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Microsoft hit by Storm season – a tale of two semi-zero days

By Paul Ducklin
The first compromise didn't get the crooks as far as they wanted, so they found a second one that did...

Google leaking 2FA secrets – researchers advise against new “account sync” feature for now

By Paul Ducklin
You waited 13 years for this feature in Google Authenticator. Now researchers are advising you to wait a while longer, just in case...

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.)

Attention gamers! Motherboard maker MSI admits to breach, issues “rogue 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.

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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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.)

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.

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.

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

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

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 “+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?

Multimillion dollar CryptoRom scam sites seized, suspects arrested in US

By Paul Ducklin
Five tips to keep yourself, and your friends and family, out of the clutches of "chopping block" scammers...

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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.

Paying ransomware crooks won’t reduce your legal risk, warns regulator

By Paul Ducklin
"We paid the crooks to keep things under control and make a bad thing better"... isn't a valid excuse. Who knew?

FTC warns of LGBTQ+ extortion scams – be aware before you share!

By Paul Ducklin
It's a simple jingle and it's solid advice: "If in doubt, don't give it out!"

Who’s watching your webcam? The Screencastify Chrome extension story…

By Paul Ducklin
When you really need to make exceptions in cybersecurity, specify them as explicitly as you can.

LAPSUS$ hacks continue despite two hacker suspects in court

By Paul Ducklin
Do you know where in your company to report security anomalies? If you receive such reports, do you have an efficient way to process them?

Beware bogus Betas – cryptocoin scammers abuse Apple’s TestFlight system

By Paul Ducklin
"Install this moneymaking app" - this one is so special that it isn't available on Google Play or the App Store!

French speakers blasted by sextortion scams with no text or links

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

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