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Bitcoin ATMs leeched by attackers who created fake admin accounts
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 23
rd
2022 at 18:35
The criminals didn't implant any malware. The attack was orchestrated via malevolent configuration changes.
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Laptop denial-of-service via music: the 1980s R&B song with a CVE!
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 22
nd
2022 at 16:03
We haven't validated this vuln ourselves... but the source of the story is impeccable. (Impeccably dressed, at least.)
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S3 Ep96: Zoom 0-day, AEPIC leak, Conti reward, healthcare security [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 18
th
2022 at 18:38
Latest episode - listen now (or read if you prefer!)
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Apple patches double zero-day in browser and kernel β update now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 17
th
2022 at 23:33
Double 0-day exploits - one in WebKit (to break in) and the other in the kernel (to take over). Patch now!
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Chrome browser gets 11 security fixes with 1 zero-day β update now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 17
th
2022 at 13:16
Don't delay - patch today.
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Zoom for Mac patches critical bug β update now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 15
th
2022 at 18:26
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Or at least between the TOC and the TOU...
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S3 Ep95: Slack leak, Github onslaught, and post-quantum crypto [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 11
th
2022 at 14:34
Latest episode - listen now! (Or read the transcript if you prefer.)
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APIC/EPIC! Intel chips leak secrets even the kernel shouldnβt seeβ¦
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 10
th
2022 at 16:59
If you've ever written code that left stuff lying around in memory when you didn't need it any more... we bet you've regretted it!
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Traffic Light Protocol for cybersecurity responders gets a revamp
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 5
th
2022 at 18:57
Traffic lights make a handy global metaphor for denoting the sensitivity of cybersecurity threat data - three colours that everyone knows.
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S3 Ep94: This sort of crypto (graphy), and the other sort of crypto (currency!) [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 4
th
2022 at 17:52
Latest episode - listen now! (Or read if that's what you prefer.)
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GitHub blighted by βresearcherβ who created thousands of malicious projects
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 3
rd
2022 at 23:06
If you spew projects laced with hidden malware into an open source repository, don't waste your time telling us "no harm done" afterwards.
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Cryptocoin βtoken swapperβ Nomad loses $200 million in coding blunder
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 2
nd
2022 at 16:12
Transactions were only approved, it seems, if they were initiated by... errrrr, by anyone.
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GnuTLS patches memory mismanagement bug β update now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 1
st
2022 at 16:55
GnuTLS may well be the most widespread cryptographic toolkit you've never heard of. Learn more...
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How to celebrate SysAdmin Day!
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 29
th
2022 at 15:37
I've just popped in to wish you all/The best SysAdmin Day!
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S3 Ep93: Office security, breach costs, and leisurely patches [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 28
th
2022 at 15:47
Latest episode - listen now!
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Critical Samba bug could let anyone become Domain Admin β patch now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 27
th
2022 at 21:15
It's a serious bug... but there's a fix for it, so you know exactly what to do!
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Mild monthly security update from Firefox β but update anyway
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 27
th
2022 at 00:41
You're probably thinking we're going to say, "Don't delay/Do it today"... and that's exactly what we are saying!
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S3 Ep92: Log4Shell4Ever, travel tips, and scamminess [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 21
st
2022 at 16:25
Latest episode - listen, read or both!
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Apple patches β0-dayβ browser bug fixed 2 weeks ago in Chrome, Edge
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 21
st
2022 at 12:38
One vendor's zero-day is another vendor's routine patch...
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8 months on, US says Log4Shell will be around for βa decade or longerβ
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 18
th
2022 at 16:57
When it comes to cybersecurity, ask not what everyone else can do for you...
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S3 Ep91: CodeRed, OpenSSL, Java bugs, Office macros [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 14
th
2022 at 18:47
Latest episode - listen now! Great discussion, technical content, solid advice... all covered in plain English.
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Apache βCommons Configurationβ patches Log4Shell-style bug β what you need to know
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 8
th
2022 at 00:59
It's a bit like Log4J, but for configuration files, not for logging.
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S3 Ep90: Chrome 0-day again, True Cybercrime, and a 2FA bypass [Podcast + Transcript]
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 7
th
2022 at 18:46
Listen now! Or read if you prefer...
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OpenSSL fixes two βone-linerβ crypto bugs β what you need to know
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 6
th
2022 at 16:52
"As bad as Heartbleed"? We heard that concern a week ago, but we think it's less ungood than that...
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Google patches βin-the-wildβ Chrome zero-day β update now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 5
th
2022 at 15:55
Running Chrome? Do the "Help-About-Update" dance move right now, just to be sure...
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Canadian cybercriminal pleads guilty to βNetWalkerβ attacks in US
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 4
th
2022 at 14:09
Bust in Canada, now bust in the USA as well.
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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!
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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!
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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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