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Cybersecurity Headlines

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June 29, 2022

Stolen PII and deepfakes used to apply for tech jobs Russia fines foreign firms for data violations Premier League crypto sponsorships expose fans to big losses Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Optiv The modern enterprise needs a solution as unique as its business. Optiv's Advanced Detection and Response (ADR) works with your organization to comb through the D&R clutter and find the ideal security solutions for your business. ADR delivers tailored detection and response backed by technolog...

Jun 29, 20227 min

June 28, 2022

Ransomware gang launches bug bounty KillNet claims DDoS on Lithuania ICS security bill passes House Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Optiv The modern enterprise needs a solution as unique as its business. Optiv's Advanced Detection and Response (ADR) works with your organization to comb through the D&R clutter and find the ideal security solutions for your business. ADR delivers tailored detection and response backed by technology, real-time intel and deep expertise applied at touch. Botto...

Jun 28, 20227 min

June 27, 2022

New phishing method bypasses MFA using Microsoft WebView2 apps Russian threat actors may be behind the explosion at Texas liquefied natural gas plant Google reveals sophisticated Italian spyware campaign targeting victims in Italy, Kazakhstan Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Optiv The modern enterprise needs a solution as unique as its business. Optiv's Advanced Detection and Response (ADR) works with your organization to comb through the D&R clutter and find the ideal security solutions f...

Jun 27, 20228 min

Week in Review – June 20-24, 2022

Link to Blog Post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , June 6-10, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Marnie Wilking , CISO, Wayfair Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Optiv Modernizing your identity control plane from AD to the cloud is complex. Ralph Martino, who is leading the identity and access management (IAM) group for Optiv , discusses what challenges CISOs are facing in today's ever-changing climate: • Increasing security • Decreasing risk • Lowering cost Le...

Jun 24, 202225 min

June 24, 2022

Cloud email threats soar 101% in a year NHS warns of scam COVID-19 text messages Fancy Bear uses nuke threat lure to exploit 1-click bug Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Optiv Modernizing your identity control plane from AD to the cloud is complex. Ralph Martino, who is leading the identity and access management (IAM) group for Optiv , discusses what challenges CISOs are facing in today's ever-changing climate: • Increasing security • Decreasing risk • Lowering cost Learn more at www.optiv.com...

Jun 24, 20228 min

June 23, 2022

Daycare apps found insecure Encryption flaws found in Mega Microsoft retires cloud facial recognition Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Optiv Modernizing your identity control plane from AD to the cloud is complex. Ralph Martino, who is leading the identity and access management (IAM) group for Optiv , discusses what challenges CISOs are facing in today's ever-changing climate: • Increasing security • Decreasing risk • Lowering cost Learn more at www.optiv.com/IAM-Microsoft ....

Jun 23, 20227 min

June 22, 2022

Cloudflare outage impacts crypto exchanges Biden signs a pair of cybersecurity bills 7-zip now supports Windows 'Mark-of-the-Web' security feature Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Optiv Modernizing your identity control plane from AD to the cloud is complex. Ralph Martino, who is leading the identity and access management (IAM) group for Optiv , discusses what challenges CISOs are facing in today's ever-changing climate: • Increasing security • Decreasing risk • Lowering cost Learn more at www...

Jun 22, 20227 min

June 21, 2022

Windows downloads blocked in Russia The importance of receipts Chrome extensions can be used for fingerprinting Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Optiv Modernizing your identity control plane from AD to the cloud is complex. Ralph Martino, who is leading the identity and access management (IAM) group for Optiv , discusses what challenges CISOs are facing in today's ever-changing climate: • Increasing security • Decreasing risk • Lowering cost Learn more at www.optiv.com/IAM-Microsoft ....

Jun 21, 20227 min

June 20, 2022

US DoJ announces shut down of Russian RSOCKS Botnet Experts warn of a new eCh0raix ransomware campaign targeting QNAP NAS Mixed results for Russia's aggressive Ukraine information war, experts say Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Optiv Modernizing your identity control plane from AD to the cloud is complex. Ralph Martino, who is leading the identity and access management (IAM) group for Optiv , discusses what challenges CISOs are facing in today's ever-changing climate: • Increasing security •...

