Chester Wisniewski is back from his December vacation, and this week he's talking to fellow Sophos expert Paul Ducklin about the world of computer security. It's not all bad news following the many big breaches and security blunders of 2016: Chet and Duck find reasons to be upbeat for 2017, so join them to find put why!
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our security podcast. This week: the BlackNurse "attack", booby-trapped network cards, a Linux bug to make you smile, how Wi-Fi can leak your phone PIN, and Facebook's announcement that it is buying up stolen passwords.
Chet and John bring you this week's Chet Chat live from the Virus Bulletin conference in Denver, Colorado USA. They summarize some of their favourite talks covering IoT vulnerabilities, malvertising, banking malware, building your own open source lab and whether Microsoft Defender is ever enough.
Chester and John pack a lot into a busy week attending a conference and bringing you this week's security news. They discuss the recent mass DDoS attack on Brian Krebs, more horrifically vulnerable routers, changes to protect the SWIFT banking system, certificate authorities demonstrating their untrustworthiness and the Lock Down Your Login campaign to kick off National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
In this week's Chet Chat, John Shier joins Chet to discuss the Yahoo! breach, the US FTC's new website for identity theft victims, how to break into an iPhone, credit card best practices and how the US DOT is working with car manufacturers on privacy concerns.
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our entertaining and informative computer security podcast. From a breach in Opera's cloud to handy back-to-school advice for kids (and their parents), " here's this week's "security news you can use."
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for our latest security podcast. In this week's episode: new tricks in ransomware, DARPA's grand bug-finding challenge, carder crook busted, and why your email password could be worth millions.
Chet and John record live from DEF CON and summarize all the great content they experienced at this year's Black Hat, DEF CON and BSides Las Vegas hacking conferences. Topics covered this week include Bluetooth man in the middle attacks, password standards, testing binaries for the liklihood of vulnerabilities, using DNS as a botnet detection scheme, hooking the kernel gone wrong and the overall state of hacking conferences in 2016.
John Shier joins Chester Wisniewski this week to complete the last podcast before the Black Hat and DEF CON conferences in Las Vegas next week. They try to explain the scoop behind the LastPass vulnerability, a dead man's fingerprints, strange behaviours on Tor and Ed Snowden's plan to tell you if your phone is spying on you.
Join Sophos experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. This time: how to get paid for using two-factor authentication; the weirdly-named "HTTPoxy" bug; and ATM jackpotting in the spotlight.
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our computer security podcast. This week: Pokémon GO, "boneidleware", Patch Tuesday, Mac malware, free (yes!) tools, and a 15-country cyberbust.
Sophos Security researchers Chester Wisniewski and John Shier dive into what's behind this week's security news. In this episode they discuss the latest ransomware, Zepto, safe usage of the dark web, how a criminal could take over your Facebook account and how crooks are after your information just as much as they are after celebrities.
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our regular security podcast. This week: just in time for Canada Day, some Google Play malware with a Canuckian theme; how pen testers turn bugs into breaches; and Chet puts on his fireproof trousers to come out in favour of Windows 10.
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for our latest security podcast. In this episode: hardening Tor, the ransomware with a Pirate Name, and not one but two stories about Apple and crpyto. Enjoy!
Join Sophos security experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our security podcast. This time: hardware random numbers; the death (we hope) of the Angler exploit kit; the Spam King goes to prison at long last; and Github reminds us all, "Don't re-use passwords!"
Join Sophos experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our security podcast. This week: TeslaCrypt gives up its master key; iOS researcher fights with Apple; iPad Pro users complain of "bricked devices"; Bing gets tough on fake support; Mr Robot website has Mr-Robot-style security hole; and... please vote for the Chet Chat in the 2016 European Security Blogger awards.
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our regular Chet Chat podcast. This week: Friday 13th viruses remembered; US regulators ask tough questions about mobile updates; how software you might never have heard of could put your website at risk; and 3 zero-days in 3 months for Flash.
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for another entertaining and well-informed episode of our computer security poccast. This week: the test server that wasn't; the text file that isn't; the VPN that might not be; and a cool new concept for bug bounties... the "Occam's Razor Bonus."
Chester Wisniewski and John Shier interview Mark Loman about the growing threat of Ransomware and the tool his team developed, CryptoGuard.
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our computer security podcast. This week, Chester reports from BSides Austin, where he's been presenting a talk on the security (or otherwise) of the IoT. Other topics this week: Apple and FBI (what *now*?), a password strength meter that wasn't, and how to save your friends and family from the "jury duty" scam.
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for the latest edition of our weekly computer security podcast. In this episode: Tor and backdoors, an overdue kernel patch for Android, Apple's iMessage security hole, and an FBI warning about "car hacking."
Join Sophos experts John Shier and Mario Winter, who recorded this episode live at the CeBIT computer show in Hanover, Germany. From ransomware to the collection of personal data, Mario talks to John about the latest IT security challenges in the German-speaking world.
Join Sophos Senior Technologists Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. Our experts take an amusing but very informative look at the latest security stories: Android "security lag", OS X ransomware, hacking Facebook, and making fake fingerprints.
Chester and John podcast from San Francisco at the RSA Conference USA 2016 in front of a live studio audience this week. Find out about what you may have missed at this year's conference and a brief discussion of the DROWN openssl vulnerability.
Join Sophos experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our award-winning security podcast. This week: why we think there should be #nobackdoors; how "mousejacking" works; the security system that anyone can login to; a mysterious spike in the Dark Web; and malware in the world's favourite Linux distro.
This week's Chet Chat comes to you live from HackCon XI in Oslo, Norway. Kristian Samstad from Infinigate is Chester's guest and they discuss the talks at the conference, SMS phishing, Locky ransomware, the glibc bug and Ringo Starr's Twitter account hack.
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our computer security podcast. This week: President Obama endorses 2FA for everyone; the IRS and 2FA that wasn't; the NSA versus the Internet of Things; and Wired magazine goes up against adblockers.
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for our weekly security podcast. In this episode: the bug-fixing bot from MIT; no more Java in your browser; why Tor is a technology for all of us, not just for crooks; and how a US text spammer ended up in prison.
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our computer security podcast. This week, our duo turn their wit and expertise on: PrivacyCon and the Internet of Things; Shodan and public webcams; a vulnerability brouhaha on Android; Data Privacy Day; and more.
Join Sophos security experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our regular security podcast. This week: the "crypto debate", malicious web ads, exploit kits and ransomware, a tricky bug patched in iOS...and the very, very worst passwords of 2015. (Star Wars is back. Whoever would have thought?)
