With the 2021 editions of the BlackHat and DEF CON security conferences all wrapped up, one of the presentation that made the biggest waves was the latest research from Orange Tsai of Devcore Security Consulting. Tsai was the researcher responsible for identifying and … Read More
2021 Security Predictions Grading
Its getting to be the end of the year which means its time to take a look back at WatchGuard Threat Lab's 2021 security predictions and give ourselves a grading on how well we … [Read More...]
Dangers of Bicubic Interpolation In Pictures
We have seen interpolation in the news concerning a recent court case. Here we cover what interpolation does to an image, not only because of the recent news but also because … [Read More...]
CISA Alert Tips Off Adversaries
This week on the podcast we discuss how a recent CISA alert on specific threat actor activity tipped off a separate adversary, leading to a new wave of attacks against … [Read More...]
Trojan Source
On this week's episode of the podcast, we cover a newly discovered method for hiding malicious source code in plain sight, CISA's new Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, and action from the US Department of Commerce on the Pegasus spyware manufacturer NSO Group. … [Read More...]
The Evolution of Phishing: A WatchGuard Real-World Example
Phishing is a type of social engineering attack where threat actors attempt to trick users into providing sensitive information via email. Typically, this involves creating a … [Read More...]
Face Recognition Removed from Facebook But Added to Metaverse
Facebook's face recognition has one of the largest training databases in the world, built from photos that users have uploaded since Facebook’s inception, but that database’s … [Read More...]
What to Make of the Biden Administration’s New ICS Cybersecurity Initiative
Yesterday, the Biden Administration unveiled a new initiative to help improve the cybersecurity stance of the industrial control systems (ICS) that manage the nation’s critical infrastructure. As recent events (like the Colonial Pipeline ransomware incident) have shown, … [Read More...]
The Security Conscious NRA Breached by Russian Hacking Group
The NRA has found itself in the middle of a potential breach and ransomware attack. This happened last week after the Russian hacking group Greif reportedly gained access. … [Read More...]
Stealing Make-believe Money
This week on the podcast, we cover a heist of over $130 million worth of cryptocurrency from a distributed financial (DeFi) organization and have an in depth discussion on why … [Read More...]
