Serious Security: How to improve cryptography, resist supply chain attacks, and handle data breaches

Lessons for us all: improve cryptography, fight cybercrime, own your supply chain... and don't steal my data and then pretend you're sorry.

Inside a scammers’ lair: Ukraine busts 40 in fake bank call-centre raid

When someone calls you up to warn you that your bank account is under attack - it's true, because THAT VERY PERSON is the one attacking you!

S3 Ep115: True crime stories – A day in the life of a cybercrime fighter [Audio + Text]

Listen now - you'll be alarmed, amused and educated, all in equal measure. (Full transcript in article.)

S3 Ep114: Preventing cyberthreats – stop them before they stop you! [Audio + Text]

Join world-renowned expert Fraser Howard, Director of Research at SophosLabs, for this fascinating episode on how to fight cybercrime.

S3 Ep112: Data breaches can haunt you more than once! [Audio + Text]

Breaches, exploits, busts, buffer overflows and bug hunting - entertaining and educational in equal measure.

SIM swapper sent to prison for 2FA cryptocurrency heist of over $20m

Guilty party got 18 months, also has to pay back $20m he probably hasn't got, which could land him in more hot water.

S3 Ep111: The business risk of a sleazy “nudity unfilter” [Audio + Text]

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S3 Ep109: How one leaked email password could drain your business [Audio + Transcript]

Latest episode - listen now! Cybersecurity news plus loads of great advice...

S3 Ep107: Eight months to kick out the crooks and you think that’s GOOD? [Audio + Text]

Listen now - latest episode - audio plus full transcript

S3 Ep100: Browser-in-the-Browser – how to spot an attack [Audio + Text]

Latest episode - listen now! Cosmic rockets, zero-days, spotting cybercrooks, and unlocking the DEADBOLT...

S3 Ep95: Slack leak, Github onslaught, and post-quantum crypto [Audio + Text]

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S3 Ep94: This sort of crypto (graphy), and the other sort of crypto (currency!) [Audio + Text]

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S3 Ep83: Cracking passwords, patching Firefox, and Apple vulns [Podcast]

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He sold cracked passwords for a living – now he’s serving 4 years in prison

Crooks don't need a password for every user on your network to break in and wreak havoc. One could be enough...

S3 Ep82: Bugs, bugs, bugs (and Colonial Pipeline again) [Podcast]

Latest episode - lots to learn - plain English - fun with a serious side - listen now!

S3 Ep81: Passwords (still with us!), Github, Firefox at 100, and network worms [Podcast]

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S3 Ep79: Chrome hole, a bad place for a cybersecurity holiday, and crypto-dodginess [Podcast]

Do you know your Adam Osborne from your John Osbourne? Your Z80 from your 6502? Latest episode - listen now!

S3 Ep77: Bugs, busts and old-school PDP-11 hacking [Podcast]

Latest episode - listen now! Cybersecurity news and advice in plain English.

UK police arrest 7 hacking suspects – have they bust the LAPSUS$ gang?

Seven alleged hackers have been arrested in the UK. But who are they, and which hacking crew are they from?

S3 Ep74: Cybercrime busts, Apple patches, Pi Day, and disconnect effects [Podcast]

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S3 Ep73: Ransomware with a difference, dirty Linux pipes, and much more [Podcast + Transcript]

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French speakers blasted by sextortion scams with no text or links

You'd spot this one a mile away... but what about your friends or family?

S3 Ep69: WordPress woes, Wormhole holes, and a Microsoft change of heart [Podcast + Transcript]

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Alleged carder gang mastermind and three acolytes under arrest in Russia

The motto of the gang was "In Fraud We Trust", and they went by a dizzying range of online nicknames.

S3 Ep66: Cybercrime busts, wormable Windows, and the crisis of featuritis [Podcast + Transcript]

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SFW! The Top N Cyber­security Stories of 2021 (for small positive integer values of N)

Happy Holidays! Our Top N stories, all totally SFW!

S3 Ep62: The S in IoT stands for security (and much more) [Podcast+Transcript]

Listen now or read as an article! (Full transcript inside.)

S3 Ep61: Call scammers, cloud insecurity, and facial recognition creepiness [Podcast+Transcript]

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S3 Ep59: Emotet, an FBI hoax, Samba bugs, and a hijackable suitcase [Podcast]

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Emotet malware: “The report of my death was an exaggeration”

"Old malware rarely dies." The best way to predict the future is to look at the past... if it worked before, it will probably work again.

S3 Ep58: Faces on Facebook, scams that pose as complaints, and a Kaseya bust [Podcast]

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S3 Ep55: Live malware, global encryption, dating scams, and secret emanations [Podcasts]

Latest episode - listen now! (And sign up for our forthcoming Live Malware Demo at the same time.)