by Paul Ducklin Here’s the latest episode of our weekly Naked Security Live video series. By the way, if you want to ask questions in real time while we’re online, we’d love you to join in live – just keep an eye on the @NakedSecurity Twitter feed or check our...
by Paul Ducklin In this episode, we investigate a smartwatch for kids with a creepy set of functions, discuss Microsoft’s short-lived takedown of Trickbot, explain how to avoid the Windows “Ping of Death” bug, and (oh no!) find the source of mysterious beeping from...
by Paul Ducklin The US Department of Justice (DOJ), together with government representatives from six other countries, has recently re-ignited the perennial Battle to Break Encryption. Last weekend, the DOJ put out a press release co-signed by the governments of the...
by Paul Ducklin Every time that critical patches come out for any operating system, device or app that we think you might be using, you can predict in advance what we’re going to say. Patch early, patch often. After all, why risk letting the crooks sneak in front of...
by Paul Ducklin If you nearly didn’t read this article because you thought the headline sounded like “Dinosaurs Still Extinct” or “Sun to Rise in East”… …then be aware that we nearly didn’t write it for the same reason. Bugs and vulnerabilities in...
by Paul Ducklin Good news, for a while at least. Microsoft went to US District Court for the greater good of all of us and came away with a court order permitting it to take over a whole raft of internet servers. The company was authorised to take over a wide range of...