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Now displaying: February, 2019
Feb 26, 2019

This week, millions of utility customers passwords stored in plain text, Google ditches passwords in latest android devices, online validation services vulnerable to digital signature spoofing attacks, flaws in 4G and 5G allow snooping on calls, and TurboTax hit with credential stuffing attack and tax returns were compromised! Nicholas Sciberras from Acunetix joins us for expert commentary on how hackers created social media work after a bug report was ignored!

 

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Feb 19, 2019

This week, Google paid out $3.4 million for vulnerabilities reported in 2018, hackers target WordPress sites via WP cost estimation plugin, Facebook paid $25,000 for CSRF exploit that leads to Account Takeover, and PoC Exploit Code for recent container escape flaw in runc published online! Jason Wood from Paladin Security joins us for expert commentary on Apple being sued over their two factor authentication!

 

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Feb 12, 2019

This week, your Lenovo X is watching you & sharing information, a client-side DNS attack emerges from academic research, a macOS vulnerability leaks safari data, hackers hit VFEmail & wipe US servers and backups, and a check-in system flaw puts major airlines at risk! Jason Wood from Paladin Security joins us for expert commentary on how fraudsters are scamming teenage 'money mules' on Instagram and Snapchat!

 

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Feb 6, 2019

This week, roughly 500,000 Ubiquiti devices may be affected by a flaw already exploited in the wild, Outlaw Shellbot infects Linux servers to mine for Monero, Apple's Siri shortcuts feature vulnerable to abuse, Google's new Chrome extension warns you about stolen passwords, and Google patches critical .png image bug! David Pearson from Awake Security joins us for expert commentary on recent news around Japan performing an IoT pentest on their public IPs!

 

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