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S3 Ep149: How many cryptographers does it take to change a light bulb?

By Paul Ducklin — August 24th 2023 at 18:50
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S3 Ep148: Remembering crypto heroes

By Paul Ducklin — August 17th 2023 at 19:43
Celebrating the true crypto bros. Listen now (full transcript available).

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S3 Ep147: What if you type in your password during a meeting?

By Paul Ducklin — August 10th 2023 at 13:34
Latest episode - listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

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Serious Security: Why learning to touch-type could protect you from audio snooping

By Paul Ducklin — August 8th 2023 at 18:51
Fast, quiet, smooth, consistent and low impact... why true hacker-grade touch-typing might keep you more secure.

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S3 Ep146: Tell us about that breach! (If you want to.)

By Paul Ducklin — August 3rd 2023 at 17:56
Serious security stories explained clearly in plain English - listen now. (Full transcript available.)

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Firefox fixes a flurry of flaws in the first of two releases this month

By Paul Ducklin — August 1st 2023 at 19:28
No zero-days, but some interesting patches with their very own "teachable moments".

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SEC demands four-day disclosure limit for cybersecurity breaches

By Paul Ducklin — July 31st 2023 at 18:57
When is a ransomware attack a reportable matter? And how long have you got to decide?

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S3 Ep145: Bugs With Impressive Names!

By Paul Ducklin — July 27th 2023 at 18:47
Fascinating fun (with a serious and educational side) - listen now! Full transcript available inside.

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S3 Ep144: When threat hunting goes down a rabbit hole

By Paul Ducklin — July 20th 2023 at 14:58
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S3 Ep143: Supercookie surveillance shenanigans

By Paul Ducklin — July 13th 2023 at 16:48
Latest episode - listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

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Microsoft patches four zero-days, finally takes action against crimeware kernel drivers

By Paul Ducklin — July 12th 2023 at 18:57
Here's a brief reminder to do two things. The first is to patch. The second is to read up why it's a good idea to patch...

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Apple silently pulls its latest zero-day update – what now?

By Paul Ducklin — July 11th 2023 at 15:21
Previously, we said "do it today", but now we're forced back on: "Do not delay; do it as soon as Apple and your device will let you."

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Serious Security: Rowhammer returns to gaslight your computer

By Paul Ducklin — July 10th 2023 at 21:22
Gaslights produce a telltale flicker when nearby lamps are lit; DRAM values do something similar when nearby memory cells are accessed.

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S3 Ep142: Putting the X in X-Ops

By Paul Ducklin — July 6th 2023 at 19:58
How to get all your corporate "Ops" teams working together, with cybersecurity correctness as a guiding light.

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S3 Ep141: What was Steve Jobs’s first job?

By Paul Ducklin — June 29th 2023 at 16:58
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Aussie PM says, “Shut down your phone every 24 hours for 5 mins” – but that’s not enough on its own

By Paul Ducklin — June 23rd 2023 at 16:10
Don't treat rebooting your phone once a day as a cybersecurity talisman... here are 8 additional tips for better mobile phone security.

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S3 Ep140: So you think you know ransomware?

By Paul Ducklin — June 22nd 2023 at 16:48
Lots to learn this week - listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

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S3 Ep139: Are password rules like running through rain?

By Paul Ducklin — June 15th 2023 at 18:43
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S3 Ep138: I like to MOVEit, MOVEit

By Paul Ducklin — June 8th 2023 at 16:56
Backdoors, exploits, and Little Bobby Tables. Listen now! (Full transcript available...)

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Serious Security: That KeePass “master password crack”, and what we can learn from it

By Paul Ducklin — May 31st 2023 at 19:39
Here, in an admittedly discursive nutshell, is the fascinating story of CVE-2023-32784. (Short version: Don't panic.)

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S3 Ep136: Navigating a manic malware maelstrom

By Paul Ducklin — May 25th 2023 at 16:50
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S3 Ep135: Sysadmin by day, extortionist by night

By Paul Ducklin — May 18th 2023 at 18:48
Laugh (sufficiently), learn (efficiently), and then let us know what you think in our comments (anonymously, if you wish)...

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S3 Ep134: It’s a PRIVATE key – the hint is in the name!

By Paul Ducklin — May 11th 2023 at 14:54
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S3 Ep133: Apple takes “tight-lipped” to a whole new level

By Paul Ducklin — May 4th 2023 at 20:59
Entertaining, educational, and all in plain English 🎧📖

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Apple delivers first-ever Rapid Security Response “cyberattack” patch – leaves some users confused

By Paul Ducklin — May 1st 2023 at 20:46
Just when we'd got used to three-numbered versions, such as "13.3.1", here comes an update suffix, bringing you "13.3.1 (a)"...

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S3 Ep131: Can you really have fun with FORTRAN?

By Paul Ducklin — April 20th 2023 at 17:55
Loop-the-loop in this week's episode. Entertaining, educational and all in plain English. Transcript inside.

