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Emotet returns, Google helps with Cobalt Strike, Ticketmaster blames bots for Swift snafu

Emotet returns with a malspam vengeance Google publishes YARA rules for Cobalt Strike Ticketmaster blames "bot attacks" for ticketing fiasco Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Compyl This thanksgiving, sit around the table and be thankful for Compyl . Compyl is an all-in-one platform that supercharges your security program and takes control of your compliance and audits. Automate workflows, audit collection, compliance management, and all the boring security stuff. Learn about Compyl today at ww...

Nov 22, 20227 min

Ransomware infects Discord, Twitter welcomes Trump, Black Friday scams

New ransomware encrypts files, then steals your Discord account Donald Trump returns to Twitter after Elon Musk's poll More than half of Black Friday spam emails are scams Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Compyl We all know that CISOs are overworked and stressed. CISOs made Compyl to reduce the noise, accelerate security maturity and let you and your team quickly make decisions that directly affect what's important to your business. Learn about Compyl at www.compyl.com. For the stories behind ...

Nov 21, 20228 min

Week in Review: The fall of FTX, Australia Medibank fallout, supply chain failures

Link to Blog Post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , November 14-18, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, John Scrimsher , CISO, Kontoor Brands Thanks to today's episode sponsor, AppOmni Can you name all the third party apps connected to your major SaaS platforms like SalesForce and Microsoft? What about the data these apps can access? After all, one compromised third party app could put your entire SaaS ecosystem at risk. With AppOmni, you get visibility to all thi...

Nov 18, 202221 min

Musk's ultimatum, Iran breaches government using Log4Shell, Amazon RDS data leak

Musk's ultimatum to employees leaves Twitter at risk Iranian APT breaches government agency using Log4Shell Hundreds of Amazon RDS snapshots discovered leaking user data And now a word from our sponsor, AppOmni Can you name all the third party apps connected to your major SaaS platforms like Salseforce and Microsoft? What about the data these apps can access? After all, one compromised third party app could put your entire SaaS ecosystem at risk. With AppOmni , you get visibility to all third pa...

Nov 18, 20227 min

Disneyland phishing, Ukraine's IT army in action, NSA goes low-key with private researchers

Disneyland phishes with Punycode The effectiveness of Ukraine's IT army NSA seeks to lower barriers to work with private sector And now a word from our sponsor, AppOmni Can you name all the third party apps connected to your major SaaS platforms like Salseforce and Microsoft? What about the data these apps can access? After all, one compromised third party app could put your entire SaaS ecosystem at risk. With AppOmni , you get visibility to all third party apps, including which end users have e...

Nov 17, 20228 min

Amazon cuts 10,000, FIFA apps warning, Breach impact 98%

Amazon to cut 10,000 employees in tech and corporate roles Privacy experts cautious about FIFA World Cup Apps 98% of organizations have been severely impacted by cyber supply chain breach And now a word from our sponsor, AppOmni Can you name all the third party apps connected to your major SaaS platforms like Salseforce and Microsoft? What about the data these apps can access? After all, one compromised third party app could put your entire SaaS ecosystem at risk. With AppOmni, you get visibilit...

Nov 16, 20225 min

Australia ransom ban, scourge of brand impersonation sites, GitHub gets private reporting

Australia considers ban on ransomware payments Thousands of sites used for brand impersonation GitHub gets private reporting And now a word from our sponsor, AppOmni Can you name all the third party apps connected to your major SaaS platforms like Salseforce and Microsoft? What about the data these apps can access? After all, one compromised third party app could put your entire SaaS ecosystem at risk. With AppOmni , you get visibility to all third party apps, including which end users have enab...

Nov 15, 20226 min

Android lockscreen bypass, Lockbit hits Thales, FTX funds disappear

Android phone owner accidentally finds a way to bypass lock screen Thales hit by Lockbit 3.0 again At least $1 billion of client funds missing at FTX And now a word from our sponsor, AppOmni Can you name all the third party apps connected to your major SaaS platforms like Salseforce and Microsoft? What about the data these apps can access? After all, one compromised third party app could put your entire SaaS ecosystem at risk. With AppOmni , you get visibility to all third party apps, including ...

