The 443 - Security Simplified

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This week on the podcast we discuss our cybersecurity predictions for 2024. We'll cover each of the 6 predictions for the coming year including the trends behind them and how to protect your organization if they come true!

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This week on the podcast, we look back to our 2023 security predictions and grade ourselves on how well we were able to see the future. We'll go through each of our 6 predictions, explain the trends that fueled them, and then provide either evidence that they came true or discuss reasons why they may not have yet.

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This week on the podcast, we dive in to the EU's Network and Information Security directive update, aka NIS2. We'll cover who might be impacted and what to expect in terms of requirements in the coming year. Before that, we give an update to on the latest Scattered Spider threat actor activity followed by an update on LockBit's latest ransomware victims.

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This week on the podcast, we cover an analysis from Mandiant on an attack lead by the Russian state-sponsored threat actor Sandworm that came alongside missiles strikes against Ukraine. Before that, we review Okta's post mortum from their recent cyber incident. We end the episode by discussing udpated research from Jamf on a North Korean threat actor targeting the financial sector.

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This week on the podcast we cover an Executive Order from the US White House on the topic of Artificial Intelligence. After that, we discuss the latest CISO that has found themselves in hot water with the law. We then cover an update to the Common Vulnerability Scoring System and end with a researcher claiming the end of encryption as we know it.

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This week on the podcast, we review a thorough unmasking of Octa Tempest, the threat actor beind the MGM and Caesars Entertainment attacks in September. Before that, we give an update on the Cisco IOS XE vulnerability that head to an implant installed on thousands of exposed devices. We round out the episode with an analysis of CitrixBleed, an information disclosure vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler that was just patched last week.

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This week on the podcast, we cover CISA's newly updated whitepaper on guidance for both software manufacturers and customers on the principals of secure-by-design and secure-by-default. Before that, we cover the Cisco IOS XE vulnerability that is under active exploitation in the wild, give an update on the EPA's efforts to regulate cybersecurity practices in water districts, and then discuss research into the latest "bullet proof hosting" options for malicious web content.

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This week on the podcast, we cover the recent HTTP/2 protocol vulnerability that lead to the largest DDoS attack ever recorded by CloudFlare. After that, we discuss Microsoft's announcement about the deprecation of VBScript and the impending removal of NTLM. We then cover a collection of data allegedly stolen from the genealogy website 23 and Me before ending with a fun bit of research targeting private servers for the Grand Theft Auto Online video game.

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This week on the podcast, we go through the latest Internet Security Report from the WatchGuard Threat Lab. We'll cover the top malware and network attack trends from Q2 2023 impacting small and mid-market organization globally before ending with defensive tips anyone can take back to their company.

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This week on the podcast, we discuss an alert from CISA on nation state threat actors embedding malware into legacy Cisco router firmware. After that, we cover a research post on malicious advertisements served up via Bing's ChatGTP integration. We then end with an analysis of North Korea's Lazarus group's latest social engineering techniques.