Cyber security has become mainstream. Nowadays, there's more information security (infosec) stories each week than the average IT professional can keep up with. If you find yourself falling behind, let our daily and weekly videos keep you informed. If you watch my Daily Security Bytes, you can probably skip this weekly summary. However, if you prefer to recap the week in one … [Read more...]
Ashley Madison Extortion – Daily Security Byte EP.131
I've talked about the Ashley Madison breach before, but the news keeps coming. Today's video covers, tragic suicides, new attack details, a CTO hacker, and criminals extorting the victims. Watch below to get the latest updates. (Episode Runtime: 3:46) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IemvDUxe7Wo EPISODE REFERENCES: Two suicides allegedly associated … [Read more...]
Hardware Malware – WSWiR Episode 112
Tons of Patches, Facebook Botnets, and Infected Hand Scanners After a couple weeks of hiatus, we're finally back with our weekly security news summary video. If you want to learn about all the week's important security news from one convenience resource, this is the place to get it. This episode covers the latest popular software security updates from the last two weeks, and … [Read more...]
Microsoft Service Bus DoS Mostly Affects Enterprise Web Developers.
Among this week's Microsoft security bulletins is one that likely only affects a small subset of Microsoft customers, and thus not worth a full security alert. Microsoft Service Bus is a messaging component that ships with server versions of Windows, providing enterprise developers with the means to create message-driven applications. According to Microsoft's bulletin, Service … [Read more...]
TweetDeck XSS – WSWiR Episode 111
Patch Day, P.F. Changs Hack, and TweetDeck XSS This week delivered a lot of infosec news and a ton of software security updates. If you didn't have time to follow it all, check out our weekly computer security video to fill in the blanks. During today's episode, I cover the critical patches from Microsoft, Adobe and Mozilla, mention the latest credit card breach against a U.S. … [Read more...]