Brilliance Security Magazine Podcast

In Episode S2E8 we talk with Zeev Draer, vice president of corporate strategy for Niagara Networks, and we discuss some steps corporations can take to shore up their security posture in this new “work from home” world we find ourselves in. Zeev describes for us some of the operational differences between attackers and defenders - and why is that important.

In Episode S2E7 we have a delightful conversation with Adam Kujawa, Director of Malwarebytes Labs. Adam talks about Malwarebytes' insightful new report that was released on August 20, 2020. This report, titled "Enduring from Home: COVID-19’s Impact on Business Security," combines Malwarebytes telemetry with survey results from 200 IT and cybersecurity decision-makers from small businesses to large enterprises to unearth new security concerns in remote work environments. You'll not want to miss this episode, as Adam lays out some of the more interesting findings from this important report.

DDoS attacks continue to grow in frequency, intensity, and sophistication. Listen to this episode of the Brilliance Security Magazine Podcast to learn more about why DDoS attacks are increasing and what can be done.  In Episode S2E6, we discuss the new A10 Networks report on the State of DDoS Weapons. Our guest is Paul Nicholson, Senior Director of Product Marketing for A10 Networks.  Paul walks us through why this report is essential to the industry and the methodology used to collect the data reflected by the report's findings. We review many of the more interesting and significant results that can be found in the report.

It’s no secret that cybercriminals are always upping the ante, but while ransomware is still in the spotlight, it's even more devastating cousin, leakware, doesn’t receive as much attention. In this episode, we talk with Nir Gaist, a senior information security expert and ethical hacker to learn more about leakware - what it is, how cybercriminals are leveraging it to increase ransom payments, and what can be done to prevent it.

S2E4 is an exciting discussion with Will LaSala, the Director of Security Solutions, Security Evangelist, at OneSpan. Will offers his expertise to examine account takeover fraud, what it is, how it works, and how to avoid it. Recent news reports indicate that 15 Billion consumer credentials were found for sale on the dark web. And about 25% of the leaked credentials include account information related to banking and other financial services – making it extremely easy for hackers to conduct account takeover attacks on consumers’ financial accounts. Coupled with the current remote work conditions, consumers are prime targets for financial-related cyber-attacks in the coming weeks. 

S2E3 is a discussion with Avi Shua, Co-Founder and CEO of Orca Security. Avi takes us through some of the more interesting findings of this new industry report. This study shows that public cloud environments are rife with neglected workloads, authentication issues, and lateral movement risk The world of cybersecurity isn’t fair. Security teams need to secure everything, but attackers need only find one weak link. For most organizations, cloud workload security is dependent upon the installation and maintenance of security agents across all assets. This rarely happens, as this report shows. Listeners can download this complete report at: https://info.orca.security/2020-state-of-public-cloud-security-report

S2E2 is an in-depth look at how and what supplies, essential for preventing and treating COVID-19, end up on the darknet. We interview Dr. David Maimon, an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Georgia State University. Dr. Maimon is engaged in a year-long study, funded by the National Science Foundation, which will allow researchers in Georgia State University’s Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group (EBCS) to examine threats related to the sale of critical COVID-19 supplies via darknet markets.

Episode S2E1 is a fascinating interview with Hardik Modi from NETSCOUT. We talk about the IoT revolution and some interesting findings from NETSCOUT's latest industry report.

In this episode we talk about the new Malwarebytes 2020 State of Malware report and why I think you should read it.

Security technology will allow us to implement some pretty amazing defenses. The brightest technology minds around the world examine new and existing threats and vulnerabilities. Each new exploit brings the industry’s defensive methods and strategies to a sharper point. One of the practical problems that continually surfaces in security technology is one of application. It does little good to devise highly technical defensive solutions if they are, in the end, too complicated for average businesses to deploy and manage. Listen to what we learned about one company that addresses this problem every effectively.