According to reports, a Russian cyber criminal has leaked over 272 million credentials, including many from popular webmail services. However, so far none of the companies have validated that the leaked credentials work today. Watch my video below to learn what I think, and what you can do to protect yourself. (Episode Runtime: 3:34) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
Important OpenSSL Updates – Daily Security Byte EP. 256
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) are two very important Internet protocols, as they help us encrypt Web traffic and much more. OpenSSL is a very popular Linux implementation of SSL/TLS, used in many products. If you use OpenSSL, watch the video to learn why you should update OpenSSL as soon as you can. (Episode Runtime: 2:43) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
DROWN Vulnerability – Daily Security Byte EP. 225
Researchers disclosed a critical new SSL vulnerability during one of the biggest security conferences in the world, RSA. DROWN, or Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened eNcryption, is an vulnerability that allows attackers to gain the public key of servers that still use SSLv2.0. Watch today's video to learn more about it, and make sure to disable SSLv2.0 on all your … [Read more...]
OpenSSL DSA Vulnerability – Daily Security Byte EP. 209
Last week, the OpenSSL team fixed a vulnerability that could allow attackers to get the key used to encrypt your HTTPS or SSL connections. Watch today's video to learn a bit more about this vulnerability, the update, and how WatchGuard products are affected. (Episode Runtime: 3:17) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8yBGcTGtqM EPISODE … [Read more...]
Hacked Team Flash ’Sploit Patched – Daily Security Byte EP.112
Among all the embarrassing stolen data from The Hacking Team breach was a serious Adobe Flash zero day vulnerability, which is now in the hands of any blackhat criminal who knows how to use Google. If you don't want cyber criminals exploiting this flaw against you, watch today's video to learn what you can do. (Episode Runtime: 1:47) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
