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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
Latest episode - listen now! Full transcript inside...

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S3 Ep148: Remembering crypto heroes

By: Paul Ducklin — August 17th 2023 at 15:43
Celebrating the true crypto bros. Listen now (full transcript available).

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“Grab hold and give it a wiggle” – ATM card skimming is still a thing

By: Paul Ducklin — August 14th 2023 at 23:18
The rise of tap-to-pay and chip-and-PIN hasn't rid the world of ATM card skimming criminals...

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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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S3 Ep142: Putting the X in X-Ops

By: Paul Ducklin — July 6th 2023 at 17:58
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
Latest episode - listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

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UK hacker busted in Spain gets 5 years over Twitter hack and more

By: Naked Security writer — June 26th 2023 at 15:35
Not just that infamous Twitter hack, but SIM-swapping, stalking and swatting too...

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S3 Ep139: Are password rules like running through rain?

By: Paul Ducklin — June 15th 2023 at 16:43
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S3 Ep137: 16th century crypto skullduggery

By: Paul Ducklin — June 1st 2023 at 16:45
Lots to learn, clearly explained in plain English... listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

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S3 Ep136: Navigating a manic malware maelstrom

By: Paul Ducklin — May 25th 2023 at 16:50
Latest episode - listen now. Full transcript inside...

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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
Latest episode - listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

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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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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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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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Hack and enter! The “secure” garage doors that anyone can open from anywhere – what you need to know

By: Paul Ducklin — April 5th 2023 at 18:49
Grab a message/Play it back/You've just performed/A big phat hack...

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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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Bitcoin ATM customers hacked by video upload that was actually an app

By: Paul Ducklin — March 20th 2023 at 17:50
As the misquote goes, "Once is misfortune..." This is the second time, and you know what Lady Bracknell had to say about that...

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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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DoppelPaymer ransomware supsects arrested in Germany and Ukraine

By: Naked Security writer — March 6th 2023 at 16:16
Devices seized, suspects interrogated and arrested, allegedly connected to devastating cyberattack on University Hospital in Düsseldorf.

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S3 Ep124: When so-called security apps go rogue [Audio + Text]

By: Paul Ducklin — March 2nd 2023 at 15:40
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 17:58
Latest episode - listen now! Top-notch advice for cybersecurity, both at work and at home.

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

By: Paul Ducklin — February 16th 2023 at 17:46
Latest episode - listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

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Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Crypto

By: Paul Ducklin — February 6th 2023 at 17:53
Hear renowned cybersecurity author Andy Greenberg's thoughtful commentary about the "war on crypto" as we talk to him about his new book...

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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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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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Inside a scammers’ lair: Ukraine busts 40 in fake bank call-centre raid

By: Naked Security writer — January 3rd 2023 at 17:03
When someone calls you up to warn you that your bank account is under attack - it's true, because THAT VERY PERSON is the one attacking you!

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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 17:56
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 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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SIM swapper sent to prison for 2FA cryptocurrency heist of over $20m

By: Naked Security writer — December 6th 2022 at 17:56
Guilty party got 18 months, also has to pay back $20m he probably hasn't got, which could land him in more hot water.

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S3 Ep111: The business risk of a sleazy “nudity unfilter” [Audio + Text]

By: Paul Ducklin — December 1st 2022 at 17:58
Latest episode - listen now (or read if you prefer)...

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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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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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S3 Ep100: Browser-in-the-Browser – how to spot an attack [Audio + Text]

By: Paul Ducklin — September 15th 2022 at 18:50
Latest episode - listen now! Cosmic rockets, zero-days, spotting cybercrooks, and unlocking the DEADBOLT...

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S3 Ep95: Slack leak, Github onslaught, and post-quantum crypto [Audio + Text]

By: Paul Ducklin — August 11th 2022 at 14:34
Latest episode - listen now! (Or read the transcript if you prefer.)

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S3 Ep94: This sort of crypto (graphy), and the other sort of crypto (currency!) [Audio + Text]

By: Paul Ducklin — August 4th 2022 at 16:52
Latest episode - listen now! (Or read if that's what you prefer.)

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He sold cracked passwords for a living – now he’s serving 4 years in prison

By: Paul Ducklin — May 13th 2022 at 15:31
Crooks don't need a password for every user on your network to break in and wreak havoc. One could be enough...

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S3 Ep82: Bugs, bugs, bugs (and Colonial Pipeline again) [Podcast]

By: Paul Ducklin — May 12th 2022 at 15:46
Latest episode - lots to learn - plain English - fun with a serious side - listen now!

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S3 Ep79: Chrome hole, a bad place for a cybersecurity holiday, and crypto-dodginess [Podcast]

By: Paul Ducklin — April 21st 2022 at 13:41
Do you know your Adam Osborne from your John Osbourne? Your Z80 from your 6502? Latest episode - listen now!

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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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UK police arrest 7 hacking suspects – have they bust the LAPSUS$ gang?

By: Naked Security writer — March 25th 2022 at 01:48
Seven alleged hackers have been arrested in the UK. But who are they, and which hacking crew are they from?

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French speakers blasted by sextortion scams with no text or links

By: Paul Ducklin — February 21st 2022 at 17:59
You'd spot this one a mile away... but what about your friends or family?

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Alleged carder gang mastermind and three acolytes under arrest in Russia

By: Naked Security writer — January 24th 2022 at 14:14
The motto of the gang was "In Fraud We Trust", and they went by a dizzying range of online nicknames.

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SFW! The Top N Cyber­security Stories of 2021 (for small positive integer values of N)

By: Paul Ducklin — December 24th 2021 at 17:44
Happy Holidays! Our Top N stories, all totally SFW!

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S3 Ep62: The S in IoT stands for security (and much more) [Podcast+Transcript]

By: Paul Ducklin — December 9th 2021 at 17:40
Listen now or read as an article! (Full transcript inside.)

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Emotet malware: “The report of my death was an exaggeration”

By: Paul Ducklin — November 16th 2021 at 14:13
"Old malware rarely dies." The best way to predict the future is to look at the past... if it worked before, it will probably work again.

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