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A million devices still vulnerable to ‘wormable’ RDP hole
An internet-wide scan has revealed almost one million devices vulnerable to CVE-2019-0708.
FBI burrowing into North Korea’s big bad botnet
The FBI revealed that it joined the Joanap botnet and started chewing it up from the inside.
Former virus writer open-sources his DIY combination lock-picking robot
Back in 2005, a youngster called Samy Kamkar wrote a JavaScript virus for MySpace. This time, he’s made a DIY lock-picking robot – and you can make one too, if you like.
Surely not the “Virus DESTROYS Computer” story again? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Our weekly fun-but-serious one-minute security video. Malware hype, FTC action and some ancient history (well, the LOVE BUG)… enjoy.
Memories of the LOVE BUG – 15 years ago today
It said “ILOVEYOU”, and it promised a harmless-looking text file. But it actually contained an email virus that got just about everywhere. Could something like this ever happen again?
SSCC 169 – Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the biggest breach of all? [PODCAST]
It’s Chet Chat time! Here’s this week’s episode of our news-you-can-use security podcast…
Mummy, my schoolbooks are spying on me! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our latest 60 Second Security video for your viewing pleasure. The wry side of the week’s news, in just a minute…
Return of the Android SMS virus – self-spreading “Selfmite” worm comes back for more
Back in June 2014, we wrote about an Android virus that worked a bit like the email worms of the early 2000s. Well, that Android virus has made a comeback, and this variant is both pushier and more flexible than before… 
SSCC 154: Fraud, viruses, patches and encryption (in that order!) [PODCAST]
Where does your country sit on the fraud list? Just how much can you trust SMSes on Android? Is Apple serious enough about iOS security? And will Google’s End-To-End email encryption plugin save the world? Find out with Chet and Duck in this week’s Chet Chat podcast…