The 443 - Security Simplified

This week on the podcast, we cover a recent blog post from Google's Threat Intelligence Group on a financially motiviated threat actor's latest techniques for stealing data. After that, we dive into the Model Context Protocol (MPC) that organizations have been rapidly adopting to add functionality to their AI deployments and all of the security risks that it introduces.

This week on the podcast, recent guest Adam Winston hops back on to continue our discussion on Artificial Intelligence in cybersecurity. This week, we focus on how attackers are using AI, what to worry about and what not to lose sleep over, and guidance for evaluating AI for use within your own organization.

This week on the podcast, we cover Coinbase's recent filing with the SEC that described an insider threat event that lead to a ransomware extortion. After that, we discuss dive in to Signal and other secure messaging apps, how they protect communications, and how other apps can undermine those protections.

This week on the podcast, we bring on Ryan Estes from the WatchGuard Threat Lab to discuss the latest trends in ransomware operations. Ryan is an expert in ransomware analysis and currently owns the data behind WatchGuard's public Ransomware Tracker on the WatchGuard Security Center.

This week on the podcast, we bring in Adam Winston, former CSO of ActZero and current Field CTO for Managed Services at WatchGuard to discuss automating the SOC with AI. We cover the history of AI in SecOps, the good and bad applications of AI and Machine Learning, what the future looks like, and how compliance might impact our ability to get there.

This week on the podcast, we discuss how the CVE program was granted an 11th hour temporary reprieve after the program's steward, MITRE, originally announced their contract had not been renewed. After that, we cover the recent cyberattack against 4chan that took it offline and resulted in leaked moderator information and source code. We end with a quick discussion on a post-exploitation technique being used in the wild against Fortinet FortiGate devices.

This week on the podcast, we discuss a recent White House executive order that revoked the security clearances of former CISA chief Christopher Krebs as well as all other employees at SentinelOne and the implications that brings to our industry. Before that, we give a quick update on the Oracle Cloud breach from a few weeks back that Oracle has finally confirmed. We end with our thoughts on a few Microsoft Windows AI features that just launched in early preview and how they might impact data privacy and security.

This week on the podcast, we discuss a recent threat intelligence report on the Chinese Phishing-as-a-Service platform Lucid. Before that, we cover the alleged Oracle Cloud breach before reviewing the Singapore Shared Responsibility Framework, designed to combat financial scams.

This week, we discuss a recent cascading supply chain attack involving multiple Github actions workflows that nearly succeeded in compromising a popular Coinbase application. Before that, we discuss a novel way to download malware onto an endpoint by abusing a web browser's caching feature. Additionally, we cover an FBI alert on file converter malware scams.

This week on the podcast, we discuss a research post by SquareX that invents a new way to impersonate any extension installed on a victim's web browser. Before that, we cover the latest supply chain attack attempts from Lazarus, as well as a malvertising campaign that managed to infect 1 million endpoints.

This week on the podcast, we discuss a recent update from Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center describing the latest tactics from Silk Typhoon, a Chinese nation state threat actor focusing in espionage. Before that, we cover the recent 0day vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion. We also analyze a report by S-RM on an Akira ransomware attack that leveraged IoT devices to hide from EDR tools.

This week on the podcast, we cover the largest cryptocurrency heist ever (for now). Before that, we cover Apple's decision to disable Advanced Data Protection (ADP) for its UK customers. We end the episode with a review of Wiz's State of Code Security report for 2025.

This week on the podcast, we cover a video game that delivered malware through the Steam marketplace before diving into an analysis of a recent Palo Alto authentication bypass vulnerability. We end the podcast by covering the recent activity from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the security impact to US federal agencies.

This week on the podcast, we cover a recent report that highlights a drop in ransomware payments in 2024. After that, we discuss a recent attack targeting ASP.NET web servers before ending with a report on sensitive data leakage caused by AI model use.

This week on the podcast, we discuss the Common Vulnerability Scoring System or CVSS and why one popular developer thinks its completely broken. After that, we cover Lumen's Black Lotus Labs' research into a Juniper backdoor malware. We end with the latest car hacking research and an admin portal with possibly the worst MFA implementation ever.

