DOUG. Leaky light bulbs, WinRAR bugs, and “Airplane mode, [HIGH RISING TONE] question mark?” All that and more on the Naked Security podcast. [MUSICAL MODEM] Welcome to the podcast, everybody. I am Doug Aamoth; he is Paul Ducklin. Paul, your thoughts? DUCK. My thoughts are, Doug, that… …that was a very good representation of an interrogation mark. […]
DOUG. Emergency Apple patches, justice for the 2020 Twitter hack, and “Turn off your phones, please!” All that, and more, on the Naked Security podcast. [MUSICAL MODEM] Welcome to the podcast, everybody. I am Doug Aamoth; he is Paul Ducklin. Paul, how do you do? DUCK. I’m very well, Douglas. And just to be clear, when we […]
Cybersecurity researcher Sam Sabetan yesterday went public with insecurity revelations against IoT vendor Nexx, which sells a range of “smart” devices including door openers, home alarms and remotely switchable power plugs. According to Sabetan, he reported the bugs to Nexx back in January 2023, but to no avail. So he decided to sound the alarm […]
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. DOUG. Patching bugs, hacking Reddit, and the early days of computing. All that, and more, on the Naked Security podcast. [MUSICAL MODEM] Welcome to the podcast, everybody. I am […]
DOUG. SIM swapping, zero-days, the [dramatic voice] P-i-n-g of D-E-A-T-H, and LastPass… again. All that, and more, on the Naked Security podcast. [MUSICAL MODEM] Welcome to the podcast everybody. I am Doug Aamoth. With me, as always, is Paul Ducklin. Paul, how do you do? DUCK. Very well, Doug. You put some high drama sound into that […]