May 22, 2020

The ransomware that attacks you from inside a virtual machine

In a recent attack, Ragnar Locker ransomware was seen encrypting victim's files while shielded from security software inside a virtual machine.

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May 15, 2020

How scammers abuse Google Search’s open redirect feature

Google Search uses open redirects by design, which is handy if you're a scammer trying to hide an iffy-looking URL.

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April 20, 2020

New sextortion scam: “High level of risk. Your account has been hacked.”

The latest sextortion emails try to fool you with technical terms they hope you won't understand.

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March 11, 2020

S2 Ep30: Let’s Encrypt, ULTRASOUND attacks, backups for ransom – Naked Security Podcast

Listen to the latest episode now!

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November 01, 2019

S2 Ep15: City under attack! VPN hacked, floppies nixed

The latest episode of the Naked Security podcast is out now!

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August 06, 2019

Baldr malware unpicked with a little help from crooks’ bad opsec

New research from Sophos takes an exhaustive look at the Baldr password stealer.

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August 05, 2019

FileZilla fixes show how far we’ve come since Heartbleed

What have seven security fixes in FileZilla got to do with 2014's Heartbleed bug?

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July 26, 2019

Happy SysAdminDay 2019!

Hey sysadmin, nice tee.

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July 23, 2019

Programmer from hell plants logic bombs to guarantee future work

At some dark moment, have you ever wondered: what if the programmers are adding the bugs deliberately?

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