Inside the mob's million-dollar poker hack, and a Formula 1 fumble

Smashing SecurityOctober 30, 2025Threat Intel Endpoint

Runs 40:54. Streams from op3.dev only when you press play.

Basketball stars have allegedly joined forces with the mafia to fleece high-rollers in a poker scam involving hacked shufflers, covert cameras, and an X-ray card table. Meanwhile, researchers have found they could poke around an FIA driver portal to pull up the personal details of Formula 1 megastars. Plus: Graham’s “Pick of the Week” turns CAPTCHA hell into a delightfully deranged browser game that will make you question vegetables, geometry, and your life choices, while Danny takes a trip to ancient Africa...

Show notes from Smashing Security.

Episode page at Smashing Security

Explained

The technology and terms in this story. Learn more

AttackBackdoorA hidden way back into a system that bypasses normal logins.

Inside the mob's million-dollar poker hack, and a Formula 1 fumble

Explained

More in Threat Intel

Synthetic identities leave US lenders with $2.4 billion in fraud exposure

Sponsored: Should your threat hunt become a detection?

SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 120

BlackX UEFI bootkit exploits Baton Drop flaw to bypass Secure Boot

Researchers Push Over 2 Million Updates to Remotely Disable Popcorn Time Updater That Could Fuel a Botnet