The 443 - Security Simplified Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.