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World Backup Day is here again – 5 tips to keep your precious data safe

By Paul Ducklin
The only backup you will ever regret is the one you didn't make...

Supply chain blunder puts 3CX telephone app users at risk

By Paul Ducklin
Booby-trapped app, apparently signed and shipped by 3CX itself after its source code repository was broken into.

Cops use fake DDoS services to take aim at wannabe cybercriminals

By Naked Security writer
Thinking of trying a bit of DDoSsing to get a feel for life at the fringes of the Dark Side? Don't do it!

Apple patches everything, including a zero-day fix for iOS 15 users

By Paul Ducklin
Got an older iPhone that can't run iOS 16? You've got a zero-day to deal with! That super-cool Studio Display monitor needs patching, too.

Microsoft assigns CVE to Snipping Tool bug, pushes patch to Store

By Paul Ducklin
Microsoft says "successful exploitation requires uncommon user interaction", but it's the innocent and accidental leakage of private data you should be concerned about.

In Memoriam – Gordon Moore, who put the more in “Moore’s Law”

By Paul Ducklin
His prediction was called a "Law", though it was an exhortation to engineering excellence as much it was an estimate.

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WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress has an admin-level hole – patch now!

By Paul Ducklin
Admin-level holes in websites are always a bad thing... and for "bad", read "worse" if it's an e-commerce site.

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Windows 11 also vulnerable to “aCropalypse” image data leakage

By Paul Ducklin
Turns out that the Windows 11 Snipping Tool has the same "aCropalypse" data leakage bug as Pixel phones. Here's how to work around the problem...

Google Pixel phones had a serious data leakage bug – here’s what to do!

By Paul Ducklin
What if the "safe" images you shared after carefully cropping them... had some or all of the "unsafe" pixels left behind anyway?

Bitcoin ATM customers hacked by video upload that was actually an app

By Paul Ducklin
As the misquote goes, "Once is misfortune..." This is the second time, and you know what Lady Bracknell had to say about that...

Dangerous Android phone 0-day bugs revealed – patch or work around them now!

By Paul Ducklin
Despite its usually inflexible 0-day disclosure policy, Google is keeping four mobile modem bugs semi-secret due to likely ease of exploitation.

S3 Ep 126: The price of fast fashion (and feature creep) [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin
Worried about rogue apps? Unsure about the new Outlook zero-day? Clear advice in plain English... just like old times, with Duck and Chet!

Microsoft fixes two 0-days on Patch Tuesday – update now!

By Paul Ducklin
An email you haven't even looked at yet could be used to trick Outlook into helping crooks to logon as you.

Firefox 111 patches 11 holes, but not 1 zero-day among them…

By Paul Ducklin
In the game of cricket, 111 is an inauspicious number, but for Firefox, there doesn't seem to be much to worry about this month.

Linux gets double-quick double-update to fix kernel Oops!

By Paul Ducklin
Linux doesn't BSoD. It has oopses and panics instead. (We show you how to make a kernel module to explore further.)

SHEIN shopping app goes rogue, grabs price and URL data from your clipboard

By Paul Ducklin
It's not exactly data theft, but it's worryingly close to "unintentional treachery" - apparently because it's great for marketing purposes

Serious Security: TPM 2.0 vulns – is your super-secure data at risk?

By Paul Ducklin
Security bugs in the very code you've been told you must have to improve the security of your computer...

DoppelPaymer ransomware supsects arrested in Germany and Ukraine

By Naked Security writer
Devices seized, suspects interrogated and arrested, allegedly connected to devastating cyberattack on University Hospital in Düsseldorf.

Feds warn about right Royal ransomware rampage that runs the gamut of TTPs

By Paul Ducklin
Wondering which cybercrime tools, techniques and procedures to focus on? How about any and all of them?

S3 Ep124: When so-called security apps go rogue [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin
Rogue software packages. Rogue "sysadmins". Rogue keyloggers. Rogue authenticators. Rogue ROGUES!

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LastPass: Keylogger on home PC led to cracked corporate password vault

By Paul Ducklin
Seems the crooks implanted a keylogger via a vulnerable media app (LastPass politely didn't say which one!) on a developer's home computer.

