Piotr Duszyński, a security consultant, recently revealed a method that could disclose a visitor’s real IP address despite traversing through the TOR network. This is a huge privacy issue; Tor was built with privacy in mind. There are environmental conditions that must be satisfied, however. Despite the inclusion of “Tor” in the headline, this threat expands past just using the … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Secure Access Points Garner Big Praise in the UK
The WatchGuard AP125 and AP325 secure, cloud-managed Access Points (APs) allow midmarket businesses and distributed enterprises to offer enterprise-grade wireless internet access to their employees and customers, and their exemplary performance has not gone unnoticed. Both APs recently received glowing reviews in UK-based publications. Technology Reseller Magazine covered … [Read more...]
Facial Recognition Facts and Fears
This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover the latest updates on the Baltimore ransomware attack and changes to Google Chrome’s extension library for advertisement blockers. Then, we dive in to the world of facial recognition technology including its uses, and privacy concerns. … [Read more...]
Green Mountain Grill Security Analysis
Automated smokers like the Green Mountain Grill (GMG) Davy Crockett are great for smoking different meats and other foods without having to tend the grill during the entire process. GMG has pushed this idea further with a WIFI controller that monitors and controls the grill. Now, one doesn’t even need to leave the couch to maintain the grill. Unfortunately though, this … [Read more...]
Chinese Hackers Infect 50k Servers
What a headline, huh? That’s quite the number of infected servers found during a recently discovered and tracked malware campaign. At a very high level, this campaign focused on mass-scanning servers for specific services, cataloguing servers that responded, then feeding that list into a password brute force tool. Once infiltrated, malicious payloads were used to perform … [Read more...]
