WatchGuard Cloud has been recognized in the “Cloud-delivered Security” category of TMC’s prestigious list of 2019 Cloud Computing Security Excellence Awards winners! Presented by TMC’s Cloud Computing Magazine, this annual program honors both the solutions that most effectively leverage cloud platforms to deliver network security, and those providing security for cloud … [Read more...]
My CTF Ventures: picoCTF, General Skills
The next few installments in this series will focus solely on the picoCTF 2019 challenge platform. This post in particular will cover what the introduction is all about, provide some brief details about how the game is set up, and then dive into the “General Skills” challenge room. I will also expand on a few technical concepts along the way for those who may not know and to … [Read more...]
Q3 2019 Internet Security Report Recap
This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we dive in to WatchGuard Threat Lab’s Q3 2019 Internet Security Report. We’ll cover the trends from the last quarter including the top malware payloads, network attacks, and phishing domains as well as some defensive tips for keeping your systems safe. … [Read more...]
My CTF Ventures: Introduction
The sheer amount of info regarding information systems (computers and other electronic devices and how they work, programming, etc.) is mind boggling, honestly. How do you read through it all, hoping to understand at least a sliver of what you’ve read, and then apply it from a security research standpoint? From encodings to encryption algorithms and the tools available to do … [Read more...]
2019 Predictions Review
This week, we have a very special edition of The 443 – Security Simplified for you. It is the end of the year which means it is time for us to review how well we did on our 2019 security predictions. We’ve decided to step it up a notch though and eat progressively spicier hot wings as we grade each of our 8 2019 predictions. … [Read more...]