Nov 14, 20228 min

Lockbit operator extradited, Twitter CISO quits, NotPetya insurance shakeup

Alleged LockBit operator to be extradited from Canada to U.S. Musk's ends remote work and promised to fight spam. CISO Kissner quits. Insurance giant settles NotPetya lawsuit, signaling cyber insurance shakeup And now a word from our sponsor, AppOmni Did you know that over half of companies have sensitive SaaS data exposed on the public internet? And many breaches making headlines now involve SaaS apps? AppOmni can help. AppOmni identifies misconfigurations and guides remediation to keep your Sa...

Nov 11, 20228 min

Crypto Winter comes for FTX, oil and gas flow control vulnerability, images hide malware in PyPI

Crypto Winter comes for FTX Vulnerability found in oil and gas utilities Vulnerability found in oil and gas utilities And now a word from our sponsor, AppOmni Did you know that over half of companies have sensitive SaaS data exposed on the public internet? And many breaches making headlines now involve SaaS apps? AppOmni can help. AppOmni identifies misconfigurations and guides remediation to keep your SaaS data secure. We help Security teams make sense of data access permissions, third party ap...

Nov 10, 20227 min

Powerball drawing delayed, Australian health record leak, Hushpuppi gets 11 year sentence

$2 billion Powerball drawing delayed by security issues Hackers leak Australian health records on dark web Hushpuppi gets 11 years in prison for cyber fraud And now a word from our sponsor, AppOmni Did you know that over half of companies have sensitive SaaS data exposed on the public internet? And many breaches making headlines now involve SaaS apps? AppOmni can help. AppOmni identifies misconfigurations and guides remediation to keep your SaaS data secure. We help Security teams make sense of ...

Nov 09, 20229 min

China stocking up vulnerabilities, DOJ seizes 50,000 bitcoin, DOJ takes down Z-Library

China stockpiling vulnerabilities US seizes Silk Road bitcoins DOJ takes down Z-Library And now a word from our sponsor, AppOmni Did you know that over half of companies have sensitive SaaS data exposed on the public internet? And many breaches making headlines now involve SaaS apps? AppOmni can help. AppOmni identifies misconfigurations and guides remediation to keep your SaaS data secure. We help Security teams make sense of data access permissions, third party app visibility, and threat detec...

Nov 08, 20227 min

Treasury thwarts Killnet, UK scanning devices, Denmark train cyberattack

US Treasury thwarts DDoS attack from Russian Killnet group British government scanning all Internet devices hosted in UK Denmark trains halted by cyberattack And now a word from our sponsor, AppOmni Did you know that over half of companies have sensitive SaaS data exposed on the public internet? And many breaches making headlines now involve SaaS apps? AppOmni can help. AppOmni identifies misconfigurations and guides remediation to keep your SaaS data secure. We help Security teams make sense of...

Nov 07, 20228 min

Week in Review: Thomson Reuters leak, LockBit dominates ransomware, Stripe cuts jobs

Link to Blog Post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , October 31-November 4, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Marcos Marrero , CISO, H.I.G. Capital Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Votiro UFOs are everywhere. They're in your applications, cloud storage, endpoints, and emails. That's right – UFOs – Unidentified File Objects – are hiding in files across your organization. UFOs can contain malware that exfiltrates data or deploys ransomware. And 70% of UFOs can't ...

Nov 04, 202221 min

Boeing subsidiary incident, Stripe job cuts, news website malware

Cyber incident at Boeing subsidiary causes flight planning disruptions Stripe to lay off 14% of workforce Over 250 US news websites deliver malware via supply chain attack Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Votiro UFOs are everywhere. They're in your applications, cloud storage, endpoints, and emails. That's right – UFOs – Unidentified File Objects – are hiding in files across your organization. UFOs can contain malware that exfiltrates data or deploys ransomware. And 70% of UFOs can't be detect...

