Miss Manners confronts copy-and-paste. WinRAR patches bugs. When Airplane mode isn't. How many cryptographers to change a light bulb?
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/using-winrar-be-sure-to-patch
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/snakes-in-airplane-mode
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/smart-light-bulbs-could-give-away-your-password
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin.
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
Email questions and suggestions to: tips@sophos.com
Aug 23, 2023
16 min
Navajo Code Talkers Day. Beta bogosities. Skimming shenanigans. Hooligan hosting. A cybercrime conundrum.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/fbi-warns-about-scams-that-lure-you-in-as-a-mobile-beta-tester
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/grab-hold-and-give-it-a-wiggle-atm-card-skimming
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/crimeware-server-used-by-netwalker-ransomware-seized
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin.
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
Email questions and suggestions to: tips@sophos.com
Aug 17, 2023
18 min
An amazing Art Deco computer. Yet more performance-versus-security trouble. Is sound alone enough to sniff out your password? A rap song (of sorts) with a cybersecurity connection.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2023/08/08/serious-security-why-learning-to-touch-type-could-protect-you-from-audio-snooping/
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2023/08/04/crocodile-of-wall-street-and-her-husband-plead-guilty-to-giant-sized-cryptocrimes/
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin.
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
Email questions and suggestions to: tips@sophos.com
Aug 9, 2023
15 min
Firefox fixes flaws. The exciting vulnerability that you don't need to be afraid of. Breach reporting rules with lots of leeway.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/firefox-fixes-a-flurry-of-flaws
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/performance-and-security-clash-yet-again
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/sec-demands-four-day-disclosure-limit
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin.
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
Email questions and suggestions to: tips@sophos.com
Aug 3, 2023
17 min
Apple patches two zero-days, one for a second time. How a 30-year-old cryptosystem got cracked. All your secret are belong to Zenbleed. Remembering those dodgy PC/Mac ads.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/apple-ships-that-recent-rapid-response
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/hacking-police-radios-30-year-old-crypto-flaws
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/zenbleed-how-the-quest-for-cpu-performance
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin.
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
Email questions and suggestions to: tips@sophos.com
Jul 27, 2023
19 min
Why your Mac's calendar app says it's JUL 17. One patch, one line, one file. Careful with that {axe,file}, Eugene. Storm season for Microsoft. When typos make you sing for joy.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/zimbra-collaboration-suite-warning
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/google-virus-total-leaks-list
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/microsoft-hit-by-storm-season
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin.
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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Email: tips@sophos.com
Twitter: NakedSecurity (https://twitter.com/nakedsecurity)
Jul 20, 2023
16 min
Remembering the slide rule. What you need to know about Patch Tuesday. Supercookie surveillance shenanigans. When bugs arrive in pairs. Apple's rapid patch that needed a rapid patch. User-Agent considered harmful.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/microsoft-patches-four-zero-days-finally-takes-action
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/serious-security-rowhammer-returns
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/ghostscript-bug-could-allow-rogue-documents-to-run-system
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/urgent-apple-fixes-critical-zero-day-hole
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/apple-silently-pulls-its-latest-zero-day-update
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin.
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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Email: tips@sophos.com
Twitter: NakedSecurity (https://twitter.com/nakedsecurity)
Jul 13, 2023
17 min
First there was DevOps, then SecOps, then DevSecOps. Or should that be SecDevOps? Paul Ducklin talks to Sophos X-Ops insider Matt Holdcroft about how to get all your corporate "Ops" teams working together, with cybersecurity correctness as a guiding light.
With Paul Ducklin and Matt Holdcroft.
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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Twitter: NakedSecurity (https://twitter.com/nakedsecurity)
Jul 6, 2023
14 min
PONG for one player. Apple pushes out anti-spyware patch. Beware bad passwords on Linux servers. "Twitter hacker" gets 5 years. When mobile phones and dental hygiene collide.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/apple-patch-fixes-zero-day-kernel-hole
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/beware-bad-passwords-as-attackers-co-opt-linux-servers
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/uk-hacker-busted-in-spain-gets-5-years
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/aussie-pm-says-shut-down-your-phone-every-24-hours
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin.
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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Email: tips@sophos.com
Twitter: NakedSecurity (https://twitter.com/nakedsecurity)
Jun 29, 2023
17 min
Gee Whizz BASIC (probably). Think you know ransomware? Megaupload, 11 years on. ASUS warns of critical router bugs. MOVEit mayhem Part III.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/the-ransomware-documentary-brand-new-video-series
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/megaupload-duo-will-go-to-prison
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/asus-warns-router-customers-patch-now
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/moveit-mayhem-3
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin.
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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Email: tips@sophos.com
Twitter: NakedSecurity (https://twitter.com/nakedsecurity)
Jun 22, 2023
18 min
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