Naked Security

Naked Security

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16 minutes 16 seconds

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)

24 August 2023, 1:06 am
18 minutes 40 seconds

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)

17 August 2023, 12:20 pm
15 minutes 42 seconds

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)

9 August 2023, 11:43 pm
17 minutes 40 seconds

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)

3 August 2023, 4:32 pm
19 minutes 40 seconds

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)

27 July 2023, 2:38 pm
16 minutes 11 seconds

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

20 July 2023, 1:05 pm
17 minutes 33 seconds

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.

Twitter: @NakedSecurity

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

13 July 2023, 2:16 pm
14 minutes 21 seconds

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.

Twitter: @NakedSecurity

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

6 July 2023, 3:28 pm
17 minutes 50 seconds

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.

Twitter: @NakedSecurity

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

29 June 2023, 2:29 pm
18 minutes 36 seconds

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.

Twitter: @NakedSecurity

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

22 June 2023, 1:56 pm
17 minutes 15 seconds

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

15 June 2023, 1:41 pm
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