This week on the podcast, we cover security researcher Eaton Zveare's recent blog post on a trove of vulnerabilities they found in McDonalds India's McDelivery web application. Before that, we give an update on Salt Typhoon's latest US government victim and discus an attack involving hijacked Google Chrome extensions.

This week on the podcast, we dive in to the WatchGuard Threat Lab's 2025 security predictions. We'll cover each of the predictions and explain the trends that drove us to making them for the coming year.

This week on the podcast, we cover the first ever UEFI bootkit targeting Linux systems and what it means for evasive malware. After that, we give an update on whats being called "the worst telecom hack in US history" before ending with our analysis of a research post showing the latest phishing evasion techniques for malicious office documents.

This week on the podcast, we look back to our 2024 security predictions that we made last year and grade ourselves on how well we saw the future. We cover everything from AI deep-fake phishing to VR headset hacking!

This week on the podcast, we review CISA's most recent report on the top routinely exploited vulnerabilities from the last year. Before that, we cover North Korea's latest malware evasion testing followed by a report on a different evasion technique that abuses concatenated ZIP archives.

This week on the podcast, we cover a research white paper that details how attackers could use AI to complete an entire money-theft or credential theft-scam from start to finish. Before that, we discus Sophos' 5 year battle with Chinese hackers targeting network devices followed by Microsoft's current battle with password spray attacks through compromised network devices.

This week on the podcast, we review Fortinet's recently-disclosed remote code execution vulnerability in the FortiManager system that has been under active exploit since at least June. After that, we discuss the SEC's recent action against 4 companies found at fault for misleading security incident disclosure statements.

This week on the podcast, we cover security incident that brought the Internet Archive and all of its services down, including the Way Back Machine. Before that, we discuss a Chinese nation-state backed threat actor that compromised three major American telecommunications providers and may have gained access to the US wiretapping system.

This week we cover a research write up on a new technique to monetize stolen AWS credentials. Before that, we discuss a Linux malware variant that went unexposed until just recently and a story about a serial hacker that was caught because of opsec failures.

This week on the podcast, we cover the "9.9/10 severity vulnerability affecting most Linux systems" that a researcher disclosed last week and what it means for Linux systems administrators. We then discuss a research post into Kia's remote control systems that allowed one researcher to compromise any Kia in the last decade by just knowing their license plate number. We end with a new act that was just introduced into the US Senate with a goal to secure the healthcare industry.

This week on the podcast, we discuss how German law enforcement managed to deanonymize and arrest users on the TOR network. After that, we discuss why the US government is trying to ban Chinese-manufactured car hardware. We then end with a cool research article on chaining open redirect and iframe issues into a 1-click vulnerability that grants attackers access to arbitrary Google Docs files.

This week on the podcast, we discuss Microsoft's recent Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit and what it means for the future of endpoint security on the Windows platform. After that, we cover a research post on a malware campaign using Google Sheets as a command and control channel before ending with a chat about the US federal government's push to classify cybersecurity as a national service role.

This week on the podcast, we discuss guidance published by the US White House Office of the National Cyber Director that lays out a roadmap for addressing key security concerns in the BGP routing protocol. Before that, we cover a security research post from Jfrog detailing a new python package hijacking method under active exploitation as well as an analysis of the Microsoft Windows Wi-Fi driver remote code execution vulnerability patched last June.

This week on the podcast, we discuss the US government's push to investigate the risks that TP-Link network devices introduce to national security. Before that, we give an update on the NPD data breach from last week as well as the threat actor behind it. We also discuss an ongoing cyber incident at the Port of Seattle.

This week on the podcast, we cover the National Public Data breach that may have leaked every American's social security number. After that, we discuss research from TALOS on how attackers can abuse Microsoft applications on macOS to gain access to your camera and microphone. We end the episode by discussing recent research on how attackers are attempting to evade Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools.

This week on the podcast, we round out our takeaways from the Black Hat and Def Con security conferences in Las Vegas. We go through 4 talks across both conferences that were especially interesting either for nostalgia or modern impact.

On this episode of the podcast, we have another recap from the BlackHat security conference in Las Vegas. This time we discuss a new initiative to protect the world from deepfakes, followed by a penetration testing engagement that proved immutable backups doesn't always mean available backups.

