The 443 - Security Simplified Podcast

On this week's episode, we chat about some of our favorite talks from this year's Def Con security conference. We'll cover several topics including artificial intelligence, hacking mobile point of sale devices, and how worried we should or shouldn't be about cyber warfare.

In this special end-of-week episode of The 443, we cover some of our favorite talks from this year's edition of the BlackHat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas. We'll discuss the trends we saw and summaries of interesting topics including AI, nation state warfare, and improving cyber defense.

This week we look back to an episode that originally aired in May 2021 where we remember a Def Con legend then dive in to two web browsing security acronyms. Keep an eye out later this week as we come to you from this year's Black Hat and Def Con cybersecurity conferences!

This week on the podcast, we cover the latest evolutions of the decade-old Qakbot malware including changes in how attackers deliver it. After that, we give an update on the SEC's new rules around mandatory security disclosure. We then end by reviewing CISA's analysis of Risk and Vulnerability Assessments they completed for their constituents in 2022.  

This week on the podcast, we give an update on last week's discussion around a China-based APT targeting government organizations. After that, we cover the latest uses of generative AI like ChatGPT by malicious hackers. Finally, we end with a report from Google on their efforts around Red Teaming Artificial Intelligence systems.