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Ransomware Survey 2022 – like the Curate’s Egg, “good in parts”

By Paul Ducklin — April 27th 2022 at 15:22
You might not like the headline statistics in this year's ransomware report... but that makes it even more important to take a look!

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QNAP warns of new bugs in its Network Attached Storage devices

By Paul Ducklin — April 22nd 2022 at 15:15
Here's what you need to know - plus some sensible advice for all the devices on your home or small biz network!

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S3 Ep79: Chrome hole, a bad place for a cybersecurity holiday, and crypto-dodginess [Podcast]

By Paul Ducklin — April 21st 2022 at 13:41
Do you know your Adam Osborne from your John Osbourne? Your Z80 from your 6502? Latest episode - listen now!

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Critical cryptographic Java security blunder patched – update now!

By Paul Ducklin — April 20th 2022 at 16:43
Either know the private key and use it scrupulously in your digital signature calculation.... or just send a bunch of zeros instead.

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Beanstalk cryptocurrency heist: scammer votes himself all the money

By Paul Ducklin — April 19th 2022 at 16:00
Voting safeguards based on commuity collateral don't work if one person can use a momentary loan to "become" 75% of the community.

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Yet another Chrome zero-day emergency update – patch now!

By Paul Ducklin — April 16th 2022 at 00:33
The third emergency Chrome 0-day in three months - the first one was exploited by North Korea, so you might as well get this one ASAP.

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S3 Ep78: Darkweb hydra, Ruby, quantum computing, and a robot revolution [Podcast]

By Paul Ducklin — April 14th 2022 at 13:39
Latest episode - listen now!

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Hospital robot system gets five critical security holes patched

By Paul Ducklin — April 12th 2022 at 18:58
Fortunately, we're not talking about a robot revolution, or about hospital AI run amuck. But these bugs could lead to ransomware, or worse...

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Popular Ruby Asciidoc toolkit patched against critical vuln – get the update now!

By Paul Ducklin — April 8th 2022 at 15:38
A rogue line-continuation character can trick the code into validating just the second half of the line, but executing all of it.

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S3 Ep77: Bugs, busts and old-school PDP-11 hacking [Podcast]

By Paul Ducklin — April 7th 2022 at 12:24
Latest episode - listen now! Cybersecurity news and advice in plain English.

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Firefox 99 is out – no major bugs, but update anyway!

By Paul Ducklin — April 5th 2022 at 16:21
Firefox's four-weekly updates just dropped - here's what you need to know.

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Google’s monthly Android updates patch numerous “get root” holes

By Paul Ducklin — April 5th 2022 at 14:44
Get the update now... if it's available for your phone. Here's how to check.

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Apple pushes out two emergency 0-day updates – get ’em now!

By Paul Ducklin — March 31st 2022 at 23:38
More Apple zero-days - mobile devices, laptops and desktops affected. Update now!

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S3 Ep76: Deadbolt, LAPSUS$, Zlib, and a Chrome 0-day [Podcast]

By Paul Ducklin — March 31st 2022 at 13:38
Latest episode - listen now!

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Zlib data compressor fixes 17-year-old security bug – patch, errrm, now

By Paul Ducklin — March 29th 2022 at 16:37
This code is venerable! Surely all the bugs must be out by now?

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Google Chrome patches mysterious new zero-day bug – update now

By Paul Ducklin — March 28th 2022 at 14:18
CVE-2022-1096 - another mystery in-the-wild 0-day in Chrome... check your version now!

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S3 Ep75: Okta hack, CryptoRom, OpenSSL, and CafePress [Podcast]

By Paul Ducklin — March 24th 2022 at 13:49
Latest episode - listen now!

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Serious Security: DEADBOLT – the ransomware that goes straight for your backups

By Paul Ducklin — March 23rd 2022 at 19:58
Some tips on how to keep your network safe - even (or perhaps especially!) if you think you're safe already.

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OpenSSL patches infinite-loop DoS bug in certificate verification

By Paul Ducklin — March 18th 2022 at 17:59
When it comes to writing loops in your code... never sit on the fence!