On this episode of the podcast, we cover our two favorite briefings from the first day at the Black Hat security conference. We start with our thoughts on "shadow resources" in cloud environments before giving an update to last week's episode with additional research into AI-as-a-Service attacks.

https://youtu.be/PTm87MQS-Z8 This week we will be attending Hacker Summer camp in Las Vegas. We will be publishing a recap each day focusing on our key takeaways.

This week on the episode, we walk through CrowdStrike's preliminary post incident report to understand exactly what happened during the July 19th outage and what all software vendors can learn from the event. After that, we cover a clever plot that lead to KnowBe4 hiring a North Korean threat actor. We end with some research from Wiz on Artificial Intelligence tenant isolation.

In this daily security byte with WatchGuard CSO, Corey Nachreiner, he explains the recent Global IT outage cause by a CrowdStrike update. We also follow-up on RockYou and the RockYou2024 data dump of 10 billion records.

This week on the podcast we discover the newly-disclosed protocol vulnerability in certain RADIUS implementations. Before that, we give an update on the continued fallout from the Snowflake customer databreaches including a new disclosure from AT&T. We also discuss a blog post from JFrog that details how they saved the world from what could have been the worst supply chain attack in history.

This week on the podcast, we cover OpenSSH's recent critical vulnerability and what it means for systems administrators. Before that, we discuss the CDK Global ransomware attack impacting car dealerships across the us, a Korean internet service provider delivering malware to their customers, and a takeover of a popular JavaScript library gone hostile.

This week on the podcast we doscuss two issues from this month's Microsoft patch tuesday that deserve your attention. After that we discuss the recent data theft campain targeting Snowflake customers that has impacted over 100 organizations. We end the episode with an update on the hackers behind the MGM and Caesar's Entertainment breaches last year.

This week on the podcast we cover the WatchGuard Threat Lab's Internet Security Report from Q1. In this episode, we discuss the latest trends in malware detections at the network and the endpoint, network attack trends, and malicious domains that targeted WatchGuard customers around the world.

This week on the podcast, we discuss a new Microsoft Windows feature that is shaping up to be a security nightmare. Before that, we discuss a new research initiative from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) that could make big improvements in healthcare cybersecurity.

This week on the podcast, we cover a newly disclosed weakness in the 802.11 Wi-Fi standard that affects common enterprise Wi-Fi deployments. Before that, we discuss CISA's Secure by Design Pledge for technology vendors before ending with a Microsoft research post on Quick Assist social engineering.

This week on the podcast, we cover guidance from CISA and its international partners that guides organizations on the right questions to ask during the technology procurement process to make sure the products they buy are secure. Before that, we cover Microsoft's research into a common vulnerability impacting over 4 billion Android application installations followed by a discussion on the Tunnel Vision VPN vulnerability.

This week on the podcast, we cover the key takeaways from the 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Before that, we discuss what we learned from United Healthcare CEO Andrew Witty's congressional testimony on their ransomware attack in February. We also discuss a research article from JFrog on malicious Docker Hub repositories.

This week on the podcast, we cover a nation-state backed attack against Cisco ASA appliances which Cisco TALOS themselves have dubbed "ArcaneDoor." After that, we discuss a phishing tookit being used to target LastPass users before ending with a new way to deliver malware payloads using legitimate services.

This week on the podcast, we cover a Google initiative to kill off session hijacking attacks once and for all. Before that, we give an analysis of CVE-2023-3400, the Palo Alto zero-day vulnerability currently under active exploit. Additionally, we discuss a recent white paper from CISA on securely deploying artificial intelligence systems.

This week on the podcast, we cover a research post describing a code injection vulnerability caused by how nearly every high-level programming language runs on Windows. We also discuss a series of vulnerabilities in LG televisions that allow remote attackers to root the device before ending with a chat about new adversarial tactics for delivering malware via GitHub.

This week on the podcast, we cover a report from the Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Safety Review Board that analyzes Microsoft's Exchange Online 2023 security incident in excruciating detail. Before that, we cover CISA's new rules around cyber incident reporting and an unsealed indictment against 7 Chinese nationals.

This week on the podcast, we cover a software supply chain attack years in the making that was days away from a devastating global impact. After that, we cover Facebook's Project Ghostbusters and its impact on user privacy before ending with another software supply chain attack that successfully compromised developers in the gaming world.