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The 443 - Security Simplified

Get inside the minds of leading white-hat hackers and security researchers. Each week, we’ll educate and entertain you by breaking down and simplifying the latest cybersecurity headlines and trends. Using our special blend of expertise, wit, and cynicism, we’ll turn complex security concepts into easily understood and actionable insights.

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36:34

What We Know About the Sonicwall SSLVPN Attacks

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2025/08/12

This week on the podcast, we discuss some recent research into a new zero day vulnerability in the popular WinRAR utility under active exploit. After that, we give a round up on everything we know about the SonicWall SSLVPN attacks from the last few weeks before ending with a review of a new ChatGPT vulnerability.

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34:14

Clorox vs Cognizant

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2025/08/04

This week, we discuss the SharePoint ToolShell vulnerabilities that recently received an out-of-cycle patch from Microsoft. After that, we cover some research into a Chrome and Edge extension malware campaign that impacted 2.3 million victims. Finally, we end by discussing a lawsuit from Clorox against their offshore helpdesk provider Cognizant stemming from a security incident 2 years ago.

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01:01:18

Outing Chinese Semiconductor Cyber Spies

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2025/07/21

This week on the podcast, Corey Nachreiner and guest host, Ryan Estes, from WatchGuard’s malware analysis team, cover the cybersecurity news for last week. We chat about AI-based site cloaking tools on the underground, how Domain Tools found potentially unwanted executables hiding in DNS TXT records, and a Chinese state-sponsored set of targeted phishing campaigns going after the Taiwanese semiconductor industry and its supply chain. Join us to learn more and discuss how we can protect ourselves

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01:04:57

Exploring Endpoint Threats with WatchGuard’s Q1 2025...

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2025/07/14

This week on the podcast, Corey Nachreiner and guest host, Ryan Estes, from WatchGuard’s malware analysis team, explore WatchGuard’s recently released Q1 Internet Security Report (ISR). As always with the ISR, we highlight the top malware, network attacks, and malicious domains that our products see, but with our guest host, the author of the Endpoint section, we dive much deeper into all the threats arriving a our customers’ endpoint. Listen in for the latest threat landscape trends and some

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44:29

Rewind: Microsoft Kernel Shift, GPT-4o Threats, and...

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2025/07/07

First, we look back at Microsoft’s major shift to remove endpoint protection from the Windows kernel. When we first covered it, it was a proposed change—now it's happening, and the implications are big.Next, we revisit a segment on GPT-4o and how generative AI is fueling the next wave of social engineering attacks. It's smarter, faster, and more convincing than ever. And finally, a refresher on the arrest of a Scattered Spider leader. While that made headlines, the group's activity hasn’t slowed

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42:27

Lessons From The M&S Breach

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2025/06/30

This week, we discuss a phishing technique that uses a powerful and risky Microsoft 365 configuration setting. After that, we round up everything we know about the Marks & Spencer breach from April and the lessons that all MSPs can learn from it. After that, we quickly cover a new series of vulnerabilities in a popular Bluetooth chipset that could let attackers gain full control over your headphones.

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39:54

Social Engineering an LLM

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2025/06/11

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.

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58:49

AI Applications in Cybersecurity with Adam Winston

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2025/06/03

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.

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38:45

Signal and TeleMessage

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2025/05/26

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.

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33:25

2025 Ransomware Update with Ryan Estes

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2025/05/19

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.

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57:15

AI and Compliance with Adam Winston

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2025/04/29

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.

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34:14

The CVE Near-Death Experience

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2025/04/21

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.

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40:40

Revoking Security Clearances as Punishment

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2025/04/15

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

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40:25

Lucid, the Phishing-as-a-Service Platform

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2025/04/07

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.

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42:12

Github Actions Supply Chain Attacks

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2025/03/31

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.

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36:31

Polymorphic Extensions

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2025/03/24

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.

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27:17

Silk Typhoon is Targeting MSPs

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2025/03/17

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.

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43:31

ByBit Says Bye to $1.4 billion

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2025/03/03

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.

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44:19

The Elonephant in the Room

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2025/02/18

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.

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30:10

A Drop in Ransomware Payments

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2025/02/10

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.

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