February 02, 2023

S3 Ep120: When dud crypto simply won’t let go [Audio + Text]

Latest episode - listen now!

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January 30, 2023

Serious Security: The Samba logon bug caused by outdated crypto

Enjoy our Serious Security deep dive into this real-world example of why cryptographic agility is important!

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July 27, 2022

Critical Samba bug could let anyone become Domain Admin – patch now!

It's a serious bug... but there's a fix for it, so you know exactly what to do!

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November 12, 2021

Samba update patches plaintext password plundering problem

When Microsoft itself says STOP USING X, where X is one of its own protocols... we think you should listen.

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July 09, 2018

Smart TVs are spying on you through your phone

Smart TVs in millions of homes are using other devices on the same network in order to snitch on everything you watch and everywhere you go.

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July 19, 2017

Windows security hole – the “Orpheus’ Lyre” attack explained

A long-standing bug in the network authentication protocol called Kerberos led to a security hole in Windows, Linux and more.

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May 29, 2017

What do you mean, ‘Windows bug in Linux’? [Chet Chat Podcast 261]

The Chet Chat is back! Join us for the latest episode of our popular security podcast.

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May 26, 2017

Samba exploit – not quite WannaCry for Linux, but patch anyway!

SMB is the Windows networking protocol, so SMB security holes like the one that led to WannaCry can't happen on Linux/Unix, right? Wrong!

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April 12, 2016

Badlock revealed – probably not as bad as you thought

Stand down from red alert! "Badlock", a security hole announced in the most publicly secret way in March 2016, has now been patched.

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