When it comes time for yearly budget planning, the C-level powers responsible for signing the checks rarely see IT security as a grand slam investment. That’s why IT managers and infosec professionals need to make sure they allocate the budget they do have as effectively as … Read More
Grab July Patches – Daily Security Byte
As you probably know, the second Tuesday of the month is Microsoft Patch Day. Furthermore, a few other big software vendors, like Adobe and Apple, share the same patch day and … [Read More...]
New Way to Hijack Office Documents – Daily Security Byte
Recently, MalwareBytes posted a story about a new macro-less technique attackers can use to booby-trap an Office document with malware. Turns out the story was based on … [Read More...]
What is the Dark Web?
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 … [Read More...]
Under the Hood of HTTPS
In this episode, we cover an attack against 4G LTE networks called aLTEr. This attack comes with a marketable name and a website full of custom graphics, but is it the real deal, or does it have more bark than bite? We also break down HTTPS, the protocol that keeps your web … [Read More...]
Be a Part of WatchGuard’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Community
In a previous post I discussed a more broad and general standard on sharing information about Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI). Collaboration is what keeps the world moving … [Read More...]
Four Privacy and Security Concerns with Google Duplex
Google Duplex is a proof-of-concept extension of the Google Assistant technology found on many Google and Android devices that, in a recent demo, almost perfectly imitated a … [Read More...]
Hacker World Cup
In honor of the 2018 World Cup, we've put together a bracket of the most infamous hackers. Check out who is going head-to-head and cast your vote. Stop by every Monday for a new round. Lulzsec Known for their motto “Laughing at your security since 2011!”, Lulzsec … [Read More...]
Intel CPU Vulnerability: Lazy FP State Restore
A few weeks ago, Julian Stecklina (Amazon.de), Thomas Prescher (cyberus-technology.de), and Zdenek Sojka (sysgo.com) reported a vulnerability in Intel Core-based CPUs, very … [Read More...]
Learning from Gentoo – Daily Security Byte
Late last month, an attacker broke into Gentoo's Github repository, removed all the developers and started adding malicious changes and defacements. Gentoo quickly recovered … [Read More...]
