• Articles
    • Editorial Articles
    • Research Articles
    • WatchGuard Articles
  • Daily Security Bytes
  • The 443 Podcast
  • Threat Landscape
  • About
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Contribute to Secplicity

Secplicity - Security Simplified

Powered by WatchGuard Technologies

Hackers Troll Pop Princess’ Instagram, But Not as Fans

June 8, 2017 By The Editor

Instagram

Turns out alleged Russian hackers have an affinity for American pop culture. Particularly, pop princess, Britney Spears. But, they’re not listening to her hit record, “Baby One More Time.” They’re actually leveraging her Instagram account to further the distribution of malware.  According to a recent ZDNet article, researchers at Eset found that the hacking group Trula is … [Read more...]

Ten Year Old Whitehat – Daily Security Byte EP. 258

May 6, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

Social networks are super secure today, right? It would take an über sophisticated, genius adult to hack into a major web service wouldn't it? Nope! Watch Thursday's video to hear how an elementary kid pwned a Facebook property. (Episode Runtime: 2:55) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqBK0n-i60E EPISODE REFERENCES: Original Finnish tabloid post about … [Read more...]

The 443 Podcast

A weekly podcast featuring the leading white-hat hackers and security researchers. Listen Now
the 443 podcast

Threat Landscape

Filter and view Firebox Feed data by type of attack, region, country, and date range. View Now
threat landscape

Top Posts

  • USA’s Answer to GDPR
  • Rolling PWN
  • Hacker Summer Camp 2022

Email Newsletter

Sign up to get the latest security news and threat analysis delivered straight to your inbox

By signing up you agree to our Privacy Policy.


The views and opinions expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of WatchGuard Technologies.

Stay in Touch

Recent Posts

  • Hacker Summer Camp 2022
  • Private Sector Offensive Actors
  • USA’s Answer to GDPR
  • Rolling PWN
  • Over a Billion Records Leaked in Shanghai National Police Database Hack
View All

Search

Archives

Copyright © 2022 WatchGuard Technologies · Cookie Policy · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use