Cybersecurity Headlines

Facebook deletes 1 billion faceprints in Face Recognition shutdown Tesla recalls nearly 12,000 vehicles due to software error Android patches actively exploited zero-day kernel bug Thanks to our episode sponsor, Trend Micro Reimage your Cloud! That's the theme for CLOUDSEC 2021 , a 3-day global event that will be held virtually starting on November 16th. Learn the latest trends in cloud and cybers...

Cyberattack disrupts healthcare in Canadian provinces Researchers discover Pink botnet Facebook takes down government-run troll farm in Nicaragua Thanks to our episode sponsor, Trend Micro Reimage your Cloud! That's the theme for CLOUDSEC 2021 , a 3-day global event that will be held virtually starting on November 16th. Learn the latest trends in cloud and cybersecurity with global keynotes and se...

Iranian Black Shadow hacking group breaches Israeli Internet hosting firm All Windows versions impacted by new LPE zero-day vulnerability International jeweler Graff hit by Conti gang, with data of its rich clients at risk Thanks to our episode sponsor, Trend Micro Reimage your Cloud! That's the theme for CLOUDSEC 2021 , a 3-day global event that will be held virtually starting on November 16th. L...

Link to Blog Post This week's  Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , Oct 25-29, is hosted by  Rich Stroffolino  with our guest,  Jason Fruge , CISO,  Rent-a-Center Thanks to our episode sponsor, Banyan Security Today, 75% of enterprises are using some form of hybrid-cloud deployment. Unfortunately, traditional network-centric security solutions like VPNs are not designed to meet the scale, p...

Android spyware spreading as antivirus software in Japan Half of home workers buy potentially insecure technology EU investigating leak of private key used to forge Covid passes And now a word from our sponsor, Banyan Security Today, 75% of enterprises are using some form of hybrid-cloud deployment. Unfortunately, traditional network-centric security solutions like VPNs are not designed to meet th...

Chinese surveillance tech pulled from US retailers Microsoft warns of rise in password spraying attacks The FTC is looking into the Facebook Files And now a word from our sponsor, Banyan Security Today, 75% of enterprises are using some form of hybrid-cloud deployment. Unfortunately, traditional network-centric security solutions like VPNs are not designed to meet the scale, performance, and usabi...

Iranian gas stations out of service after cyberattack Nevada and North Dakota top cybercrime lists Researcher cracked 70% of sampled WiFi networks And now a word from our sponsor, Banyan Security Today, 75% of enterprises are using some form of hybrid-cloud deployment. Unfortunately, traditional network-centric security solutions like VPNs are not designed to meet the scale, performance, and usabi...

Microsoft report on Nobelium Healthcare organizations struggle with breaches ProtonMail wins appeal on surveillance data And now a word from our sponsor, Banyan Security Today, 75% of enterprises are using some form of hybrid-cloud deployment. Unfortunately, traditional network-centric security solutions like VPNs are not designed to meet the scale, performance, and usability needs of modern organ...

Crypto-miner and malware found hidden inside npm libraries Facebook sues Ukrainian who scraped the data of 178 million users BlackMatter ransomware victims quietly helped using secret decryptor And now a word from our sponsor, Banyan Security Today, 75% of enterprises are using some form of hybrid-cloud deployment. Unfortunately, traditional network-centric security solutions like VPNs are not des...

Link to Blog Post This week's  Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , Oct 18-22, is hosted by  Rich Stroffolino  with our guest,  Matthew Southworth , CISO,  Priceline Thanks to our episode sponsor, Tessian and the Human Layer Security Summit Want to know what we learned from analyzing 2 million malicious emails? At  Tessian's Human Layer Summit  you'll hear about new threat intelligence into...

Cybercrime matures as hackers are forced to work smarter FIN7 tries to trick pentesters into launching ransomware attacks China VPN exposes data for 1M users Thanks to our episode sponsor, Tessian and the Human Layer Security Summit Want to know what we learned from analyzing 2 million malicious emails? At Tessian's Human Layer Summit you'll hear about new threat intelligence into the state of spe...

Russian firms see DDoS spike Sinclair hack linked to Russian organization Microsoft expires old Windows updates Thanks to our episode sponsor, Tessian and the Human Layer Security Summit Want to get the latest security insights from Cisco, Forrester, Intercontinental Exchange and Knowbe4? At Tessian's Human Layer Security Summit you'll get fresh insights and actionable advice to help you build an...

