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S3 Ep146: Tell us about that breach! (If you want to.)

By Paul Ducklin
Serious security stories explained clearly in plain English - listen now. (Full transcript available.)

Firefox fixes a flurry of flaws in the first of two releases this month

By Paul Ducklin
No zero-days, but some interesting patches with their very own "teachable moments".

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Zenbleed: How the quest for CPU performance could put your passwords at risk

By Paul Ducklin
You need to turn on a special setting to stop (the code you wrote to stop [the code you wrote to improve performance] from reducing performance) from reducing security.

Zimbra Collaboration Suite warning: Patch this 0-day right now (by hand)!

By Paul Ducklin
Zimbra didn't actually say, "Do not delay/Do it today," but they did say, "We kindly request your cooperation to apply the fix manually."

Apple silently pulls its latest zero-day update – what now?

By Paul Ducklin
Previously, we said "do it today", but now we're forced back on: "Do not delay; do it as soon as Apple and your device will let you."

Urgent! Apple fixes critical zero-day hole in iPhones, iPads and Macs

By Paul Ducklin
Don't delay, do it today. This is a code-implantation bug in WebKit that attackers already know how to exploit.

S3 Ep142: Putting the X in X-Ops

By Paul Ducklin
How to get all your corporate "Ops" teams working together, with cybersecurity correctness as a guiding light.

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Firefox 115 is out, says farewell to users of older Windows and Mac versions

By Paul Ducklin
No zero-days this month, so you're patching to stay ahead, not merely to catch up!

History revisited: US DOJ unseals Mt. Gox cybercrime charges

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

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

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

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

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

Mac malware-for-hire steals passwords and cryptocoins, sends β€œcrime logs” via Telegram

By Paul Ducklin
These malware peddlers are specifically going after Mac users. The hint's in the name: "Atomic macOS Stealer", or AMOS for short.

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

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

Ex-CEO of breached pyschotherapy clinic gets prison sentence for bad data security

By Paul Ducklin
Did the sentence fit the crime? Read the backstory, and then have your say in our comments! (You may post anonymously.)

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

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

Attention gamers! Motherboard maker MSI admits to breach, issues β€œrogue firmware” alert

By Paul Ducklin
Stealing private keys is like getting hold of a medieval monarch's personal signet ring... you get to put an official seal on treasonous material.

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

By Paul Ducklin
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 β€œvm2” patches remote execution hole

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

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S3 Ep129: When spyware arrives from someone you trust

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

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.

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.

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?

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.)

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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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...

VMWare user? Worried about β€œESXi 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!

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.

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...

PyTorch: Machine Learning toolkit pwned from Christmas to New Year

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Paul Ducklin
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

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

Firefox fixes fullscreen fakery flaw – get the update now!

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

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

By Paul Ducklin
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

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

Psychotherapy extortion suspect: arrest warrant issued

By Paul Ducklin
Wanted! Not only the extortionist who abused the data, but also the CEO who let it happen.

Chrome issues urgent zero-day fix – update now!

By Paul Ducklin
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!)

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

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

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