Johnny Ball is famous for knowing many things, so who better to tell you how to keep your computer safe from online fraud. Johnny's guides contain all you need to know about internet and email security. There are four wisdom-packed episodes to download onto your computer and portable audio player.
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A brief daily summary of what is important in information security. The podcast is published every weekday and designed to get you ready for the day with a brief, usually 5 minutes long summary of current network security related events. The content is late breaking, educational and based on listener input as well as on input received by the SANS Internet Storm Center. You may submit questions and comments via our contact form at https://isc.sans.edu/contact.html .
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Internet safety, security, and digital parenting tips. You'll learn about protecting kids online (cybersafety), and general digital security and privacy (for adults as well as kids). https://DefendingDigital.com
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SANS Stormcast Friday Mar 7th: Chrome vs Extensions; Kibana Update; PrePw0n3d Android TV Sticks; Identifying APTs (@sans_edu, Eric LeBlanc)
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Latest Google Chrome Update Encourages UBlock Origin Removal The latest update to Google Chrome not only disabled the UBlock Origin ad blocker, but also guides users to uninstall the extension instead of re-enabling it. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2025/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1j2…
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SANS Stormcast Friday Mar 7th: Chrome vs Extensions; Kibana Update; PrePw0n3d Android TV Sticks; Identifying APTs (@sans_edu, Eric LeBlanc) (#)
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SANS Stormcast Friday Mar 7th: Chrome vs Extensions; Kibana Update; PrePw0n3d Android TV Sticks; Identifying APTs (@sans_edu, Eric LeBlanc) Latest Google Chrome Update Encourages UBlock Origin Removal The latest update to Google Chrome not only disabled the UBlock Origin ad blocker, but also guides users to uninstall the extension instead of re-ena…
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SANS Stormcast Thursday Mar 6th: DShield ELK Analysis; Jailbreaking AMD CPUs; VIM Vulnerability; Snail Mail Ransomware
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DShield Traffic Analysis using ELK The "DShield SIEM" includes an ELK dashboard as part of the Honeypot. Learn how to find traffic of interest with this tool. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/DShield%20Traffic%20Analysis%20using%20ELK/31742 Zen and the Art of Microcode Hacking Google released details, including a proof of concept exploit, showing how to …
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SANS Stormcast Thursday Mar 6th: DShield ELK Analysis; Jailbreaking AMD CPUs; VIM Vulnerability; Snail Mail Ransomware (#)
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SANS Stormcast Thursday Mar 6th: DShield ELK Analysis; Jailbreaking AMD CPUs; VIM Vulnerability; Snail Mail Ransomware DShield Traffic Analysis using ELK The "DShield SIEM" includes an ELK dashboard as part of the Honeypot. Learn how to find traffic of interest with this tool. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/DShield%20Traffic%20Analysis%20using%20ELK/31…
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SANS Stormcast Wednesday Mar 5th: SMTP Credential Hunt; mac-robber.py update; ADSelfService Plus Account Takeover; Android Patch Day; PayPal Scams; VMWare Escape Fix
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Romanian Distillery Scanning for SMTP Credentials A particular attacker expanded the scope of their leaked credential file scans. In addition to the usual ".env" style files, it is not looking for specific SMTP related credential files. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Romanian%20Distillery%20Scanning%20for%20SMTP%20Credentials/31736 Tool Updates: mac-ro…
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SANS Stormcast Wednesday Mar 5th: SMTP Credential Hunt; mac-robber.py update; ADSelfService Plus Account Takeover; Android Patch Day; PayPal Scams; VMWare Escape Fix (#)
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SANS Stormcast Wednesday Mar 5th: SMTP Credential Hunt; mac-robber.py update; ADSelfService Plus Account Takeover; Android Patch Day; PayPal Scams; VMWare Escape Fix Romanian Distillery Scanning for SMTP Credentials A particular attacker expanded the scope of their leaked credential file scans. In addition to the usual ".env" style files, it is not…
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SANS Stormcast Tuesday Mar 4th: Mark of the Web Details; Sharepint and Click-Fix Phishing; Paragon Partionmanager BYOVD Exploit
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Mark of the Web: Some Technical Details Windows implements the "Mark of the Web" (MotW) as an alternate data stream that contains not just the "zoneid" of where the file came from, but may include other data like the exact URL and referrer. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Mark%20of%20the%20Web%3A%20Some%20Technical%20Details/31732 Havoc Sharepoint with …
