The 443 - Security Simplified

Snowden Vindication?

This week on the podcast we cover an update on the MYSTIC surveillance platform, one of several covert and potentially illegal spying programs that former NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked the existence of in 2014. Additionally, we'll discus an update on the payment card skimming malware MageCart and a Python Remote Access Trojan.
Episode Note: Yes, we posted this episode a bit late but we'll be back to our normal Monday episodes next week!

Uber Cover Up

This week on the podcast we cover the latest updates on Uber’s cover up of their 2016 data breach that impacted 57 million customers and employees. After that, we discuss a DDoS attack against the New Zealand Stock Exchange and an interesting malware delivery technique that researchers at ProofPoint recently disclosed.

AI Bloggers

This week on the podcast, we cover Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 or GPT-3, an AI model that a UC Berkeley student recently used to generate blog posts that fooled humans enough to propel one of them to the top of Hacker News. Additionally, we'll discuss a P2P botnet that has been targeting SSH servers on the internet.

The Dark Web Rewind

This week on the podcast, we’re bringing back a favorite episode from the very beginnings of The 443 – Security Simplified where we dove in to the Dark Web and discussed how It works, where it came from, and who uses it now. This episode originally aired in 2018.

BlackHat 2020 Recap

With BlackHat’s online-only 2020 edition conference in the bag we take a look back at a few of our favorite briefings and discuss the takeaways as they apply to our industry. From a penetration test gone wrong to what security professionals can learn from an EMT, we cover the best talks from this year’s event.

BlackHat and DEF CON Online

With the Black Hat and DEF CON security conferences starting this week, albeit in an online-only mode, we decided to take a look through this year’s agenda and pick some of the talks we are most looking forward to. We’ve picked out talks ranging from new research to updates on recent vulnerabilities to discuss on this week’s episode. Be sure to check out defcon.org this weekend since the conference is entirely free this year.

Meowing Databases

This week on The 443 – Security Simplified we discuss yet another alert from the UK National Cyber Security Center, this time on cyber-attacks targeting sporting organizations. We also take a quick dive into Meowing, a wave of destructive hacking that’s been targeting exposed databases online. Finally, with only a few weeks to go before the online-only editions of Black Hat and DEF CON, we chat about our annual Capture the Flag contest and how to participate this year.
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Twoops

This week on The 443 – Security Simplified we cover a massive security breach at Twitter that resulted in an attacker taking over dozens of high-profile accounts ranging from former presidents to Apple. We also discuss the latest Microsoft patch Tuesday which included a fix for a critical security vulnerability in Windows DNS Server.

Can We Trust Facial Recognition?

Welcome back to another episode of The 443 – Security Simplified. This week in the news, we cover an open source vulnerability scanner from Google and phishing campaign that combines Microsoft 365 and Zoom. After that, we dive in to the world of facial recognition and discuss recent research from WatchGuard Threat Lab and other concerns about the technology.

Don’t Trust the App

This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we discuss the latest out-of-band security patch from Microsoft solving two potentially serious vulnerabilities, a cryptocurrency phishing campaign that made its way on to the Google Play app store, and a neat way that payment card skimming malware hide’s its malicious code.