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Paul Ducklin

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Duck is a passionate security proselytiser. (That's like an evangelist, but more so!)

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Joined April 2010
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Paul Ducklin
12 hours
Apple zero-day anti-surveillance patch is out! Apple didnโ€™t explicitly say โ€œthis is part of the Paragon/Graphite spyware fixโ€โ€ฆ but get onto the update right away, whatever the untold parts of the story may be.
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Paul Ducklin
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RT @duckblog: ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: A firewall VPN bug that turns a multi-millennium cracking attack into the work of a few moments. Pleaseโ€ฆ
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Paul Ducklin
2 days
๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: A firewall VPN bug that turns a multi-millennium cracking attack into the work of a few moments. Please support sponsor โ˜€๏ธ @SolCyberMSS by trying out the awesome podcast "Tales From The SOC."
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Paul Ducklin
4 days
RT @duckblog: Firefox joins the AI frenzy... version 135.0 just dropped and "๐˜ˆ๐˜ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆโ€ฆ
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Paul Ducklin
5 days
RT @duckblog: Why "Code Red"? What is a "Salt Typhoon"? Does it matter? Fun with a serious and educational side. Read the full article onโ€ฆ
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Paul Ducklin
5 days
Firefox joins the AI frenzy... version 135.0 just dropped and "๐˜ˆ๐˜ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด." Fortunately it's opt-in (so far, anyway).
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Paul Ducklin
5 days
Why "Code Red"? What is a "Salt Typhoon"? Does it matter? Fun with a serious and educational side. Read the full article on the โ˜€๏ธ SolCyber site:
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Paul Ducklin
6 days
RT @duckblog: That WhatsApp attack: 0-click, 0-day, and 0-dear! Here's some actionable advice... news you can really use ๐Ÿ™‚ Read my full arโ€ฆ
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Paul Ducklin
6 days
RT @duckblog: Do you spend time bigging up artificial intelligence? Please choose your typefaces wisely! Or find a better name and abbreviaโ€ฆ
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Paul Ducklin
6 days
That WhatsApp attack: 0-click, 0-day, and 0-dear! Here's some actionable advice... news you can really use ๐Ÿ™‚ Read my full article on the โ˜€๏ธ @SolCyberMSS blog:
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Paul Ducklin
7 days
RT @duckblog: Two cybercrime forums known for selling crime-related wares including credentials and malware have been taken down. Cracked aโ€ฆ
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Paul Ducklin
7 days
Do you spend time bigging up artificial intelligence? Please choose your typefaces wisely! Or find a better name and abbreviation for your favourite hobby/business/fad. I keep thinking youโ€™re talking about a character in an old Paul Simon song.
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Paul Ducklin
8 days
RT @duckblog: "๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ/๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต." โ€” But what about cyberthreats and cybercriminals? Read mโ€ฆ
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Paul Ducklin
8 days
WhatsApp attack: 0-day, 0-click, Oh dear! This article actually gives you advice you can use if you think you need toโ€ฆ My articles at pducklin dot com are back:
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Paul Ducklin
8 days
RT @duckblog: ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: A sneaky BitLocker bypass called "BitPixie," which gets its name from PXE network booting, or pixie for sโ€ฆ
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Paul Ducklin
9 days
Two cybercrime forums known for selling crime-related wares including credentials and malware have been taken down. Cracked and Nulled are now offline, say both Europol and the US DOJ. Europol: US DOJ:
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Paul Ducklin
9 days
๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: A sneaky BitLocker bypass called "BitPixie," which gets its name from PXE network booting, or pixie for short. Please support our sponsor โ˜€๏ธ @SolCyberMSS by checking out their excellent blog:
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Paul Ducklin
11 days
"๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ/๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต." โ€” But what about cyberthreats and cybercriminals? Read my informative piece on the @SolCyberMSS blog:
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Paul Ducklin
13 days
RT @duckblog: ZERO-DAY ๐Ÿ˜ Apple's latest security fixes are out. There's an EoP 0-day, which means the crooks are already onto it. Settingsโ€ฆ
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Paul Ducklin
14 days
RT @duckblog: IoT security: How much will the US Cyber Trust Mark help? As consumers, the real power lies with us: ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜, ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—นโ€ฆ
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