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SSCC 95 - Oracle patches, lost USB sticks, App Store shenanigans and WiFi heists

Sophos Security Chet Chat

Chet and Duck take on the week's news once again in their inimitable and informative style.

You'll be glad to hear that there are several "good news" stories this week - data that didn't leak, malware that didn't infect, and cybercriminals who didn't get away with it!

Sophos Techknow - Patching: should you lead, follow, or get out of the way?

Sophos Techknow - Patching: should you lead, follow, or get out of the way?

Do you really need seven committee meetings and a 90-day waiting period before you update your computers with the latest patches?

Duck and Chet take on the challenges of security patches in this episode of the Techknow podcast.

SSCC 94 - internet meltdown, Microsoft's XML exploit patch, malware in the App Store, "a virus ate my homework" and password thefts galore

Sophos Security Chet Chat

Paul Ducklin joins Chet once again to discuss the latest security news. This week's topics include DNS Changer, Patch Tuesday, Find and Call, San Diego's fireworks fiasco and password breaches

SSCC 93 - Flame, LinkedIn, FISA, Patch Tuesday, border snooping and the BlueHat prize

Sophos Security Chet Chat

Michael Argast joins Chet once again to discuss Flame, LinkedIn, warrantless wiretapping, Patch Tuesday, border patrol spying and Microsoft's BlueHat prize.

SSCC 92 - Flame, Do Not Track, TACK, Conficker and Android security

Sophos Security Chet Chat

Michael Argast from Telus joined Chet once again to discuss the week's news. Topics covered include Flame malware, Do Not Track, TACK, Conficker and Sophos Mobile Security for Android.

SSCC 91 - Utah explains data breach, Facebook hacker jailed, FlashBack removal for Leopard, Pentagon expands data sharing

Sophos Security Chet Chat

This week's Chet Chat returns to our usual news format this week with guest Gary Korhonen (@hundredaire). Gary and Chet discuss the Utah data breach, Facebook hacker's prison term, OS X Leopard's FlashBack removal tool, Pentagon data sharing and Operation Phish Phry sentencing.

SSCC 90 - A walk around Interop 2012 with John Shier

SSCC 90 - A walk around Interop 2012 with John Shier

This week's Chet Chat comes to you live from the show floor at Interop 2012. John Shier and Chet Wisniewski have some fun and share highlights from the expo hall.

SSCC 89 - InfoSec Europe trends, tat and tales

Sophos Security Chet Chat

Chester Wisniewski and Chris Pace walk around the exhibition hall at this year's InfoSec Europe and share their insights on trends and some fantastic giveaways some vendors thought might grab your attention.

SSCC 87 - Mac botnet, Global Payments, Flash Player updater, AES-NI and cloud encryption

Sophos Security Chet Chat

David Schwartzberg is this week's guest on the Chet Chat to talk about the data breach at Global Payments, a new Mac botnet and Flash Player updating. David also explained the new AES-NI encryption acceleration in Intel chips and a new way to safely store files in the cloud.

SSCC 86 - online elections, "total internet disconnection", Facebook/privacy and PII for just 3c

SSCC 86 - on-line elections, "total internet disconnection", Facebook/privacy and PII for just 3c

In this week's episode, Paul Ducklin joins Chet to discuss online elections, "total internet disconnection", Facebook's new take on privacy, and PII at just 3c a hit.

As usual, Chet and Duck express strong opinions, with Duck even calling on those who are concerned about the erosion of online privacy "not to go quietly"...

SSCC 85 - FAA, Carberp arrests, RDP vulnerability and first HITECH fine

SSCC 85 - FFA, Carberp arrests, RDP vulnerability and first HITECH fine

In this week's episode John Shier joins Chet to discuss the review of electronic device usage on airplanes by the FAA, the arrests of the Carberp malware authors, the worm danger from the MS12-020 RDP vulberability and whether the time has come for encrypting more than just laptops and USB drives.

Sophos Techknow - Busting Password Myths

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Unlike the Chet Chat, where we cover a range of recent news items without much depth, in the Techknow programme we pick one topic and consider it in more detail.

So if you're one of the regular Chet Chat listeners who's been asking for this sort of podcast: here you are!

SSCC 84.66 - RSA conclusion, award winners, HB Gary and big data

SSCC 84.66 - RSA conclusion, award winners, HB Gary and big data

Chet and Duck say goodbye to San Francisco, thank their fellow bloggers for Naked Security winning the Best Corporate Security Blog, discuss their favorite stand and talk a bit about how "big data" plays with security.

SSCC 84.33 - RSA first impressions

Sophos Security Chet Chat

RSA special Chet Chat sharing Chester's and Duck's first impressions of the first day of the RSA 2012 conference in San Francisco.

SSCC 84 - Cookie-gate, laptop security advice, Stratfor malicious emails and Facebook hacker advice

Sophos Security Chet Chat

Paul Ducklin hosts this week's Chet Chat with the tables turned... Chet is the guest. They discussed the recent Google cookie-gate incident, House Intelligence Committee advice on using laptops while traveling and the malicious emails sent to leaked Stratfor subscriber email addresses.

SSCC 83 - Patch Tuesday, Apple app privacy and RSA

Sophos Security Chet Chat

This week's Chet Chat finds Paul Ducklin and Chester Wisniewski discussing the vulnerabilities patched this Tuesday in Microsoft, Adobe and Oracle products, mobile phone application privacy issues and upcoming events RSA and Anatomy of an Attack in Portland, OR and Wellington, NZ.

SSCC 82 - Sophos Security Threat Report, DMARC and mobile phone number leaks

Sophos Security Chet Chat

This week, Paul Ducklin joins Chet to talk about the Sophos Security Threat Report 2012, the new anti-phishing proposal known as DMARC and mobile phone numbers being leaked through HTTP headers at O2.

SSCC 79 - Smart meter privacy concerns, WiFi insecurity due to WPS and password hashes explained

Sophos Security Chet Chat

Paul Ducklin joins Chet for the first Chet Chat of 2012. This week they discuss the privacy implications of smart meters, the recent research showing how WiFi routers are vulnerable due to an easy setup feature and password hashes.

SSCC 76 - Michael Kaiser, NCSA and Rob Strayer chat about cyber security

Sophos Security Chet Chat

Chester interviews Michael Kaiser from the National Cyber Security Alliance and Rob Strayer from the Bipartisan Policy Center about National Cyber Security Awareness Month and our upcoming State of Cyber Security event.