S3 Ep127: The deleted data that was there all along
The mobile phone bugs that Google kept quiet, just in case. The mysterious case of ATM video uploads. When redacted data springs back to life.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/dangerous-android-phone-0-day-bugs-revealed
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/bitcoin-atm-customers-hacked-by-video-upload
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/google-pixel-phones-had-a-serious-data-leakage-bug
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/windows-11-also-vulnerable-to-acropalypse
With Paul Ducklin and Chester Wisniewski
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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S3 Ep126: Freaky fashion apps and feature creep
The price of fast fashion. Firefox fixes. Feature creep fail curtailed in Patch Tuesday updates.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/shein-shopping-app-goes-rogue
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/firefox-111-patches-11-holes
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/microsoft-fixes-two-0-days
With Paul Ducklin and Chester Wisniewski
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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S3 Ep125: When security hardware has security holes
Memories of Michelangelo (the virus, not the artist). Data leakage bugs in TPM 2.0. Ransomware bust, ransomware warning, and anti-ransomware advice.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/serious-security-tpm-2-0-vulns
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/doppelpaymer-ransomware-supsects-arrested
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/feds-warn-about-right-royal-ransomware
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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S3 Ep124: When so-called security apps go rogue
How Woz nearly gave away the Apple I. Rogue software packages. Rogue network "administrators". Rogue keyloggers. Rogue authenticators.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/npm-javascript-packages-abused-to-create-scambait
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/dutch-police-arrest-three-cyberextortion-suspects
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/lastpass-the-crooks-used-a-keylogger
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/beware-rogue-2fa-apps-in-app-store-and-google-play
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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S3 Ep123: Crypto company compromise kerfuffle
The first search warrant for computer storage. GoDaddy breach. Twitter surprise. Coinbase kerfuffle. The hidden cost of success.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/godaddy-admits-crooks-hit-us-with-malware
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/twitter-tells-users-pay-up
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/coinbase-breached-by-social-engineers
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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S3 Ep122: Stop calling every breach “sophisticated”!
The birth of ENIAC. A "sophisticated attack" (read: someone got phished). A cryptographic hack enabled by a security warning. Valetine's Day Patch Tuesday. Apple closes spyware-sized 0-day hole.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/reddit-admits-it-was-hacked-
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/serious-security-gnutls-follows-openssl
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-36-rce-bugs
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/apple-fixes-zero-day-spyware-implant-bug
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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S3 Ep121: When cybercrime victims are culprits, too
Crypto crimelords. VMware, OpenSSH and OpenSSL. Breacher busted. Is that a bug or a feature?
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/tracers-in-the-dark
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/using-vmware-worried-about-esxi-ransomware
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/openssh-fixes-double-free-memory-bug
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/openssl-fixes-high-severity-data-stealing-bug
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/finnish-psychotherapy-extortion-suspect-arrested
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/password-stealing-vulnerability-reported-in-keypass
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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S3 Special: Tracers in the Dark with Andy Greenberg
Do we really need a "war against cryptography" - codes and ciphers that the government can easily crack if it thinks there's an emergency - to cement our collective online security?
Hear renowned cybersecurity author Andy Greenberg's thoughtful commentary on...
S3 Ep120: When dud crypto simply won't let go
The mighty CPU that wasn't. Hive ransomware takedown. Dutch data crime suspect busted. Samba finally gets rid of MD5. GitHub admits to an intrusion. Storing passwords securely.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/hive-ransomware-servers-shut-down
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/dutch-suspect-locked-up
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/serious-security-the-samba-logon-bug
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/github-code-signing-certificates-stolen
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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S3 Ep119: Breaches, patches, leaks and tweaks!
The programming language almost called Oak. GoTo admits to more breach woes. T-Mobile spills 37 million records. Apple patches everything, even iOS 12. And Google mAkES tYpOs for sECurity.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/goto-admits-customer-cloud-backups-stolen
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/t-mobile-admits-to-37000000-customer-records-stolen
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/apple-patches-are-out-old-iphones
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/serious-security-how-deliberate-typos-might-improve-dns
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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S3 Ep118: Guess your password? No need if it's stolen already!
The HAPPY99 virus reminds us that less is more. Trouble with JSON Web Tokens. Investment scammers busted in Europe. The LifeLock "breach" that wasn't.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/popular-jwt-cloud-security-library-patches
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/multi-million-investment-scammers-busted
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/serious-security-unravelling-the-nortonlifelock-hack
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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S3 Ep117: The crypto crisis that wasn't (and farewell to Win 7)
Two stories from the underground. Bank scammers busted. The crypto-crack that wasn't. And the end of two Windows eras at the same time.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/inside-a-scammers-lair-ukraine-busts-40
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/rsa-crypto-cracked-or-perhaps-not
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-one-0-day
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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S3 Ep116: Last straw for LastPass? And is cryptography doomed?
The ground-breaking HP-35 digital calculator. Last straw for LastPass? Congress takes on quantum computing. 33 1/3-year-old cybersecurity lessons. Machine learning supply chain attack.
https://www.hpmuseum.org/hp35.htm
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/lastpass-finally-admits-they-did-steal-your-password-vaults
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/us-passes-the-quantum-computing-cybersecurity-preparedness-act
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/naked-security-33-1-3-cybersecurity-predictions-for-2023
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/pytorch-machine-learning-toolkit-pwned
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin
Original music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com)
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S3 Ep115: Incident response – A day in the life
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!
Paul Duckliin talks to Peter Mackenzie, Director of Incident Response at Sophos, in a cybersecurity session that will alarm, amuse and educate you, all in equal measure.
Original music by Edith...
S3 Ep114: Preventing cyberthreats – stop them before they stop you!
Join world-renowned Sophos expert Fraser Howard, Director of Research at SophosLabs, for this fascinating episode, recorded during our recent Security SOS Week 2022.
When it comes to fighting cybercrime, Fraser truly is a "specialist in everything", and he also...