Nov 04, 20229 min

W4SP stings PyPI, password hubris, Dropbox breached

W4SP malware stings PyPI LastPass warns of security hubris Dropbox breached Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Votiro UFOs are everywhere.They're in your applications, cloud storage, endpoints, and emails.That's right – UFOs – Unidentified File Objects – are hiding in files across your organization. UFOs can contain malware that exfiltrates data or deploys ransomware. And 70% of UFOs can't be detected by traditional scanning solutions like Anti-Virus and Sandboxing. That's where Votiro comes in....

Nov 03, 20227 min

LockBit dominates ransomware, CISA on voting integrity, ransomware reporting

LockBit dominates ransomware CISA on voting integrity A call for more ransomware reporting Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Votiro UFOs are everywhere.They're in your applications, cloud storage, endpoints, and emails.That's right – UFOs – Unidentified File Objects – are hiding in files across your organization. UFOs can contain malware that exfiltrates data or deploys ransomware. And 70% of UFOs can't be detected by traditional scanning solutions like Anti-Virus and Sandboxing. That's where V...

Nov 02, 20227 min

Antivirus used to spread malware, White House ransomware summit, Ed tech company hit with FTC complaint

Threat group rides antivirus software to install malware White House organizes ransomware summit Ed tech company exposed user data Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Votiro UFOs are everywhere.They're in your applications, cloud storage, endpoints, and emails.That's right – UFOs – Unidentified File Objects – are hiding in files across your organization. UFOs can contain malware that exfiltrates data or deploys ransomware. And 70% of UFOs can't be detected by traditional scanning solutions like A...

Nov 01, 20227 min

Thomson Reuters leak, Polish Parliament cyberattack, trolls bombard Twitter

Thomson Reuters leaks 3TB of sensitive data Massive cyberattack hits Slovak and Polish Parliaments Twitter trolls bombard platform after Elon Musk takeover Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Votiro UFOs are everywhere. They're in your applications, cloud storage, endpoints, and emails. That's right – UFOs – Unidentified File Objects – are hiding in files across your organization. UFOs can contain malware that exfiltrates data or deploys ransomware. And 70% of UFOs can't be detected by traditiona...

Oct 31, 20227 min

Week in Review: Musk buys Twitter, Russia's satellite warning, Industrial ransomware attacks rise

Link to Blog Post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , October 24-28, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Will Gregorian, former Senior Director, Technology Operations and Security, Rhino Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, Votiro UFOs are everywhere. They're in your applications, cloud storage, endpoints, and emails. That's right – UFOs – Unidentified File Objects – are hiding in files across your organization. UFOs can contain malware that exfiltrates data or de...

Oct 28, 202223 min

Russia's satellite warning, New York Post hacked, Fast Company breach

Russia warns West: We can target your commercial satellites New York Post says its site was hacked after posting offensive tweets White House announces 100-day cyber sprint for chemical sector Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, Votiro UFOs are everywhere.They're in your applications, cloud storage, endpoints, and emails. That's right – UFOs – Unidentified File Objects – are hiding in files across your organization. UFOs can contain malware that exfiltrates data or deploys ransomware. And 70%...

Oct 28, 20228 min

Sigstore opens free service, Medibank hacked, 20-year old SQLite bug

Sigstore opens free software signing service Australian health insurer hacked Researcher details 20-year old SQLite bug Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, Votiro UFOs are everywhere.They're in your applications, cloud storage, endpoints, and emails. That's right – UFOs – Unidentified File Objects – are hiding in files across your organization. UFOs can contain malware that exfiltrates data or deploys ransomware. And 70% of UFOs can't be detected by traditional scanning solutions like Anti-Vi...

Oct 27, 20227 min

See Tickets card breach, US charges Chinese agents, Tata Power's data leaked

See Tickets discloses 2.5 year-long credit card breach US charges Chinese agents in Huawei obstruction case Hive begins leaking Tata Power's data Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, Votiro UFOs are everywhere.They're in your applications, cloud storage, endpoints, and emails. That's right – UFOs – Unidentified File Objects – are hiding in files across your organization. UFOs can contain malware that exfiltrates data or deploys ransomware. And 70% of UFOs can't be detected by traditional scann...

