Naked Security

Naked Security

We take an expert look at the latest cybersecurity incidents, how they happened, and why. Tune in weekly to learn what you can do to stop bad things from happening to you! Got questions/suggestions/stories to share? Email: tips@sophos.com Twitter: @NakedSecurity Instagram: @NakedSecurity

Episodes

August 23, 2023 • 16 mins

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)

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Navajo Code Talkers Day. Beta bogosities. Skimming shenanigans. Hooligan hosting. A cybercrime conundrum.

Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge (www.edithmudge.com)

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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)

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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)


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July 27, 2023 • 19 mins

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.

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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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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)

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July 6, 2023 • 14 mins

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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Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge (www.edithmudge.com)

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June 29, 2023 • 17 mins

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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Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge (www.edithmudge.com)

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June 22, 2023 • 18 mins

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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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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June 8, 2023 • 22 mins

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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June 1, 2023 • 21 mins

How to say "GIF". A Blackmailer-in-the-Middle attack. Knitting your own crypto. KeePass master password shenanigans. Binge listening.

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Luminiferous aether. A $10m cybercrime reward. Bank scam kingpin gets 13 years. Three Apple 0-days. A Python malware maelstrom.

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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.

Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge (https://www.edithmudge.com).

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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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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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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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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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April 13, 2023 • 18 mins

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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