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SANS Stormcast Tuesday Mar 4th: Mark of the Web Details; Sharepint and Click-Fix Phishing; Paragon Partionmanager BYOVD Exploit (#)
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SANS Stormcast Tuesday Mar 4th: Mark of the Web Details; Sharepint and Click-Fix Phishing; Paragon Partionmanager BYOVD Exploit Mark of the Web: Some Technical Details Windows implements the "Mark of the Web" (MotW) as an alternate data stream that contains not just the "zoneid" of where the file came from, but may include other data like the exact…
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SANS Stormcast Monday Mar 3rd: AI Training Data Leaks; MITRE Caldera Vuln; modsecurity bypass
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Common Crawl includes Common Leaks The "Common Crawl" dataset, a large dataset created by spidering website, contains as expected many API keys and other secrets. This data is often used to train large language models https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/research-finds-12-000-live-api-keys-and-passwords-in-deepseek-s-training-data Github Repositories E…
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SANS Stormcast Monday Mar 3rd: AI Training Data Leaks; MITRE Caldera Vuln; modsecurity bypass (#)
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SANS Stormcast Monday Mar 3rd: AI Training Data Leaks; MITRE Caldera Vuln; modsecurity bypass Common Crawl includes Common Leaks The "Common Crawl" dataset, a large dataset created by spidering website, contains as expected many API keys and other secrets. This data is often used to train large language models https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/resea…
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SANS Stormcast Friday Feb 28th: Njrat devtunnels.ms; Apple FindMe Abuse; XSS Exploited; @sans_edu Ben Powell EDR vs. Ransomware
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Njrat Compaign Using Microsoft dev Tunnels: A recent version of the Njrat remote admin tool is taking advantage of Microsoft's developer tunnels (devtunnels.ms) as a command and control channel. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Njrat%20Campaign%20Using%20Microsoft%20Dev%20Tunnels/31724 NrootTag Apple FindMy Abuse Malware could use a weakness in the keys …
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SANS Stormcast Friday Feb 28th: Njrat devtunnels.ms; Apple FindMe Abuse; XSS Exploited; @sans_edu Ben Powell EDR vs. Ransomware (#)
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SANS Stormcast Friday Feb 28th: Njrat devtunnels.ms; Apple FindMe Abuse; XSS Exploited; @sans_edu Ben Powell EDR vs. Ransomware Njrat Compaign Using Microsoft dev Tunnels: A recent version of the Njrat remote admin tool is taking advantage of Microsoft's developer tunnels (devtunnels.ms) as a command and control channel. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/…
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SANS Stormcast Thursday Feb 27th: High Exfil Ports; Malicious VS Code Theme; Developer Workstation Safety; NAKIVO PoC; OpenH264 and rsync vuln;
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Attacker of of Ephemeral Ports Attackers often use ephermeral ports to reach out to download additional resources or exfiltrate data. This can be used, with care, to detect possible compromises. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/%5BGuest%20Diary%5D%20Malware%20Source%20Servers%3A%20The%20Threat%20of%20Attackers%20Using%20Ephemeral%20Ports%20as%20Service%2…
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SANS Stormcast Thursday Feb 27th: High Exfil Ports; Malicious VS Code Theme; Developer Workstation Safety; NAKIVO PoC; OpenH264 and rsync vuln; (#)
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SANS Stormcast Thursday Feb 27th: High Exfil Ports; Malicious VS Code Theme; Developer Workstation Safety; NAKIVO PoC; OpenH264 and rsync vuln; Attacker of of Ephemeral Ports Attackers often use ephermeral ports to reach out to download additional resources or exfiltrate data. This can be used, with care, to detect possible compromises. https://isc…
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SANS Stormcast Wednesday Feb 26th: M365 Infostealer Botnet; Mixing OpenID Keys; Malicious Medical Image Apps
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Massive Botnet Targets M365 with Password Spraying A large botnet is targeting service accounts in M365 with credentials stolen by infostealer malware. https://securityscorecard.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MassiveBotnet-Report_022125_03.pdf Mixing up Public and Private Keys in OpenID The complex OpenID specificiation and the flexibility it suppo…
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SANS Stormcast Wednesday Feb 26th: M365 Infostealer Botnet; Mixing OpenID Keys; Malicious Medical Image Apps (#)
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SANS Stormcast Wednesday Feb 26th: M365 Infostealer Botnet; Mixing OpenID Keys; Malicious Medical Image Apps Massive Botnet Targets M365 with Password Spraying A large botnet is targeting service accounts in M365 with credentials stolen by infostealer malware. https://securityscorecard.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MassiveBotnet-Report_022125_03.p…
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SANS Stormcast Tuesday Feb 25th: Unfurl Updates; Google Ditches SMS; Paypal Phish; Exim, libXML, Parallels Vuln
