Spear phishing is an advanced type of phishing attack in which criminal hackers specialize their approach to deceive a particular individual or group of individuals. Spear phishing assaults mainly arrive as emails appearing to be from people that the individual is familiar with; supervisors, vendor contacts and even family members. Criminals can actually spoof real ‘sender’ … [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...]
Grounded Airline, Snowden Leak, and Mr. Robot – WSWiR Episode 158
If you're feeling behind on critical information security news, you're not alone. There are so many new InfoSec stories each week that only a dedicated few can keep up with the latest. If you need a little help following what's important, let our weekly security news summary video keep you informed. Last Friday's episode covered an 0day Flash flaw, the latest Snowden leak, my … [Read more...]
Hackers Ground Airline – Daily Security Byte EP.101
Last Sunday, 1400 Polish LOT airline passengers were probably disappointed to learn their flights were delayed for five hours. According to the airline, hackers disrupted the ground stations responsible for sending flight plans to pilots. Watch today's video to learn about this recent airline hack, and what it means for the industry. (Episode Runtime: 1:59) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
Baseball Hacks and Mobile Threats – WSWiR Episode 157
Do you want to know about the latest security threats, but find yourself too busy solving business critical IT problems to keep up to date? Well maybe our videos can help. This weekly video summarizes the most interesting InfoSec news from the week. Or if you prefer, you can catch the shorter dailies. Last Friday's episode covered a cracked cloud password vault, an unusual … [Read more...]