Dutch police arrest three cyberextortion suspects who allegedly earned millions

By Naked Security writer
Ever paid hush money to crooks who broke into your network? Wondered how much you can trust them?

Beware rogue 2FA apps in App Store and Google Play – don’t get hacked!

By Paul Ducklin
Even in Apple's and Google's "walled gardens", there are plenty of 2FA apps that are either dangerously incompetent, or unrepentantly malicious. (Or perhaps both.)

NPM JavaScript packages abused to create scambait links in bulk

By Paul Ducklin
Free spins? Bonus game points? Cheap social media followers? What harm could it possibly do if you just take a tiny little look?!

Coinbase breached by social engineers, employee data stolen

By Paul Ducklin
Another day, another "sophisticated" attack. This time, the company has handily included some useful advice along with its mea culpa...

Twitter tells users: Pay up if you want to keep using insecure 2FA

By Paul Ducklin
Ironically, Twitter Blue users will be allowed to keep using the very 2FA process that's not considered secure enough for everyone else.

GoDaddy admits: Crooks hit us with malware, poisoned customer websites

By Paul Ducklin
New report admits that attackers were detected in the network about three months ago, and may have been attacking for about three years.

Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 36 RCE bugs, 3 zero-days, 75 CVEs

By Paul Ducklin
Lots of lovely patches for your Valentine's Day delight. Get 'em as soon as you can...

Apple fixes zero-day spyware implant bug – patch now!

By Paul Ducklin
Everyone update now! Except for those who don't need to! Or who need to but will only get updates later on, though Apple isn't saying yet!

Serious Security: GnuTLS follows OpenSSL, fixes timing attack bug

By Paul Ducklin
Conditional code considered cryptographically counterproductive.

Reddit admits it was hacked and data stolen, says “Don’t panic”

By Paul Ducklin
Reddit is suggesting three tips as a follow-up to this breach. We agree with two of them but not with the third...

OpenSSL fixes High Severity data-stealing bug – patch now!

By Paul Ducklin
7 memory mismanagements and a timing attack. We explain all the jargon bug terminology in plain English...

VMWare user? Worried about “ESXi ransomware”? Check your patches now!

By Paul Ducklin
To borrow from HHGttG, please DON'T PANIC. But if you are two years out of date with patches, please do ACT NOW!

Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Crypto

By Paul Ducklin
Hear renowned cybersecurity author Andy Greenberg's thoughtful commentary about the "war on crypto" as we talk to him about his new book...

Finnish psychotherapy extortion suspect arrested in France

By Naked Security writer
Company transcribed ultra-personal conversations, didn't secure them. Criminal stole them, then extorted thousands of vulnerable patients.

OpenSSH fixes double-free memory bug that’s pokable over the network

By Paul Ducklin
It's a bug fix for a bug fix. A memory leak was turned into a double-free that has now been turned into correct code...

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

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

Serious Security: The Samba logon bug caused by outdated crypto

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

Hive ransomware servers shut down at last, says FBI

By Naked Security writer
Unfortunately, you've probably already heard the cliche that "cybercrime abhors a vacuum"...

Dutch suspect locked up for alleged personal data megathefts

By Paul Ducklin
Undercover Austrian "controlled data buy" leads to Amsterdam arrest and ongoing investigation. Suspect is said to steal and sell all sorts of data, including medical records.

GoTo admits: Customer cloud backups stolen together with decryption key

By Paul Ducklin
We were going to write, "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more"... but it seems to go without saying these days.

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

By Paul Ducklin
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

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

T-Mobile admits to 37,000,000 customer records stolen by “bad actor”

By Paul Ducklin
Once more, it's time for Shakespeare's words: Once more unto the breach...

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

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

Serious Security: Unravelling the LifeLock “hacked passwords” story

By Paul Ducklin
Four straight-talking tips to improve your online security, whether you're a LifeLock customer or not.

Multi-million investment scammers busted in four-country Europol raid

By Paul Ducklin
216 questioned, 15 arrested, 4 fake call centres searched, millions seized...

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

By Paul Ducklin
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

By Paul Ducklin
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

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

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