If you work at a restaurant, hospitality service, or retailer—or you help support the IT needs of such organizations—you should be on the look out for Point-of-Sale (POS) malware. Today's daily security video covers a new POS malware variant called MalumPOS, which targets Oracle MICROS POS systems. Watch it to learn how to protect yourself. (Episode Runtime: 1:58) Direct … [Read more...]
Old Gmail Leak – WSWiR Episode 121
Patch Day, Home Depot Update, and Gmail Leak Why go searching for all the week's information security (infosec) news when you can find it in one convenient place. This weekly vlog summarizes the important security updates, hacks, and threats so you can protect yourself. This week's episode arrives a bit late due to my business travel in Europe. Today's show covers the week's … [Read more...]
Black Hat 2014 – Briefing Summary – Day 2
Did any of the briefings from day one sound interesting to you? Do you want to know what happened the next day? If so, check out my day two Black Hat briefing summary below: BadUSB – On Accessories that Turn Evil Topic: Infecting USB microcontrollers to create undetectable evil USB devices Speaker: Karsten Nohl, Sascha Krißler, Jakob Lell News of this talk came out before the … [Read more...]
The Mask APT Campaign – WSWiR Episode 95
400Gb DDoS, More Bitcoin Attacks, and The Mask APT If you're looking for a quick synopsis of the latest information security news and advisories, our quick weekly video can provide it for you. This week's episode was shot literally right before I had to run out to catch a plane, so please excuse the low quality webcam footage. Today's episode includes a quick rundown of the … [Read more...]
Target Chain of Trust Attack – WSWiR Episode 94
Flash 0day, DailyMotion Watering Hole, and New POS Malware With Seattle celebrating our Super Bowl victory (Sea-Hawks!), it's hard for locals to keep their minds on Information Security (Infosec), but criminal hackers don't stop for American football. If you've been too busy to follow security news this week, let WatchGuard's Friday video fill you in on the details, and help … [Read more...]
