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 did! On this episode, we'll go through our 8 predictions for 2021, recap the trends that fueled them, and discuss either the events that occurred or failed to come true. … [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 face recognition uses interpolation to better recognize a face - something we have covered in the past. Interpolation means to take pixels in an image and calculate what their color might be when the … [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 vulnerable systems across multiple industries. We also cover the latest US and international law enforcement crackdowns on ransomware operators as well as a breakthrough on video game console hacking. … [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 phishing campaign where threat actors will send the same phishing email to a large batch of recipients in an attempt to trick at least a small subset of these potential victims. Not to be confused with … [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...]
