The 443 - Security Simplified

What Is Same-Origin Policy?

This week on the podcast, we mourn a Dan Kaminsky, a well-loved hacker responsible for identifying one of the biggest vulnerabilities in the history of the internet. Then, we continue our dive into web app security standards with a discussion on Same-Origin Policy and Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) and how they help protect us against Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks.

Cellebrite Good Times

This week on the podcast, we cover Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike's analysis of a phone forensic analysis tool made by the grey-hat hacking organization Cellebrite. Before that though, we cover another solved mystery from the SolarWinds Orion saga.

On A Tuesday

This week on the podcast we cover a couple of major events from April's Patch Tuesday including four new remote code execution vulnerabilities in Exchange Server and some additional developments in the saga of March's Exchange Server exploits.

Combating Disinformation with Nina Jankowicz Rewind

This week on the podcast, we go back to one of our favorite episodes from last year near the start of the pandemic where we sat down with security expert Nina Jankowicz to discuss what the rapid change to remote work would mean for security.

Q4 2020 Internet Security Report

Its that time of year again! This week on the podcast we dive in to the latest internet security report out of the WatchGuard Threat Lab. We'll cover the latest trends in malware, both at the perimeter and the endpoint, as well as network attacks and malicious domains. Additionally, we'll recap the top security incident from Q4, the Solar Winds Breach, and what it means for companies going forward.

What Is Content Security Policy?

This week on the podcast we take a look at Content Security Policy, a web app security standard designed to combat Cross Site Scripting attacks against websites and web apps. Before that though, we'll cover the latest security news including a resurgence in ransomware attacks and the long overdue death of TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1.

Defense Tips from a Pentester

This week on the podcast we cover key findings from the 2020 FBI Internet Crime Report and the latest reflective amplification vector for DDoS attacks. Then, we discuss a recent blog post from penetration tester Fabian Mosch that details the top weaknesses they target during their engagements. You can read more from Fabian here.

Popping Webmail Shells

This week on the podcast we take a deep dive into the Exchange Server vulnerabilities that Microsoft issued an emergency patch for after discovering foreign adversaries were actively exploiting the flaws in the wild. We'll go over the vulnerabilities, how they work, and give some tips for defending against similar attacks in the future.

Hacked by Cosmic Rays

This week on the podcast we cover Gootkitand Gootloader, two oddly-named pieces of an evasive trojan that researchers have been watching evolve into a fileless threat. We also discuss the security benefits and drawbacks of Apple's closed-door approach to security. Finally, we end with some research on what happens when a cosmic ray causes your computer to load up the wrong destination for a network connection.

Microsoft Says “Regulate Us”

This week on the podcast we cover an upcoming Chrome browser update with important behind-the-scenes changes, a 9.8/10 severity vulnerability in VMWare vCenter, and a plea from Microsoft for more breach disclosure regulation in the wake of the SolarWinds breaches.