On the surface, terrorist attacks and information security (infosec) seem unrelated. However, the abhorrent terrorist attacks carried out against innocent victims in Paris have stirred up two long-running information security topics; is hactivism valuable and should governments have access to public encrypted data? Neither of these are black and white issues, but watch today's … [Read more...]
iOS Bounties, Android Auto-root, and Guy Fawkes Day – WSWiR Episode 168
Nowadays, each week has more information security news that we used to have each month. If you find yourself falling behind, and need a shortcut to stay informed, this is the weekly video for you. Every Monday, I summarize our daily security video from last week. Today's episode covers a new Android malware variant, an iOS zero day that's bad for the industry, a couple … [Read more...]
Guy Fawkes Day Hacktivism – Daily Security Byte EP. 173
Based on the masks they chose, you could probably guess that Hacktivists, like Anonymous, associate strongly with Guy Fawkes. So it's not surprising that they also plan hacking campaigns for Guy Fawkes Day, which falls on November 5th every year. Watch today's episode to hear about two hacktivist campaigns carried out this week, and what we can learn from them. (Episode … [Read more...]
Hacked Team Flash ’Sploit Patched – Daily Security Byte EP.112
Among all the embarrassing stolen data from The Hacking Team breach was a serious Adobe Flash zero day vulnerability, which is now in the hands of any blackhat criminal who knows how to use Google. If you don't want cyber criminals exploiting this flaw against you, watch today's video to learn what you can do. (Episode Runtime: 1:47) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
The Cyber Sky is Falling – Daily Security Byte EP.111
Yesterday, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stopped trading, United Airlines grounded thousands of flights, and the Wall Street Journal site went down all due to computer and network related issues. The night before, an Anonymous group twitter account had predicted a bad day for Wall Street. Was this all a coordinated "cyber" attack? Watch today's video to see what I … [Read more...]
