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Smashing Security

Hosted by Graham Cluley & Carole Theriault

Weekly conversational take on cybersecurity news, irreverent enough to share with non-security colleagues.

Panel Weekly 30–60 min· ~410 episodes· Started 2017
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Editorial take

The cybersecurity podcast you can recommend to your sales team or your parents. Cluley and Theriault are veteran security communicators who have figured out how to make the week's breaches and privacy debacles entertaining without sacrificing accuracy. The format, two hosts plus a guest, debating three news stories, keeps the energy up. Use it as a complement to a daily news show, not a replacement.

Last hand-checked 2026-05-15.

Listen if you …

  • you want cybersecurity coverage that's accessible to non-specialists
  • you appreciate British wit applied to American breach disclosures
  • you're tired of bone-dry threat-intel podcasts and want something with personality

Skip if you …

  • you need technical depth on attack techniques
  • you find British conversational humor grating, the format is unapologetically chatty

About the show

Graham Cluley (writer at grahamcluley.com, formerly Sophos and Naked Security) and Carole Theriault host this weekly conversational news show.

Episodes pick three news stories from the week, joined by a rotating guest from the security industry. The hosts editorialize freely, which works because they have the credentials to back it up.

Notable guests

  • Mikko Hyppönen
  • Brian Krebs
  • Eva Galperin

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