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Episode 54: Police Disrupts Phishing Rental Platform & Students Turn to Cyberfraud; 70,000 people allegedly duped in the UK alone. In this episode, I dive into the Global Police operation that disrupted shutdown Phishing Rental Platform. Also, The Guardian reported how students in the UK are turning to Cyber-fraud to boost their income with 70,000 people allegedly duped in the UK alone. The *Cyber...

CNRs-Episode 53: LG TVs in Remote Attacks,73M AT&T Customers in Data Breach, Facebook Profiles Hijack and More... In this episode, I dive into the possible remote attacks on 90,000 LG Smart TVs, a massive data breach that impacted 73 million AT&T customers, and the clever methods cybercriminals use to spread malware on Facebook. The *Cybersecurity News Review series(The Midweek Edition)-CNRs* is a...

In today's bonus episode, a snippet or excerpt from a news review episode published in March 2022 titled Managing Misinformation. In today's bonus episode, a snippet or excerpt from a news review episode published in March 2022 titled Managing Misinformation. The focus is on how it(Misinformation) affects people and it effect on a conflict. Also, an emphasis on how the often untrue information(fak...

In this episode, we discuss DC Health Exchange breach that exposed about 56,000 people's Personally identifiable information and Root Cause of the breach, Western Digital Hackers Request Ransom Payment, 4 Infected version business Apps to be wary of & 1 Security Best Practice You should Know when writing codes. The *Cybersecurity News Review series(The Midweek Edition)-CNRs* is a review of selecte...

Welcome to the Cyber SmartTalk, a series brought to you by the host of GetCybersmart Security Cyber News Review. In this episode, Michal Cizek the founder of 1st VPN providers Good Access discusses how security remote accesss helps small business profit in a hypercompetitive space and a variety of other issues such as; The story of the first VPN providers in 2008. The Evolution of Remote Access Th...

NortonlifeLock Password Breach, Fortinet's VPN weaknesses exploited and Europol Takes Down Call Centers. In this episode, Hackers used stolen credentials to beat Norton password manager, European Police(Europol) clamped down on cyber criminals that scammed Germans of over $2M. And Fortinet's experts warn of weaknesses being exploited in VPN's vulnerabilities. The *Cybersecurity News Review series(...

Verizon & Health Systems in Data Breach, K-8 Students Learn Cybersecurity Via Games, PoS Malware. In this episode, Verizon Notified customers of Data Breach, As health systems' 3 Million patients' personally identifiable information exposed in data breach due to Meta Pixel. Customers' data stolen from a testing application server. Lastly, PoS Malware were used to steal data from more than 167,000...

To fight cyberbullying, we need to establish a connection with our kids. We must earn their trust and confidence.

Welcome to the Cyber SmartTalk, a series brought to you by the host of GetCybersmart Security Cyber News Review.  In this episode, Javvad Malik a seasoned cybersecurity professional with over 20 years of experience discusses how security helps a business thrive and a variety of other issues such as; Breaking into the cybersecurity industry the right way Why Jobs-related attacks always work. T...

Gaining Trust is the bedrock of Social Engineering.

Welcome to the Cyber SmartTalk, a series brought to you by the host of GetCybersmart Security Cyber News review Podcasts and S01E01- Why get Cybersmart? A link to the text version of the title will be shared in Podcast notes shortly.

The Business of Trust: CafePress in data breach cover-up, Phony Instagram mails impact insurance firm and Ubisoft hit by "cyber security incident" In today's special 50th episode - I discuss the business of trust and restoring consumers' confidence after a "cyber security incident". Also in this episode, FTC to fine CafePress for cover-up of a massive data breach and Phony Instagram ‘Support Staff...

On today's theme  - I discuss the subject of misinformation. How do you manage misinformation from cyberspace, especially on social media?  Toyota was forced to shut down production at 14 plants in Japan after a cyberattack on a third-party company. Insurance company Aon said a cyber incident impacted what it called “a limited number of systems.” And Video surveillance systems company Ax...

