Last week, Facebook had what many think is its longest outage ever. As one might expect, many worried that a cyber attack may have caused the outage. In today’s video, Corey clears that up and discusses how a simple server configuration mistake can lead to a cascading failure. Watch the video below. Episode Runtime: 2:38 Direct YouTube Link: … [Read more...]
Why WPA3 Is Not a Cure-all for Wi-Fi Hacking
Do you remember the Key Re-installation Attack or “KRACK attack” news from 2017? Most of us will never forget. When one researcher uncovered a number of vulnerabilities present in WPA2’s 4-way handshake, the world was shocked to realize that such a trusted standard’s encryption could be defeated so easily. In response, the Wi-Fi industry rallied together to develop an improved … [Read more...]
PewDiePwns Nest Cameras – Security Byte
A week ago, I covered how hackers were pwning printers and ChromeCasts in PewDiePie’s name, with the goal of elevating the subscribers to his channel. Unfortunately, these misguided PewDiePie fans continue to go too far, this time hacking Nest web cameras. In one case, they hacked a baby camera here in Washington state, and used it to yell obscenities at a baby. Watch today’s … [Read more...]
Atlas MMORPG World Hack – Daily Security Byte
Last Friday, an unknown attacker somehow gained credentialed access to the Steam account of a developer for the Atlas MMORPG game. This unauthorized access gave the culprit the ability to spawn world events in this newly released game, which the attacker used to cause mayhem. In today’s video, learn a bit more about this attack, and more importantly, what you should do to avoid … [Read more...]
PewDiePie Hacks – Daily Security Byte
Hey guys! I'm back after a huge hiatus. While I haven't done a Security Byte video in a few months due to scheduling issues and a long holiday, I'm getting back into a normal cadence, and should be posting more regular video starting now. I currently have a backlog, so you may seem some videos release out of sequence. In any case, I look forward to posting regular news and … [Read more...]
