Security researchers and Hollywood have long predicted network hacks that could take out the power grid. Well, we may finally have a confirmed example of a blackout caused by a cyber attack in the Ukraine. Watch today's video to learn about this new news and how you might avoid a common trend in advanced attacks. (Episode Runtime: 3:25) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
Hacking Nation States & Crashing iPhones – WSWiR Episode 154
Unfortunately, lots of security news suggests lots of cyber crime. If you want to stay protected, you need to keep up to date; but who has time? Hopefully our weekly InfoSec video can help. Last Friday's episode covered an IRS data leak, a mysterious text message that crashed iPhones, some scary new crowd-sourced ransomware, and more. Watch the YouTube video below for all the … [Read more...]
North Korean Cyber Killers? – Daily Security Byte EP.91
Today, a North Korean (NK) defector and university professor claimed the NK's Bureau 121 cyber attack group includes 6000 cyber warrior who could destroy cities and cause human casualties. Meanwhile, we also learned that the US government allegedly launched a failed, Stuxnet-like attack against NK back in 2010. How much of this is true, and what do two nations states battling … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 56 – ICS Honeypot
Jailed Hackers, ICS Honeypots, and Krebs SWATing Currently, I'm attending a security expo in Helsinki, Finland, so I had to produce this week's episode quickly, while on the road. Nonetheless, it's still been a busy security week so far, and there's a lot of InfoSec news to cover Today's episode includes two unrelated stories that share a cyber-law theme, some interesting … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 53 – RSA 2013
RSA 2013: Big Data, Chinese APT, and User Awareness This week's InfoSec news video comes from the 2013 RSA Security Conference in San Francisco. As such, much of the episode covers the major themes from the show flow. However, cyber attackers don't take a break just because the security industry is having a pow-wow. I also cover other big stories from the week, including an … [Read more...]
