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The Problem with Hacking Back: It Might Be Your Network

October 17, 2017 By Teri Radichel

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The US government is considering allowing companies to “hack back” against cyber attackers. The Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act (ACDC) amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to allow limited retaliatory strikes against cyber attackers. The full PDF amendment is available online. As noted in some comments in an article on the UK Register there is some skepticism about this … [Read more...]

University Hijacked by Vending Machines

February 13, 2017 By The Editor

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According to Network World, an unnamed university’s vending machines, smart light bulbs and 5,000 other IoT devices were recently hijacked. Sounds fishy, huh? As it turned out, the attack on the school's internal network was actually caused by a series of seafood-related DNS requests that appeared every fifteen minutes. This story comes from a preview of Verizon’s 2017 Data … [Read more...]

WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 33 – Elderwood Project

September 14, 2012 By Corey Nachreiner

Advanced Attack Campaigns and Stealthy Botnets The weekend is almost upon us... Yay! Before you run out and enjoy some fun in the sun (hopefully), take eight minutes to check out this summary video highlighting some of the bigger information and network security stories this week. In this episode, I share a quick UDID leak update, talk about a long-term advanced attack … [Read more...]

WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 16

May 4, 2012 By Corey Nachreiner

Lots of New Malware, Microsoft Patch Day, and Oracle Updates This week's security summary podcast includes information about Microsoft's upcoming Patch Day, stories about three interesting new malware variants, and updates to a few stories from previous episodes. Watch the video below for the details. If you'd prefer to read, see the "Reference" section for links to all these … [Read more...]

WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 15

April 27, 2012 By Corey Nachreiner

Major US Cyber Legislation, VMware Source Code Leak, and Hotmail Hacks This week's security news round-up video is full of scary Cyber legislation, major network and organization breaches, and a couple of important security updates. If you're too busy to follow the barrage of security news every day, let WatchGuard's Security Week in review video summarize it for you. Would … [Read more...]

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