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Google Virus Total leaks list of spooky email addresses

By Paul Ducklin — July 18th 2023 at 23:16
Careful with that file, Eugene!

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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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Chrome and Edge zero-day: “This exploit is in the wild”, so check your versions now

By Paul Ducklin — June 6th 2023 at 18:28
Chrome and Edge 0-days patched.

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Tracked by hidden tags? Apple and Google unite to propose safety and security standards…

By Paul Ducklin — May 3rd 2023 at 19:58
To bleat, or not to bleat, that is the question.

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Mac malware-for-hire steals passwords and cryptocoins, sends “crime logs” via Telegram

By Paul Ducklin — April 30th 2023 at 01:23
These malware peddlers are specifically going after Mac users. The hint's in the name: "Atomic macOS Stealer", or AMOS for short.

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Google wins court order to force ISPs to filter botnet traffic

By Naked Security writer — April 28th 2023 at 19:59
CryptBot criminals are alleged to have plundered browser passwords, illicitly-snapped screenshots, cryptocurrency account data, and more.

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S3 Ep132: Proof-of-concept lets anyone hack at will

By Paul Ducklin — April 27th 2023 at 16:55
When Doug says, "Happy Remote Code Execution Day, Duck"... it's irony. For the avoidance of all doubt :-)

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Google leaking 2FA secrets – researchers advise against new “account sync” feature for now

By Paul Ducklin — April 26th 2023 at 17:59
You waited 13 years for this feature in Google Authenticator. Now researchers are advising you to wait a while longer, just in case...

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Double zero-day in Chrome and Edge – check your versions now!

By Paul Ducklin — April 24th 2023 at 19:59
Wouldn't it be handy if there were a single version number to check for in every Chromium-based browser, on every supported platform?

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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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FBI and FCC warn about “Juicejacking” – but just how useful is their advice?

By Paul Ducklin — April 17th 2023 at 18:17
USB charging stations - can you trust them? What are the real risks, and how can you keep your data safe on the road?

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S3 Ep128: So you want to be a cyber­criminal? [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — March 30th 2023 at 19:43
Latest episode - listen now!

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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
Listen now - latest episode. Full transcript inside.

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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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Dangerous Android phone 0-day bugs revealed – patch or work around them now!

By Paul Ducklin — March 17th 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.

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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 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 Ep119: Breaches, patches, leaks and tweaks! [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — January 26th 2023 at 19:57
Lastest episode - listen now! (Or read the transcript.)

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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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Number Nine! Chrome fixes another 2022 zero-day, Edge patched too

By Paul Ducklin — December 5th 2022 at 20:58
Ninth more unto the breach, dear friends, ninth more.

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Chrome fixes 8th zero-day of 2022 – check your version now (Edge too!)

By Paul Ducklin — November 28th 2022 at 19:42
There isn't a rhyme to remind you which months have browser zero-days... you just have to keep your eyes and ears open!

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Dangerous SIM-swap lockscreen bypass – update Android now!

By Paul Ducklin — November 11th 2022 at 19:59
A bit like leaving the front door keys under the doormat...

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S3 Ep107: Eight months to kick out the crooks and you think that’s GOOD? [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — November 3rd 2022 at 17:51
Listen now - latest episode - audio plus full transcript

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Chrome issues urgent zero-day fix – update now!

By Paul Ducklin — October 29th 2022 at 15:08
We've said it before/And we'll say it again/It's not *if* you should patch/It's a matter of *when*. (Hint: now!)

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WhatsApp goes after Chinese password scammers via US court

By Paul Ducklin — October 7th 2022 at 18:14
If you can't beat 'em, sue 'em!

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Chrome and Edge fix zero-day security hole – update now!

By Paul Ducklin — September 5th 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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Chrome patches 24 security holes, enables “Sanitizer” safety system

By Paul Ducklin — August 31st 2022 at 11:48
24 existing bugs fixed. And, we hope, numerous potential future bugs prevented.

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S3 Ep97: Did your iPhone get pwned? How would you know? [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin — August 25th 2022 at 15:37
Latest episode - listen now! (Or read the transcript if you prefer the text version.)

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Chrome browser gets 11 security fixes with 1 zero-day – update now!

By Paul Ducklin — August 17th 2022 at 13:16
Don't delay - patch today.

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S3 Ep90: Chrome 0-day again, True Cybercrime, and a 2FA bypass [Podcast + Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — July 7th 2022 at 18:46
Listen now! Or read if you prefer...

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Google patches “in-the-wild” Chrome zero-day – update now!

By Paul Ducklin — July 5th 2022 at 15:55
Running Chrome? Do the "Help-About-Update" dance move right now, just to be sure...

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You didn’t leave enough space between ROSE and AND, and AND and CROWN

By Paul Ducklin — May 6th 2022 at 16:59
What weird Google Docs bug connects the words THEREFORE, AND, SECONDLY, WHY, BUT and BESIDES?

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Android monthly updates are out – critical bugs found in critical places!

By Paul Ducklin — May 4th 2022 at 15:54
Android May 2022 updates are out - with some critical fixes in some critical places. Learn more...

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Yet another Chrome zero-day emergency update – patch now!

By Paul Ducklin — April 16th 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 Ep77: Bugs, busts and old-school PDP-11 hacking [Podcast]

By Paul Ducklin — April 7th 2022 at 12:24
Latest episode - listen now! Cybersecurity news and advice in plain English.

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Google’s monthly Android updates patch numerous “get root” holes

By Paul Ducklin — April 5th 2022 at 14:44
Get the update now... if it's available for your phone. Here's how to check.

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S3 Ep76: Deadbolt, LAPSUS$, Zlib, and a Chrome 0-day [Podcast]

By Paul Ducklin — March 31st 2022 at 13:38
Latest episode - listen now!

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Google Chrome patches mysterious new zero-day bug – update now

By Paul Ducklin — March 28th 2022 at 14:18
CVE-2022-1096 - another mystery in-the-wild 0-day in Chrome... check your version now!

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“Dirty Pipe” Linux kernel bug lets anyone write to any file

By Paul Ducklin — March 8th 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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S3 Ep70: Bitcoin, billing blunders, and 0-day after 0-day after 0-day [Podcast + Transcript]

By Paul Ducklin — February 17th 2022 at 17:12
Latest episode - listen and learn!

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Google announces zero-day in Chrome browser – update now!

By Paul Ducklin — February 15th 2022 at 19:17
Zero-day buses: none for a while, then three at once. Here's Google joining Apple and Adobe in "zero-day week"

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Cloud Security: Don’t wait until your next bill to find out about an attack!

By Paul Ducklin — November 26th 2021 at 19:58
Cloud security is the best sort of altruism: you need to do it to protect yourself, but you help to protect everyone else at the same time.

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