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S3 Ep130: Open the garage bay doors, HAL [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — April 13th 2023 at 16:54
I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't... errr, no, hang on a minute, I can do that easily! Worldwide! Right now!

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes a zero-day, and two curious bugs that take the Secure out of Secure Boot

By Paul Ducklin — April 12th 2023 at 18:57
Is Secure Boot without the Secure just "Boot"?

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S3 Ep129: When spyware arrives from someone you trust

By Paul Ducklin — April 6th 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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S3 Ep128: So you want to be a cyber­criminal? [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — March 30th 2023 at 19:43
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Microsoft assigns CVE to Snipping Tool bug, pushes patch to Store

By Paul Ducklin — March 27th 2023 at 19:59
Microsoft says "successful exploitation requires uncommon user interaction", but it's the innocent and accidental leakage of private data you should be concerned about.

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S3 Ep127: When you chop someone out of a photo, but there they are anyway…

By Paul Ducklin — March 23rd 2023 at 17:59
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Windows 11 also vulnerable to “aCropalypse” image data leakage

By Paul Ducklin — March 22nd 2023 at 17:59
Turns out that the Windows 11 Snipping Tool has the same "aCropalypse" data leakage bug as Pixel phones. Here's how to work around the problem...

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Google Pixel phones had a serious data leakage bug – here’s what to do!

By Paul Ducklin — March 21st 2023 at 17:58
What if the "safe" images you shared after carefully cropping them... had some or all of the "unsafe" pixels left behind anyway?

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S3 Ep 126: The price of fast fashion (and feature creep) [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — March 16th 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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S3 Ep125: When security hardware has security holes [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — March 9th 2023 at 18:58
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S3 Ep124: When so-called security apps go rogue [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — March 2nd 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 — February 23rd 2023 at 19:58
Latest episode - listen now! Top-notch advice for cybersecurity, both at work and at home.

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Coinbase breached by social engineers, employee data stolen

By Paul Ducklin — February 21st 2023 at 17:58
Another day, another "sophisticated" attack. This time, the company has handily included some useful advice along with its mea culpa...

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S3 Ep122: Stop calling every breach “sophisticated”! [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — February 16th 2023 at 17:46
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S3 Ep121: Can you get hacked and then prosecuted for it? [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — February 9th 2023 at 19:41
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S3 Ep120: When dud crypto simply won’t let go [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — February 2nd 2023 at 17:50
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GitHub code-signing certificates stolen (but will be revoked this week)

By Paul Ducklin — January 31st 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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T-Mobile admits to 37,000,000 customer records stolen by “bad actor”

By Paul Ducklin — January 20th 2023 at 17:59
Once more, it's time for Shakespeare's words: Once more unto the breach...

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S3 Ep118: Guess your password? No need if it’s stolen already! [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — January 19th 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 wasn’t (and farewell forever to Win 7) [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — January 12th 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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S3 Ep116: Last straw for LastPass? Is crypto doomed? [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — January 5th 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 — January 4th 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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Naked Security 33 1/3 – Cybersecurity predictions for 2023 and beyond

By Paul Ducklin — December 30th 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 – A day in the life of a cybercrime fighter [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — December 29th 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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S3 Ep114: Preventing cyberthreats – stop them before they stop you! [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — December 22nd 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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S3 Ep113: Pwning the Windows kernel – the crooks who hoodwinked Microsoft [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — December 15th 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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Pwn2Own Toronto: 54 hacks, 63 new bugs, $1 million in bounties

By Paul Ducklin — December 12th 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.

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S3 Ep112: Data breaches can haunt you more than once! [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — December 9th 2022 at 16:46
Breaches, exploits, busts, buffer overflows and bug hunting - entertaining and educational in equal measure.

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Apple pushes out iOS security update that’s more tight-lipped than ever

By Paul Ducklin — December 2nd 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 “nudity unfilter” [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — December 1st 2022 at 19:58
Latest episode - listen now (or read if you prefer)...

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Voice-scamming site “iSpoof” seized, 100s arrested in massive crackdown

By Naked Security writer — November 25th 2022 at 19:17
Those numbers or names that pop up when a call comes up? They're OK as a hint of who's calling, but THEY PROVE NOTHING

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S3 Ep110: Spotlight on cyberthreats – an expert speaks [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — November 24th 2022 at 16:52
Latest episode - security expert John Shier explains what the real-life cybercrime stories in the Sophos Threat Report can teach us

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S3 Ep109: How one leaked email password could drain your business [Audio + Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — November 17th 2022 at 17:52
Latest episode - listen now! Cybersecurity news plus loads of great advice...

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“Gucci Master” business email scammer Hushpuppi gets 11 years

By Naked Security writer — November 14th 2022 at 19:24
Learn how to protect yourself from big-money tricksters like the Hushpuppis of the world...

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