Last week I warned you about a serious FaceTime flaw that could allow malicious attackers to snoop through your iPhone’s camera and mic by starting a malicious group call. Apple credited a 14-year-old boy for reporting this vulnerability. This week, Apple released updates to fix this FaceTime issue, and a few others that attackers are exploiting in the wild. Watch today’s video … [Read more...]
Vendor Assaults Security Researcher – Security Byte
Vendors and security researchers haven’t always gotten along, but when one physically assaults the other you know things have gone way off course. A pair of UK-based security researchers found many critical flaws in a vendor’s gambling player reward systems. All signs suggest that these researchers did their best—really going beyond the call of duty—to report these flaws to … [Read more...]
KeySteal Controversy – Security Byte
An 18year-old, German researcher (Linus Henze) has found a serious, zero day password leak vulnerability in macOS’s key store, but he refuses to share the technical details with Apple. Turns out, Apple only offers iOS bug bounties, not macOS ones, and this researcher is protesting that fact. Watch the video below to learn more about this critical vulnerability, and where my … [Read more...]
Vaporworms – The Top Threat of 2019?
Anyone that’s been paying attention knows that fileless malware has been on the rise for the past few years. But, did you know that we’re likely to see this infamous threat transform in new and menacing ways this year? Enter the Vaporworm. Just a few short months ago, the WatchGuard Threat Lab predicted that 2019 would be the year we’d see a new breed of fileless malware with … [Read more...]
WatchGuard AuthPoint Earns Top Honors at ISPG Global Excellence Awards 2019
We’re thrilled to announce that Info Security Products Guide, one of the industry’s leading information security research and advisory resources, has named WatchGuard Technologies a winner in three categories of the 15th Annual 2019 ISPG Global Excellence Awards! This prestigious global awards program recognizes cybersecurity and information technology vendors with advanced, … [Read more...]
