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5 Tips to Stay Private and Secure During a Protest
In episode 125 for June 15th 2020: Our top 5 tips for staying private and secure during a protest. ** Show notes and links mentioned on the show ** Privacy And Security ...
Apple’s Law Enforcement Backdoor Dispute, Signal PINs, EasyJet Data Breach
In episode 122 for May 25th 2020: Apple and the US Government dispute over law enforcement backdoors in Apple products, secure messaging app Signal starts to move away from using phone numbers ...
Signal Introduces PINs, Slowly Moves to End Reliance on Phone Numbers as Security Measure
The Signal messaging app is getting a new security feature called Signal PINs, allowing users to secure their cloud-stored information in a way not available to anyone else, and that includes the ...
COVID-19 Mass Surveillance, New Coronavirus Cyber-Attacks, Encryption Backdoors
In episode 113 for March 23rd 2020: Israel passes an emergency law to use mobile data to track people infected with COVID-19, the latest coronavirus cyber-attacks to be aware of, and how ...
Healthcare Databases Exposed, Facebook’s Photo API Bug, Signal Speaks Out – WB48
This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for December 24th 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Healthcare databases exposed, Facebook’s Photo API bug, and Signal speaks out. Silent ...
Microsoft and Apple Security Updates, Signal’s Sealed Sender, Girl Scouts Data Breach – WB41
This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for November 5th 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Microsoft and Apple security Updates, Signal’s sealed sender and the Girl Scouts ...
Russian Censorship of Telegram
Internet censors have a new strategy in their bid to block applications and websites: pressuring the large cloud providers that host them. These providers have concerns that are much broader than the ...
The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – Efail Vulnerabilities and PGP Encryption, Facebook’s App Investigation, Nest Password Notifications
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for May 21, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions, Silent Pocket and CISOBox. This episode ...
Signal Patches Code Injection Bug that Enabled Remote Code Execution
Signal patched a code injection vulnerability that by some means of exploitation enabled attackers to achieve remote code execution. The security team for the encrypted communications app, a program which has been ...
Signal App Delivers Timely Patch for Code Injection Vulnerability that Allows Remote Code Execution
A recent vulnerability in the Signal messaging application that enables encrypted communication between parties, could have enabled attackers to arbitrarily remotely execute code on the victim’s device without any user interaction. Security ...