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Unfurl Update Released Unfurl released an Update fixing a few bugs and adding support to decode BlueSky URLs. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Unfurl%20v2025.02%20released/31716 Google Confirms GMail To Ditch SMS Code Authentication Google no longer considers SMS authentication save enough for GMail. Instead, it pushes users to use Passkeys, or QR code b…
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SANS Stormcast Tuesday Feb 25th: Unfurl Updates; Google Ditches SMS; Paypal Phish; Exim, libXML, Parallels Vuln (#)
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SANS Stormcast Tuesday Feb 25th: Unfurl Updates; Google Ditches SMS; Paypal Phish; Exim, libXML, Parallels Vuln Unfurl Update Released Unfurl released an Update fixing a few bugs and adding support to decode BlueSky URLs. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Unfurl%20v2025.02%20released/31716 Google Confirms GMail To Ditch SMS Code Authentication Google no l…
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SANS Stormcast Monday Feb 24th: sigs.py update; Google Introdusing Quantum Safe Sigs; MSFT Update Win 11 issues; LTE/5G Vulns;
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Tool Update: Sigs.py Jim updates sigs.py. The tool verifies hashes for files and automatically recognizes what hash is used. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Tool%20update%3A%20sigs.py%20-%20added%20check%20mode/31706 Google Announcing Quantum Safe Digital Signatures in Cloud KMS Google announced the option to use quantum safe digital signatures for its …
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SANS Stormcast Monday Feb 24th: sigs.py update; Google Introdusing Quantum Safe Sigs; MSFT Update Win 11 issues; LTE/5G Vulns; (#)
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SANS Stormcast Monday Feb 24th: sigs.py update; Google Introdusing Quantum Safe Sigs; MSFT Update Win 11 issues; LTE/5G Vulns; Tool Update: Sigs.py Jim updates sigs.py. The tool verifies hashes for files and automatically recognizes what hash is used. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Tool%20update%3A%20sigs.py%20-%20added%20check%20mode/31706 Google Anno…
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SANS Stormcast Friday Feb 21st: Kibana Queries; Mongoose Injection; U-Boot Flaws; Unifi Protect Camera Vulnerabilities; Protecting Network Devices as Endpoint (Austin Clark @sans_edu)
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Using ES|QL In Kibana to Query DShield Honeypot Logs Using the "Elastic Search Piped Query Language" to query DShield honeypot logs https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Using%20ES%7CQL%20in%20Kibana%20to%20Queries%20DShield%20Honeypot%20Logs/31704 Mongoose Flaws Put MongoDB at risk The Object Direct Mapping library Mongoose suffers from an injection vulnerab…
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SANS Stormcast Friday Feb 21st: Kibana Queries; Mongoose Injection; U-Boot Flaws; Unifi Protect Camera Vulnerabilities; Protecting Network Devices as Endpoint (Austin Clark @sans_edu) (#)
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SANS Stormcast Friday Feb 21st: Kibana Queries; Mongoose Injection; U-Boot Flaws; Unifi Protect Camera Vulnerabilities; Protecting Network Devices as Endpoint (Austin Clark @sans_edu) Using ES|QL In Kibana to Query DShield Honeypot Logs Using the "Elastic Search Piped Query Language" to query DShield honeypot logs https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Using%2…
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SANS Stormcast Wednesday Feb 20th: XWorm Cocktail; Quantum Computing Breakthrough; Signal Phishing
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XWorm Cocktail: A Mix of PE data with PowerShell Code Quick analysis of an interesting XWrom sample with powershell code embedded inside an executable https://isc.sans.edu/diary/XWorm+Cocktail+A+Mix+of+PE+data+with+PowerShell+Code/31700 Microsoft's Majorana 1 Chip Carves New Path for Quantum Computing Microsoft announced a breack through in Quantum…
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SANS Stormcast Wednesday Feb 20th: XWorm Cocktail; Quantum Computing Breakthrough; Signal Phishing (#)
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SANS Stormcast Wednesday Feb 20th: XWorm Cocktail; Quantum Computing Breakthrough; Signal Phishing XWorm Cocktail: A Mix of PE data with PowerShell Code Quick analysis of an interesting XWrom sample with powershell code embedded inside an executable https://isc.sans.edu/diary/XWorm+Cocktail+A+Mix+of+PE+data+with+PowerShell+Code/31700 Microsoft's Ma…
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SANS Stormcast Tuesday Feb 19th: ModelScan AI Model Security; OpenSSH Vuln; Juniper Patches; Dell BIOS Vulnerability
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ModelScan: Protection Against Model Serialization Attacks ModelScan is a tool to inspect AI models for deserialization attacks. The tool will detect suspect commands and warn the user. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/ModelScan%20-%20Protection%20Against%20Model%20Serialization%20Attacks/31692 OpenSSH MitM and DoS Vulnerabilities OpenSSH Patched two vuln…
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