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Apple zero-day spyware patches extended to cover older Macs, iPhones and iPads
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 10
th
2023 at 20:20
That double-whammy Apple browser-to-kernel spyware bug combo we wrote up last week? Turns out it applies to all supported Macs and iDevices - patch now!
Naked Security
Popular server-side JavaScript security sandbox βvm2β patches remote execution hole
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 9
th
2023 at 00:28
The security error was in the error handling system that was supposed to catch potential security errors...
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Naked Security
Apple issues emergency patches for spyware-style 0-day exploits β update now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 8
th
2023 at 01:20
A bug to hack your browser, then a bug to pwn the kernel... reported from the wild by Amnesty International.
Naked Security
S3 Ep129: When spyware arrives from someone you trust
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 6
th
2023 at 14:57
Scanning tools, supply-chain malware, Wi-Fi hacking, and why there should be TWO World Backup Days... listen now!
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Hack and enter! The βsecureβ garage doors that anyone can open from anywhere β what you need to know
By
Paul Ducklin
β April 5
th
2023 at 18:49
Grab a message/Play it back/You've just performed/A big phat hack...
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Supply chain blunder puts 3CX telephone app users at risk
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 30
th
2023 at 20:36
Booby-trapped app, apparently signed and shipped by 3CX itself after its source code repository was broken into.
Naked Security
S3 Ep128: So you want to be a cyberΒcriminal? [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 30
th
2023 at 19:43
Latest episode - listen now!
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Apple patches everything, including a zero-day fix for iOS 15 users
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 28
th
2023 at 00:23
Got an older iPhone that can't run iOS 16? You've got a zero-day to deal with! That super-cool Studio Display monitor needs patching, too.
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In Memoriam β Gordon Moore, who put the more in βMooreβs Lawβ
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 27
th
2023 at 00:05
His prediction was called a "Law", though it was an exhortation to engineering excellence as much it was an estimate.
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WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress has an admin-level hole β patch now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 24
th
2023 at 19:48
Admin-level holes in websites are always a bad thing... and for "bad", read "worse" if it's an e-commerce site.
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Naked Security
S3 Ep127: When you chop someone out of a photo, but there they are anywayβ¦
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 23
rd
2023 at 17:59
Listen now - latest episode. Full transcript inside.
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Dangerous Android phone 0-day bugs revealed β patch or work around them now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 17
th
2023 at 19:56
Despite its usually inflexible 0-day disclosure policy, Google is keeping four mobile modem bugs semi-secret due to likely ease of exploitation.
Naked Security
S3 Ep 126: The price of fast fashion (and feature creep) [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 16
th
2023 at 17:56
Worried about rogue apps? Unsure about the new Outlook zero-day? Clear advice in plain English... just like old times, with Duck and Chet!
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Microsoft fixes two 0-days on Patch Tuesday β update now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 15
th
2023 at 00:06
An email you haven't even looked at yet could be used to trick Outlook into helping crooks to logon as you.
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Firefox 111 patches 11 holes, but not 1 zero-day among themβ¦
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 14
th
2023 at 19:16
In the game of cricket, 111 is an inauspicious number, but for Firefox, there doesn't seem to be much to worry about this month.
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S3 Ep125: When security hardware has security holes [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 9
th
2023 at 18:58
Lastest episode - listen now! (Full transcript inside.)
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Serious Security: TPM 2.0 vulns β is your super-secure data at risk?
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 7
th
2023 at 19:59
Security bugs in the very code you've been told you must have to improve the security of your computer...
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Feds warn about right Royal ransomware rampage that runs the gamut of TTPs
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 3
rd
2023 at 19:56
Wondering which cybercrime tools, techniques and procedures to focus on? How about any and all of them?
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S3 Ep124: When so-called security apps go rogue [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β March 2
nd
2023 at 19:40
Rogue software packages. Rogue "sysadmins". Rogue keyloggers. Rogue authenticators. Rogue ROGUES!
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S3 Ep123: Crypto company compromise kerfuffle [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 23
rd
2023 at 19:58
Latest episode - listen now! Top-notch advice for cybersecurity, both at work and at home.
