Naked Security
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Naked SecurityFeb 11, 2021
S3 Ep149: How many cryptographers does it take to change a light bulb?
Miss Manners confronts copy-and-paste. WinRAR patches bugs. When Airplane mode isn't. How many cryptographers to change a light bulb?
Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge (www.edithmudge.com)
S3 Ep148: Remembering crypto heroes
Navajo Code Talkers Day. Beta bogosities. Skimming shenanigans. Hooligan hosting. A cybercrime conundrum.
Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge (www.edithmudge.com)
S3 Ep147: What if you type in your password during a meeting?
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.
Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge (www.edithmudge.com)
S3 Ep146: Tell us about that breach! (If you want to.)
Firefox fixes flaws. The exciting vulnerability that you don't need to be afraid of. Breach reporting rules with lots of leeway.
Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge (www.edithmudge.com)
S3 Ep145: Bugs With Impressive Names!
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.
Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge (www.edithmudge.com)
S3 Ep144: When threat hunting goes down a rabbit hole
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.
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S3 Ep143: Supercookie surveillance shenanigans
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.
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Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge (www.edithmudge.com)
S3 Ep142: Putting the X in X-Ops
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.
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S3 Ep141: What was Steve Jobs's first job?
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.
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S3 Ep140: So you think you know ransomware?
Gee Whizz BASIC (probably). Think you know ransomware? Megaupload, 11 years on. ASUS warns of critical router bugs. MOVEit mayhem Part III.
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S3 Ep139: Are password rules like running through rain?
Magnetic core memory. Patch Tuesday and SketchUp shenanigans. More MOVEit mitigations. Mt. Gox back in the news. Gozi malware criminal imprisoned at last. Are password rules like running through rain?
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S3 Ep138: I like to MOVEit, MOVEit
Calling all modems. KeePass gets an update. MOVEit gets pwned. Chromium zero-day. The backdoor that wasn't really. WPBT explained.
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S3 Ep137: 16th century crypto skullduggery
How to say "GIF". A Blackmailer-in-the-Middle attack. Knitting your own crypto. KeePass master password shenanigans. Binge listening.
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S3 Ep136: Navigating a manic malware maelstrom
Luminiferous aether. A $10m cybercrime reward. Bank scam kingpin gets 13 years. Three Apple 0-days. A Python malware maelstrom.
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S3 Ep135: Sysadmin by day, extortionist by night
An Apple product that flopped (and was not the Newton). Two-faced sysadmin jailed for 6 years. The smart plug with the unsmart security hole. Clearview AI again, once more, again.
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S3 Ep134: It's a PRIVATE key - the hint is in the name!
The world-changing Visible Calculator. How not to get a job. Private keys - the hint is in the name. Microsoft's complicated bootkit patch. Taming Bluetooth trackers.
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S3 Ep133: Apple takes "tight-lipped" to a whole new level
New England gets BASIC. Google hits back at CryptBot crooks. Apple seals its lips on security. Mac malware-as-a-service. World Password Day. PaperCut: disclose or don't disclose?
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S3 Ep132: Proof-of-concept lets anyone hack at will
The CIH or SpaceFiller virus revisited. Google's 2FA security shortcut. Server vulns under active attack. Two Chrome zero-days, but was it one attack?
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S3 Ep131: Can you really have fun with FORTRAN?
Fun with FORTRAN?! An extreme data breach and its consequences. Rogue 2FA apps live in action. Juicejacking revisited.
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin.
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S3 Ep130: Open the garage bay doors, HAL
A common business-oriented language. Patch Tuesday. Secure Boot (without the "Secure" part). Apple zero-days. World-readable garage doors. Motherboard malware threats.
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S3 Ep129: When spyware arrives from someone you trust
A supply chain attack that foisted spyware on trusting users. Wi-Fi encryption bypass via left-over data. Surely there should be TWO World Backup Days?
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S3 Ep128: So you want to be a cybercriminal?
RIP Gordon Moore, the more in Moore's Law. Photo cropping bugfix. DDoS honeypot. E-commerce patches. Apple 0-day and lots more.
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S3 Ep127: When you chop someone out of a photo, but there they are anyway...
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.
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S3 Ep126: The price of fast fashion (and feature creep)
The price of fast fashion. Firefox fixes. Feature creep fail curtailed in Patch Tuesday updates.
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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.
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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.
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S3 Ep123: Crypto company compromise kerfuffle
The first search warrant for computer storage. GoDaddy breach. Twitter surprise. Coinbase kerfuffle. The cost of success.
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S3 Ep122: Stop calling every breach "sophisticated"!
