A few years ago we'd be surprised to learn about a public data breach once a month. However, nowadays two nation states can suffer major hacks in the same week. If you have trouble keeping up with the weekly security news yourself, let our vlog help you with a short recap. This week's episodes shares two stories about nation states losing their citizen's data, as well as a … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Breaks Logjam and Protects Encrypted Connections
This week, a group of university researchers disclosed a new vulnerability affecting the Diffie-Hellman key exchange. The Diffie-Hellman (DH) key exchange is a cryptographic method for two systems to establish a shared secret over a public communication channel, which they later use to encrypt their communications. Many encryption protocols, including HTTPS, SMTPS, IPSec VPN, … [Read more...]
White House Breach Gets Worse – Daily Security Byte EP.70
We keep learning more about the White House email breach from last year, and the news gets worse and worse. Today we learned the attackers may have had access to more of President Obama's email correspondence than first suspected. Watch today's vlog post to for the details, and to learn tips to protect your organization's email. (Episode Runtime: 3:59) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
Match.com InfoSec Fail – Daily Security Byte EP.69
Match.com is inadvertently exposing its user's passwords to snooping hackers. Learn what they did wrong, and how you can avoid it in today's Daily Security Byte video. (Episode Runtime: 2:26) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tAfNx47AMo EPISODE REFERENCES: Reporter demonstrates clear text login for Match.com - Ars Technica Twitter users tips Ars … [Read more...]
Wikileaks Spread Sony Dirt – Daily Security Byte EP.68
Sony Pictures is in the headlines again, this time because Wikileaks decided to air their dirt. While there are cases where information disclosure is good, I think this Wikileaks stunt is horrible. Watch the video to remind yourself why it's so important to protect your confidential data. (Episode Runtime: 2:51) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]