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In this episode: a zero-day bug in Chrome for Android, the imminent death of Adobe Flash, the evolution of "Malware-as-a-service", and the malware risks from image search. WHERE TO FIND THE PODCAST ONLINE. You can listen to us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast and anywhere that good podcasts are found.

This week: Facebook scammers trick you with fake copyright notices, voice scammers automate their attacks on the vulnerable, how to tune up your mobile privacy, and the best/worst IT helpdesk call ever. WHERE TO FIND THE PODCAST ONLINE. You can listen to us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast and anywhere that good podcasts are found.

This week: the DOJ's attempt to reignite the Battle to Break Encryption; the story of the Russian hackers behind the Sandworm Team; a zero-day bug just patched in Chrome; and why your vocabulary needs the word "Restore" even more than it needs "Backup". WHERE TO FIND THE PODCAST ONLINE. You can listen to us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast and anywhere that good podcasts are found.

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 find the source of mysterious beeping from every computer in the office. WHERE TO FIND THE PODCAST ONLINE. You can listen to us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast and anywhere that good podcasts are found.

Join us for the first episode in the brand new Series 3 of our Naked Security Podcast. This week we wonder whether Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a waste of time, explain the concept of "Linkless phishing", ask if it's ever OK to pay a ransomware demand, and advise what to do when the CEO won't stop looking at naughty sites.

We're back! Series 3 of the Naked Security Podcast will be out this week. I'm back on the show, joined for Series 3 by my colleagues Kimberly Truong and Doug Aamoth.

Rew Ginter, VP Industrial Security at Waterfall Security Solutions, talks about the differing priorities between IT and OT security teams as industrial control systems become connected. Information technology and operational technology may have many of the same objectives - but too often they don't see eye-to-eye when it comes to top priorities, said Andrew Ginter, VP Industrial Security at Waterfall Security Solutions.

Derek Manky, Chief, Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances at Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs, discusses the top threats and lessons learned from the first half of 2020. With the coronavirus pandemic breaking out, and corporate workforces going remote, "Uncertainty is a key word" for 2020, Derek Manky, Chief, Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances at Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs, said.

Let's just start with the big question here: Would you use a contact tracing app and why or why not? Contact tracing is something still done by people in lab coats, and you know, something that you might see maybe in the movies, and it can be supported by exposure notifications, like an app on the phone.

The latest Naked Security podcast is out now!