Naked Security

This week, Producer Alice Duckett steps in to host the show with Paul Ducklin, Mark Stockley and Greg Iddon.

Greg discusses the most disruptive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in recent memory affecting Wikipedia, Mark shares another privacy boost for Firefox users and Duck explains why SSH-stealing NetCAT is not really a problem.

Related articles

Wikipedia DDos:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/09/11/wikipedia-fights-off-huge-ddos-attack/

Firefox Private Network:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/09/13/mozilla-private-network-vpn-gives-firefox-another-privacy-boost/

NetCat:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/09/13/intel-ssh-stealing-netcat-bug-not-really-a-problem/

This week, Producer Alice Duckett steps in to host the show with Paul Ducklin, Ben Jones and special guest Peter Mackenzie.

Peter shares the latest ransomware trends, Ben discusses a Facebook data leak which led to the exposure of 419 million phone numbers and Duck explains why not everyone is happy about Mozilla's move towards DNS over HTTPS.

Related articles

Mozilla:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/09/10/mozilla-increases-browser-privacy-with-encrypted-dns/

Facebook:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/09/06/database-exposed-133-million-us-facebook-users-phone-numbers/

Ransomware:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/09/09/us-city-balks-at-paying-5-3-million-ransomware-demand/

RDP research:

https://sophos.com/rdp

This week on the Naked Security podcast host Anna Brading is joined by Mark Stockley, Paul Ducklin and Matt Boddy.

They discuss iPhone zero days, android botnets and how the founder and CEO of Twitter had his account hijacked.

Do you have a question? Let us know and we’ll answer them next week.

Related Naked Security articles:

iPhone hacking: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/08/30/sophisticated-iphone-hacking-went-unnoticed-for-over-two-years/

Twitter takeover: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/08/30/jacks-twitter-attacked-phone-number-hacked/

Iphone

Botnet targets set-top boxes: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/08/30/botnet-targets-set-top-boxes-using-android-os/

Read our rdp research: https://sophos.com/rdp

This week on the Naked Security podcast host Anna Brading is joined by Mark Stockley and Paul Ducklin.

They discuss sophisticated Instagram phishing attacks, jailbreaking iPhones and the latest social media hoax.

Do you have a question? Let us know and we’ll answer them next week.

Related Naked Security articles:

Jailbreaking:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/apple-ios-update-ends-in-jailbroken-iphones

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/emergency-ios-patch-fixes-jailbreaking-flaw

Social media hoaxes:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/privacy-policy-change-hoax-infects-instagram

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/hoax-alert-facebook-deadline

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/please-dont-spread-the-facebook-giraffe-picture-hoax

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/the-momo-challenge-urban-legend

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/the-talking-angela-witch-hunt

Phishing:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/instagram-phishing-uses-2fa-as-a-lure

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/phish-threat.aspx

This week on the Naked Security podcast we discuss whether big tech companies are spying on you and the latest phishing scams.

Do you have a question? Let us know and we’ll answer them next week.

With Anna Brading, Ben Jones and Matt Boddy.

Humans are listening to your voice recordings – Our articles are below:

Microsoft: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/08/09/your-skype-translator-calls-may-be-heard-by-humans/

And then updating its policy: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/08/16/microsoft-wont-shift-on-ai-recordings-policy/

Facebook: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/08/15/facebook-got-humans-to-listen-in-on-some-messenger-voice-chats/

Google and Apple: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/08/05/google-and-apple-suspend-contractor-access-to-voice-recordings/

Apple saying no to backdoor the San Bernadino terrorist’s iPhone: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/02/17/apple-says-no-to-iphone-backdoor-in-terror-case/

Sophos says No Backdoors: https://sophos.com/nobackdoors/

Phishing article Matt mentions: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/08/20/serious-security-phishing-in-the-cloud-the-freemium-way/

Matt, Ben and Mark did some RDP research: https://sophos.com/rdp

S2 Ep4 - iPhone holes, Android malware and romance scams by Sophos

The Naked Security podcast tells you how to keep crooks out of your home network, discusses whether the government should be able to read our private messages or not, and digs into the crooks behind the Baldr malware.

With Anna Brading, Paul Ducklin, Mark Stockley and Ben Jones.

This week's links:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/nas-vendors-hit-by-brute-force

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/ep-025-business-email-compromise

https://sophos.com/rdp

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/five-eyes-nations-demand-access

This week we discuss EvilGnome, leaky browser add ons and the latest on BlueKeep.

With Anna Brading, Paul Ducklin, Mark Stockley and Matt Boddy.

What we talked about this week:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/07/26/happy-sysadminday-2019/

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/happy-sysadminday-2019

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/evilgnome-linux-malware

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/rdp-bluekeep-exploit-shows-why

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/browser-plug-ins-peddled-personal-data

The Naked Security podcast - now in Series 2! This week we investigate whether FaceApp is as dangerous as they say, how to keep logic bombs out of your software, and how to help youngsters stay safe online.

With Anna Brading, Paul Ducklin, Mark Stockley and Matt Boddy.

What we talked about this week:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/faceapp-panic-sets-internet-alight

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/the-momo-challenge-urban-legend-what-on-earth-is-going-on/

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/how-my-instagram-account-got-hacked/

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/programmer-from-hell-plants-logic-bombs-to-guarantee-future-work/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEkoetCHVRY

https://twitter.com/NakedSecurity/status/1153627392965042176

https://twitter.com/NakedSecurity/status/1152171399001366528

The Naked Security podcast is back - in our brand new studio! We present our latest research into RDP security and just how quickly crooks can find you online.

Anna Brading talks to Matt Boddy, Ben Jones and Mark Stockley.

https://sophos.com/rdp