After the major email security and hacking controversies that influenced the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the WatchGuard Threat Lab expects to see two major government information security developments in the U.S. in 2020. First, state-sponsored actors will cause confusion and mistrust in the 2020 election by targeting voter registration systems and making it more difficult … [Read more...]
My CTF Ventures: picoCTF, Reverse Engineering
Moving forward with the picoCTF challenge platform, after completing the General Skills room I opted for the Reverse Engineering room. This room actually stood out first, even before General Skills. I’ve dabbled in reverse engineering (RE) and it’s a fun but complex and challenging process. Fret not, I committed to it and, well, read further to see what I thought about … [Read more...]
Six WatchGuard Channel Leaders Named to 2020 CRN Channel Chiefs List; Michelle Welch, SVP of Marketing Honored on Elite 50 List
The company is thrilled to announced that six WatchGuard leaders were honored in CRN’s 2020 Channel Chiefs List, which recognizes the most influential players in the IT channel community. Not only that, WatchGuard’s Senior Vice President of Marketing, Michelle Welch, made the ultra-elite Top 50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs list for 2020! CRN also recognized Adam Otis, … [Read more...]
A Wagon Full of Phones
This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover an artistic hack of Google Maps, vulnerabilities in WhatsApp and a popular consumer IoT device, and an FBI warning on election hacking, … [Read more...]
Mailto Ransomware Takes a Toll on Shipping Company
On February 3, Toll Group, an Australian transportation and logistics company, shut down its IT systems as a result of a “cyber security incident.” The organization reported shortly thereafter that multiple sites and business units had been targeted with ransomware attacks. The Mailto or Kazkavkovkiz ransomware affecting Toll Group is very similar to the many variants of … [Read more...]