The birth of ENIAC. A "sophisticated attack" (someone got phished). A cryptographic hack enabled by a security warning. Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday. Apple closes spyware-sized 0-day hole.
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S3 Ep121: When cybercrime victims are culprits, too
Cryptocurrency crimelords. Security patches for VMware, OpenSSH and OpenSSL. Medical breacher busted. Is that a bug or a feature?
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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 this and many other vital issues, including anonymity and privacy, as we talk to him about his tremendous new book, Tracers in the Dark.
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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.
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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.Original music by Edith Mudge
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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.
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S3 Ep117: The crypto crisis that wasn't (and farewell forever 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.
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S3 Ep116: Last straw for LastPass? Is crypto 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.
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S3 Ep115: True crime stories - A day in the life of a cybercrime fighter
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!
Paul Ducklin 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.
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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 has the knack of explaining this tricky and treacherous subject in plain English.
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S3 Ep113: Pwning the Windows kernel: the crooks who hoodwinked Microsoft
The irony of the CAN-SPAM law. When genuine kernel drivers go rogue. Apple patches everything. Stealing data via secret radio waves. E-commerce supply chain drama.
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S3 Ep112: Beware! Data breaches can haunt you more than once...
The worm that wasn't a Goner. LastPass suffers a sting in the data breach tail. Apple's secretive update. The Ping o' Death. SIM swapping explained. A Beatles-esque 0-day in Chrome and Edge.
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S3 Ep111: The business risk of a sleazy "nudity unfilter"
Christmas-themed wormage. Prurient malware. Cryptorom busts. Voice call spoofing.
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S3 Ep110: Spotlight on cyberthreats - an expert speaks
Security specialist John Shier tells you the "news you can really use" - how to boost your cybersecurity based on real-world advice from the 2023 Sophos Threat Report.
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S3 Ep109: How one leaked email password could drain your business
Microsoft's tilt at the MP3 marketplace. Apple's not-a-zero-day emergency. Cracking the lock on Android phones. Browser-in-the-Browser revisited. The Emmenthal cheese attack. Business Email Compromise and how to prevent it.
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S3 Ep108: What would YOU do if you found $3 billion in a popcorn tin?
Radio waves so mysterious they're known only as X-Rays. Were there six 0-days or only four? The cops that found $3 billion in a popcorn tin. Blue badge confusion. When URL scanning goes wrong. Tracking down every last unpatched file. Why even unlikely exploits can earn "high" severity levels.
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S3 Ep107: Eight months to kick out the crooks and you think that's GOOD?
The man who put Boole in Boolean. OpenSSL's bated-breath update. Apple's zero-day finally settled. New Chrome zero-day. SHA-3 code gets a patch. Extreme extortion via stolen medical data. Data breach response the nonchalant way.
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S3 Ep106: Facial recognition without consent - should it be banned?
Windows XP (fondly?!) remembered. Clearview AI courts controversy again. DEADBOLT ransomware crooks get counterhacked. Women cryptologists commemorated in US. How to measure randomness. Deconstructing Apple's latest security bulletins.
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S3 Ep105: WONTFIX! The MS Office cryptofail that "isn't a security flaw"
Coolest videogame ever. Zoom thinks everyone's a developer. The Patch Tuesday that wasn't. A data breach coverup. Log4Shell all over again. And the Office cryptofail that Microsoft won't fix.
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S3 Ep104: Should hospital ransomware attackers be locked up for life?
What goes up... must come down. Ransomware criminal avoids a life sentence. Former CSO convicted over Uber megabreach coverup. WhatsApp fights rip-off rogue apps. The Countess of Computer Science. Could a weird email brick your iPhone?
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S3 Ep103.5: OAuth 2 and why Microsoft is forcing you into it
Naked Security meets Sophos X-Ops! Duck and Chet dig into OAuth 2.0, a well-known protocol for authorization. Microsoft calls it "Modern Auth", though it's a decade old, and is finally forcing Exchange Online customers to switch to it.
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S3 Ep103: Scammers in the Slammer (and other stories)
A fridge-sized calculator made with transistors (really). ProxyNotShell situation reviewed. Romance and BEC scammer gets 25 years in the slammer. Is there an answer to nuisance callers? Is the answer voicemail?
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S3 Ep102.5: "ProxyNotShell" Exchange bugs - an expert speaks
Chester Wisniewski gives you actionable advice on how to deal with two actively exploited Exchange zero-days that suddenly burst into the news. Learn who's affected and how, find out what you can do while waiting for Microsoft's patches, and plan your threat hunting in case the worst happens to you.
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