The 443 - Security Simplified

RSA Conference 2019 – Conversations from Booth Land

While Marc is on vacation, and Corey left the cozy confines of our podcast booth in Seattle, and spoke with the folks at WatchGuard’s booth at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. They discussed the top security concerns and trends at the event, including: IoT, MFA and secure Wi-Fi.

RSA Conference Preview

Welcome back to another episode of The 443 – Security Simplified. This week, we preview the trends and buzzwords we expect to see at the 2019 RSA Conference in San Francisco. Before that though, we discuss the latest news, including a mobile phone forensics tool found on ebay and a cryptojacking company closing up shop.

All Hail Our AI Overlords

In this week’s episode of The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover two recent healthcare data breaches in the news. Following that, we’ll jump in to the world of artificial intelligence and a few applications with serious opportunities for misuse.

Roses Are Red, WatchGuard Is Too

In this episode of The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover a multi-factor authentication crackdown on Apple iOS app developers. Then, to celebrate Valentine’s day, we dive in to dating app security. We cover a few prominent hacks and security trends in the online dating world and how to not fall victim to attackers.

reCAPTCHA Roundup

This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we discuss two news events involving bug bounties. The first event involves a security researcher withholding details of a critical flaw in Mac OS because of Apple’s lack of a bug bounty program, and the second involves a researcher that was allegedly assaulted by a vendor while following up on promises of a payment. After that excitement, we jump in to the world of CAPTCHA, including where it started and how its evolving.

Our First Live Podcast – Kicking off 2019

This edition of The 443 – Security Simplified was recorded in front of a live audience at a recent WatchGuard event. Marc and Corey engage the crowd, and WatchGuard executives, in discussion about the state of information security at the beginning of 2019, and have fun with some security and pop culture trivia games.

How to Breach a Company

In today’s episode of The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover the latest news where a group of researchers accidently triggered a bug, disrupting internet routing. We’ll then jump in to the 6 different categories of data breaches, how they occur, and how to defend against them.

How a Government Shutdown Affects Cybersecurity

In today’s episode, we cover the overlooked cybersecurity ramifications of the US government shutdown. From NIST to expired certificates, we’ll discuss the government agencies, programs, and tools that private organizations rely on every day which are most impacted by the US congress’s ongoing failure to pass a budget for 2019.

Hacking for PewDiePie

In today’s episode of The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover recent news of a mass account breach at Reddit and a global DNS hijacking campaign. We then discuss in to a group of hackers attempting to convince the world to subscribe to a popular YouTube personality’s channel by compromising printers and Chromecasts.

Talking MFA with Roger Grimes

This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we sit down for an interview with authentication expert Roger Grimes, author of A Data-Driven Computer Security Defense. We’ll discuss the security benefits of multi-factor authentication and how attackers circumvent them.