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Congressman’s Mobile Hacked – Daily Security Byte EP. 249

April 18, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

Over the weekend, a 60 Minutes segment covered how a researcher could hack a congressman's phone just by knowing its number. Sound familiar? It should, because I covered almost the same story last year. Nonetheless, watch today's video to learn more about the latest research into a weakness in a phone protocol called SS7. (Episode Runtime: 3:03) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]

FBI Delays Apple Case – Daily Security Byte EP. 237

March 23, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

The FBI vs Apple court hearing was supposed to start Tuesday, but the FBI delayed it. What happened? Watch my daily video to find out and to learn what I think this means to the case. (Episode Runtime: 4:52) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0hVttpqeB0 EPISODE REFERENCES: FBI delays the Apple hearing - The Verge FBI thinks it might be able to unlock … [Read more...]

Play-Doh Hacks iPhone – Daily Security Byte EP. 224

February 28, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

Some say passwords are dead, and offer solutions like biometrics to solve our authentication problems. However, if children's Play-Doh can defeat fingerprint readers, are biometrics really that much better? Watch Friday's episode to learn more about a new iPhone fingerprint reader hack, and why I think multi-factor authentication is the real solution. (Episode Runtime: … [Read more...]

Apple vs.The FBI – Daily Security Byte EP. 218

February 19, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

This week, Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, posted a public letter to his customers explaining why Apple intends to fight a court order demanding that they help crack the security of a dead terrorist's iPhone. Hearing this, you might think, "I don't use Apple stuff, so I don't care," or "this doesn't affect me and I want them to catch terrorists." The problem is, this issue could set a … [Read more...]

GOZeus Down – WSWiR Episode 110

June 6, 2014 By Corey Nachreiner

NSA Facial Recognition, OpenSSL Patch, and Zeus Takedown It's that time again. If you have a hankering for the latest InfoSec news, this is the place to get it. You can watch me summarize all of the week's biggest security stories in one short video. Today I talk about the NSA scanning the Internet for our pictures, a big OpenSSL security update, and the latest botnet takedown … [Read more...]

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