S3 Ep141: What was Steve Jobs’s first job?

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Interested in $10,000,000? Ready to turn in the Clop ransomware crew?

Technically, it's "up to $10 million", but it's potentially a LOT of money, nevertheless...

UK hacker busted in Spain gets 5 years over Twitter hack and more

Not just that infamous Twitter hack, but SIM-swapping, stalking and swatting too...

S3 Ep140: So you think you know ransomware?

Lots to learn this week - listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

Apple patch fixes zero-day kernel hole reported by Kaspersky – update now!

Apple didn't use the words "Triangulation Trojan", but you probably will.

ASUS warns router customers: Patch now, or block all inbound requests

"Do as we say, not as we do!" - The patches took ages to come out, but don't let that lure you into taking ages to install them.

MOVEit mayhem 3: “Disable HTTP and HTTPS traffic immediately”

Twice more unto the breach... third patch tested and released, shut down web access until you've applied it

S3 Ep139: Are password rules like running through rain?

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Patch Tuesday fixes 4 critical RCE bugs, and a bunch of Office holes

No zero-days this month, if you ignore the Edge RCE hole patched last week

History revisited: US DOJ unseals Mt. Gox cybercrime charges

Though the mills of the Law grind slowly/Yet they grind exceeding small/Though with patience they stand waiting/With exactness grind they all...

More MOVEit mitigations: new patches published for further protection

Good news... more patches, this time available proactively

S3 Ep138: I like to MOVEit, MOVEit

Backdoors, exploits, and Little Bobby Tables. Listen now! (Full transcript available...)

Firefox 114 is out: No 0-days, but one fascinating “teachable moment” bug

With the right (or wrong, if you're on the right side of the fence) timing...

Chrome and Edge zero-day: “This exploit is in the wild”, so check your versions now

Chrome and Edge 0-days patched.

MOVEit zero-day exploit used by data breach gangs: The how, the why, and what to do…

Little Bobby Tables is back!

Researchers claim Windows “backdoor” affects hundreds of Gigabyte motherboards

It's a backdoor, Jim, but not as we know it... here's a sober look at this issue.

S3 Ep137: 16th century crypto skullduggery

Lots to learn, clearly explained in plain English... listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

Serious Security: That KeePass “master password crack”, and what we can learn from it

Here, in an admittedly discursive nutshell, is the fascinating story of CVE-2023-32784. (Short version: Don't panic.)

Serious Security: Verification is vital – examining an OAUTH login bug

What good is a popup asking for your approval if an attacker can bypass it simply by suppressing it?

S3 Ep136: Navigating a manic malware maelstrom

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Apple’s secret is out: 3 zero-days fixed, so be sure to patch now!

All Apple users have zero-days that need patching, though some have more zero-days than others.

S3 Ep135: Sysadmin by day, extortionist by night

Laugh (sufficiently), learn (efficiently), and then let us know what you think in our comments (anonymously, if you wish)...

US offers $10m bounty for Russian ransomware suspect outed in indictment

"Up to $10 million for information that leads to the arrest and/or conviction of this defendant."

S3 Ep134: It’s a PRIVATE key – the hint is in the name!

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PHP Packagist supply chain poisoned by hacker “looking for a job”

I pwned you! Gizza job! You know it makes sense!

S3 Ep133: Apple takes “tight-lipped” to a whole new level

Entertaining, educational, and all in plain English 🎧📖

Apple delivers first-ever Rapid Security Response “cyberattack” patch – leaves some users confused

Just when we'd got used to three-numbered versions, such as "13.3.1", here comes an update suffix, bringing you "13.3.1 (a)"...

S3 Ep132: Proof-of-concept lets anyone hack at will

When Doug says, "Happy Remote Code Execution Day, Duck"... it's irony. For the avoidance of all doubt :-)

PaperCut security vulnerabilities under active attack – vendor urges customers to patch

If you have the product, but you haven't patched - well, the crooks have now landed, so please don't delay. Do it today...

Double zero-day in Chrome and Edge – check your versions now!

Wouldn't it be handy if there were a single version number to check for in every Chromium-based browser, on every supported platform?

VMware patches break-and-enter hole in logging tools: update now!

You know jolly well/What we're going to say/And that's "Do not delay/Simply do it today."

S3 Ep131: Can you really have fun with FORTRAN?

Loop-the-loop in this week's episode. Entertaining, educational and all in plain English. Transcript inside.

S3 Ep130: Open the garage bay doors, HAL [Audio + Text]

I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't... errr, no, hang on a minute, I can do that easily! Worldwide! Right now!

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes a zero-day, and two curious bugs that take the Secure out of Secure Boot

Is Secure Boot without the Secure just "Boot"?

Apple zero-day spyware patches extended to cover older Macs, iPhones and iPads

That double-whammy Apple browser-to-kernel spyware bug combo we wrote up last week? Turns out it applies to all supported Macs and iDevices - patch now!

Popular server-side JavaScript security sandbox “vm2” patches remote execution hole

The security error was in the error handling system that was supposed to catch potential security errors...

Apple issues emergency patches for spyware-style 0-day exploits – update now!

A bug to hack your browser, then a bug to pwn the kernel... reported from the wild by Amnesty International.

S3 Ep129: When spyware arrives from someone you trust

Scanning tools, supply-chain malware, Wi-Fi hacking, and why there should be TWO World Backup Days... listen now!

Hack and enter! The “secure” garage doors that anyone can open from anywhere – what you need to know

Grab a message/Play it back/You've just performed/A big phat hack...

Supply chain blunder puts 3CX telephone app users at risk

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

S3 Ep128: So you want to be a cyber­criminal? [Audio + Text]

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

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.

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

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

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

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

S3 Ep127: When you chop someone out of a photo, but there they are anyway…

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

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]

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!

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…

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.

S3 Ep125: When security hardware has security holes [Audio + Text]

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

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

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

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]

Rogue software packages. Rogue "sysadmins". Rogue keyloggers. Rogue authenticators. Rogue ROGUES!

S3 Ep123: Crypto company compromise kerfuffle [Audio + Text]

Latest episode - listen now! Top-notch advice for cybersecurity, both at work and at home.

NPM JavaScript packages abused to create scambait links in bulk

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

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

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

S3 Ep122: Stop calling every breach “sophisticated”! [Audio + Text]

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

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!

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

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

S3 Ep121: Can you get hacked and then prosecuted for it? [Audio + Text]

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