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Ivanti products are under active zero-day exploitation. Phemedrone is a new open-source info-stealer. Bishop Fox finds exposed SonicWall firewalls. GitLab and VMware patch critical vulnerabilities. The Secret Service foils a phishing scam. Europol shuts down a cryptojacking campaign. Ransomware hits a Majorca municipality. RUSI looks at ransomware. Ben Yelin explains the New York Times going after...

In this special edition of Solution Spotlight, N2K President, Simone Petrella is talking with ISC2 CEO Clar Rosso about putting a dent in the cybersecurity workforce gap through empowerment, breaking down barriers and expanding DE&I initiatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this encore episode of CyberWire-X, N2K’s CSO, Chief Analyst, and Senior Fellow, Rick Howard, is joined by guest Rohit Dhamankar, Fortra's Vice President of Product Strategy, and Hash Table member Steve Winterfeld, Akamai's Advisory CISO to discuss CISO initiatives such as vendor consolidation, automation, and attack surface management as a way to determine if it’s possible to achieve both incr...

Vice President of Marketing, Kathleen Booth, shares her career path from political science and international development to marketing for a cybersecurity company. Early dreams of acting morphed into goals of making the world a better place. Chief marketer and podcaster Kathleen is doing just that. She shares how proving your worth can lead to success. Listen for Kathleen's advice on getting your f...

Ryan Westman, Senior Manager, Threat Intelligence, eSentire's Threat Response Unit (TRU), is discussing their research "Two Russian-speaking cyber gangs attack employees from 23 different companies." They are using malicious Google ads, promoting popular business software such as Zoom, Slack, and Adobe. The customers targeted are companies in the manufacturing, software, legal, retail and healthca...

The Feds look to cast a wider hiring net. Legislators focus on deepfakes. Cookie stealers bypass MFA on Google accounts. A Fast food hiring chat bot got hacked. Medusa casts her gaze toward extortion. Akira ransomware is active in Finland. GitLab patches critical vulnerabilities. Bosch thermostats are vulnerable to some hot firmware. CSAM vendors’ crypto sophistication grows. CISA released ICS adv...

A zero-day hits Ivanti VPN customers. CISA highlights an active MS Sharepoint Server flaw. Cisco patches a critical vulnerability. Atomic Stealer gets updates. Sensitive school emergency planning documents are exposed online. The FCC reports on risky communications equipment. The White House will introduce new cybersecurity requirements for hospitals. Mandiant explains their X-Twitter hack. Our gu...

The World Economic Forum names AI a top global threat. The SEC suffers social media breach. The FTC settles with a data broker over location data sales. A massive data leak hits Brazil. Chinese researchers claim and AirDrop hack. A major real estate firm suffers data theft. Pikabot loader is seeing use by spammers. Ukraine’s Blackhit hits Russia’s M9 Telecom. Stuxnet methods are revealed. A Patch...

Swatting is on the rise. LoanDepot, the Toronto Zoo and the World Council of Churches all confirm ransomware attacks. Iran-linked hackers target Albania. Sea Turtle focuses on espionage and information theft. Fake “security researchers” offer phony ransomware recovery services. Could AI make KYC  EOL? Avast enhances Babuk decryption. Joe Carrigan looks at the human side of email security. And a gr...

The DOJ concludes its xDedic Marketplace investigation. A cyberattack shuts down a major mortgage lender. The Swiss Air Force suffers third party breach. An update on SilverRAT. The Space Force emphasizes collaboration for effective cyber growth. The DOE announces cyber resilience funding. Merck reaches a settlement on NotPetya. NIST warns of AI threats. Our guest is Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee, with...

Dean of Research, Johannes Ullrich, relays his experiences from studying the hard sciences to his career shift to cybersecurity. Basic principles, superhero origin stories, physics labs and radiation all figure in. And there’s a lot in common with network security best practices. Have a listen to what Johannes has learned and what he hopes to impart on his students. Our thanks to Johannes for shar...

Guilherme Venere from Cisco Talos joins to discuss their research on "A deep dive into Phobos ransomware, recently deployed by 8Base group." Cisco Talos discovered that 8Base’s Phobos ransomware payload contains an embedded configuration, which is a significant difference between 8Base’s Phobos variant and other Phobos samples that have been observed in the wild since 2019.  In this 2-part researc...

