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S3 Ep89: Sextortion, blockchain blunder, and an OpenSSL bugfix [Podcast + Transcript]
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 30
th
2022 at 12:57
Latest episode - listen and read now! Use our advice to advise your own friends and family... let's all do our bit to stand up to scammers!
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Firefox 102 fixes address bar spoofing security hole (and helps with Follina!)
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 29
th
2022 at 16:11
Firefox squashes a bug that helped phishers, and brings its own helping hand to Microsoft's "Follina" saga.
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OpenSSL issues a bugfix for the previous bugfix
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 24
th
2022 at 15:32
Fortunately, it's not a major bugfix, which means it's easy to patch and can teach us all some useful lessons.
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S3 Ep88: Phone scammers, hacking bust, and data breach fines [Podcast + Transcript]
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 23
rd
2022 at 11:08
Latest epsiode - listen (or read) now!
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Capital One identity theft hacker finally gets convicted
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 21
st
2022 at 15:24
It took three years, but the Capital One cracker was convicted in the end. Don't get caught out in a data breach of your own!
Naked Security
S3 Ep87: Follina, AirTags, ID theft and the Law of Big Numbers [Podcast]
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 16
th
2022 at 16:52
Lastest epsiode - listen now!
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Follina gets fixed β but itβs not listed in the Patch Tuesday patches!
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 15
th
2022 at 01:20
We tried it out to make sure, so you don't have to.
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Youβre invited! Join us for a live walkthrough of the βFollinaβ storyβ¦
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 13
th
2022 at 16:28
Live demo, plain English, no sales pitch, just a chance to watch an attack dissected in safety. Join us if you can!
Naked Security
S3 Ep86: The crooks were in our network for HOW long?! [Podcast + Transcript]
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 9
th
2022 at 13:07
Latest episode - listen (or read) now!
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SSNDOB Market domains seized, identity theft βbrokerageβ shut down
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 8
th
2022 at 14:53
The online identity "brokerage" SSNDOB Market didn't want people to be in any doubt what it was selling.
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Know your enemy! Learn how cybercrime adversaries get inβ¦
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 7
th
2022 at 15:49
Here's how 144 recent attacks actually went down in real life. Don't let this happen to you!
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Atlassian announces 0-day hole in Confluence Server β update now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 3
rd
2022 at 18:59
Zero-day announced - here's what you need to know
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Yet another zero-day (sort of) in Windows βsearch URLβ handling
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 2
nd
2022 at 19:39
More trouble with special-purpose URLs on Windows.
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S3 Ep85: Now THATβS what I call a Microsoft Office exploit! [Podcast]
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 2
nd
2022 at 18:37
Latest episode - listen now!
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Firefox 101 is out, this time with no 0-day scares (but update anyway!)
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 1
st
2022 at 14:31
After an intriguing month of Firefox releases, here's one with a bit less drama, probably to the collective relief of Mozilla's coders.
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Mysterious βFollinaβ zero-day hole in Office β hereβs what to do!
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 30
th
2022 at 23:01
News has emerged of a "feature" in Office that has been abused as a zero-day bug to run evil code. Turning off macros doesn't help!
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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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Poisoned Python and PHP packages purloin passwords for AWS access
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 24
th
2022 at 23:04
More supply chain trouble - this time with clear examples so you can learn how to spot this stuff yourself.
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Mozilla patches Wednesdayβs Pwn2Own double-exploitβ¦ on Friday!
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 20
th
2022 at 23:47
That was quick! 48 hours from exploit report to published patch.
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Microsoft patches the Patch Tuesday patch that broke authentication
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 20
th
2022 at 22:35
Remember the good old days when security patches rarely needed patches? Because security patches themlelves were rare enough anyway?
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US Government says: Patch VMware right now, or get off our network
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 20
th
2022 at 14:03
Find and patch. Right now. If you can't patch, get it off the network. Right now! Oh, and show us what you did to comply.
