Mark likes to return customer emails from his local coffee shop, Jennifer considers a plane her second office, and Tim – well, sometimes Tim has to respond to that urgent request in the wee hours of the morning, no matter where he is. The days where everything was contained within your secure network perimeter are gone. Business today happens on the go. There are more … [Read more...]
Flash 0day and MS Patch Day – Daily Security Byte EP. 273
The second Tuesday of each month is infamously known as Microsoft Patch Day by IT pros. However, this month Adobe's security news trumps Microsoft's. Watch today's video to learn why you should update Flash before your Microsoft products, but also why you shouldn't skimp on the Microsoft patches either. (Episode Runtime: 2:59 Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
Bind DoS Flaws – Daily Security Byte EP. 228
Denial of service (DoS) flaws may not seem all that severe when they affect desktop clients. However, when they affect your DNS server they can cause organization wide outages. If you use ISC BIND, watch today's video to learn about the update that fixes three DoS vulnerabilities in the popular DNS daemon. (Episode Runtime: 2:10) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
Attacker DDoSes the Internet – Daily Security Byte EP. 190
Can hackers knock out the Internet? Probably not, but it look like attackers tried to disrupt DNS recent by launching a distributed denial of service attack against the root DNS servers. Watch today's video to learn how the IT community can make it harder for attackers to launch reflected attacks. (Episode Runtime: 4:04) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
Critical BIND DoS – Daily Security Byte EP.121
The most popular DNS server on the market, BIND, suffers from a new denial of service (DoS) vulnerability that's trivial to exploit. Watch today's episode to learn what to do. (Episode Runtime: 1:21) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxsRs9Ll2-g EPISODE REFERENCES: BIND suffers from easy to exploit DoS flaw - SC Magazine Another good description of the … [Read more...]
