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

Posted on October 17, 2014 by nocrackingzone

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 167 – Avoiding the shock of Shellshock (and more!) [PODCAST]

Posted on October 3, 2014 by nocrackingzone

Here’s the latest episode of our weekly Chet Chat podcast! Shellshock leads the list, of course, but Snapchat, cybersecurity awareness and the iPhone 6 all get a look in too…

Apple patches OS X against Shellshock

Posted on September 30, 2014 by nocrackingzone

If you’re a Mac user, you may have felt wrongfully left out of all the Shellshock kerfuffle over the past few days. Not any more!

Are you tired of weak or fake zero-day exploits? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

Posted on September 27, 2014 by nocrackingzone

Watch our latest 60 Second Security video! An entertaining but insightful look at the week’s security woes – in just one minute…

Apple ships a sevenfold security surprise, including iOS 8 and OS X 10.9.5

Posted on September 18, 2014 by nocrackingzone

Apple doesn’t have Patch Tuesdays, but it does have Update Surprisedays. We just had one of them, with brand new and more secure versions of iOS, OS X and Safari.

SSCC 164 – Spend Bitcoins using Apple Pay? NOW you’ve got me interested! [PODCAST]

Posted on September 11, 2014 by nocrackingzone

Here’s this week’s Sophos Security Chet Chat for your listening pleasure. Our weekly computer security podcast with the News You Can Use…

SSCC161 – What do you mean, “Trade him for Edward Snowden”? [PODCAST]

Posted on August 21, 2014 by nocrackingzone

Here’s the latest Chet Chat security podcast! Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin once again turn plain old news into advice you can use.