The 443 - Security Simplified

The Threat Actor That Hacked MGM

https://youtu.be/kvSA53ncRlg
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.

CISA’s Secure by Design Whitepaper

https://youtu.be/GYoWiEKod38
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.

Microsoft is Killing NTLM

https://youtu.be/dSUkvBUDum4
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.

Q2 2023 Internet Security Report

https://youtu.be/NVvX02rwlEA
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.

Bing Chat Malvertising

https://youtu.be/Io_lubfJgKE
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.

Meta’ One Good Deed

https://youtu.be/Yo5GO14F5N0
This week on the podcast, we get up to speed on the MGM and Caesars Entertainment ransomware incidents from the previous week. After that, we take a deep dive into a blog post from Meta's application security team for their VR headsets. After that, we cover Microsoft's analysis of an ATP's pivot from email to another form of phishing.

iPhone’s Latest 0-Day

https://youtu.be/UwuG1U1fZhE
This week on the podcast, we cover Microsoft's final report on their July incident involving nation-state actors compromising enterprise email accounts. After that, we discuss a zero-day, zero-click vulnerability in iOS being actively exploited in the wild before ending with a chat about an upcoming change to how Android handles CA certificates.

The Qakbot Takedown

https://youtu.be/NLO0DYuTZp4
This week on the podcast, we cover the FBI-lead, multinational takedown of the Qakbot botnet of over 700,000 victim devices. After that, we cover two android malware variants including one targeting victims in southeast Asia and another built by the Russian GRU.

Weaponizing WinRAR

https://youtu.be/BVbVwm0dMgg
This week on the podcast we cover the latest evolutions of the North Korean threat actor Lazarus before covering an actively-exploited 0day vulnerability in the popular unarchiver WinRAR. We end the episode with an AI-related attack that doesn't actually use AI.

U.S. Cyber Trust Mark

https://youtu.be/Drx3kF3sllQ
This week on the podcast we cover the FCC's proposal for a security assurance labeling program for IoT devices. Before that, we discuss the latest AI research challenge hosted by DARPA as well as some research into a novel attack against the AI/ML supply chain.