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Beware the Smish! Home delivery scams with a professional feelβ¦
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 30
th
2022 at 17:59
Home delivery scams are getting leaner, and meaner, and more likely to "look about right". Here's an example to show you what we mean...
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S3 Ep84: Government demand, Mozilla velocity, and Clearview fine [Podcast]
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 27
th
2022 at 11:17
Latest episode - listen now!
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Whoβs watching your webcam? The Screencastify Chrome extension storyβ¦
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 26
th
2022 at 12:41
When you really need to make exceptions in cybersecurity, specify them as explicitly as you can.
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Clearview AI face-matching service fined a lot less than expected
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 23
rd
2022 at 13:01
The fine has finally gone through... but it's less than 45% of what was originally proposed.
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World Password Day β the 1960s just called and gave you your passwords back
By
Paul Ducklin
β 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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S3 Ep80: Ransomware news, phishing woes, NAS bugs, and a giant hole in Java [Podcast]
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 28
th
2022 at 13:18
Latest episode - listen now!
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S3 Ep77: Bugs, busts and old-school PDP-11 hacking [Podcast]
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 7
th
2022 at 12:24
Latest episode - listen now! Cybersecurity news and advice in plain English.
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LAPSUS$ hacks continue despite two hacker suspects in court
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 4
th
2022 at 21:36
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?
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Web vendor CafePress fined $500,000 for giving cybersecurity a low value
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 21
st
2022 at 16:55
Just because you're the victim of a cybercrime doesn't let you off your cybersecurity obligations
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Apple patches 87 security holes β from iPhones and Macs to Windows
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 15
th
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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Apple AirTag anti-stalking protection bypassed by researchers
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 23
rd
2022 at 17:59
Problems with Apple's Tracker Detect system, which warns you of likely stalking attempts using hidden AirTags.
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French speakers blasted by sextortion scams with no text or links
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 21
st
2022 at 17:59
You'd spot this one a mile away... but what about your friends or family?
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S3 Ep68: Bugs, scams, privacy β¦and fonts?! [Podcast + Transcript]
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 3
rd
2022 at 16:20
Latest episode - listen now!
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Happy Data Privacy Day β and we really do mean βhappyβ :-)
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 28
th
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!) β update now
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 27
th
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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Tax scam emails are alive and well as US tax season starts
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 25
th
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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Serious Security: Apple Safari leaks private data via database API β what you need to know
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 18
th
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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FTC threatens βlegal actionβ over unpatched Log4j and other vulns
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 5
th
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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S3 Ep61: Call scammers, cloud insecurity, and facial recognition creepiness [Podcast+Transcript]
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 2
nd
2021 at 20:50
Latest episode - listen now!
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Clearview AI face-matching service set to be fined over $20m
By
Paul Ducklin
β November 30
th
2021 at 19:13
Scraping data for a facial recognition service? "That's unlawful", concluded both the British and the Australians.
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US government securities watchdog spoofed by investment scammers β donβt fall for it!
By
Paul Ducklin
β November 24
th
2021 at 19:57
Those numbers that show up on your phone to tell you who's calling? Treat them as SUGGESTIONS, never as PROOF.
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Appleβs Mail Privacy Protection feature β watch out if you have a Watch!
By
Paul Ducklin
β November 17
th
2021 at 19:55
Apple's "Protect Mail Activity" is a handy privacy enhancement for your messaging habits. As long as you know its limitations...
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Facebook to throw out face recognition, delete all template data
By
Paul Ducklin
β November 3
rd
2021 at 19:31
Publicity stunt? Or privacy progress?
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S3 Ep55: Live malware, global encryption, dating scams, and secret emanations [Podcasts]
By
Paul Ducklin
β October 21
st
2021 at 18:13
Latest episode - listen now! (And sign up for our forthcoming Live Malware Demo at the same time.)
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