What your Oura ring won't tell you
From Smashing Security by Graham Cluley
May 27, 2026 · 53 min · Episode 469
About this episode
This episode discusses data privacy issues related to the Oura ring and features an interview with Benny Czarny about cybersecurity.
CISA, the US government agency whose entire job is keeping America's critical infrastructure safe from hackers, has had a contractor publish dozens of plain-text credentials to a public GitHub profile. Meanwhile, your Oura ring is quietly transmitting some of its data unencrypted - and when one journalist asked the company how often it hands user data to law enforcement, the answer was quite telling. Plus don't miss our featured interview with OPSWAT's Benny Czarny about his new book "Cybersecurity Upside Down." All this and more in episode 469 of the "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest Lesley Carhart. EPISODE LINKS: Canadian man arrested by international authorities, charged with administrating KimWolf DDoS botnet - US Dept of Justice. 700+ education and tech websites hijacked in huge ClickFix malware campaign - Malwarebytes. Leaked Documents Reveal Russian ‘Cognitive Strikes’ Against the West - Including Islamophobic ‘Pig Head’ Attacks in Paris - OCCRP. Lawmakers Demand Answers as CISA Tries to Contain Data Leak - Krebs On Security. US cybersecurity agency CISA reportedly in dire shape amid Trump cuts and…
People in this episode
Host: Graham Cluley
Guest: Lesley Carhart
Topics covered
- cybersecurity
- data privacy
- technology news
- law enforcement
- fitness tracking
- interviews
Keywords
- Oura ring
- CISA
- data leak
- cybersecurity
- law enforcement
- fitness tracking
- interview
- Benny Czarny
- Cybersecurity Upside Down
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CISA, OPSWAT, US Dept of Justice, Malwarebytes, OCCRP, Krebs On Security, TechCrunch, This Week In Security, Whyli, Hackaday
Books & works: Cybersecurity Upside Down
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