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Cybersecurity Headlines

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Tech firms race to integrate AI, FAA needs until 2030 to fix safety system, Biden addresses children's online safety

ARMO, Microsoft, Google race to integrate AI into their products FAA needs until 2030 to fix its safety system Biden's State of the Union addresses children's online safety and privacy… again Thanks to today's episode sponsor, US, yes, CISO Series "I value Cyber Security Headlines early every morning as it provides me advance notice of what I might need to explore first thing at the start of the day." That's active listener David Cross, SVP, CISO of Oracle SaaS Cloud. And for sponsors of Cyber S...

Feb 08, 20237 min

Cyber insurance predictions, British steel supplier cyber attack, Microsoft pins Charliue Hebdo attack

Cyber insurer predicts a rise in critical CVEs British steel supplier hit by "cyber incident" Microsoft pins recent attack on Charlie Hebdo Thanks to today's episode sponsor, US, yes, CISO Series "Those cyber security headlines are fantastic. It's the first thing I look at in the am." That's a quote from active listener Jared Mendenhall, head of information security at Impossible Foods. Cyber Security Headlines is our fastest growing show on the CISO Series network. It's grown 20-fold since we l...

Feb 07, 20237 min

Fortra ZeroDay, Tallahassee hospital cyberattack, sneaky Fraudulent apps

Hackers actively exploiting zero-day in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT Tallahassee hospital diverting patients, canceling non-emergency surgeries after cyberattack Fraudulent "CryptoRom" apps slip through Apple and Google App Store review process Thanks to today's episode sponsor, US, yes, CISO Series If you're looking to reach a committed audience of cybersecurity professionals every day, then consider advertising right here on Cyber Security Headlines , a show that consistently ranks in the top ten f...

Feb 06, 20238 min

Week in Review: Charter Communications breach, ChatGPT grows stronger, Microsoft verifies phishers

Link to Blog Post This week's Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review , January 30-February 3, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, David Nolan , VP, Enterprise Risk & Chief Information Security Officer – Aaron's Thanks to our show sponsor, Hunters Hunters is a complete SOC platform, purpose built for your Security Operations team. Hunters' brand new IOC Search is a game-changing search tool that determines if a known 'Indicator of Compromise' has been in your organization's envir...

Feb 03, 202322 min

London ransomware alert, FDIC cyberdefense fail, UK fears ChatGPT

City of London on high alert after ransomware attack Watchdog warns FDIC fails to test banks' cyberdefenses effectively Foreign states already using ChatGPT maliciously, UK IT leaders believe Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, Hunters Hunters is a complete SOC platform, purpose built for your Security Operations team. Hunters' brand new IOC Search is a game-changing search tool that determines if a known 'Indicator of Compromise' has been in your organization's environment - without needing ...

Feb 03, 20238 min

FDIC cyber risk improvements, high-risk containers, record crypto hacks

Watchdog calls for improved bank cyber testing Containers hold high-risk vulnerabilities 2022 set a record for crypto hacks Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, Hunters Hunters is a complete SOC platform, purpose built for your Security Operations team. Hunters' brand new IOC Search is a game-changing search tool that determines if a known 'Indicator of Compromise' has been in your organization's environment - without needing to write a single line of code. Type an IOC into the search bar, hit...

Feb 02, 20237 min

Microsoft phishers are 'Verified' Cloud Partners, DocuSign brand impersonation attack, Google Fi data breach

Microsoft grants phishers 'Verified' Cloud Partner status DocuSign brand impersonation attack targets thousands of users Google Fi says hackers accessed customer information Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, Hunters Hunters is a SaaS platform, purpose built for your Security Operations team. Solaris Group, a leading German FinTech, implemented Hunters SOC Platform to eliminate the burden of threat detection and correlation – allowing SOC analysts to focus on higher-value tasks. It's time to...

Feb 01, 20237 min

Criminal crypto flows, TikTok CEO heads to the House, Killnet launches German DDoS

Criminal crypto goes through 5 exchanges TikTok CEO heads to the House KillNet launches German DDoS Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, Hunters The Hunters SOC Platform helps your security team identify, understand, triage, and respond to incidents at a much faster pace. ChargePoint, the world's largest network of electric vehicle charging stations, uses Hunters SOC Platform to leverage its out-of-the-box detection content to more efficiently respond to new threats and vulnerabilities. Visit ...

Jan 31, 20237 min

Charter Communications breach, Sandworm hacks Ukraine, VMware exploit release

Charter Communications says vendor breach exposed some customer data Russia's Sandworm hackers blamed in fresh Ukraine malware attack Experts plans to release VMware vRealize log RCE exploit this week Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, Hunters Hunters is a complete SOC platform, built for your security team. By providing unlimited ingestion and normalization of security data without ruining your bottom line, a CISO at a leading online retailer was able to "triple her data ingestion while cut...

Jan 30, 20238 min

Week in Review: FBI seizes Hive, PayPal accounts breached, ODIN Intelligence hack

Link to Blog Post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , January 23-27, is hosted by David Spark with our guest, Kathleen Mullin , CISO, Cancer Treatment Centers of America Thanks to our show sponsor, SafeBase If a prospective customer asked about your trust program or security policies, where would you send them? Chances are, you'd need to send an NDA, hunt down documentation, go back and forth via email, and answer a litany of questions. SafeBase is the better way. SafeBase's ...

