Two weeks ago experts blamed China for a DDoS attack against Github. This week, researchers describe the Great Cannon tool that China allegedly uses for these sorts of attacks. Press play to learn more, and to hear how I think we should combat this threat. (Episode Runtime: 2:30) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stx9IRTcUBo EPISODE REFERENCES: Citizen … [Read more...]
NSA Get Out of Our Phones – WSWiR Episode 140
According to the news cyber criminals, nation states, and even our own employees are attacking our digital networks. In fact there's so much information security news each day, it's hard to keep up. If you find yourself falling behind, perhaps my weekly summary video can help. Today's episode covers, nation-state malware, booby-trapped popular web sites, dangerous pre-loaded … [Read more...]
NSA Hacks Hard Drives – Daily Security Byte EP.25
The latest advanced threat discovery uncovers nation state (possibly NSA) malware that overwrites hard drive firmware; making it extremely difficult to find or clean. Watch the video for more details. (Episode Runtime: 2:26) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL39RZPvLS0 EPISODE REFERENCES: Kaspersky’s blog post on the Equation Group (EG) - Kaspersky More … [Read more...]
Tax Time Security Woes – WSWiR Episode 139
There's tons of security news each week. If you can't keep up, I try to summarize the most important stuff for you in my weekly video. This week's show covers a researcher leaking 10M credentials, Forbes' website getting hacked, a TurboTax security scare, and much more. Watch the video for all the details, or check out the Reference section for other interesting … [Read more...]
Hot Girls Help Hackers – WSWiR Episode 138
The information security (infosec) industry is fast paced, and attackers change tactics every week. Do you have trouble following the latest attacks and security news? Well, our regular infosec video is here to help. Today's episode covers attackers masquerading as hot girls, a zero day IE11 flaw, malicious Google Play apps, an one of the largest healthcare data breaches. Watch … [Read more...]