Oct 26, 20228 min

Daixin Team, PoCs host malware, Iranian nuclear agency hacked

CISA warns of Daixin Team Exploit POCs used to host malware Iranian nuclear agency hacked Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, Votiro UFOs are everywhere.They're in your applications, cloud storage, endpoints, and emails. That's right – UFOs – Unidentified File Objects – are hiding in files across your organization. UFOs can contain malware that exfiltrates data or deploys ransomware. And 70% of UFOs can't be detected by traditional scanning solutions like Anti-Virus and Sandboxing. That's whe...

Oct 25, 20227 min

Windows JavaScript zero-day, Iran-based hack-and-leak, METRO retailer attack

Exploited Windows zero-day lets JavaScript files bypass Mark of the Web security warnings FBI warns of 'hack-and-leak' operations from group based in Iran Wholesale giant METRO confirmed to have suffered a cyberattack Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, Votiro UFOs are everywhere. They're in your applications, cloud storage, endpoints, and emails. That's right – UFOs – Unidentified File Objects – are hiding in files across your organization. UFOs can contain malware that exfiltrates data or d...

Oct 24, 20228 min

Week in Review: Dutch Police Trick DeadBolt, GenZ meh on Cybersecurity, Submarine cable severed

Link to Blog Post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , October 17-21, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Lee Parrish , CISO, Newell Brands Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, SafeBase Security questionnaires are a pain, and sharing sensitive documents takes too much back and forth. As a result, security can be wrongly viewed as a roadblock rather than a sales enabler. That's where SafeBase comes in. Our Smart Trust Center makes it easy to showcase your security p...

Oct 21, 202221 min

Submarine cables severed, Microsoft's BlueBleed problem, Health system breach

Internet connectivity worldwide impacted by severed EU subsea cables Microsoft BlueBleed customer data leak claimed to be 'one of the largest' in years Health system data breach due to Meta Pixel hits 3 million patients Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, SafeBase Security questionnaires are a pain, and sharing sensitive documents takes too much back and forth. As a result, security can be wrongly viewed as a roadblock rather than a sales enabler. That's where SafeBase comes in. Our Smart Tru...

Oct 21, 20228 min

Ransom Cartel linked to REvil, Gen Z security awareness, Open Compute Project's Caliptra

Ransom Cartel linked to REvil Do we need cybersecurity training for Gen Z? Open Compute Project announces Caliptra Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, SafeBase Security questionnaires. If those two words sent a shiver down your spine, you need to check out SafeBase . SafeBase's Smart Trust Center is a centralized source of truth for your organization's security and compliance information. After implementing SafeBase, many companies see a 90% reduction in custom questionnaires. Imagine how muc...

Oct 20, 20227 min

Verizon customer accounts breached, German cyber chief removed, Fortinet vuln actively exploited

Verizon notifies customers their accounts were breached German cyber chief removed over alleged Russian ties Fortinet vulnerability being actively exploited Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, SafeBase Security questionnaires are a pain, and sharing sensitive documents takes too much back and forth. As a result, security can be wrongly viewed as a roadblock rather than a sales enabler. That's where SafeBase comes in. Our Smart Trust Center makes it easy to showcase your security program, shar...

Oct 19, 20227 min

Ransomware hits German newspaper, Meta battles on content moderation report, and KakaoTalk goes down in Korea

Ransomware halts German newspaper circulation Meta disputes Indian content moderation report KakaoTalk called a "national communication network" in Korea Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, SafeBase Security questionnaires are a pain, and sharing sensitive documents takes too much back and forth. As a result, security can be wrongly viewed as a roadblock rather than a sales enabler. That's where SafeBase comes in. Our Smart Trust Center makes it easy to showcase your security program, share s...

Oct 18, 20227 min
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