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Tag Archives: Vulnerability
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…
What’s that screenshot doing on Facebook? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Facebook, ransomware and updates to updates – all in 60 seconds! Our weekly video for 21 March 2015…
Double FREAK! A cryptographic bug that was found because of the FREAK bug
Researchers checking up on the state of FREAK patching turned up another bug as a result. Sometimes, finding programming mistakes requires serendipitous coincidences!
SSCC 190 – The CeBIT 2015 edition [PODCAST]
Recorded right on the Sophos booth at the CeBIT show in Hannover, Germany. Here’s the Fifth Anniversary edition of our weekly podcast…enjoy!
“Black Box” brouhaha breaks out over brute forcing of iPhone PIN lock
A brouhaha has broken out about a “Black Box” that can brute force your iPhone PIN by trying every possible combination, from 00..00 to 99..99. Apparently, it can even circumvent the “10 mistakes and you’re finished” test. Sort of…
Bank tests heartbeat-encoded wristbands for online authentication
Halifax is trialing the use of a wristband to store our ECGs, given that our hearts are random number generators unique to every individual. 
If you hammer your RAM, won’t that break it? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
From CPUs on fire to hammered memory modules – here’s our latest 60 Second Security video! Why not give it a try…
Reboot loop! Microsoft update to fix an old update ends up breaking a new update…
O! What a tangled web we weave! Microsoft reissued a broken update from back in October 2014…and promptly broke a new update from March 2015.