With BlackHat’s online-only 2020 edition conference in the bag we take a look back at a few of our favorite briefings and discuss the takeaways as they apply to our industry. From a penetration test gone wrong to what security professionals can learn from an EMT, we cover the best talks from this year’s event. … [Read more...]
Are TikTok and Other Foreign-Based Apps Dangerous? Part II
Controversy over social media giant TikTok has continued to soar in 2020. In July, WatchGuard CTO Corey Nachreiner explained the true personal privacy and security risks associated with using such foreign-based apps in the first segment of a two-part series for Forbes. His newly published second installment explores the potential dangers from a national security … [Read more...]
WatchGuard’s Michelle Welch and Shari McLaren Honored in Cyber Defense Magazine’s Top 100 Women in Cybersecurity for 2020
As part of its annual Black Unicorn Awards program, Cyber Defense Magazine has named WatchGuard’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and Channel, Michelle Welch, and Senior Vice President of Operations, Shari McLaren, in its list of the Top 100 Women in Cybersecurity for 2020! This awards program showcases those who are shaping the future of cybersecurity and have broken … [Read more...]
BlackHat and DEF CON Online
With the Black Hat and DEF CON security conferences starting this week, albeit in an online-only mode, we decided to take a look through this year’s agenda and pick some of the talks we are most looking forward to. We’ve picked out talks ranging from new research to updates on recent vulnerabilities to discuss on this week’s episode. Be sure to check out defcon.org this weekend … [Read more...]
GRUB2 Boot Hole Breaks Secure Boot For Now
On Wednesday of this week, Eclypsium released a report on a vulnerability in GRUB2 that affects millions of devices with few exceptions. Normally used on a Linux system, GRUB2 accepts control from the UEFI secure boot process and starts bootup programs as well as the computers OS if it has one. This level of control over the system before the OS boots allows GRUB2 and anyone … [Read more...]
