Cybersecurity Headlines

Amazon's chat app has a child sex abuse problem Ransomware decryptors now for sale on gaming platform China's biggest online influencers go dark Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Datadog Watch Datadog 's on-demand webinar for a 30-minute discussion on driving DevSecOps best practices in the enterprise with CTO Cormac Brady. Over the course of his 20+ year career at Thomson Reuters, Cormac consist...

Link to Blog Post This week's  Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , June 6-10, is hosted by  Rich Stroffolino  with our guest,  Upendra Mardikar , CSO,  Snap Finance Thanks to our sponsor, PlexTrac PlexTrac  is the platform that empowers your offensive security team to spend more time hacking and less time reporting. Build better reports in half the time, centralize your data, maximize your...

MFA could be long haul for some federal agencies says CISA official New Emotet variant stealing users' credit card information from Google Chrome Symantec: More malware operators moving in to exploit Follina Thanks to today's episode sponsor, PlexTrac PlexTrac is the platform that empowers your offensive security team to spend more time hacking and less time reporting. Build better reports in half...

Lack of reporting hurting the ransomware fight CISA warns of China-linked network snooping Personal information marketplace taken down Thanks to today's episode sponsor, PlexTrac PlexTrac is the platform that empowers your offensive security team to spend more time hacking and less time reporting. Build better reports in half the time, centralize your data, maximize your reusable content, and beco...

Passwords are finally dead Hackers steal credit cards from online gun shops Shields data breach affects 2 million patients Thanks to today's episode sponsor, PlexTrac The best penetration tests begin and end with PlexTrac . PlexTrac can improve efficiency and effectiveness at every phase of your proactive assessments. By centralizing the data from all your automation tools, cataloging important re...

The once and future AlphaBay Karakurt adopts bill collector tactics China concludes its cybersecurity review of Didi Thanks to today's episode sponsor, PlexTrac PlexTrac is the platform that empowers your offensive security team to spend more time hacking and less time reporting. Build better reports in half the time, centralize your data, maximize your reusable content, and become more efficient...

Evasive phishing mixes reverse tunnels and URL shortening services Exploit released for Atlassian Confluence RCE bug, patch now Lawmakers are racing to pass tech antitrust reforms before midterms Thanks to today's episode sponsor, PlexTrac The best penetration tests begin and end with PlexTrac . PlexTrac can improve efficiency and effectiveness at every phase of your proactive assessments. By cent...

Link to Blog Post This week's  Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , May 30-June 3, is hosted by  Rich Stroffolino  with our guest,  Steve Zalewski , Co-host,  Defense in Depth Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Feroot All links and the video of this episode can be found on CISO Series.com

Leaked Conti chats confirm gang's ability to conduct firmware-based attacks Critical UNISOC chip vulnerability affects millions of Android smartphones ExpressVPN removes servers in India after refusing to comply with government order Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Feroot Feroot secures client-side web applications so that businesses can deliver a flawless and safe digital user experience to th...

Europol shuts down FluBot Hive ransomware kicks Costa Rica when its down CISA issues advisory on voting machine vulnerabilities Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Feroot Feroot secures client-side web applications so that businesses can deliver a flawless and safe digital user experience to their customers. Inspector and Pageguard, Feroot's automated data protection solutions, increase code visibi...

Follina vulnerability under active exploitation Tension inside Google over conduct of fired researcher IBM to pay $1.6 billion for poaching customer account Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Feroot Feroot secures client-side web applications so that businesses can deliver a flawless and safe digital user experience to their customers. Inspector and Pageguard, Feroot's automated data protection so...

China censoring open-source code Follina zero-day hits Office EnemyBot botnet acts fast Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Feroot Feroot secures client-side web applications so that businesses can deliver a flawless and safe digital user experience to their customers. Inspector and Pageguard, Feroot's automated data protection solutions, increase code visibility, facilitate threat analysis, and de...

Pro-Russian hacker group KillNet plans to attack Italy today Microsoft warns that hackers are using more advanced techniques to steal credit card data China makes offer to ten nations help to run their cyber-defenses Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Feroot Feroot secures client-side web applications so that businesses can deliver a flawless and safe digital user experience to their customers. In...

