“Snakes in airplane mode” – what if your phone says it’s offline but isn’t?

By: Paul Ducklin — August 21^st 2023 at 17:45

WYSIWYG is short for "what you see is what you get". Except when it isn't...

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S3 Ep147: What if you type in your password during a meeting?

By: Paul Ducklin — August 10^th 2023 at 13:34

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

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Serious Security: Why learning to touch-type could protect you from audio snooping

By: Paul Ducklin — August 8^th 2023 at 18:51

Fast, quiet, smooth, consistent and low impact... why true hacker-grade touch-typing might keep you more secure.

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S3 Ep146: Tell us about that breach! (If you want to.)

By: Paul Ducklin — August 3^rd 2023 at 17:56

Serious security stories explained clearly in plain English - listen now. (Full transcript available.)

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Google Virus Total leaks list of spooky email addresses

By: Paul Ducklin — July 18^th 2023 at 23:16

Careful with that file, Eugene!

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Serious Security: Rowhammer returns to gaslight your computer

By: Paul Ducklin — July 10^th 2023 at 21:22

Gaslights produce a telltale flicker when nearby lamps are lit; DRAM values do something similar when nearby memory cells are accessed.

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Windows 11 also vulnerable to “aCropalypse” image data leakage

By: Paul Ducklin — March 22^nd 2023 at 17:59

Turns out that the Windows 11 Snipping Tool has the same "aCropalypse" data leakage bug as Pixel phones. Here's how to work around the problem...

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Google Pixel phones had a serious data leakage bug – here’s what to do!

By: Paul Ducklin — March 21^st 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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SHEIN shopping app goes rogue, grabs price and URL data from your clipboard

By: Paul Ducklin — March 10^th 2023 at 17:58

It's not exactly data theft, but it's worryingly close to "unintentional treachery" - apparently because it's great for marketing purposes

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Password-stealing “vulnerability” reported in KeePass – bug or feature?

By: Paul Ducklin — February 1^st 2023 at 18:58

Is it a vulnerability if someone with control over your account can mess with files that your account is allowed to access anyway?

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Public URL scanning tools – when security leads to insecurity

By: Paul Ducklin — November 7^th 2022 at 17:59

Never make your users cry/By how you use an API

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Breaching airgap security: using your phone’s gyroscope as a microphone

By: Paul Ducklin — August 24^th 2022 at 18:59

One bit per second makes the Voyager probe data rate seem blindingly fast. But it's enough to break your security assumptions...

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APIC/EPIC! Intel chips leak secrets even the kernel shouldn’t see…

By: Paul Ducklin — August 10^th 2022 at 16:59

If you've ever written code that left stuff lying around in memory when you didn't need it any more... we bet you've regretted it!

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WordPress backup plugin maker Updraft says “You should update”…

By: Paul Ducklin — February 22^nd 2022 at 17:26

A straight-talking bug report written in plain English by an actual expert - there's a teachable moment in this cybersecurity story!

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Serious Security: Apple Safari leaks private data via database API – what you need to know

By: Paul Ducklin — January 18^th 2022 at 17:23

There's a tiny data leakage bug in the WebKit browser engine... but it could act as a "supercookie" identifier for your browsing

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The cool retro phone with a REAL DIAL… plus plenty of IoT problems

By: Paul Ducklin — December 23^rd 2021 at 17:58

You know you want one, because this retro phone is NOT A TOY... except when it comes to cybersecurity.

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Github cookie leakage – thousands of Firefox cookie files uploaded by mistake

By: Paul Ducklin — November 18^th 2021 at 22:20

Be aware before you share! That's a good rule for developers and techies, just as much as it is for social media addicts.