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S3 Ep74: Cybercrime busts, Apple patches, Pi Day, and disconnect effects [Podcast]

By Paul Ducklin — March 17th 2022 at 13:32
Latest episode - listen now!

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CISA warning: “Russian actors bypassed 2FA” – what happened and how to avoid it

By Paul Ducklin — March 16th 2022 at 01:22
Don't leave old accounts lying around where someone sketchy could reactivate them.

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Apple patches 87 security holes – from iPhones and Macs to Windows

By Paul Ducklin — March 15th 2022 at 16:36
Lots of fixes, with data leakage flaws and code execution bugs patched on iPhones, Macs and even Windows.

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“Dirty Pipe” Linux kernel bug lets anyone write to any file

By Paul Ducklin — March 8th 2022 at 19:37
Even read-only files can be written to, leading to a dangerously general purpose elevation-of-privilege attack.

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Adafruit suffers GitHub data breach – don’t let this happen to you

By Paul Ducklin — March 7th 2022 at 12:47
Training data stashed in GitHub by mistake... unfortunately, it was *real* data

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Firefox patches two actively exploited 0-day holes: update now!

By Paul Ducklin — March 5th 2022 at 19:06
Firefox just published a double-zero-day patch - "remote code execution" combined with "sandbox escape". Update now!

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S3 Ep72: AirTag stalking, web server coding woes and Instascams [Podcast + Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — March 3rd 2022 at 14:04
Latest episode - listen now (or read it, if that's your preference)...

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Ransomware with a difference: “Derestrict your software, or else!”

By Paul Ducklin — March 2nd 2022 at 16:33
"Change your code to improve cryptomining"... or we'll dump 1TB of stolen secrets.

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S3 Ep71: VMware escapes, PHP holes, WP plugin woes, and scary scams [Podcast + Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — February 24th 2022 at 16:51
Latest episode - listen now!

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WordPress backup plugin maker Updraft says “You should update”…

By Paul Ducklin — February 22nd 2022 at 17:26
A straight-talking bug report written in plain English by an actual expert - there's a teachable moment in this cybersecurity story!

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French speakers blasted by sextortion scams with no text or links

By Paul Ducklin — February 21st 2022 at 17:59
You'd spot this one a mile away... but what about your friends or family?

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Irony alert! PHP fixes security flaw in input validation code

By Paul Ducklin — February 18th 2022 at 17:59
What's wrong with this sequence? 1. Step into the road 2. Check if it's safe 3. Keep on walki...

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S3 Ep70: Bitcoin, billing blunders, and 0-day after 0-day after 0-day [Podcast + Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — February 17th 2022 at 17:12
Latest episode - listen and learn!

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VMware fixes holes that could allow virtual machine escapes

By Paul Ducklin — February 16th 2022 at 19:32
Hats off to VMware for not using weasel words: "When should you act?" Immediately...

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Google announces zero-day in Chrome browser – update now!

By Paul Ducklin — February 15th 2022 at 19:17
Zero-day buses: none for a while, then three at once. Here's Google joining Apple and Adobe in "zero-day week"

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Adobe fixes zero-day exploit in e-commerce code: update now!

By Paul Ducklin — February 14th 2022 at 22:38
There's a remote code execution hole in Adobe e-commerce products - and cybercrooks are already exploiting it.

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Power company pays out $3 trillion compensation to astonished customer

By Paul Ducklin — February 14th 2022 at 14:58
More money than the UK's economy produces in a year!

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Apple zero-day drama for Macs, iPhones and iPads – patch now!

By Paul Ducklin — February 11th 2022 at 14:25
Sudden update! Zero-day browser hole! Drive-by malware danger! Patch Apple laptops and phones now...

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S3 Ep69: WordPress woes, Wormhole holes, and a Microsoft change of heart [Podcast + Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — February 10th 2022 at 01:15
Latest episode - listen now!

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Self-styled “Crocodile of Wall Street” arrested with husband over Bitcoin megaheist

By Naked Security writer — February 9th 2022 at 14:44
The cops say they've recovered 80% of a $72 million cryptocoin heist... but the recovered funds alone are now worth over $4 billion!