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NPM JavaScript packages abused to create scambait links in bulk
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 22
nd
2023 at 20:59
Free spins? Bonus game points? Cheap social media followers? What harm could it possibly do if you just take a tiny little look?!
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Twitter tells users: Pay up if you want to keep using insecure 2FA
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 20
th
2023 at 17:58
Ironically, Twitter Blue users will be allowed to keep using the very 2FA process that's not considered secure enough for everyone else.
Naked Security
S3 Ep122: Stop calling every breach βsophisticatedβ! [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 16
th
2023 at 17:46
Latest episode - listen now! (Full transcript inside.)
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Apple fixes zero-day spyware implant bug β patch now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 14
th
2023 at 19:08
Everyone update now! Except for those who don't need to! Or who need to but will only get updates later on, though Apple isn't saying yet!
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Reddit admits it was hacked and data stolen, says βDonβt panicβ
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 10
th
2023 at 19:59
Reddit is suggesting three tips as a follow-up to this breach. We agree with two of them but not with the third...
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S3 Ep121: Can you get hacked and then prosecuted for it? [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 9
th
2023 at 19:41
Latest epsiode. Listen now!
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OpenSSL fixes High Severity data-stealing bug β patch now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 8
th
2023 at 02:58
7 memory mismanagements and a timing attack. We explain all the jargon bug terminology in plain English...
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VMWare user? Worried about βESXi ransomwareβ? Check your patches now!
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 7
th
2023 at 19:59
To borrow from HHGttG, please DON'T PANIC. But if you are two years out of date with patches, please do ACT NOW!
Naked Security
OpenSSH fixes double-free memory bug thatβs pokable over the network
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 3
rd
2023 at 17:59
It's a bug fix for a bug fix. A memory leak was turned into a double-free that has now been turned into correct code...
Naked Security
S3 Ep120: When dud crypto simply wonβt let go [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 2
nd
2023 at 17:50
Latest episode - listen now!
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Password-stealing βvulnerabilityβ reported in KeePass β bug or feature?
By
Paul Ducklin
β February 1
st
2023 at 19:58
Is it a vulnerability if someone with control over your account can mess with files that your account is allowed to access anyway?
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GitHub code-signing certificates stolen (but will be revoked this week)
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 31
st
2023 at 11:35
There was a breach, so the bad news isn't great, but the good news isn't too bad...
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Serious Security: The Samba logon bug caused by outdated crypto
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 30
th
2023 at 19:59
Enjoy our Serious Security deep dive into this real-world example of why cryptographic agility is important!
Naked Security
S3 Ep119: Breaches, patches, leaks and tweaks! [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 26
th
2023 at 19:57
Lastest episode - listen now! (Or read the transcript.)
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Apple patches are out β old iPhones get an old zero-day fix at last!
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 24
th
2023 at 01:24
Don't delay, especially if you're still running an iOS 12 device... please do it today!
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Serious Security: How dEliBeRaTe tYpOs might imProVe DNS security
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 23
rd
2023 at 19:59
It's a really cool and super-simple trick. The question is, "Will it help?"
Naked Security
S3 Ep118: Guess your password? No need if itβs stolen already! [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 19
th
2023 at 15:53
As always: entertaining, informative and educational... and not bogged down with jargon! Listen (or read) now...
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S3 Ep117: The crypto crisis that wasnβt (and farewell forever to Win 7) [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 12
th
2023 at 17:59
Tell us in the comments... What's the REAL reason there was no Windows 9? (No theory too far-fetched!)
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday: One 0-day; Win 7 and 8.1 get last-ever patches
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 11
th
2023 at 00:22
Get 'em while they're hot. And get 'em for the very last time, if you still have Windows 7 or 8.1...
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Popular JWT cloud security library patches βremoteβ code execution hole
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 10
th
2023 at 19:59
It's remotely triggerable, but attackers would already have pretty deep network access if they could "prime" your server for compromise.
