IE Exploit, Silk Road Ruined, and NSA Tor Hacks Better late than never. This week's regular Friday InfoSec video includes the latest on the Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability, a warning to Adobe customers about a data breach, news of a popular Tor site takedown, and the latest NSA and Snowden leak. Watch the video below for details, and check out the Reference section for … [Read more...]
Q&A w/Frank Ohlhorst – WSWiR Episode 77
Encryption Backdoors, iPhone Fingerprint Scanners, and Ohlhorst Q&A In my regular Infosec video, I typically summarize the big network and information security stories from the week; but last week's episode was a little different. WatchGuard had the pleasure of having Frank Ohlhorst, an award winning journalist in our offices. Ohlhorst writes for many publications, … [Read more...]
NSA Attacks Encryption – WSWiR Episode 76
Tor Bots, Android Bots, and NSA Hacking Another week, another InfoSec video. If you'd like to hear my quick take on the security news from the week, this video's for you. Today, I cover an FTC settlement that could have security repercussions for all software vendors, two unique new botnets affecting Tor users and mobile devices, and breaking news that the NSA is trying to … [Read more...]
Facebook Hacked- WSWiR Episode 74
App Store Hole, LoL Breach, and Zuckerberg Hacked I'm back with our regular infosec news video summary, where I highlight the biggest or most interesting security stories from the week and share a few tips along the way. Today's episode covers a handful of software updates, the breach of a popular multiplayer arena battle game, some drama around a new Facebook vulnerability, … [Read more...]
Android Bitcoin Wallets Broken – WSWiR in Words
Hacked Baby Monitors, Broken Bitcoins, and Apache Exploit Kits By the time you see this on Friday, I'll be hiking and camping in the Olympic National Forest. I'm taking a day off this week for an extended camping weekend. Unfortunately, that also means I did not have time to produce a full InfoSec summary video... but fear not. In lieu of this week's video, I'm leaving you … [Read more...]
