Wi-Fi has become an integral part of everyday business and life in general, yet Wi-Fi security still doesn’t receive as much attention or investment as it should. According to Wi-Fi NOW, nearly 75 percent of US smartphone traffic runs over Wi-Fi, as of Q4 2018. This spells a … Read More
Virtual Reality Vulnerability (BigScreen) – Security Byte
This week, University of New Haven researchers released details about a serious vulnerability in a popular PC VR application called BigScreen VR. The flaw not only allows an … [Read More...]
WatchGuard Takes Home Three 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
This week, WatchGuard won three honors in the 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards program, continuing its impressing streak of industry recognition this year. Most notably, … [Read More...]
Ransomware Attack: Melbourne, Australia
According this this Tripwire article, two Melbourne-based businesses have been hit with cyber attacks. One, Cabrini Hospital in Malvern, Melbourne, confirmed it was infected … [Read More...]
Roses Are Red, WatchGuard Is Too
In this episode of The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover a multi-factor authentication crackdown on Apple iOS app developers. Then, to celebrate Valentine’s day, we dive in to dating app security. We cover a few prominent hacks and security trends in the online dating … [Read More...]
Will 2019 Finally Be the Year for a Multinational Cyberwar Treaty?
With all the collateral damage to civilians from nation-state cyberattacks in the past few years (WannaCry and NotPetya were both attributed to nation states and caused … [Read More...]
Password Manager Vulnerabilities – Security Byte
On Tuesday, a Washington Post article disclosed new password manager research from the Independant Security Evaluators (ISE), who found many vulnerabilities in a number of the … [Read More...]
Apple Fixes FaceTime Flaw – Security Byte
Last week I warned you about a serious FaceTime flaw that could allow malicious attackers to snoop through your iPhone’s camera and mic by starting a malicious group call. Apple credited a 14-year-old boy for reporting this vulnerability. This week, Apple released updates to … [Read More...]
How Servers Serve Content
Computers seem to be virtually limitless in their abilities – they can send and receive digital information, serve content via many defined protocols, compute algorithms much … [Read More...]
February 2019 Patch Tuesday – Security Byte
As you surely know by now, the second Tuesday of every month is Microsoft Patch Tuesday, which Adobe also shares. This month, both companies released updates to fix a ton of … [Read More...]
