Sophos security experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin aim their insights at the latest security news in our weekly Chet Chat podcast. Recorded on Patch Tuesday, which was also Remembrance Day (Veterans' Day), this episode covers topics that are interesting, important - and intriguing!
Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin turn the week's security news into actionable advice. In this episode: the Sophos SPAMPIONSHIP; understanding bots and zombies; keeping your web servers safe; and why ransomware isn't dead, even if CryptoLocker is.
Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin look at the week's security news and turn it into entertaining and informative advice. In this episode: Sandworm, Death by Powerpoint, password security, FIDO and two-factor authentication...and (huzzah!) some scammers get busted by the FTC.
Sophos expert Chester Wisniewski digs into the week's security news with John Shier and Paul Ducklin. In this episode: the POODLE problem; the effect of data breaches on consumer confidence; South Korea's identify crisis; Get Safe Online week; and Advance Fee Fraud.
With Chester Wisniewski on the road, Sophos security expert John Shier steps up to the microphone to discuss the week's security news with Paul Ducklin. In this episode: October's Patch Tuesday, the problem of "breach fatigue", some thorny questions about metadata, and how to stay safe on Android.
Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin take apart the latest computer security stories to turn them into news you can use. From BadUSB to breaches to Bugzilla, this week's podcast looks at exploits, breaches, zero-days, responsible disclosure and more.
Join Sophos security experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin as they dissect the week's news. Shellshock leads the list, of course, but Snapchat, cybersecurity awareness and the iPhone 6 all get a look in too...
Sophos Security expert Chester Wisniewski was at the Virus Bulletin 2014 conference in Seattle. In this special edition of the Chet Chat, Paul Ducklin puts Chet on the other side of the mic to find out more about both the technology and the ethics of anti-malware research.
Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin entertain, inform and explain in their regular computer security podcast. In this week's episode: Home Depot and security, Apple and iOS 8, eBay and JavaScript, the battle for passwords, and cybersecurity awareness.
Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin get to grips with the big computer security issues of the past week. In this episode: the Android "Browser" privacy-busting bug, and what to do about it; real-world risks of password sharing; U2 or not U2; Firefox fixes; and advice from the Year's Most Epic Privacy Fails.
Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin dig into the week's computer security news. In this episode of the Chet Chat: Patch Tuesday (and what it teaches us about security holes); Apple Pay; Home Depot's breach; and Google's "search page time warp" that's supposed to put some light-hearted pressure on those who refuse to upgrade their browsers.
Sophos security experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin take you to Mars to explain how flash memory works (and why you can't erase it very reliably). Also in this episode: Wi-fi security, data breaches, randomness and mobile app permissions...
Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin take a special look at a conference Chester just attended in Queensland, Australia. Sophos has supported this event, run by the Queensland Police, for many years, because it brings together security experts from law enforcement, online merchants, software companies and community groups to make a collective committment to deal with the question, "What is each of us actually going to do to help fight cybercrime in the next twelve months?"
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for this week's Chet Chat podcast, and turn computer security news into computer security advice. In this episode: Microsoft's blue screen of death woes; the future of Apple security patches; the risks of remote access; and a Russian MP's son arrested for online cybercrime.
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin in the weekly Chet Chat security podcast. In this episode: Patch Tuesday; combining exploits; an Android virus attack; Foursquare opts out of opt-in; Facebook under fire; and Chester relives his favorite talks of Black Hat and DEFCON.
Listen to this "Black Hat Special" episode of the Chet Chat. Paul Ducklin puts Chester Wisniewski on the other side of the microphone to tell us about the *real* security lessons from Black Hat USA 2014...
Sophos expert Chester Wisniewski takes time out of the Nevada heat to delve into the latest security news with Paul Ducklin. (Chet's in fabulous Las Vegas this week, attending the B-Sides, Black Hat and DEFCON conferences.) There's something for everyone in this epsiode, including: spam, malware, hacking, encryption, backup and more.
Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin of Sophos dissect the week's security news to see what we can learn from other people's mistakes. ("Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," as George Santayana famously said.) And Chester has an invitation: "If you're going to be in Las Vegas for BlackHat 2014, be sure to drop by at the Sophos booth and say G'day!"
Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin look for lessons in the latest computer security news. In this week's podcast: how to make SoHo routers more secure; how to decide if you can trust your browser; UK law enforcement takes aim at a banking botnet; and, boy-oh-boy, do we have a prize for you.
Join Sophos experts Paul Ducklin and Chester Wisniewski as they take a clear but entertaining trip through the components you'll find in a modern network firewall, helping you to understand the what, how and why of each part. Whether you're an IT professional responsible for implementing a network security policy, the CFO who has to pay for it, or just a concerned user keen to learn more about defense in depth, this podcast will tell you what you need to know...
Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin are back with this week's Chet Chat security podcast, turning plain old news into advice you can use. In this episode: Warbiking in Manhattan; buffer overflow hubris for Google; why you don't/do/don't/do need anti-virus for Android; what we can do to stop botnets like Gameover recovering after takedowns; and how LibreSSL shows that less can be more when it comes to security.
In this episode, Sophos experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin tackle the week's interesting security stories. John keeps Duck to 60 seconds (OK, 75") in a TL;DR version of Patch Tuesday, and then the pair get stuck into: the high-profile cybercrime arrest of a Russian MP's son; how mainstream brands inadvertently help phishers; and why macro malware is coming back from the brink of extinction.
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of the weekly Chet Chat podcast. In this episode: Were does your country sit on the fraud list, and what can you do about it? Just how much can you trust SMSes on Android, even if they come from a friend? Is Apple serious enough about security on the iOS mobile platform? And will Google's End-To-End email encryption plugin save the world from surveillance?
Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin present Sophos's regular weekly security podcast, the "Chet Chat." This week the enthusiatic experts look at: yet more in the TrueCrypt saga; the Towelroot software for rooting locked-down Androids; the ongoing problem of ransomware even after the CryptoLocker takedown; and Canada's long, long, long-awaited anti-spam law.
Sophos security experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin turn their attention on the week's security news. As usual, they extract plenty of useful lessons during their insightful dissection of the issues, including: PF Chang's data breach, which the company has as good as admitted but not yet tracked down; the ongoing saga of vanishing encryption software TrueCrypt; the ethics of creating computer worms; and how much online scammers are actually costing us.
Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin dig into the latest security news for lessons we can all learn. In this episode of our weekly quarter-hour podcast: Patch Tuesday, and why simply counting vulnerabilities isn't a good measure of danger; file-encrypting ransomware comes to Android; Apple announces Wi-Fi MAC scrambling as a privacy measure; and mysterious iPhone-locking cybercrook "Oleg Pliss" has been arrested...perhaps.
Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin take on the latest security news with their usual mix of enthusiasm, expertise and entertainment. This week, they dig into the bafflement of the disappearing TrueCrypt encryption software: did it jump, or was it pushed? They also look at the takedown of the Gameover and CryptoLocker malware by law enforcement, and Chet sends Duck down memory lane to tell us what we can learn from ten years of mobile malware.
John Shier interviews security expert Chester Wisniewski about the sudden demise of the freeware TrueCrypt project. They discuss what happened and what users should consider when moving on to greener pastures.
Chester Wisnieski and Paul Ducklin dig into the important security stories of the past week, and pull out some lessons we can all learn. Take an entertaining and informative journey through the case of Apple iDevices held to ransom in Australia; the calamity of eBay's super-sized data breach; a carefully-coordinated cybercrime bust in Bulgaria; and Sourceforge's "in a good cause" password reset.
The Chet Chat comes to you this week from Hanoi, Vietnam with special guest Sean Richmond from Sophos Australia. Chet and Sean continue the tradition of working through the details to paint you a clearer picture. This week they tackle the FBI's crackdown on the Blackshades malware, new research showing more flaws in Chip & PIN technology, the latest Apple updates and an analysis of the EFF's "Who has got your back" report.
