Vibe-coded shops, and hackable Flock cameras

A store in Auckland vibe-coded itself a new website. Within hours, its inventory had somehow expanded to include a pair of crusty socks, an $850 banana, and all of New Zealand's national parks. What could possibly have gone wrong?

Meanwhile, a hacker collective backed a truck into one of the license-plate-reading Flock safety cameras popping up on American street corners, and took a very close look inside.

All this and more in episode 486 of the "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest Dave Bittner.

EPISODE LINKS:

• Claude Opus 5 Helped Researchers Take Over OpenAI Staff Accounts via Chained Flaws - The Hacker News.
• Odido hackers mock police, threaten another Netherlands hack - Cybernews.
• North Korea's fake job interviews infected 30,000 devices - The Register.
• Ridiculous deals as store leaves website open for the public to edit - Stuff.
• Critical Vulnerability in AI Vibe Coding platform Base44 - Wiz.
• Beautiful People: The dating site that FAKED getting hacked by a virus called Shrek - Graham Cluley on YouTube.
• Flock Camera Locations - Live Map of 150,000+ Flock Safety Cameras & ALPRs.
• Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials - Micah Flee.
• Creve Coeur police in 'state of chaos' as former chief investigated for misconduct - WCBU Peoria.
• La La Land Filming Locations - Seeing Stars.
• Mrs Mills - Wikipedia.
• Let's Have a Party - The Piano Genius of Mrs. Mills - YouTube.
• Introducing the Originals Mrs Mills Piano from Abbey Road Studios & Spitfire Audio - Abbey Road.
• Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

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