FIDO, the protocol behind Google’s Security Key, expected to lead the anti-password push
Fast Identification Online, or FIDO for short, is the key protocol behind the Google Security Key USB drive announced in
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Security Now 485: Expensive Lessons
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Poodle Bites (again!), TURLA – an APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) targeting Linux, and very
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Data sent between phones and smartwatches wide open to hackers
The growing number of smart devices that interoperates with smartphones could leave text messages, calendar entries, biometric data, and other
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Researchers say Poodle can be repurposed to attack TLS, 10 percent of the servers vulnerable
A couple of months after researchers at Google uncovered POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption), a vulnerability in a
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Iranian hackers have been targeting critical infrastructure for the last two years, says report
For the past two years, a Tehran, Iran-based hacker group has breached the computer networks of around 50 of the
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Sony Pictures hack gets uglier; North Korea won’t deny responsibility [Updated]
More evidence has emerged that makes the Sony Pictures hack look similar to a suspected attack on South Korean companies
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Stealthy, sophisticated ‘Regin’ malware has been infecting computers since 2008
Symantec researchers have identified a particularly sophisticated piece of malware, called “Regin” that was likely developed by a nation state
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Security Now 482: Your Questions, Steve’s Answers 201
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Dirtboxes spying on cellphones, an update for AT&T and Verizon’s Cellular Super-Cookie, worries about
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AT&T kills the ‘permacookie,’ stops tracking customers’ Internet usage (for now)
In recent weeks, Verizon and AT&T have been caught up in a privacy firestorm over their use of so-called “permacookies,”
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Chinese hackers suspected in USPS breach, data on every employee compromised
The FBI is investigating a data breach at the U.S. Postal Service in which employees’ personal data may have been