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Improve Your Security IQ

When you're learning new technology, perhaps nothing teaches as well as real-world examples. Whether you want to understand the latest attacks, or how to use WatchGuard products to defend your network, these videos give you a first-hand look at how it's done.

WatchGuard Video Blog
Malware Analysis

Firebox Facts: Edge Proxies
Firebox Facts: Fireware Proxies
Security For Your Beginners

WatchGuard Video Blog

Update your security knowledge in mere minutes. In these quickly-produced clips, WatchGuard security analysts respond to breaking news with quick demonstrations, explanations, or clarification.

iPhone Hacks Windows XP Computer

This video shows how Corey wirelessly takes control of a Windows PC from his iPhone. How? Watch and see. (Big hint: An unlocked iPhone can run Metasploit.)

Internet Explorer VML Exploit Revealed

Network security analyst Corey Nachreiner, CISSP, demonstrates how a zero-day security vulnerability in Internet Explorer can be exploited. This is the Vector Markup Language flaw that Microsoft patched with MS06-55.

Password Cracking 201: Rainbow Tables

"Rainbow tables" enable malicious hackers to break the encryption protecting password files. This video shows how rainbow tables are much more effective than the "brute force" method of trying to guess all possible password combinations. Hosted by Corey Nachreiner, CISSP.

What Is a Sidejacking Attack?

Corey Nachreiner, CISSP, demonstrates how someone sitting near you at a wireless hotspot can steal your credentials for any Web account you log into... then later, log on as you, and see your private info.

Malware Analysis

For IT professionals: Deepen your understanding of security threats with a first-hand look at attack code, and explanation of how it works. Hosted by Corey Nachreiner, CISSP.

Botnets Part 1

See actual malicious code and understand how it works. Corey Nachreiner explains botnet architecture for beginners, then builds a bot client.

Botnets Part 2

Learn how a bot herder uses his bot army for attacks such as Distributed Denial of Service, getting command line control of victims, installing spyware, and more.

Botnets Part 3

Learn the countermeasures, defenses, and Firebox tricks that render bots "Dead On Arrival" for your network. Hosted by Corey Nachreiner, CISSP.

Botnet Source Code for Overachievers

For IT professionals who crave depth. This screen-capture video supplement to "Understanding Threats: Malware Analysis: Botnets, Part 1" examines bot source code line by line.

Rootkits Part 1

Corey defines rootkits, then demonstrates a real rootkit found in the wild. See what investigative processes it hides from, how an attacker configures it, and more.

Rootkits Part 2

Corey explains inline function hooking, what kinds of Windows functions are susceptible to hooking, and how rootkits use hooking for backdoor access to your network.

Rootkits Part 3

Topics chosen by user vote. Kernel mode rootkits; leading techniques and tools for detecting rootkits; how your Firebox helps stop rootkits from entering your network.

Drive-By Download

Corey Nachreiner, CISSP, shows what happens when a Windows XP computer browses the kind of malicious Web site that takes over your PC the instant you visit.

Firebox Facts: Edge Proxies Version 10.x

In three minutes or less, each of these videos details how to perform one specific task using Firebox X Edge. It's like having a WatchGuard expert guide you, step by step. There's no faster way to understand how to use your Edge!

How do I create a custom egress policy?

Step by step instructions for creating a custom egress policy.

How do I block files with the FTP proxy?

Step by step instructions for blocking files with the FTP proxy.

How do I block files with the HTTP proxy?

Step by step instructions for blocking files with the HTTP proxy.

How do I create a custom ingress policy?

Step by step instructions for creating a custom ingress policy.

How do I block files with the POP3 proxy?

Step by step instructions for blocking files with the POP3 proxy.

How do I block files with the SMTP proxy?

Step by step instructions for blocking files with the SMTP proxy.

Firebox Facts: Fireware Proxies Core and Peak Version 10.x

Get more from your Firebox with these screencasts, which show you, step by step and click by click, the why and how of using your security appliance. Each video teaches one task.

How do I create a custom egress policy?

Step by step instructions for creating a custom egress policy.

How do I block files with the FTP proxy?

Step by step instructions for blocking files with the FTP proxy.

How do I block files with the HTTP proxy?

Step by step instructions for blocking files with the HTTP proxy.

How do I create a custom ingress policy?

Step by step instructions for creating a custom ingress policy.

How do I block files with the POP3 proxy?

Step by step instructions for blocking files with the POP3 proxy.

How do I block files with the SMTP proxy?

Step by step instructions for blocking files with the SMTP proxy.

Security For Your Beginners

Our other videos train you. These videos are tools for you to use when training others (especially non-technical users) about network security.

Choosing Strong Passwords

How Password Crackers Work

This video demonstrates an automated tool that hackers use when decrypting password files. Even non-technical users will understand how short passwords make a crook's job easy, and why long passwords are stronger.

Bud Logs In

Watch as hapless Bud makes every password mistake in the book! Shudder as he blunders through one near calamity after another. Chuckle at the painful familiarity of his plight. Will Bud ever succeed in his quest to LOG IN?

Clicking Wisely

Think Before You Click

Scott Pinzon, CISSP, hosts interview clips where world-renowned Internet security experts explain how spyware works. Perfect for helping non-technical users understand the damage one errant click can cause.

Bud Has Mail

Bud's latest misadventure teaches him what can go wrong when he clicks on a malicious email. Even non-technical users can learn from Bud how to handle email more safely. Download and use this informative video as a tool in your security awareness campaign.

Video Tutorials Improve Your Security IQ