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This week’s highlight: Firebox T185 – the most powerful T Series tabletop firewall. Built for MSPs, ready for heavy traffic loads, and ideal for demanding environments.

Over the next few weeks, we’re unpacking the playbooks of today’s most active ransomware gangs. This week: Akira – a group that spent two quiet weeks mapping an entire network, all because a few alerts went unchecked. Every missed alert is an open door. Next week: AlphaV.

This week on the podcast, we cover a massive software supply chain compromise involving widely-used NPM packages. After that we discuss an increase in social engineering attacks called ClickFix. Finally, we end with a discussion of Senator Wyden's recent letter to the FTC demanding Microsoft being held accountable for "gross cybersecurity negligence" and whether his claims have any merit. The 443 Security Simplified is a weekly podcast that gets inside the minds of leading white-hat hackers and security researchers, covering the latest cybersecurity headlines and trends.

This week on the podcast, we discuss a recently published research study from UC San Diego on the effectiveness on security awareness training on phishing prevention. After that, we discuss a security researcher's work on identifying vulnerabilities in four separate employee webapps at Intel. Finally, we end with our analysis of a Ponemon Institute research report called The State of File Security.

Ransomware is getting smarter, so your security better be, too. The old playbook of scattered tools and siloed defenses no longer cuts it. Every business needs to connect the dots to stay ahead. In this webinar, we’ll show you how bringing together SASE, XDR, NDR, and automation under a unified platform creates a powerful security force that works with your team, not against it.

Scam Week Spotlight: $1.5Billion… Gone in minutes. What looked like a “routine” transfer at Bybit became one of crypto’s biggest scams.

This week on the podcast, we discuss key findings from IBM and the Ponemon Institute's 2025 Cost of a Breach Report, including a deep analysis of AI impacts in cybersecurity. Before that, we cover Norway's claim that Russian-aligned hackers opened a floodgate in one of their dams. We also discuss a vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that allowed the AI to delete its own audit logs. The 443 Security Simplified is a weekly podcast that gets inside the minds of leading white-hat hackers and security researchers, covering the latest cybersecurity headlines and trends.

Inside the SonicWall SSLVPN Attacks In this week’s episode of The 443, Marc Laliberte and Corey Nachreiner break down: The recent SonicWall SSLVPN exploits What we know so far and how attackers are getting in The risks for organizations relying on vulnerable VPN gateways Plus: a WinRAR zero-day and a new ChatGPT vulnerability you should know about.

This week on the podcast, we discuss key findings from a DefCon presentation from researchers at AmberWolf titled ZeroTrust, Total Bust and what it means for Zero Trust Network Access. After that, we review a new vulnerability in the FortiWeb WAF before ending with a quick update from Google Project Zero on a new vulnerability disclosure policy. The 443 Security Simplified is a weekly podcast that gets inside the minds of leading white-hat hackers and security researchers, covering the latest cybersecurity headlines and trends.

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. The 443 Security Simplified is a weekly podcast that gets inside the minds of leading white-hat hackers and security researchers, covering the latest cybersecurity headlines and trends.