How a brand new crypto wallet came with a spy inside

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Imagine buying a brand new hardware wallet for your cryptocurrency with the shrink-wrap still on... what could possibly be hiding inside? We break out a Geiger counter and a cat to find out. Meanwhile, malicious ads are targeting journalists with zero-click attacks. Plus, Origin’s Spencer Thompson reveals what AI agents are really getting up to on your employees’ laptops when nobody’s looking. All this and more in episode 489 of the “Smashing Security” podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest Lianne Potter. EPISODE LINKS: • Atac informatic la Depozitarul Central, organism esențial pentru Bursă. Aplicația Depozitarului, unde sunt inclusiv datele "cuponarilor", blocată. Ce trebuie să facă investitorii, ceilalți utilizatori şi ce spune Depozitarul Central - Economica. • ASTRA: «Черная искра» атаковала портал Рособрнадзора - Caliber. • Police Say Scammers Used AI to Clone a Sheriff’s Voice - 404 Media. • Who Is Planting Backdoors in Ledger Crypto Wallets? - Zero Day. • Tweet by Ledger about funds being drained - X. • Ledger asks sellers across Asia to halt sales after supply-chain attack - Bleeping Computer. • Check that your Ledger