A phishing campaign directed at a major US payment company used DocuSign and a compromised third-party's email domain to scale past email security measures. Also IBM Threat report stated that 1 in 3 cyber-attacks were against the manufacturing sector in 2021. A review of cybersecurity news from cyberspace and the key takeaways that we can learn from them as individuals or organizations. Thank you...

This is a review of recent news from cyberspace and the takeaway and lessons we can learn as individuals or as an organization.    Thank you for listening. Salaudeen Amao gives a breakdown of recent news in cyberspace. Learn something about security and more that can help you get Cybersmart both online and offline. Episodes are released every week. Follow him on Twitter @Major_Jeneral. S...

Puma employee data breach in Kronos cyberattack and Marketing Firm leave database open A cyberattack in form of a ransomware attack against Kronos workforce management system last December has affected Puma through a data breach. Also, a marketing firm left a vast database held in an Amazon S3 bucket unsecured and open. This is a review of recent news in cyberspace and the takeaway and lessons we...

A Telco firm based in Greece has been fined €9M for leaking sensitive customer data back in a 2020 cyberattack, Data Breach exposes the personally identifiable information of airport security workers & malicious 2FA app titled "2FA Authenticator" found on Google Play after it was downloaded 10, 000 times. This is a review of recent news in cyberspace and the takeaway and lessons we can learn a...

A review of selected cybersecurity news from cyberspace and the key takeaways that we can learn from them as individuals or organizations. Over 100 people were affected by a credential phishing campaign. Microsoft has issued a warning that Office 365 users are getting emails to trick them into granting permissions via an app(Upgrade) appearing to be from a verified publisher. And a  Hardware...

A review of cybersecurity news from the cyberspace including Privacy under threat after misuse of Covid contact tracing App by German Police,Box 2FA bypass opens user accounts to attack, $34.6M withdrawn in crypto.com 2FA bypass & Quick Thinking saves Florida hospital from a ransomware attack.  Thank you for listening.  Salaudeen Amao gives a breakdown of recent news in cyberspace. L...

The US bank and financial services giant has agreed to $60M settelement to resolve a lawsuit following two data exposure incidents involving approximately 15 million current and former clients. Also, The FBI has been getting reports of people getting targeted in different locations as it surrounds malicious Google Voice activity, where victims are associated with fraudulent virtual phone numbers....

Swiss Text Messaging Firm's COO Departs amidst Surveillance Allegation, Facebook Takes Down Accounts belonging to 7 "Cyber-Mercenary" Firms Facebook and Social Media Users are strongly advised to take a privacy checkup, be cautious when accepting or interacting with unknown people, and review their privacy settings on their accounts. Thank you for listening. Salaudeen Amao gives a breakdown of rec...

Swiss Company, Mitto AG is said to have operated a service that ultimately helped governments secretly surveil and track mobile phones. A hacking group known as Strongpity has made an infected version of the Notepad++ text editor app that installs malware on a victim's computer. Poor implementation of popular OAuth2.0 leads to redirection attacks that bypass most phishing detection solutions and e...

North Korean linked Zinc hacker group sent fake job offers to employees at South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions and more. A  DNA testing Firm in Ohio has disclosed a data breach where Hackers have had access to 2.1M people's CVV code, account passwords. IKEA is fighting a phishing email system attack where threat actors are targeting employees in internal phishing...

Heating systems(HVAC) Hacks, GoDaddy Data Breach Impacts 1M, Hikvision cameras Exposed to Remote Code Execution Salaudeen Amao gives a breakdown of recent news in cyberspace. Learn something about security and more that can help you get Cybersmart both online and offline. Episodes are released every week. Follow him on Twitter @Major_Jeneral. Send your questions, comments, and suggestions via voic...

The PerSwaysion phishing campaign, a new malware hitting e-commerce sites, & something new about ransomware gangs A kit, named PerSwaysion, can give cybercriminals a way to launch a phishing campaign relatively easily and with little up-front effort. A new malware is hitting e-commerce sites. Security researchers found attackers found a vulnerability in a website plug-in and used that to uploa...