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CircleCI β code-building service suffers total credential compromise
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 9
th
2023 at 14:52
They're saying "rotate secrets"... in plain English, they mean "change your credentials". The company has a tool to help you find them all.
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S3 Ep116: Last straw for LastPass? Is crypto doomed? [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 5
th
2023 at 17:52
Lots of big issues this week: breaches, encryption, supply chains and patching problems. Listen now! (Full transcript inside.)
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Serious Security: How to improve cryptography, resist supply chain attacks, and handle data breaches
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 4
th
2023 at 19:50
Lessons for us all: improve cryptography, fight cybercrime, own your supply chain... and don't steal my data and then pretend you're sorry.
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PyTorch: Machine Learning toolkit pwned from Christmas to New Year
By
Paul Ducklin
β January 1
st
2023 at 21:36
The bad news: the crooks have your SSH private keys. The good news: only users of the "nightly" build were affected.
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Naked Security 33Β 1/3 β Cybersecurity predictions for 2023 and beyond
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 30
th
2022 at 19:59
The problem with anniversaries is that there's an almost infinite number of them every day...
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S3 Ep115: True crime stories β A day in the life of a cybercrime fighter [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 29
th
2022 at 09:20
Listen now - you'll be alarmed, amused and educated, all in equal measure. (Full transcript in article.)
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Twitter data of β+400 million unique usersβ up for sale β what to do?
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 28
th
2022 at 19:59
If the crooks have connected up your phone number and your Twitter handle... what could go wrong?
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S3 Ep114: Preventing cyberthreats β stop them before they stop you! [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 22
nd
2022 at 19:56
Join world-renowned expert Fraser Howard, Director of Research at SophosLabs, for this fascinating episode on how to fight cybercrime.
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Microsoft dishes the dirt on Appleβs βAchilles heelβ shortly after fixing similar Windows bug
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 20
th
2022 at 17:59
It happens to the best of us: Microsoft highlights a security bypass bug on Macs that is curiously similar to a recent Windows 0-day.
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S3 Ep113: Pwning the Windows kernel β the crooks who hoodwinked Microsoft [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 15
th
2022 at 17:10
Return o' the rookit, super-sneaky wireless spyware, credit card skimming, and patches galore. Listen and learn!
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Apple patches everything, finally reveals mystery of iOS 16.1.2
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 14
th
2022 at 02:11
There's an update for everything this time, not just for iOS.
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Patch Tuesday: 0-days, RCE bugs, and a curious tale of signed malware
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 14
th
2022 at 01:13
Tales of derring-do in the cyberunderground! (And some zero-days.)
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COVID-bit: the wireless spyware trick with an unfortunate name
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 13
th
2022 at 19:58
It's not the switching that's the problem, it's the switching of the switching!
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Pwn2Own Toronto: 54 hacks, 63 new bugs, $1 million in bounties
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 12
th
2022 at 19:58
That's a mean average of $15,710 per bug... and 63 fewer bugs out there for crooks and rogues to find.
Naked Security
S3 Ep112: Data breaches can haunt you more than once! [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 9
th
2022 at 16:46
Breaches, exploits, busts, buffer overflows and bug hunting - entertaining and educational in equal measure.
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Credit card skimming β the long and winding road of supply chain failure
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 8
th
2022 at 19:58
Don't keep calling home to a JavaScript server that closed its doors eight years ago!
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Number Nine! Chrome fixes another 2022 zero-day, Edge patched too
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 5
th
2022 at 20:58
Ninth more unto the breach, dear friends, ninth more.
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Ping of death! FreeBSD fixes crashtastic bug in network tool
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 5
th
2022 at 19:59
It's a venerable program, and this version had a venerable bug in it.
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Apple pushes out iOS security update thatβs more tight-lipped than ever
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 2
nd
2022 at 21:02
We grabbed the update, based on no information at all, just in case we came across a reason to advise you not to. So far, so good...
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S3 Ep111: The business risk of a sleazy βnudity unfilterβ [Audio + Text]
By
Paul Ducklin
β December 1
st
2022 at 19:58
Latest episode - listen now (or read if you prefer)...
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