January 19, 2023

S3 Ep118: Guess your password? No need if it’s stolen already! [Audio + Text]

As always: entertaining, informative and educational... and not bogged down with jargon! Listen (or read) now...

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May 19, 2022

S3 Ep83: Cracking passwords, patching Firefox, and Apple vulns [Podcast]

Latest episode - listen now!

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May 13, 2022

He sold cracked passwords for a living – now he’s serving 4 years in prison

Crooks don't need a password for every user on your network to break in and wreak havoc. One could be enough...

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January 14, 2020

Lottery hacker gets 9 months for his £5 cut of the loot

We don't care how little you made from your crimes, the judge said. We care that you went after an outfit that gives a ton to charities.

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January 20, 2019

Serious Security: What 2000 years of cryptography can teach us

Here's a fascinating history of cryptography that has plenty to teach you - and you don't need a degree in mathematics to follow along!

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May 24, 2018

FBI admits to inflating number of crime-related devices it can’t crack

Investigators can't get into 7,775 devices? Nah, the FBI admits: it's more like 1,200... or 2000... pending an audit, it's not really sure.

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March 03, 2017

Secrets of the Filecode ransomware revealed

Cryptography can be fun! Our resident cryptosplainer Paul Ducklin shows how to recover from the Filecode ransomware without paying up.

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January 24, 2017

Android Pattern Lock ‘can be cracked in five attempts’ – here’s what to do

Wait, what? Android's Pattern Lock can be easily cracked? Here's some advice to help you secure your phone

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November 24, 2015

How good will your passwords be this Black Friday?

On Black Friday and Cyber Monday, there will be lots of passwords entered, old ones reset, and new ones created - how good will yours be?

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