BGP attack disrupts Internet service. Data breach law firm breached. Remcos RAT returns. Poison packages in the PyPI repository. Hacktivist personae and GRU fronts. BreachForums impresario re-arrested. Cyber National Mission Force gets a new leader. On our Solution Spotlight, Simone Petrella talks with ISC2 CEO Clar Rosso about putting a dent in the cybersecurity workforce gap. LinkedIn as a datin...

Sandworm was in Kyivstar's networks for months. Museums face online outages. Emsisoft suggests a ransomware payment ban. An ambulance service suffers a data breach. Mandiant’s social media gets hacked. GXC Team's latest offerings in the C2C underground market. 23andMe blames their breach on password reuse. Lawyers are using outdated encryption.  On today’s Threat Vector segment, David Moulton chat...

Cyber-kidnapping in Utah. Hospitals sue for data recovery. The US Department of Homeland Security assesses cyber threats to the US. Mac malware is on the rise. Cameras hacked by Russian intelligence services provide targeting information. Ransomware roundup. An NPM dependency campaign. Google recommends enhanced safe browsing. Rob Boyce from Accenture describes the Five Families and the trend of h...

A zero-click exploit affects iPhones belonging to Kaspersky employees. A GRU cyber campaign incorporates novel malware. The Indian government targets Apple over hacking attempts. Microsoft disables App Installer. Australian courts’ AV is compromised. A BlackBasta decryptor is released. Cyber Toufan claims attacks against Israeli targets. Patients in Oklahoma face online extortion. LoanCare custome...

Microsoft Security EVP Charlie Bell joins Ann on this week's episode of Afternoon Cyber Tea. Charlie has over four decades in the tech industry, from developing space shuttle software to leading the creation of Amazon Web Services' decentralized engineering system and now leading Microsoft’s effort to make the digital world safe and secure for everyone on the planet. Ann and Charlie discuss AI, th...

Financial firm CISO, Tom Quinn, takes us from his first experience with modern computers in the military to his current role as a Chief Information Security Officer. It's important to understand how the technology works, but it's also important to understand how people work. And, to make a difference. Our thanks to Tom for sharing his story with us.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Israel Barak, CISO from Cybereason, sits down with Dave to discuss their research, "Operation CuckooBees: Cybereason Uncovers Massive Chinese Intellectual Property Theft Operation." Cybereason researchers recently found an attack lurking beneath the surface which was assessed to be the work of Chinese APT Winnti. Cybereason briefed the FBI and the DOJ on the investigation into the malicious campai...

Welcome to the T-Minus Overview Radio Show. In this program we’ll feature some of the conversations from our daily podcast with the people who are forging the path in the new space era, from industry leaders, technology experts and pioneers, to educators, policy makers, research organizations, and more. In this episode we’re covering cybersecurity for space. What is it? What are the threats to spa...

In this episode, Marc catches up with Mimecast CEO and co-founder Peter Bauer. They cover Peter's CEO journey, including what it was like growing up in South Africa, why he opted out of attending university, highlights from Mimecast's 20-year history, and what Peter learned from taking the company public — and then private again. You'll also learn:  When and how to raise capital, and how to manage...

In this episode of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC podcast, host Luke Vander Linden is joined by John Scrimsher, chief information security officer (CISO) at Kontoor Brands, Inc., and Marcel Bucsescu, senior director of credentialing and strategic engagement at NACD, to expand upon the NACD Accelerate program. Then Ian Furr, security integration engineer at RH-ISAC, talks about his volunteer work wi...

Summary Cathy Hackl (Twitter, LinkedIn) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss the potential implications of the metaverse on intelligence. Cathy has been called the “Godmother of the Metaverse.” What You’ll Learn Intelligence What the metaverse is Security and counterintelligence in a virtual world Futurism within intelligence agencies  Potential risks and consequences of the metaverse Refle...

On this episode, Perry celebrates the one year birthday of ChatGPT by taking a look at AI from technological, philosophical, and folkloric perspectives. We see how AI was formed based on human words and works, and how it can now shape the future of human legend and belief. Guests: Brandon Karpf, Vice President at N2K Networks (LinkedIn) (Website) Dr. Lynne S. McNeill, Associate Professor at Utah S...

This interview from August 18th, 2023 originally aired as a shortened version on the CyberWire Daily Podcast. In this extended interview, Simone Petrella sits down with Camille Stewart Gloster, Deputy National Cyber Director at the The White House discuss the White House's cybersecurity workforce and education strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices