Password-stealing “vulnerability” reported in KeePass – bug or feature?

Is it a vulnerability if someone with control over your account can mess with files that your account is allowed to access anyway?

GitHub code-signing certificates stolen (but will be revoked this week)

There was a breach, so the bad news isn't great, but the good news isn't too bad...

Serious Security: The Samba logon bug caused by outdated crypto

Enjoy our Serious Security deep dive into this real-world example of why cryptographic agility is important!

S3 Ep119: Breaches, patches, leaks and tweaks! [Audio + Text]

Lastest episode - listen now! (Or read the transcript.)

Apple patches are out – old iPhones get an old zero-day fix at last!

Don't delay, especially if you're still running an iOS 12 device... please do it today!

Serious Security: How dEliBeRaTe tYpOs might imProVe DNS security

It's a really cool and super-simple trick. The question is, "Will it help?"

S3 Ep118: Guess your password? No need if it’s stolen already! [Audio + Text]

As always: entertaining, informative and educational... and not bogged down with jargon! Listen (or read) now...

S3 Ep117: The crypto crisis that wasn’t (and farewell forever to Win 7) [Audio + Text]

Tell us in the comments... What's the REAL reason there was no Windows 9? (No theory too far-fetched!)

Microsoft Patch Tuesday: One 0-day; Win 7 and 8.1 get last-ever patches

Get 'em while they're hot. And get 'em for the very last time, if you still have Windows 7 or 8.1...

Popular JWT cloud security library patches “remote” code execution hole

It's remotely triggerable, but attackers would already have pretty deep network access if they could "prime" your server for compromise.

CircleCI – code-building service suffers total credential compromise

They're saying "rotate secrets"... in plain English, they mean "change your credentials". The company has a tool to help you find them all.

S3 Ep116: Last straw for LastPass? Is crypto doomed? [Audio + Text]

Lots of big issues this week: breaches, encryption, supply chains and patching problems. Listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

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.

PyTorch: Machine Learning toolkit pwned from Christmas to New Year

The bad news: the crooks have your SSH private keys. The good news: only users of the "nightly" build were affected.

Naked Security 33 1/3 – Cybersecurity predictions for 2023 and beyond

The problem with anniversaries is that there's an almost infinite number of them every day...

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.)

Twitter data of “+400 million unique users” up for sale – what to do?

If the crooks have connected up your phone number and your Twitter handle... what could go wrong?

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.

Microsoft dishes the dirt on Apple’s “Achilles heel” shortly after fixing similar Windows bug

It happens to the best of us: Microsoft highlights a security bypass bug on Macs that is curiously similar to a recent Windows 0-day.

S3 Ep113: Pwning the Windows kernel – the crooks who hoodwinked Microsoft [Audio + Text]

Return o' the rookit, super-sneaky wireless spyware, credit card skimming, and patches galore. Listen and learn!

Apple patches everything, finally reveals mystery of iOS 16.1.2

There's an update for everything this time, not just for iOS.

Patch Tuesday: 0-days, RCE bugs, and a curious tale of signed malware

Tales of derring-do in the cyberunderground! (And some zero-days.)

COVID-bit: the wireless spyware trick with an unfortunate name

It's not the switching that's the problem, it's the switching of the switching!

Pwn2Own Toronto: 54 hacks, 63 new bugs, $1 million in bounties

That's a mean average of $15,710 per bug... and 63 fewer bugs out there for crooks and rogues to find.

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.

Credit card skimming – the long and winding road of supply chain failure

Don't keep calling home to a JavaScript server that closed its doors eight years ago!

Number Nine! Chrome fixes another 2022 zero-day, Edge patched too

Ninth more unto the breach, dear friends, ninth more.

Ping of death! FreeBSD fixes crashtastic bug in network tool

It's a venerable program, and this version had a venerable bug in it.

Apple pushes out iOS security update that’s more tight-lipped than ever

We grabbed the update, based on no information at all, just in case we came across a reason to advise you not to. So far, so good...

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

Latest episode - listen now (or read if you prefer)...

TikTok “Invisible Challenge” porn malware puts us all at risk

An injury to one is an injury to all. Especially if the other people are part of your social network.

Chrome fixes 8th zero-day of 2022 – check your version now (Edge too!)

There isn't a rhyme to remind you which months have browser zero-days... you just have to keep your eyes and ears open!

Voice-scamming site “iSpoof” seized, 100s arrested in massive crackdown

Those numbers or names that pop up when a call comes up? They're OK as a hint of who's calling, but THEY PROVE NOTHING

S3 Ep110: Spotlight on cyberthreats – an expert speaks [Audio + Text]

Latest episode - security expert John Shier explains what the real-life cybercrime stories in the Sophos Threat Report can teach us

How to hack an unpatched Exchange server with rogue PowerShell code

Review your servers, your patches and your authentication policies - there's a proof-of-concept out

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

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

Firefox fixes fullscreen fakery flaw – get the update now!

What's so bad about a web page going fullscreen without warning you first?

Log4Shell-like code execution hole in popular Backstage dev tool

Good old "string templating", also known as "string interpolation", in the spotlight again...

S3 Ep108: You hid THREE BILLION dollars in a popcorn tin?

Patches, busts, leaks and why even low-likelihood exploits can be high-severity risks - listen now!

Emergency code execution patch from Apple – but not an 0-day

Not a zero-day, but important enough for a quick-fire patch to one system library...

Exchange 0-days fixed (at last) – plus 4 brand new Patch Tuesday 0-days!

In all the excitement, we kind of lost track ourselves. Were there six 0-days, or only four?

Silk Road drugs market hacker pleads guilty, faces 20 years inside

Jurisprudence isn't like arithmetic... two negatives never make a positive!

Twitter Blue Badge email scams – Don’t fall for them!

That was the week that was...

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

The OpenSSL security update story – how can you tell what needs fixing?

How to Hack! Finding OpenSSL library files and accurately identifying their version numbers...

OpenSSL patches are out – CRITICAL bug downgraded to HIGH, but patch anyway!

That bated-breath OpenSSL update is out! It's no longer rated CRITICAL, but we advise you to patch ASAP anyway. Here's why...

SHA-3 code execution bug patched in PHP – check your version!

As everyone waits for news of a bug in OpenSSL, here's a reminder that other cryptographic code in your life may also need patching!

Chrome issues urgent zero-day fix – update now!

We've said it before/And we'll say it again/It's not *if* you should patch/It's a matter of *when*. (Hint: now!)

Updates to Apple’s zero-day update story – iPhone and iPad users read this!

Turns out that Tuesday's zero-day for iOS 16 is Friday's zero-day for iOS 15...

S3 Ep106: Facial recognition without consent – should it be banned?

Latest episode - listen (or read) now. Teachable moments for X-Ops professionals!

Clearview AI image-scraping face recognition service hit with €20m fine in France

"We told you to stop but you ignored us," said the French regulator, "so now we're coming after you again."

Apple megaupdate: Ventura out, iOS and iPad kernel zero-day – act now!

Ventura hits the market with 112 patches, Catalina's gone missing, and iPhones and iPads get a critical kernel-level zero-day patch...

S3 Ep105: WONTFIX! The MS Office cryptofail that “isn’t a security flaw” [Audio + Text]

The coolest video game ever! And lots of solid cybersecurity advice - listen now!

Zoom for Mac patches sneaky “spy-on-me” bug – update now!

Hey! That back door isn't supposed to be there at all, let alone propped open...

Dangerous hole in Apache Commons Text – like Log4Shell all over again

Third time unlucky. Time to put your patching boots on again...

S3 Ep104: Should hospital ransomware attackers be locked up for life? [Audio + Text]

Have your say on three deep questions posed by this week's podcast. Read or listen as suits you best...

Patch Tuesday in brief – one 0-day fixed, but no patches for Exchange!

There's a zero-day patch, but it's not for the zero-day you thought.

Mystery iPhone update patches against iOS 16 mail crash-attack

The problem with crashy messaging apps is that *other people* get to choose if and when to send you messages...

S3 Ep103: Scammers in the Slammer (and other stories) [Audio + Text]

Latest episode - listen and learn now (or read and revise, if the written word is your thing)...

S3 Ep102.5: “ProxyNotShell” Exchange bugs – an expert speaks [Audio + Text]

Who's affected, what you can do while waiting for Microsoft's patches, and how to plan your threat hunting...