SSCC 126 – Zero-day, Bitcoins, passwords and randomness [PODCAST]

Sophos Security Chet Chat – Episode 126 – Dec 2, 2013

News, opinion, advice and research!

Here’s our latest security podcast, featuring Sophos experts and Naked Security writers Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin.

The Chet Chat is produced weekly in a quarter-hour format, and gives you an informative and entertaining take on the latest security news.

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Stories covered in Chet Chat Episode 126

• Microsoft warns of zero-day XP kernel bug being exploited in the wild
• Bitcoin online bank robbery – “because that’s where the money is”
• Bitcoin millionaire throws $7.5m virtual currency in the bin
• Only 24% of Europeans use different passwords for different websites
• Drupal security update fixes a laundry list of problems, including “predictable random numbers”

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