SSCC 191 – Live in Ljubljana [PODCAST]

Chester is on the road again, this time to present at a conference in Slovenia. So this episode of the Chet Chat comes to you from an al fresco café in downtown Ljubljana…

“Pwn2Own” competition pops Flash, Reader and four browsers, pays out over $550K [POLL]

Pwn2Own has become something of an institution on the North American computer security conference circuit. Come and vote in our poll to tell us what you think of security contests like this…

Anatomy of a browser dilemma – how HSTS ‘supercookies’ make you choose between privacy or security

HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is supposed to keep you more secure online, but it could be used to track you against your will. Mark Stockley explains…

SSCC 183 – It’s Data Privacy Day! Do something! [PODCAST]

From Apple’s latest OS X and iOS updates to Data Privacy Day – listen, learn and enjoy!

SSCC 180 – Surely zero-days come from cybercrooks, not from Silicon Valley? [PODCAST]

Enjoy the first 2015 episode of our popular weekly security podcast. In this episode: zero-day politics, leaky security features, Bitcoin news, and a shout out to our New Year #sophospuzzle winners!

SSCC 170 – Is the best time to shop at a store right after it has a breach? [PODCAST]

Here’s the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski, John Shier and Paul Ducklin as they turn news into advice…

Apple kills the POODLE – also fixes Shellshock in case you forgot

Apple just shipped OS X 10.10 Yosemite – including a fix for the POODLE vulnerability. Mavericks and Mountain Lion also got updates to kill the POODLE. As for Lion, now three releases off the pace…bad news.

SSCC 166 – A sleeping bag and a camping stove to queue for an iPhone? [PODCAST]

For your listening pleasure! Here’s the latest episode in our weekly podcast series…

DuckDuckGoAway: China blocks privacy-oriented search engine

Getting selected as the default private search engine for Apple’s Safari browser has been a boon for young search engine DuckDuckGo. But it may well have tainted the search engine in the eyes of the Apple-leery Chinese government.