The 443 - Security Simplified

Lone Star Ransomware

This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover the latest ransomware attack targeting local governments, a new password protection feature being added to Google Chrome, and the latest tricks attackers are using to spam and phish.

Penetration Testing

Welcome back to another episode of The 443 – Security Simplified. This week we cover the latest in infosec news including ransomware targeting a hospital and a recently discovered vulnerability in the Bluetooth specification. We’ll also cover our favorite talks from the last day of the Def Con security conference.

Def Con 27 Recap – Day 2

Welcome back to the last Hacker Summer Camp special edition episode of The 443 – Security Simplified. On this episode, we cover day 2 of the Def Con hacker conference in Las Vegas. We’ll go over our favorite talks and takeaways from the day before heading back home tomorrow.

Def Con 27 Recap – Day 1

Welcome back to The 443 – Security Simplified. With Black Hat 2019 all wrapped up, on this episode we move on to Def Con 27, another security conference hosted every summer in Las Vegas. In this episode, we’ll cover our favorite talks and takeaways from the first day of the conference.

Black Hat 2019 Recap – Day 2

Welcome back to another special edition of The 443 – Security Simplified, (almost) live from Last Vegas! In this episode, we recap the second and final day of the Black Hat 2019 security conference. We'll cover some of our favorite talks and takeaways from the conference before transitioning to the Def Con conference tomorrow!

Black Hat 2019 Recap – Day 1

It’s Hacker Summer Camp season so we’re coming to you (almost) live from Last Vegas with daily recaps from the major security conferences. On this episode, we recap our favorite talks and findings from day 1 of the Black Hat conference.

What’s In Your Wallet?

It seems like the data breaches never end. This week on The 443 – Security Simplified we cover the latest data breach, Capital One. After that, we interview a Matthew Terry, a WatchGuard QA engineer, for an update on where the industry stands on wireless security.

US Justice and Injustice

The week on The 443, we cover stories of US Justice and Injustice. From the Equifax Breach Settlement to Facebook's record-breaking fine. We also cover a recent talk from US Attorney General William Barr on the topic of backdooring encryption.
If you want to see whether you were a victim of the Equifax breach and are entitled to compensation, check out equifaxbreachsettlement.com.

FaceApp FUD

This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we take a look at the popular social media photo manipulation app FaceApp. Is it a Russian-backed ploy to fuel a facial recognition database, or Just another fad with questionable terms of service? We also dive in to several new security stories and end with a discussion on the email address spoofing-prevention standard DMARC.

DerpTroll Detention

We have another bit news roundup day this week on The 443 – Security Simplified. In this episode, we cover an advanced fileless malware campaign, mobile malware targeting android devices, and an update on a script kiddie that tried to ruin Christmas.