The IT Governance Podcast

This week, we discuss the exposure of 711 million email addresses by a spambot's server, a £70,000 ICO fine for Nottinghamshire County Council, and a cyber attack on WikiLeaks.

This week, we discuss an data breach at an NHS contractor, the hacking of FC Barcelona’s Twitter account, and a new government report on cyber security awareness.

This week, we discuss a brute-force attack on the Scottish Parliament, the ongoing costs of June's NotPetya attacks, and a double in the number of data breaches affecting the retail sector.

This week, we discuss a prankster’s email conversation with Amber Rudd, the ongoing effects of the NotPetya malware pandemic, the arrest of WannaCry sinkholer Marcus Hutchins by the FBI, and the launch of a data protection bill to implement the GDPR in the UK

This week, we discuss a vulnerability that could allow attackers to turn your Amazon Echo into a wiretap, a new strain of the Svpeng mobile banking malware and the hacking of a digital billboard to display right-wing messages.

This week, we discuss the arrest of a well-meaning Hungarian teenager, vulnerabilities in Internet-connected car washes that could cause them to physically attack users, and data breaches at Italy's biggest bank.

This week, we discuss a data breach affecting adoptees in Newcastle, Myspace's account recovery process, and a security update fixing 47 iOS flaws

In this week's podcast, we discuss another breach at Trump Hotels, a change in how Microsoft collects user data, and the GDPR Report 2017.

Christopher Wright, author of 'Fundamentals of Information Risk Management Auditing', sits down with us and talks about his book. Buy this book here: https://www.itgovernance.co.uk/shop/product/fundamentals-of-information-risk-management-auditing

This week, we discuss another incident response debacle at the AA, the latest move from the NotPetya group, and the hacking of the Bithumb virtual currency exchange.

This week, we discuss a password reset at the AA, a cyber attack on parliamentary emails and the NotPetya malware attack.

This week, we discuss a DDoS attack on Skype, a ransomware attack on South Korean web hosting firm Nayana, and the UK government's new Data Protection Bill

This week, we discuss a £100,000 fine for Gloucester City Council, a new set of post-WannaCry patches for unsupported Windows versions, and two new strains of Mac malware

This week, we discuss the use of the EternalBlue exploit to distribute new payloads after WannaCry, a vulnerability that will give access to network credentials via locked computers, and news that there will be 350,000 cyber security job vacancies by 2022.

This week, we discuss a £150,000 fine for Basildon Borough Council, a data breach affecting a Lithuanian cosmetic surgery clinic, and news that the recent WannaCry ransomware attack may not have spread via Windows XP.

Brian Honan, author of 'ISO27001 in a Windows Environment', sits down with us and talks about his book. Buy this book here: https://www.itgovernance.co.uk/shop/product/iso27001-in-a-windows-environment-third-edition

This week we discuss a phishing attack target BT customers, a major vulnerability in Twitter, and a vulnerability in the Samsung Galaxy S8

This week we provide an overview of the WannaCry ransomware worm, and discuss a number of recent data breaches.

This week, we discus a data breach affecting the Guardian Soulmates dating site, a new IoT botnet potentially affecting 120,000 IP cameras, and the worst Windows remote code execution vulnerability 'in living memory'.

Michael Krausz, author of 'Managing Information Security Breaches - Studies from real life', sits down with us and talks about his book. Buy this book here: https://www.itgovernance.co.uk/shop/product/managing-information-security-breaches-studies-from-real-life-2nd-edition

This week, we discuss a new Google Docs spam campaign, name the companies involved in a $100 million phishing scam, and discuss a seven-year old Intel vulnerability.

This week, we discuss a Skype vulnerability called Spyke, new Android malware that gives attackers access to networks via infected devices, and vulnerabilities affecting 25 models of Linksys router

This week, we discuss data breaches affecting customers of InterContinental Hotels, RingGo and Allrecipes, those companies’ handling of the incidents, and how incident handling will be affected by the EU’s new data protection law.

This week we discuss a data breach that may have compromised the personal information of more than 250,000 Wonga customers, the enterprising cyber crimes of four Ohio prisoners, and a series of security flaws that could allow anyone to control your Aga.

This week, we discuss a new vulnerability in LastPass's browser extensions, phishing at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Internet-connected garage door opener Garadget, and a new exploit that hacks Samsung smart TVs via radio signals.