Naked Security

The Naked Security podcast tells you how to make your web signup forms safer, explains how Android phones can be used as security tokens, and looks into a Facebook "hidden message" that escaped into the wild..

With Anna Brading. Paul Ducklin and Matthew Boddy.

This week's links:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/serious-security-how-web-forms-can-steal

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/android-phones-transformed-into-anti-phishing

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/facebook-admits-supply-chain-data-leak

Music by: https://purple-planet.com/

The Naked Security podcast reveals how long you can expect to go unnoticed online, explains why we still have applications where every bit matters, and comes up with a new vocabulary for "data loss" on the scale of MySpace's music file implosion.

With Anna Brading, Paul Ducklin, Matthew Boddy and Benedict Jones.

This week's links:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/knock-and-dont-run

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/ep-025

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/serious-security-gps-week-rollover

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/myspace-songs-come-back

Music by: https://purple-planet.com/

The Naked Security podcast looks into the annoying problem of bloatware on Android phones, explains a zero-day bug in a TP-Link router and how it turned into bad PR, and gives you advice on how to keep crooks out of your web server.

With Anna Brading, Paul Ducklin, Matthew Boddy and Benedict Jones.

This week's links:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/preinstalled-android-software

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/tp-link-router-zero-day

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/supermarket-patches-its-web

Music by: https://purple-planet.com/

The Naked Security podcast explains how to avoid losing money to the cybercrime known as BEC, or Business Email Compromise, and gives you tips on what to look out for when you plug new devices into your network.

With Paul Ducklin, Matthew Boddy and Benedict Jones.

This week's links:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/fbi-arrests-74-in-global-business-email-compromise-takedown

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/why-you-should-be-cautious-of-emails-from-friends-or-colleagues

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/7-tips-for-securing-the-internet-of-things

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/what-if-your-security-camera-were-an-insecurity-camera

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/upnp-flaws-turn-millions-of-firewalls-into-doorstops

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https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-xg-firewall-home-edition.aspx

Music by: https://purple-planet.com/

In this Naked Security podcast, we explain how to handle sextortion, look at techniques for getting rid of malvertising, and discuss the things that make randomness hard.

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

This week's stories:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/final-warning-email

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/cia-bribery-scam

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/sextortion-whats-new

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/chrome-will-soon-block-drive-by

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/serious-security-when-randomness-isnt

How to report cybercrime online:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/beware-sextortionists/#comment-5621990

Music by: https://purple-planet.com/

This week, the Naked Security Podcast tries to figure out where Mark Zuckerberg's new "Facebook Privacy Promise" is going, and digs into both the technical and community aspects of a recent Chrome zero-day bug.

With Anna Brading, Mark Stockley and Matthew Boddy.

This week's stories:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/study-throws-security-shade-on-freelance

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/zuck-says-facebook-is-becoming-more-privacy-focused

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/serious-chrome-zero-day-google-says-update

Music by: https://purple-planet.com/

The Naked Security podcast explains why storing plaintext passwords is an unnecessary evil, investigates a cryptocurrency spat between a software maker and a disgruntled user, and tells you some earnest but unpopular truths about how to keep your children safe online.

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

This week's stories:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/millions-of-utilities-customers-passwords-stored-in-plain-text

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/disgruntled-dev-blames-crypto-wallet-for-losing-cryptocoins

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

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/the-momo-challenge-why-its-time-to-stop-the-hype

Related links:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/serious-security-how-to-store-your-users-passwords-safely

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/the-passwordless-web-explained

Music by: https://purple-planet.com/

The Naked Security podcast investigates a massive medical data blunder, tells you how NOT to do vulnerability disclosure, and asked whether password managers do more harm than good.

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

This week's stories:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/milions-of-private-medical-calls-exposed

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/virus-attack-hackers-unleash

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/password-managers-leaking-data

Music by: https://purple-planet.com/

The Naked Security podcast explains the recent security hole in Linux products such as Docker and Kubernetes, ponders whether Apple's insistence on 2FA for developers will bring rogue apps under control, and tells you whether to worry about booby-trapped USB cables.

With Anna Brading, Paul Ducklin and Greg Iddon.

This week's stories:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/linux-container-bug-could-eat-your-server

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com//apple-fighting-pirate-app-developers

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/evil-usb-o-mg-cable

Music by: https://purple-planet.com/

The Naked Security podcast pokes a stick into the latest critical security bugs in Android, investigates the dubious art of iOS screenshots you didn't take yourself, and marvels at the USB drive that survived a seal's digestive tract.

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

This week's stories:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/android-vulnerabilities-open-pie

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/iphone-apps-record-your-screen

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/anyone-want-to-lay-claim-to-the-usb

Music by: https://purple-planet.com/