Unfortunately, lots of security news suggests lots of cyber crime. If you want to stay protected, you need to keep up to date; but who has time? Hopefully our weekly InfoSec video can help. Last Friday's episode covered an IRS data leak, a mysterious text message that crashed iPhones, some scary new crowd-sourced ransomware, and more. Watch the YouTube video below for all the … [Read more...]
North Korean Cyber Killers? – Daily Security Byte EP.91
Today, a North Korean (NK) defector and university professor claimed the NK's Bureau 121 cyber attack group includes 6000 cyber warrior who could destroy cities and cause human casualties. Meanwhile, we also learned that the US government allegedly launched a failed, Stuxnet-like attack against NK back in 2010. How much of this is true, and what do two nations states battling … [Read more...]
Microsoft March Patch Madness – Daily Security Byte EP.41
Today's Microsoft Patch Day is huge, with 14 bulletins fixing tens of vulnerabilities (many Critical). If you want to protect your encrypted web connections, and plug a five year old, zero day hole, you should update. See the video for details, or check out our blog post from earlier. (Episode Runtime: 2:28) Direct YouTube … [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...]
