• Articles
    • Editorial Articles
    • Research Articles
    • WatchGuard Articles
  • Daily Security Bytes
  • The 443 Podcast
  • Threat Landscape
  • About
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Contribute to Secplicity

Secplicity - Security Simplified

Powered by WatchGuard Technologies

Cisco Patch, Twitch Breach, and BitWhisper – WSWiR Episode 145

March 27, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

If you want to be the best woodchopper, you need to sometimes sharpen your tools. In information security, this mean keeping track of the latest threats, vulnerabilities, attack methods, and news. Yet, most IT folks barely have the time to go home and sleep. If you struggle to follow security news yourself, my weekly video summarizes the big stuff for you. In this week's … [Read more...]

Paranoia 2014 – WSWiR Episode 100

March 31, 2014 By Corey Nachreiner

Word 0day, Cisco DoS, and Bricked Androids My weekly InfoSec summary arrives bit late this time due to business travel. Last week, I spoke at Watchcom's Paranoia conference in Oslo Norway, so I couldn't post my security news summary until the weekend. Nonetheless, why not start your week off by quickly catching up on last week's news. This week's episode includes a quick … [Read more...]

Cisco Patch Day: Multiple DoS Flaws in IOS

March 27, 2013 By Corey Nachreiner

As part of their semiannual patch day, Cisco released seven security advisories describing different Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities affecting the IOS software that primarily ships with their routers. The seven flaws differ technically, and lie within various IOS components, including NAT, IKE, RSVP, etc. However, most of them share the same essential scope and impact. … [Read more...]

Cisco Cooks Up Bad Passwords by Forgetting to Salt Their Hashes

March 21, 2013 By Corey Nachreiner

Earlier this week, Cisco released a security alert describing a weakness in one of the password encryption algorithms they use on certain Cisco IOS and IOS XE devices. Devices that store user credentials tend to use hash algorithms to encrypt plaintext passwords, making it more difficult for attackers to recover those passwords if they somehow gain access t0 the hashed … [Read more...]

WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 20

June 1, 2012 By Corey Nachreiner

Flame APT, iOS Security, and Cisco IOS XR Update This week's security summary video comes from Cascais Portugal, where I'm attending a WatchGuard partner conference, which is also why I'm posting the episode a little late. The biggest story of the week has to do with a new APT-class attack called Flame, which affects targeted Middle Eastern organizations. However, the episode … [Read more...]

Next Page »

The 443 Podcast

A weekly podcast featuring the leading white-hat hackers and security researchers. Listen Now
the 443 podcast

Threat Landscape

Filter and view Firebox Feed data by type of attack, region, country, and date range. View Now
threat landscape

Top Posts

  • USA’s Answer to GDPR
  • Rolling PWN
  • Hacker Summer Camp 2022

Email Newsletter

Sign up to get the latest security news and threat analysis delivered straight to your inbox

By signing up you agree to our Privacy Policy.


The views and opinions expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of WatchGuard Technologies.

Stay in Touch

Recent Posts

  • Hacker Summer Camp 2022
  • Private Sector Offensive Actors
  • USA’s Answer to GDPR
  • Rolling PWN
  • Over a Billion Records Leaked in Shanghai National Police Database Hack
View All

Search

Archives

Copyright © 2022 WatchGuard Technologies · Cookie Policy · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use