World Password Day – the 1960s just called and gave you your passwords back

By Paul Ducklin — May 5^th 2022 at 01:06

Yes, passwords are going away. No, it won't happen tomorrow. So it's still worth knowing the basics of picking proper passwords.

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

By Paul Ducklin — March 31^st 2022 at 23:38

More Apple zero-days - mobile devices, laptops and desktops affected. Update now!

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World Backup Day: 5 data recovery tips for everyone!

By Paul Ducklin — March 30^th 2022 at 15:10

The only backup you will ever regret is the one you didn't make

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

By Paul Ducklin — March 28^th 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 Ep74: Cybercrime busts, Apple patches, Pi Day, and disconnect effects [Podcast]

By Paul Ducklin — March 17^th 2022 at 13:32

Latest episode - listen now!

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

By Paul Ducklin — March 5^th 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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Google announces zero-day in Chrome browser – update now!

By Paul Ducklin — February 15^th 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 14^th 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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S3 Ep68: Bugs, scams, privacy …and fonts?! [Podcast + Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — February 3^rd 2022 at 16:20

Latest episode - listen now!

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

By Paul Ducklin — January 28^th 2022 at 15:34

We give you some simple digital lifesytle tips that cost nothing.

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Wormable Windows HTTP hole – what you need to know

By Paul Ducklin — January 12^th 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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SFW! The Top N Cybersecurity Stories of 2021 (for small positive integer values of N)

By Paul Ducklin — December 24^th 2021 at 17:44

Happy Holidays! Our Top N stories, all totally SFW!

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Check your patches – public exploit now out for critical Exchange bug

By Paul Ducklin — November 23^rd 2021 at 14:36

It was a zero-day bug until Patch Tuesday, now there's an anyone-can-use-it exploit. Don't be the one who hasn't patched.

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday – here’s what you REALLY need to do!

By Paul Ducklin — November 22^nd 2021 at 19:52

The world fills up with cybersecurity tips every year when Black Friday comes round. But what about the rest of the year?

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Patch Tuesday updates the Win 7 updater… for at most 1 more year of updates

By Paul Ducklin — November 10^th 2021 at 19:45

The clock stopped long ago on Windows 7, except for those who paid for overtime. But there won't be any double overtime!

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Apple ships Monterey with security updates, fixes 0-day in Watch and TV products, updates iDevices

By Paul Ducklin — October 27^th 2021 at 22:16

A slew of security bulletins from Apple HQ, including 37 bugs listed as fixed in the initial public release of macOS Monterey.

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S3 Ep54: Another 0-day, double Apache patch, and Fight The Phish [Podcast]

By Paul Ducklin — October 14^th 2021 at 18:33

Latest episode - listen now!