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Serious Security: Browser-in-the-browser attacks β watch out for windows that arenβt!
By
Paul Ducklin
β September 13
th
2022 at 20:52
Simple but super-sneaky - use a picture of a browser, and convince people it's real...
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Apple patches zero-day holes β even in the brand new iOS 16
By
Paul Ducklin
β September 12
th
2022 at 21:25
Five updates, one upgrade, plus two zero-days. Patch your Macs, iPhones and iPads as soon as you can (again)...
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How to deal with dates and times without any timezone tantrumsβ¦
By
Paul Ducklin
β September 9
th
2022 at 18:59
Heartfelt encouragement to embrace RFC 3339 - find out why!
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S3 Ep99: TikTok βattackβ β was there a data breach, or not? [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β September 8
th
2022 at 13:21
Latest episode - listen now! (Or read if you prefer - full transcript inside.)
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DEADBOLT ransomware rears its head again, attacks QNAP devices
By
Paul Ducklin
β September 7
th
2022 at 16:57
NAS devices make it easy for anyone to add high-capacity file servers to their network. Guess why cybercrooks love NAS devices too...
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Chrome and Edge fix zero-day security hole β update now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β September 5
th
2022 at 15:12
This time, the crooks got there first - only 1 security hole patched, but it's a zero-day.
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Peter Eckersley, co-creator of Letβs Encrypt, dies at just 43
By
Paul Ducklin
β September 4
th
2022 at 00:50
This site, like millions of others, has a certificate from Let's Encrypt. Farewell, Peter Eckersley, PhD, who helped make it all possible.
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S3 Ep98: The LastPass saga β should we stop using password managers? [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β September 1
st
2022 at 16:55
Latest episode - listen now!
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URGENT! Apple slips out zero-day update for older iPhones and iPads
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 31
st
2022 at 18:42
Patch as soon as you can - that recent WebKit zero-day affecting new iPhones and iPads is apparently being used against older models, too.
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Chrome patches 24 security holes, enables βSanitizerβ safety system
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 31
st
2022 at 11:48
24 existing bugs fixed. And, we hope, numerous potential future bugs prevented.
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JavaScript bugs aplenty in Node.js ecosystem β found automatically
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 30
th
2022 at 16:59
How to get the better of bugs in all the possible packages in your supply chain?
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LastPass source code breach β do we still recommend password managers?
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 29
th
2022 at 16:59
What does the recent LastPass breach mean for password managers? Just a bump in the road, or a reason to ditch them entirely?
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Firefox 104 is out β no critical bugs, but update anyway
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 26
th
2022 at 16:27
Two trust-spoofing bugs were the main culprits this month - but neither one was a zero-day.
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S3 Ep97: Did your iPhone get pwned? How would you know? [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 25
th
2022 at 15:37
Latest episode - listen now! (Or read the transcript if you prefer the text version.)
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Breaching airgap security: using your phoneβs gyroscope as a microphone
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 24
th
2022 at 18:59
One bit per second makes the Voyager probe data rate seem blindingly fast. But it's enough to break your security assumptions...
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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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US offers reward βup to $10 millionβ for information about the Conti gang
By
Naked Security writer
β August 16
th
2022 at 16:57
Wanted - Reward Offered - Five unknown individuals (plus a man with a weird hat)
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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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Slack admits to leaking hashed passwords for five years
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 8
th
2022 at 15:14
"When those invitations went out... somehow, your password hash went out with them."
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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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Post-quantum cryptography β new algorithm βgone in 60 minutesβ
By
Paul Ducklin
β August 3
rd
2022 at 18:55
And THIS is why you don't knit your own home-made encryption algorithms and hope no one looks at them.
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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...
Naked Security
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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T-Mobile to cough up $500 million over 2021 data breach
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 25
th
2022 at 16:20
Technically, it's not a fine, and the lawyers will get a big chunk of it. But it still adds up to a half-billion-dollar data breach.
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Office macro security: on-again-off-again feature now BACK ON AGAIN!
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 23
rd
2022 at 01:10
20 years to turn it on, then 20 weeks to turn it off, then just 2 weeks to turn it back on again. That's progress!
Naked Security
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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Last member of Gozi malware troika arrives in US for criminal trial
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 20
th
2022 at 14:56
His co-conspirators went into and got out of prison years ago, while he remained free. Now the tables have turned...
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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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7 cybersecurity tips for your summer vacation!
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 15
th
2022 at 18:23
Here you go - seven thoughtful cybersecurity tips to help you travel safely...
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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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Facebook 2FA scammers return β this time in just 21 minutes
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 13
th
2022 at 16:46
Last time they arrived 28 minutes after lighting up their fake domain... this time it was just 21 minutes
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Paying ransomware crooks wonβt reduce your legal risk, warns regulator
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 12
th
2022 at 18:24
"We paid the crooks to keep things under control and make a bad thing better"... isn't a valid excuse. Who knew?
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That didnβt last! Microsoft turns off the Office security it just turned on
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 11
th
2022 at 13:27
An Office anti-malware setting that took more than 20 years to arrive... and fewer than 20 weeks to vanish again.
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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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Facebook 2FA phish arrives just 28 minutes after scam domain created
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 1
st
2022 at 20:01
The crooks hit us up with this phishing email less than half an hour after they activated their new scam domain.
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βMissing Cryptoqueenβ hits the FBIβs Ten Most Wanted list
By
Paul Ducklin
β July 1
st
2022 at 16:49
The "Missing Cryptoqueen" makes the American Top Ten... but not in a good way.
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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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Harmony blockchain loses nearly $100M due to hacked private keys
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 27
th
2022 at 18:14
The crooks needed at least two private keys, each stored in two parts... but they got them anyway.
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FTC warns of LGBTQ+ extortion scams β be aware before you share!
By
Paul Ducklin
β June 27
th
2022 at 14:58
It's a simple jingle and it's solid advice: "If in doubt, don't give it out!"
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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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