August 25, 2022

S3 Ep97: Did your iPhone get pwned? How would you know? [Audio + Text]

Latest episode - listen now! (Or read the transcript if you prefer the text version.)

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May 19, 2020

Apple “MagicPairing” for AirPods – the magic isn’t perfect yet

Apple's efforts to overcome the limitations of Bluetooth is a proprietary system called MagicPairing, but there are flaws in the magic.

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January 27, 2020

Instagram CEO’s homes were targetted by SWATters

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri's houses were surrounded by SWAT teams after hoax phone calls claimed hostages were being held there.

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August 19, 2019

Multiple HTTP/2 DoS flaws found by Netflix

Netflix has identified several denial of service (DoS) flaws in HTTP/2, a popular network protocol that underpins large parts of the web. Exploiting them could bring servers grinding to a halt.

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August 15, 2019

Serious flaws in six printer brands discovered, fixed

There are many ways to compromise company data, but IT teams often overlook one of the most serious: the humble printer.

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June 19, 2019

Netflix researcher spots TCP SACK flaws in Linux and FreeBSD

Three vulnerabilities in the FreeBSD and Linux kernels could allow attackers to induce a denial-of-service by clogging networking I/O.

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August 21, 2018

Serious Security: How to stop dodgy HTTP headers clogging your website

It's been dubbed ReDos, for Regular Expression Denial of Service - where a few rogue HTTP requests could clog your whole site.

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October 24, 2016

Dyn DDoS – what can we do right now to help prevent the next attack?

In the wake of the Dyn attack, let's make it harder for the crooks to co-opt us into helping them...

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February 11, 2015

“Most adorable bug” – Raspberry Pi 2 crashes when you take a photo of it

It's not buggy, it's camera-shy! The tiny, budget Raspberry Pi faints when you flash a photo of it, and it's likewise not keen on laser pointers.

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