Modern cyber criminals will leave no hardware unturned when it comes to penetrating target networks. According to Verizon's 2018 Data Breach Investigation Report, external hackers accounted for 89 percent of all attacks against manufacturing organizations. This is a perfect … Read More
Internet Security Reprort Special Edition Q4 2018
The WatchGuard Threat Lab just released our Internet Security Report for Q4 2018 which means this week we have a special edition of The 443 – Security Simplified! On today’s … [Read More...]
Latest Mirai Variant – Security Byte
The Internet of Things (IoT) botnet, Mirai, has plagued the internet since 2016 and had many different variants. This week, researchers from Unit 42 disclosed a new Mirai … [Read More...]
GearBest Data Leak – Security Byte
GearBest is a semi-popular, discount, electronics e-commerce site in China. Though not everyone uses it, it's popular in some regions for its remote control (RC) and drone … [Read More...]
Biohacking Part 1
This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover the latest news including downtime for Facebook, a new IoT security bill making its way through congress, and the latest on nation-state hacking. Then, we begin the first of several episodes on the topic of biohacking. We … [Read More...]
FaceBook Not Hacked – Security Byte
Last week, Facebook had what many think is its longest outage ever. As one might expect, many worried that a cyber attack may have caused the outage. In today’s video, Corey … [Read More...]
March 2019 Patch Tuesday – Security Byte
As always, the second Tuesday of March is both Microsoft and Adobe patch day. This month’s Microsoft’s updates take the spotlight at they fix two critical vulnerabilities that … [Read More...]
How MSSPs Can Take Advantage of new SD-WAN Business Opportunities
What does the growth of SaaS, cloud computing, hybrid WAN architecture and SD-WAN mean for managed security service providers (MSSPs)? Quite a lot, as it turns out. A column from WatchGuard’s Himanshu Verma was recently published by MSSP Insider, explaining how these trends … [Read More...]
Learning JavaScript: A Few Days In
It’s time to put my own words into action and take on a new endeavor: learn JavaScript (JS). Previously, I wrote about What to Know About Programming Languages, … [Read More...]
Phishing Passwords With Maersk, Microsoft and Adobe
We recently discovered a sharp increase in a particular phishing scam while reviewing threat intelligence from the Firebox feed, our threat data from Firebox appliances around … [Read More...]
