ShinyHunters breached the University of Nottingham using a critical Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day, leaking passport numbers, National Insurance numbers, disability data and financial records for 455,000 students. If you studied at Nottingham, check haveibeenpwned.com now.

A hidden camera was found in a ceiling tile at 2 Marsham Street, London, the Home Office building that approved China's controversial new mega-embassy. Nobody knows who put it there or how long it was recording.

Someone filed fake data breach notices on Maine's official breach portal, which publishes filings instantly with no verification. The Register reported one as fact before readers flagged it.

Also this week: ServiceNow admits a security incident months after allegedly being warned. 10,000 malicious domains registered ahead of the FIFA World Cup. A disgruntled researcher bypasses BitLocker because Microsoft made him homeless. Google Chrome permanently kills uBlock Origin. The Met Police gives Apple and Samsung an ultimatum over stolen phones.

Phish of the Week: Temu callback phishing using a real password reset email.

CHAPTERS
0:01 Intro
3:45 Breach of the Week: University of Nottingham data breach and Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day
8:41 Hidden camera found in Whitehall building that approved China's mega-embassy
13:54 ServiceNow security incident: customer data accessed
16:36 FIFA World Cup 2026: 10,000 malicious domains
21:33 Nightmare Eclipse drops eighth Windows zero-day, bypasses BitLocker
27:39 Fake data breach notices posted to Maine's official portal
33:19 Google Chrome permanently kills uBlock Origin
37:51 Met Police urges Apple and Samsung to make stolen phones unusable
39:40 Apple Passwords auto-change feature
42:07 Phish of the Week: Temu password reset misuse
46:19 Security Socials: Police use AI to enhance CCTV image

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