Zap yourself from the net, and patch now against BlueKeep

Microsoft issues warning to unpatched Windows users about worm risk, and how do you delete all traces of yourself off the internet after you murder your podcast co-host?

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, who aren't joined by a special guest this week.

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Links:

• WannaCry ransomware hits systems worldwide — Graham Cluley.
• WannaCry - Who's to blame? — Smashing Security #021.
• Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2019-0708 — Microsoft.
• A Reminder to Update Your Systems to Prevent a Worm — Microsoft.
• Microsoft practically begs Windows users to fix wormable BlueKeep flaw — Ars Technica.
• Almost One Million Vulnerable to BlueKeep Vuln (CVE-2019-0708) — Errata Security.
• Intense scanning activity detected for BlueKeep RDP flaw — ZDNet.
• Greatest Love Of All (Official Music Video) - Whitney Houston — YouTube.
• DeleteMe.
• Deseat.me.
• Removing Content From Google.
• I want to know how to go about deleting everything about myself online — Reddit.
• Remove yourself from the internet, hide your identity, and erase your online presence — ZDNet.
• Chernobyl Trailer — YouTube.
• The 23-Year-Old Woman Who Pioneered Investigative Journalism — The Atlantic.
• Undercover in an Insane Asylum: How a 23-Year-Old Changed Journalism — YouTube.
• Nellie Bly — Wikipedia.
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