Episodes
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This week on the podcast, we're joined by Ryan Estes, a member of WatchGuard's Zero-Trust Application Service classification team and resident ransomware expert to discuss the wild month in ransomware news. We start the episode with a story about a fake ransomware operator that scammed cybercriminals out of tens of thousands of dollars before discussing two major Ransomware-as-a-Service operators that have had a pretty rough couple of weeks.
Published 03/11/24
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This week on the podcast, we cover an international law enforcement takedown of the LokBit ransomware group's infrastructure. After that, we cover a novel malware delivery vector involving an IoT "toy." We end the podcast by covering the latest White House Executive Order addressing cybersecurity in critical infrastructure.
Published 02/26/24
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This week on the podcast we cover Canada's attempt to ban the Flipper Zero. Before that, we review a recent research post on a new class of vulnerability on the Ubuntu operating system. We end the episode with a chat bout a the impacts of artificial intelligence on data security.
Menlo Report on Business AI Usage - https://info.menlosecurity.com/rs/281-OWV-899/images/How-employee-usage-of-generative-AI-is-impacting-security-posture.pdf?version=5
Published 02/20/24
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This week on the podcast, we cover a recent news post about an army of 3 million compromised toothbrushes taking down a Swiss website, causing millions in damages. After that, we discuss the United States DOJ's latest botnet takedown, this time targeting Volt Typhoon. We end the episode by walking through a CISA joint-publication giving guidance on how to defend against Living-of-the-Land (LotL) attacks
Published 02/12/24
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This week on the podcast, we cover Apple's recent announcement describing how they will comply with the European Union's new Digital Markets Act and what that means for the iPhone walled garden. Before that, we cover a databreach at Mercedez-Benze thanks to an alternative authentication method. Additionally, we cover the roundup of vulnerabilities in Ivanti's remote Policy Secure and Connect Secure products and how organizations should respond.
Published 02/05/24
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This week on the podcast, we cover two "Blizzard" threat actors targeting governments and private organizations. We also give an update to the SEC's compromised Twitter/X Account, and then end with a discussion of an EU program designed to improve their citizen's privacy while browsing the internet.
Published 01/29/24
https://youtu.be/jG3mwjCLpJQ
This week on the podcast, we review a CISA and FBI joint advisory on the Androxgh0st malware. Before that we cover recent Volt Typhoon activity targeting SMB routers exposed on the internet. We end the episode with a fun research blog post about a series of flaws in an Indian insurance provider.
Published 01/22/24
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This week on the podcast, we review NIST's new publication that defines a taxonomy for how we talk about Adversarial Machine Learning. Before that, we cover a recent discovery of threat actors retaining access to Google accounts even through a password reset. We round out the episode with an account compromise that lead to a surge in Bitcoin price before finishing with a discussion of Living-off-Trusted Sites (LoTS) attacks that leverage GitHub.
Published 01/16/24
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This week, we cover a password compromise that lead to a mobile telco in Spain losing control of their IP address space. We also give a quick update on the Lapsus$ ringleader's court case before discussing a recently discovered macOS backdoor malware that evades most endpoint protection. We end the episode by covering Microsoft's research into a malware installation method that bypasses many security protections.
Published 01/08/24
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This week on the podcast, we cover a supply chain attack against one of the largest hardware cryptocurrency wallet manufacturers. After that, we discuss the latest Apache Struts vulnerability under active exploit by threat actors. We end the episode with our thoughts on a research blog post about a set of threat actors using an old school attack against modern targets.
Published 12/19/23
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This week on the podcast, we cover a new unauthenticated keystroke injection vulnerability in the Bluetooth implementation on nearly every type of device. After that we discuss Logofail, a suite of vulnerabilities in most UEFI boot implementations that could let threat actors easily hide their tracks. We end by covering a recent CISA advisory on Adobe ColdFusion exploits in the wild.
Published 12/13/23
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This week on the podcast we discuss our cybersecurity predictions for 2024. We'll cover each of the 6 predictions for the coming year including the trends behind them and how to protect your organization if they come true!
Published 12/04/23
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This week on the podcast, we look back to our 2023 security predictions and grade ourselves on how well we were able to see the future. We'll go through each of our 6 predictions, explain the trends that fueled them, and then provide either evidence that they came true or discuss reasons why they may not have yet.
Published 11/27/23
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This week on the podcast, we dive in to the EU's Network and Information Security directive update, aka NIS2. We'll cover who might be impacted and what to expect in terms of requirements in the coming year. Before that, we give an update to on the latest Scattered Spider threat actor activity followed by an update on LockBit's latest ransomware victims.
Published 11/20/23
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This week on the podcast, we cover an analysis from Mandiant on an attack lead by the Russian state-sponsored threat actor Sandworm that came alongside missiles strikes against Ukraine. Before that, we review Okta's post mortum from their recent cyber incident. We end the episode by discussing udpated research from Jamf on a North Korean threat actor targeting the financial sector.
Published 11/13/23
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This week on the podcast we cover an Executive Order from the US White House on the topic of Artificial Intelligence. After that, we discuss the latest CISO that has found themselves in hot water with the law. We then cover an update to the Common Vulnerability Scoring System and end with a researcher claiming the end of encryption as we know it.
Published 11/06/23
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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.
Published 10/30/23
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...
Published 10/23/23
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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.
Published 10/16/23
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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.
Published 10/09/23
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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.
Published 10/03/23
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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.
Published 09/18/23
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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.
Published 09/11/23
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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.
Published 09/05/23
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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.
Published 08/28/23