The 443 - Security Simplified

What a year! Since launching The 443 – Security Simplified in June we’ve recorded over 30 episodes full of the latest news, interviews and breakdowns of complex security topics. In this episode, we share some fan-favorite segments complete with the latest updates on where the discussion topics stand today.

In this episode of The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover WatchGuard’s Internet Security Report for Q3 2018. We’ll run through the latest malware and network attack trends, discuss the top security incidents from the quarter, and dive in to the WatchGuard Threat Lab’s latest research.

Are you planning on decking out your home with the latest "smart" gadgets this holiday season? In today's episode of The 443 – Security Simplified, discuss which smart home devices are more secure than others and how to keep your home networks safe while adding your new internet-connected lightbulbs. Before that though, we cover the latest in data breaches with two big ones disclosed in the last w...

Welcome back to another episode of The 443 - Security Simplified. This week in the news, we cover a supply chain attack against a popular Bitcoin wallet. For our main event, we've picked a few of our favorite predictions that didn't make the cut this year. We'll explain the trends behind each one and the reasons why they weren't included with the rest of them.

With Thanksgiving right around the corner (or just having just passed depending on when you listen to this), we wanted to take some time and talk about the things we are thankful for in the cyber security world. Before that though, we’ll cover the latest news in breaking biometrics where researchers out of New York University and the University of Michigan have developed a fingerprint master key.

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday right around the corner, in today’s episode of The 443 – Security Simplified, we provide some useful cyber security tips to keep your bank account and home network safe while shopping for the latest holiday tech. Before that though, we cover a breach of over 23 million SMS messages and its impact on multi-factor authentication and account security as a whole.

In this special edition of The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover WatchGuard’s 2019 security predictions, available in video and audio formats! For this year’s predictions, the WatchGuard Threat Lab imagines a dystopian future caused by a cybersecurity apocalypse. Learn about Vaporworms, ransomware targeting industrial control systems, the Internet being held hostage, and more. But don’t worry, w...

We’re about to launch our security predictions for 2019, but in this episode we review and rate our predictions from last year. Did the predictions hit, miss or were just “meh”? Listen to find out!

This week, on The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover the Bleeding Bit Bluetooth vulnerability impacting a large number of wireless access points. We then dive headfirst in to election security. We’ll cover both what we’re worried about and what isn’t very likely when it comes to securing the 2018 US mid-term elections.

In today's episode of The 443 -- Security Simplified, we cover a class action settlement for the largest data breach in history (so far). We then dive in to the world of bots. From botnets to Twitter bots, we cover how they work, where they came from, and where they are going.

In this episode of The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover the recent activity of the APT group known as Grey Energy. Who are they? Who are they targeting? And what are their methods? We’ll answer all of that before diving in to the basics of web app security. We’ll break down 5 of the OWASP Top 10 web app security threats into easily understood and actionable advice.

On this week's episode of The 443 - Security Simplified, we cover a recent cyber security audit of major DoD weapons systems (spoiler alert: it's bad). Then we dive in to the recent controversial story out of Bloomberg about hardware implants in motherboards manufactured in China. Did it actually happen? And if so, what does it mean for the future of hardware manufacturing? We'll give our thoughts...

Welcome back to The 443 – Security Simplified. Have you ever wondered how to get in to cyber-security? In this episode, we talk weigh the benefits of formal education versus self-taught knowledge and discuss the certifications and skills that can help get your foot in the door. Before that though, we’ll dive in to this week’s news including another bad day for Facebook and the latest in nation-sta...

This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover Microsoft’s latest push towards killing off passwords once and for all and the privacy impact of Facebook maintaining “Shadow Contact Information.” We then dive deep in to the world of digital certificates and how they secure our web connections.

This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we talk about the recently-sentenced authors of the Mirai Botnet and other cybercriminals that became FBI consultants. We then break down three of the most sophisticated cyber-attacks on the last decade. From Stuxnet to Operation Aurora, we’ll dive in to exactly what made these attacks so successful.

This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we dive in to WatchGuard’s latest Internet Security Report for Q2 2018. We’ll cover the malware and network attack trends from the last quarter including what you need to watch out for and how to keep your systems secure. We also cover the latest research from the WatchGuard Threat Lab and explain how the EFail PHP and S/MIME vulnerabilities work and how...

This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover the US Department of Justice’s recently unsealed charges against a North Korean national claimed to be involved in the WannaCry and Sony Pictures attacks. We then break down the differences between stateful firewalling and deep packet inspection and why the latter is so important for detecting modern threats.

On this week’s episode of The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover a vulnerability in a popular video game that recently came to Android and the latest in the seemingly never-ending cycle of data breaches. Then, we shed some light on a sector of IoT that doesn’t seem to garner as much attention as hacked cameras and medical equipment, but still poses security risks to companies.

This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover the DNC phishing scare that triggered an alert to the FBI, and a targeted ransomware attack demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars in payment. We then talk about a few outside the box hacks where researchers discovered unique ways to compromise potential targets.

On this week's episode of The 443 - Security Simplified, we cover a new vulnerability in the WPA2 Wi-Fi standard and the re-release of the MANA wireless hacking toolkit. Marc and Corey also highlight their favorite talks from the DEF CON hacker conference in Las Vegas including attacks against enterprise blockchain, Nintendo systems, and even science itself.

This week’s episode comes (almost) live from the Black Hat hacking conference in Las Vegas. We start out with a discussion about the Capture the Flag (CTF) challenge that the WatchGuard Threat Lab released for the second year in a row and then jump right in to our favorite talks from this year’s Black Hat including important takeaways for the future of security.

In this week’s news, we discuss how an attack against SMS 2-Factor Authentication allowed someone to access use compromised employee credentials to access Reddit’s source code and some user data. We then go relive some of our favorite bits of research to come out of previous Black Hat and DEF CON events. From hacking cars to ripping pages out of presentation books, you’ll hear it all on this week’...

This week, the ACLU tested Amazon’s “Rekognition” facial recognition software, comparing 25,000 mugshots and members of US Congress with interesting results. What does this mean to the future of facial recognition in law enforcement and machine learning as a whole? Also, we are now only two weeks out from the annual Black Hat and DEF CON security conferences in Las Vegas. We’ll preview what you ca...

Well look at that…we’re already 8 episodes into the new podcast. Thanks to everyone who has downloaded and listened, and if you like what we’re doing, please tell a friend. Just after we recorded last week, an unsealed indictment disclosed the hacking efforts of accused Russian intelligence agents who gained access to Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and Democratic National Conve...

This week, U.S. military drone documents surfaced on the Dark Web for a mere $150, as did ways to remotely access tens of thousands of compromised systems. What is the Dark Web, who created it and why, is it solely a camouflaged underground for criminals to conduct illicit activities? In this episode of The 443 – Security Simplified, we leave the bright and shiny intertubes of the Clearnet, and we...