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S3 Ep83: Cracking passwords, patching Firefox, and Apple vulns [Podcast]
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 19
th
2022 at 13:56
Latest episode - listen now!
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Pwn2Own hacking schedule released β Windows and Linux are top targets
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 18
th
2022 at 13:04
What's better? Disclose early, patch fast? Or dig deep, disclose in full, patch more slowly?
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Apple patches zero-day kernel hole and much more β update now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 17
th
2022 at 09:30
You'll find fixes for numerous kernel-level code execution holes, including an 0-day vulnerability in many (though not all) versions.
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S3 Ep82: Bugs, bugs, bugs (and Colonial Pipeline again) [Podcast]
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 12
th
2022 at 15:46
Latest episode - lots to learn - plain English - fun with a serious side - listen now!
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Serious Security: Learning from curlβs latest bug update
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 12
th
2022 at 15:08
Learn how to write plain-speaking and purposeful security advisories from one of the most widely-used open source tools in the world.
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RubyGems supply chain rip-and-replace bug fixed β check your logs!
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 9
th
2022 at 15:41
Imagine if you could assume the identity of, say, Franklin Delano Roosevelt simply by showing up and calling yourself "Frank".
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You didnβt leave enough space between ROSE and AND, and AND and CROWN
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 6
th
2022 at 16:59
What weird Google Docs bug connects the words THEREFORE, AND, SECONDLY, WHY, BUT and BESIDES?
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S3 Ep81: Passwords (still with us!), Github, Firefox at 100, and network worms [Podcast]
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 5
th
2022 at 14:16
Latest episode - listen now!
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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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Android monthly updates are out β critical bugs found in critical places!
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 4
th
2022 at 15:54
Android May 2022 updates are out - with some critical fixes in some critical places. Learn more...
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Firefox hits 100*, fixes bugs⦠but no new zero-days this month
By
Paul Ducklin
β May 3
rd
2022 at 16:42
Despite concerns that some websites might break when Chromium and then Firefox reached version 100, the web still seems to be intact.
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GitHub issues final report on supply-chain source code intrusions
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 29
th
2022 at 16:15
Learn how to find out which apps you've given access rights to, and how to revoke those rights immediately in an emergency.
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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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Ransomware Survey 2022 β like the Curateβs Egg, βgood in partsβ
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 27
th
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
β April 22
nd
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
β April 21
st
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 β update now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 20
th
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
β April 19
th
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 β patch now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 16
th
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
β April 14
th
2022 at 13:39
Latest episode - listen now!
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Hospital robot system gets five critical security holes patched
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 12
th
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 β get the update now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 8
th
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
β April 7
th
2022 at 12:24
Latest episode - listen now! Cybersecurity news and advice in plain English.
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Firefox 99 is out β no major bugs, but update anyway!
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 5
th
2022 at 16:21
Firefox's four-weekly updates just dropped - here's what you need to know.
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Googleβs monthly Android updates patch numerous βget rootβ holes
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 5
th
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 β get βem now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 31
st
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
β March 31
st
2022 at 13:38
Latest episode - listen now!
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Zlib data compressor fixes 17-year-old security bug β patch, errrm, now
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 29
th
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 β update now
By
Paul Ducklin
β 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 Ep75: Okta hack, CryptoRom, OpenSSL, and CafePress [Podcast]
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 24
th
2022 at 13:49
Latest episode - listen now!
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Serious Security: DEADBOLT β the ransomware that goes straight for your backups
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 23
rd
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
β March 18
th
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
β March 17
th
2022 at 13:32
Latest episode - listen now!
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CISA warning: βRussian actors bypassed 2FAβ β what happened and how to avoid it
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 16
th
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 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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S3 Ep73: Ransomware with a difference, dirty Linux pipes, and much more [Podcast + Transcript]
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 10
th
2022 at 19:37
Latest episode - listen now!
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βDirty Pipeβ Linux kernel bug lets anyone write to any file
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 8
th
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 β donβt let this happen to you
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 7
th
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
β 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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