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At last! Office macros from the internet to be blocked by default

By Paul Ducklin — February 8th 2022 at 16:34
It's been a long time coming, and we're not there yet, but at least Microsoft Office will be a bit safer against macro malware...

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Microsoft blocks web installation of its own App Installer files

By Paul Ducklin — February 7th 2022 at 16:36
It's a big deal when a vendor decides to block one of its own "features" for security reasons. Here's why we think it's a good idea.

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S3 Ep68: Bugs, scams, privacy …and fonts?! [Podcast + Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — February 3rd 2022 at 16:20
Latest episode - listen now!

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Elementor WordPress plugin has a gaping security hole – update now

By Paul Ducklin — February 2nd 2022 at 17:11
We shouldn't need to say, "Check your inputs!" these days, but we're saying it anyway.

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Linux kernel patches “performance can be harmful” bug in video driver

By Paul Ducklin — February 1st 2022 at 19:59
This bug is fiendishly hard to exploit - but if you patch, it won't be there to exploit at all.

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Coronavirus SMS scam offers home PCR testing devices – don’t fall for it!

By Paul Ducklin — January 28th 2022 at 23:58
Free home PCR devices would be technological marvels, and really useful, too. But there aren't any...

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Happy Data Privacy Day – and we really do mean “happy” :-)

By Paul Ducklin — January 28th 2022 at 15:34
We give you some simple digital lifesytle tips that cost nothing.

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Apple fixes Safari data leak (and patches a zero-day!) – update now

By Paul Ducklin — January 27th 2022 at 21:09
That infamous "supercookie" bug in Safari has now been fixed. Oh, and there was a zero-day kernel hole as well.

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S3 Ep67: Tax scams, carder busts and crypto capers [Podcast + Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — January 27th 2022 at 19:57
Latest episode - listen now!

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“PwnKit” security bug gets you root on most Linux distros – what to do

By Paul Ducklin — January 26th 2022 at 19:58
An elevation of privilege bug that could let a "mostly harmless" user give themselves a instant root shell

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Tax scam emails are alive and well as US tax season starts

By Paul Ducklin — January 25th 2022 at 17:19
If in doubt, don't give it out! (And don't forget that no reply is often a good reply.)

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Cryptocoin broker Crypto.com says 2FA bypass led to $35m theft

By Paul Ducklin — January 21st 2022 at 16:25
The company has put out a brief security report that summarises the 'what', but not yet the 'how' or 'why'.

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Serious Security: Apple Safari leaks private data via database API – what you need to know

By Paul Ducklin — January 18th 2022 at 19:23
There's a tiny data leakage bug in the WebKit browser engine... but it could act as a "supercookie" identifier for your browsing

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S3 Ep65: Supply chain conniption, NetUSB hole, Honda flashback, FTC muscle [Podcast + Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — January 13th 2022 at 15:26
Latest episode -listen to it or read it now!

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Wormable Windows HTTP hole – what you need to know

By Paul Ducklin — January 12th 2022 at 16:24
One bug in the January 2022 Patch Tuesday list is getting lots of attention: "HTTP Protocol Stack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

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Home routers with NetUSB support could have critical kernel hole

By Paul Ducklin — January 11th 2022 at 17:42
Got a router that supports USB access across the network? You might need a kernel update...

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Log4Shell-like security hole found in popular Java SQL database engine H2

By Paul Ducklin — January 7th 2022 at 19:32
"It's Log4Shell, Jim, but not as we know it." How to find and fix a JNDI-based vuln in the H2 Database Engine.

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S3 Ep64: Log4Shell again, scammers keeping busy, and Apple Home bug [Podcast + Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — January 6th 2022 at 19:44
We're back for 2022 - listen now!

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FTC threatens “legal action” over unpatched Log4j and other vulns

By Paul Ducklin — January 5th 2022 at 19:37
Remember the Equifax breach? Remember the $700m penalty? In case you'd forgotten, here's the FTC to refresh your memory!

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