Up to 83% of known compromised passwords would satisfy regulatory requirements Broadcom confirms deal to acquire VMware Experts warn of rise in ChromeLoader malware Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Optiv Up for a Zero Trust Crash Course ? Join our expert, Jerry Chapman, Engineering Fellow at Optiv and author of "Zero Trust Security: An Enterprise Guide," as he delivers the following takeaways: -...

Popular open source libraries leaked keys for "research" DuckDuckGo gives Microsoft a pass on trackers Microsoft weathers the vulnerability storm Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Optiv Need a guide on your Zero Trust journey ? Jerry Chapman, Engineering Fellow at Optiv and author of "Zero Trust Security: An Enterprise Guide" shares the following takeaways: - The key elements of Zero Trust - How...

Interpol warns nation-state malware could become a commodity on dark web soon General Motors Hit by cyber-attack exposing car owners' personal info Canada to ban China's Huawei and ZTE from its 5G networks Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Optiv Up for a Zero Trust Crash Course ? Join our expert, Jerry Chapman, Engineering Fellow at Optiv and author of "Zero Trust Security: An Enterprise Guide,"...

Cyberattack divorces Zola users from registries A look at the RansomHouse data-extortion operation Now we have to worry about pre-hijacking attacks Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Optiv Need a guide on your Zero Trust journey ? Jerry Chapman, Engineering Fellow at Optiv and author of "Zero Trust Security: An Enterprise Guide" shares the following takeaways: - The key elements of Zero Trust - Ho...

Ransomware victim trolls hackers with obscene pics CISOs list top cyber threats to enterprises in 2022 YouTube removes more than 9,000 Ukraine war-related channels Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Optiv Need a guide on your Zero Trust journey ? Jerry Chapman, Engineering Fellow at Optiv and author of "Zero Trust Security: An Enterprise Guide" shares the following takeaways: - The key elements of...

Link to Blog Post This week's  Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , May 16-20, is hosted by  Rich Stroffolino  with our guest,  Jerich Beason , CISO, Commercial Bank,  CapitalOne Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Torq All links and the video of this episode can be found on CISO Series.com      

Greenland health services limited from cyberattacks Phishing attacks surge in Q1 Google details 2021 zero-days And now let's thank today's sponsor, Torq Myth 5: You Should Automate All Security Processes False. You should automate routine, repetitive tasks that are not subject to much conditional variance. But workflows that can't be reliably managed by automation tools, such as assessing the fina...

VMware bugs abused to deliver Mirai malware Microsoft to debut of zero trust GDAP tool Bank of Zambia refuses to pay ransom to cyberattack group Hive And now let's thank today's sponsor, Torq Myth 4: Automation Will Replace Skilled Security Professionals Not true. Any business that attempts to automate security will quickly find that most high-stakes security issues are far too complex to be detec...

Buffalo massacre suspect signaled plans on Discord for months Google faces litigation for unauthorised use of medical records Venezuelan doctor accused of developing and distributing ransomware And now let's thank today's sponsor, Torq Myth 3: Only Enterprises Need Security Automation Debunked. While enterprises with thousands of endpoints and sprawling teams certainly need automation, businesses...

Costa Rican ransomware rhetoric somehow gets uglier DOJ files its first criminal cryptocurrency sanctions case Trying to fix open source supply chain security And now let's thank today's sponsor, Torq Myth 2: Security Automation Is Just a New Term for Automated Security Testing Wrong. While scanning and testing may be one example of a security automation use case, it's hardly the only one. Automat...

Ukraine CERT-UA warns of new attacks launched by Russia-linked Armageddon APT Microsoft fixes new PetitPotam Windows NTLM relay attack vector Hackers are exploiting critical bug in Zyxel firewalls and VPNs And now let's thank today's sponsor, Torq Myth 1: Automation Is Only a Reactive Part of SecOps Incorrect. Proactive management of security incidents is just as important, like automatically scan...

Link to Blog Post This week's  Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , May 9-13, is hosted by  Rich Stroffolino  with our guest,  Rich Lindberg , CISO, JAMS Thanks to our sponsor, Datadog Break down silos between DevOps and Security teams to enable collaboration and strengthen the security of your environment. In this on-demand webinar, hear from one of  Datadog 's engineers on how teams can s...