Jun 20, 20228 min

Week in Review – June 13-17, 2022

Link to Blog Post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , June 6-10, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Ariel Weintraub , CISO, MassMutual Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Datadog Check out Datadog 's on-demand fireside chat with CTO Cormac Brady. Over the course of his 20+ year career at Thomson Reuters, Cormac consistently built bridges between technical teams—and in the process helped teams achieve superior results and earned himself senior leadership positions. W...

Jun 17, 202224 min

June 17, 2022

House Armed Services chair calls national security software, systems 'too vulnerable' Microsoft Office 365 AutoSave can assist cloud ransomware attacks OMIGOD! There's more to OMIGOD 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 consistently built bridges between technical teams—and in the process...

Jun 17, 20228 min

June 16, 2022

Cloudflare repels another record DDoS Africa's largest supermarket chain hit with ransomware Resurgence in travel not ignored by threat actors Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Datadog Check out Datadog 's on-demand fireside chat with CTO Cormac Brady. Over the course of his 20+ year career at Thomson Reuters, Cormac consistently built bridges between technical teams—and in the process helped teams achieve superior results and earned himself senior leadership positions. Watch now at datadoghq.c...

Jun 16, 20226 min

June 15, 2022

US defense contractor discusses takeover of NSO spyware DoJ will no longer prosecute ethical hackers Attack on Kaiser Permanente exposes data of thousands of customers 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 consistently built bridges between technical teams—and in the process helped teams a...

Jun 15, 20226 min

June 14, 2022

Leaky continuous integration logs Exchange servers used to deploy Black Cat Bluetooth can be used to track phones Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Datadog Check out Datadog 's on-demand fireside chat with CTO Cormac Brady. Over the course of his 20+ year career at Thomson Reuters, Cormac consistently built bridges between technical teams—and in the process helped teams achieve superior results and earned himself senior leadership positions. Watch now at datadoghq.com/ciso/...

Jun 14, 20227 min

June 13, 2022

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 consistently built bridges between technical teams—and in the process helped teams achieve superior results...

Jun 13, 20228 min

Week in Review – June 6-10, 2022

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 reusable content, and become more efficient and effective. PlexTrac clients report a "5X ROI in 1 year," ...

Jun 10, 202226 min

June 10, 2022

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 the time, centralize your data, maximize your reusable content, and become more efficient and effec...

Jun 10, 20228 min

June 9, 2022

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 become more efficient and effective. PlexTrac clients report a "5X ROI in 1 year," a "30% increase in ef...

Jun 09, 20227 min

June 8, 2022

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 reusable content for easy access, and promoting communication and visibility at every phase of an asse...

Jun 08, 20228 min

June 7, 2022

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 and effective. PlexTrac clients report a "5X ROI in 1 year," a "30% increase in efficiency," have "c...

Jun 07, 20227 min

June 6, 2022

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 centralizing the data from all your automation tools, cataloging important reusable content for easy acc...

Jun 06, 20228 min

Week in Review – May 30-June 3, 2022

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...

Jun 03, 202223 min

June 3, 2022

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 their customers. Inspector and Pageguard, Feroot's automated data protection solutions, increase code ...

Jun 03, 20228 min

June 2, 2022

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 visibility, facilitate threat analysis, and detect and protect from dangerous client-side attacks, such as...

Jun 02, 20227 min

June 1, 2022

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 solutions, increase code visibility, facilitate threat analysis, and detect and protect from dangerous...

Jun 01, 20227 min

May 31, 2022

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 detect and protect from dangerous client-side attacks, such as Magecart, cross-site scripting, e-skimm...

May 31, 20227 min

May 30, 2022

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. Inspector and Pageguard, Feroot's automated data protection solutions, increase code visibility, facil...

May 30, 20228 min

May 27, 2022

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: - An introduction to Zero Trust - An overview of Optiv's Zero Trust principles - How to visualize you...

May 27, 20228 min

May 26, 2022

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 to visualize your Zero Trust journey and place it in the proper context - Integrated technologies to...

May 26, 20227 min

May 25, 2022

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," as he delivers the following takeaways: - An introduction to Zero Trust - An overview of Optiv's Zer...

May 25, 20228 min
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