By now you’ve probably heard of BitCoin and maybe even a few other cryptocurrencies. The cryptocurrency industry skyrocketed in popularity through the end of last year, fueling a surge that saw Bitcoin reach $20,000 per coin and several other altcoins (cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin) reach their own all-time highs. While the markets may have cooled, the buzz around … [Read more...]
Marc Laliberte
Marc Laliberte is a Sr. Security Analyst at WatchGuard Technologies. Marc joined the WatchGuard team in 2012. Specializing in networking security technologies, Marc’s responsibilities include researching and reporting on modern information security trends.
With speaking appearances and regular contributions to online IT publications, Marc is a thought leader providing security guidance to all levels of IT personnel.
Twitter: @XORRO_
More Wi-Fi Troubles
On this week's episode of The 443 - Security Simplified, we cover a new vulnerability in the WPA2 Wi-Fi standard and the re-release of the MANA wireless hacking toolkit. Marc and Corey also highlight their favorite talks from the DEF CON hacker conference in Las Vegas including attacks against enterprise blockchain, Nintendo systems, and even science itself. … [Read more...]
Las Vegas Hacking Conference Week
This week’s episode comes (almost) live from the Black Hat hacking conference in Las Vegas. We start out with a discussion about the Capture the Flag (CTF) challenge that the WatchGuard Threat Lab released for the second year in a row and then jump right in to our favorite talks from this year’s Black Hat including important takeaways for the future of security. … [Read more...]
Tales of Black Hats (and DEF CONs) Past
In this week’s news, we discuss how an attack against SMS 2-Factor Authentication allowed someone to access use compromised employee credentials to access Reddit’s source code and some user data. We then go relive some of our favorite bits of research to come out of previous Black Hat and DEF CON events. From hacking cars to ripping pages out of presentation books, you’ll hear … [Read more...]
Black Hat 2018 and DEF CON 26 Preview
This week, the ACLU tested Amazon’s “Rekognition” facial recognition software, comparing 25,000 mugshots and members of US Congress with interesting results. What does this mean to the future of facial recognition in law enforcement and machine learning as a whole? Also, we are now only two weeks out from the annual Black Hat and DEF CON security conferences in Las Vegas. … [Read more...]
