BREACH, TorSploit, and Fort Disco Sorry for the late posting, but your weekly taste of "what's up" in the InfoSec world is here for your viewing pleasure. As always, I summarize some of this week's biggest network and information security news, in case you didn't have time to follow it yourself. This week was packed with security stories, but I only had time to focus on four. … [Read more...]
Blackhat 2013 – WSWiR Episode 72
Details on Femtocell hacking, Mactans, and SCADA Honeypots This is the week of the Blackhat and Defcon security conferences; two of the biggest security research conferences of the year. So rather than quickly summarize InfoSec news—like I do most weeks—I'll share details about three of my favorite talks from this year's Blackhat show (Defcon is going on now). Two of my … [Read more...]
Car Hacking Exposed – WSWiR Episode 71
Tor Botnets, SIM Hacking, and Pwned Prius Blackhat and Defcon are only a few days away, so this week's InfoSec news summary covers previews of some of the research experts plan on disclosing during next week's security bonanza. During this week's episode, learn about the latest Tor-based botnets, hear how hackers can force malware through your phone's SIM card, and see a … [Read more...]
Rogue Femtocell Sniffs Cellular Data – WSWiR Episode 70
Google Glass Hijack, Steganography Backdoor, and Femtocell Hack After a week missing-in-action due to vacation, I'm back with another news-packed InfoSec summary video for the week. If you'd like to quickly hear the highlights about the latest updates, breaches, and malware, give our weekly video a go. In this week's episode I cover some interesting new Mac malware, a Google … [Read more...]
Major Android Flaw Means More Trojans – WSWiR Episode 69
Snowden's Hacker CV, Uplay Breach, and Serious Android Vulnerability Last Thursday, US citizens celebrated our 4th of July, Independence Day holiday, which traditionally means that few workers came into the office on Friday. For that reason, I decided to hold onto last week's InfoSec summary video until today. What better way to start the week than learning about the latest … [Read more...]