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Why government plans to spy on WhatsApp will fail

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Paul Ducklin

After last week’s attack in London, the home secretary called on television for cryptographic regression – but that won’t deliver what she wants Continue reading Why government plans to spy on WhatsApp will fail→

Posted in amber rudd, backdoors, Cryptography, Government security, No Backdoors, privacy, terrorism, Westminster attack, Whatsapp

Global spam volume goes back up to deliver huge pump-and-dump scam

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Paul Ducklin

Recently, global spam volumes plunged, but they’re back up, at least for now, with a huge pump-and-dump stock scam. Continue reading Global spam volume goes back up to deliver huge pump-and-dump scam→

Posted in botnet, necurs, pump and dump, Scam, Spam, stock scam, zombie

If Friday’s an 0-day, what about the weekend? [Chet Chat Podcast 260]

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Paul Ducklin

Enjoy the latest episode of our regular security podcast with Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin Continue reading If Friday’s an 0-day, what about the weekend? [Chet Chat Podcast 260]→

Posted in Exploit, Google, SBN, Technology

Swastikas all over Twitter – what you need to do

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Paul Ducklin

When Amnesty International calls Dutch people “Nazis” on Twitter, you know something went wrong. Here’s how to stop it happening to you. Continue reading Swastikas all over Twitter – what you need to do→

Posted in Hack, privacy, swastika, TURKEY, twitter, Twitter Counter, Vulnerability

How a serious Apache vulnerability struts its stuff

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Paul Ducklin

Officially it’s CVE-2017-5638, but in practice it’s “the bug in Apache Struts you really should have patched by now”. Here’s why… Continue reading How a serious Apache vulnerability struts its stuff→

Posted in Exploit, SBN, Vulnerability

Wikileaks says CIA does CYA, reinvents the ‘Boss’ key from 1992

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Paul Ducklin

Want to be a CIA field agent? It’s important to keep up appearances, just as you would at a fine dining restaurant. Continue reading Wikileaks says CIA does CYA, reinvents the ‘Boss’ key from 1992→

Posted in SBN

Honey, I Wiretapped the Kids [Chet Chat Podcast 259]

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Paul Ducklin

Here’s our latest security podcast – enjoy! Continue reading Honey, I Wiretapped the Kids [Chet Chat Podcast 259]→

Posted in apple, chet chat, Chrome, CloudPets, Cryptography, data breach, Google, IoT, Mac, Podcast, Ransomware, SHA-1, sophos security chet chat, sscc, Technology, TLS

Satan ransomware: old name, new business model

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Paul Ducklin

Malware families with occultic names aren’t new, but this ‘Satan’ has a new business model for ransomware: royalties. Continue reading Satan ransomware: old name, new business model→

Posted in CaaS, crimeware, Ransomware, satan

Satan ransomware: old name, new business model

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Paul Ducklin

Malware families with occultic names aren’t new, but this ‘Satan’ has a new business model for ransomware: royalties. Continue reading Satan ransomware: old name, new business model→

Posted in CaaS, crimeware, Ransomware, satan

Secrets of the Filecode ransomware revealed

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Paul Ducklin

Cryptography can be fun! Our resident cryptosplainer Paul Ducklin shows how to recover from the Filecode ransomware without paying up. Continue reading Secrets of the Filecode ransomware revealed→

Posted in SBN

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