Ransomware reports signal lack of preparedness and willingness to pay Acer hacked twice in a week by the same threat actor FCC takes aim at spam texts Thanks to our episode sponsor, Tessian and the Human Layer Security Summit Worried if your security stack is enough for today's attack landscape? A recent Forrester Consulting study says, Human Layer Security could be the missing link. At Tessian's...

Sinclair TV disrupted by ransomware Water system proves easy target for ransomware REvil shuts down… again Thanks to our episode sponsor, Tessian and the Human Layer Security Summit Want to know what we learned from analyzing 2 million malicious emails? At Tessian's Human Layer Summit you'll hear about new threat intelligence into the state of spear phishing. Guest speakers from TrustedSec and Kno...

Missouri Governor vows to prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for reporting security vulnerability NFTs now come with wallet-emptying malware Experts hack a fully patched iOS 15 running on iPhone 13 at China's Tianfu Cup hacking contest Thanks to our episode sponsor, Tessian and the Human Layer Security Summit Calling all security trailblazers! Want to get the latest security insights from Cisco, Fo...

Link to Blog Post This week's  Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , Oct-11-15, is hosted by David Spark  with our guest,  Christopher Zell , CISO,  Wendy's Thanks to our episode sponsor, Bitsight All links and the video of this episode can be found on CISO Series.com

New "Yanluowang" ransomware variant discovered Financial regulator addresses hybrid working security risks DocuSign phishing campaign targets low-ranking employees Thanks to our episode sponsor, Bitsight These are challenging times for security professionals. From managing third party supply chain risk, to quantifying financial exposure, to reducing the likelihood of ransomware, BitSight helps sec...

Windows 11 Patch Tuesday causes AMD performance issues Student used zero-day for school prank US leaves China and Russia off the anti-ransomware invite list Thanks to our episode sponsor, Bitsight Did you know that organizations with poor patching practices are 8 times more likely to experience a ransomware incident? From managing third party supply chain risk, to quantifying financial exposure, t...

Olympus suffers second cyberattack in 2021 Microsoft's Patch Tuesday squashes four zero-day vulns White House directs federal agencies to step up EDR Thanks to our episode sponsor, Bitsight In spite of all the recent attacks, did you know that only 17% of organizations continuously monitor their third party vendors? From managing third party supply chain risk, to quantifying financial exposure, to...

Microsoft report details the changing cybercrime landscape LibreOffice issues fix for signed document spoofing You got nuclear secrets in my peanut butter! Thanks to our episode sponsor, Bitsight Did you know that 1-in-10 organizations are now creating cybersecurity-specific committees at the board level? From managing third party supply chain risk, to quantifying financial exposure, to reducing t...

Google issues warning for 2 billion Chrome users Bank of America insider charged with money laundering for BEC scams Medtronic recalls insulin pump controllers over cyberattack risks Thanks to our episode sponsor, Bitsight These are challenging times for security professionals. From managing third party supply chain risk, to quantifying financial exposure, to reducing the likelihood of ransomware,...

Link to Blog Post This week's  Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , Oct 4-8, is hosted by  Rich Stroffolino  with our guest, Adrian Ludwig, Chief Trust Officer, Atlassian Thanks to our episode sponsor, Votiro Your users need to accept and open files to do their jobs. Keep them safe and productive with  Votiro . With Votiro, your users can download and use any file instantly, from PDF to Aut...

Twitch blames server error for massive data leak Intel's €80bn European chip plant investment plan not bound for UK because Brexit FIN12 hits healthcare with quick and focused ransomware attacks Thanks to our episode sponsor, Votiro Your users need to accept and open files to do their jobs. Keep them safe and productive with Votiro . With Votiro, your users can download and use any file instantly,...

Introducing the Ransom Disclosure Act Facebook details why it suffered a massive outage Twitch's source code leaked Thanks to our episode sponsor, Votiro Your users need to accept and open files to do their jobs. Keep them safe and productive with Votiro . With Votiro, your users can download and use any file instantly, from PDF to Autodesk CAD, with malicious code already removed—and full file us...

Telegram adds 70 million users on the day of Facebook and WhatsApp outage Android October patch fixes three critical bugs Apache fixes actively exploited zero-day vulnerability Thanks to our episode sponsor, Votiro Your users need to accept and open files to do their jobs. Keep them safe and productive with Votiro . With Votiro, your users can download and use any file instantly, from PDF to Autod...