Sophos – Page 110 – PossibleThreat Articles

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 17:11:55 +0000

We shouldn’t need to say, “Check your inputs!” these days, but we’re saying it anyway.

Linux kernel patches “performance can be harmful” bug in video driver

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 19:59:08 +0000

This bug is fiendishly hard to exploit – but if you patch, it won’t be there to exploit at all.

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:58:28 +0000

Google Fonts are OK, it seems, but only if everyone keeps their own copy of the fonts they use.

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 23:58:51 +0000

Free home PCR devices would be technological marvels, and really useful, too. But there aren’t any…

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 19:34:14 +0000

We give you some simple digital lifesytle tips that cost nothing.

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:09:53 +0000

That infamous “supercookie” bug in Safari has now been fixed. Oh, and there was a zero-day kernel hole as well.

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 19:57:06 +0000

Latest episode – listen now!

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:58:32 +0000

An elevation of privilege bug that could let a “mostly harmless” user give themselves a instant root shell

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:19:50 +0000

If in doubt, don’t give it out! (And don’t forget that no reply is often a good reply.)

Credit to Author: Naked Security writer| Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:14:23 +0000

The motto of the gang was “In Fraud We Trust”, and they went by a dizzying range of online nicknames.