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S3 Ep127: When you chop someone out of a photo, but there they are anyway…

March 23, 2023 0 Comments acropalypse, btc, cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, data loss, Google, Microsoft, Podcast, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:59:21 +0000

Listen now – latest episode. Full transcript inside.

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Security Sophos 

Windows 11 also vulnerable to “aCropalypse” image data leakage

March 22, 2023 0 Comments acropalypse, cve-2023-20136, data leakage, data loss, Microsoft, snipping tool, Windows

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:59:10 +0000

Turns out that the Windows 11 Snipping Tool has the same “aCropalypse” data leakage bug as Pixel phones. Here’s how to work around the problem…

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Security Sophos 

Google Pixel phones had a serious data leakage bug – here’s what to do!

March 21, 2023 0 Comments acropalypse, Android, cve-2023-20136, data loss, Google, image leak, Pixel

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:58:55 +0000

What if the “safe” images you shared after carefully cropping them… had some or all of the “unsafe” pixels left behind anyway?

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Security Sophos 

Bitcoin ATM customers hacked by video upload that was actually an app

March 20, 2023 0 Comments atm, breach, cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, data loss, general bytes, Privacy

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:50:17 +0000

As the misquote goes, “Once is misfortune…” This is the second time, and you know what Lady Bracknell had to say about that…

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Security Sophos 

S3 Ep 126: The price of fast fashion (and feature creep) [Audio + Text]

March 16, 2023 0 Comments Cybercrime, data loss, firefox, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Naked Security Podcast, outlook, Patch Tuesday, Podcast, Privacy, shein, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:56:56 +0000

Worried about rogue apps? Unsure about the new Outlook zero-day? Clear advice in plain English… just like old times, with Duck and Chet!

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Security Sophos 

SHEIN shopping app goes rogue, grabs price and URL data from your clipboard

March 10, 2023 0 Comments data leakage, data loss, Mobile, Privacy, shein

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:58:29 +0000

It’s not exactly data theft, but it’s worrying close to “unintentional treachery” – apparently because it’s great for marketing purposes

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Security Sophos 

Feds warn about right Royal ransomware rampage that runs the gamut of TTPs

March 3, 2023 0 Comments cisa, data loss, mitre, Ransomware, royal, TTPs

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:56:34 +0000

Wondering which cybercrime tools, techniques and procedures to focus on? How about any and all of them?

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Security Sophos 

S3 Ep124: When so-called security apps go rogue [Audio + Text]

March 2, 2023 0 Comments 2fa, Apple, Cryptography, Cybercrime, data loss, extortion, Google, Hacking, lastpass, Law & order, Naked Security Podcast, Podcast, Ransomware

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 15:40:41 +0000

Rogue software packages. Rogue “sysadmins”. Rogue keyloggers. Rogue authenticators. Rogue ROGUES!

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Security Sophos 

LastPass: Keylogger on home PC led to cracked corporate password vault

February 28, 2023 0 Comments breach, data loss, keylogger, lastpass, malware

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 02:23:16 +0000

Seems the crooks implanted a keylogger via a vulnerable media app (LastPass politely didn’t say which one!) on a developer’s home computer.

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Security Sophos 

LastPass: The crooks used a keylogger to crack a corporate password vault

February 28, 2023 0 Comments breach, data loss, keylogger, lastpass, malware

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 02:23:16 +0000

Seems the crooks implanted a keylogger via a vulnerable media app (LastPass politely didn’t say which one!) on a developer’s home computer.

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