Jan 27, 202324 min

FBI seizes Hive, Layoffs at IBM, Microsoft outage over

FBI seizes Hive ransomware group infrastructure after lurking in servers for months Layoffs come to IBM - Kyndryl, Watson and Russia to blame Microsoft says services have recovered after widespread outage Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, SafeBase If a prospective customer asked about your trust program or security policies, where would you send them? Chances are, you'd need to send an NDA, hunt down documentation, go back and forth via email, and answer a litany of questions. SafeBase is t...

Jan 27, 20238 min

North Korean crypto tactics, Russian DDoS record, China tech exports

A look at North Korean crypto stealing tactics Russia saw record DDoS attacks China leads in facial recognition tech exports Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, SafeBase These days, customer trust can be an organization's strongest competitive advantage. But how can you develop and maintain customer trust over the long term? The answer is SafeBase . After implementing SafeBase's Smart Trust Center, many companies see shorter deal cycles, higher-value contracts, and stronger long-term customer...

Jan 26, 20237 min

Pakistan investigating nationwide blackout, FBI identifies Horizon Bridge hackers, GoTo hack larger than first reported

Pakistani authorities investigating whether cyberattack caused nationwide blackout FBI identifies hackers behind Horizon Bridge crypto theft GoTo says hackers stole encrypted backups and MFA settings Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, SafeBase Jump start your journey to long-lasting customer trust with SafeBase . Our Smart Trust Center helps your organization build customer trust through improved transparency, secure document sharing, process control and insights, and proactive communication...

Jan 25, 20237 min

LA School leaks, GAO security ignored, PLAY ransomware in UK

LA School attack exposed Social Security numbers Government Accountability Office names and shames PLAY ransomware hits UK car dealerships Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, SafeBase If a prospective customer asked about your trust program or security policies, where would you send them? Chances are, you'd need to send an NDA, hunt down documentation, go back and forth via email, and answer a litany of questions. SafeBase is the better way. SafeBase's Smart Trust Center allows you to send *o...

Jan 24, 20237 min

PayPal accounts breached, Yum! Brands attacked, ODIN Intelligence hacked

PayPal accounts breached in large-scale credential stuffing attack Ransomware gang steals data from KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut brand owner ODIN Intelligence hack exposes a huge trove of police raid files Thanks to this week's episode sponsor, SafeBase These days, customer trust can be an organization's strongest competitive advantage. But how can you develop and maintain customer trust over the long term? The answer is SafeBase . After implementing SafeBase's Smart Trust Center, many companie...

Jan 23, 20238 min

Week in Review: NortonLifeLock password breach, Ransomware revenue falls, ChatGPT goes phishing

Link to Blog Post This week's Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review , January 16-20, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, George Finney , CISO, Southern Methodist University Thanks to our show sponsor, Cerby Did you know that over 60% of the cloud applications used by your company don't support identity standards like single sign-on? And that these applications are the leading cause of breaches? Cerby can help. Cerby discovers new applications, eliminates manual security tasks like ...

Jan 20, 202321 min

Ransomware revenue falls, Vice attacks university, Android Hook malware

Ransomware revenue falls by $300 million in 2022 as more victims refuse to pay Vice Society claims ransomware attack against University of Duisburg-Essen Android users beware of new Hook malware with RAT capabilities Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Cerby Did you know that over 60% of the cloud applications used by your company don't support identity standards like single sign-on? And that these applications are the leading cause of breaches? Cerby can help. Cerby discovers new applications, e...

Jan 20, 20238 min

Bypassing patches, ChatGPT polymorphic malware, Bitwarden goes passwordless

Vendors bypassing security patches ChatGPT creates polymorphic malware Bitwarden acquires Passwordless.dev Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Cerby Did you know that over 60% of the cloud applications used by your company don't support identity standards like single sign-on? And that these applications are the leading cause of breaches? Cerby can help. Cerby discovers new applications, eliminates manual security tasks like offboarding, and addresses misconfigurations like disabled 2FA while incr...

Jan 19, 20237 min

Ransomware impacts 1,000 ships, Crypto influencer victimized by malware, Microsoft patches Azure flaws

Ransomware attack impacts 1,000 ships Crypto influencer victimized by malware pushed by ads on Google Microsoft patches flaws in Azure cloud services Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Cerby Did you know that over 60% of the cloud applications used by your company don't support identity standards like single sign-on? And that these applications are the leading cause of breaches? Cerby can help. Cerby discovers new applications, eliminates manual security tasks like offboarding, and addresses mis...

Jan 18, 20237 min

Cyber attack disrupts esports, Qbot overtakes Emotet, CircleCI breached

Cyber attack disrupts esport event Qbot overtakes Emotet CircleCI breach caused by infostealer Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Cerby Did you know that over 60% of the cloud applications used by your company don't support identity standards like single sign-on? And that these applications are the leading cause of breaches? Cerby can help. Cerby discovers new applications, eliminates manual security tasks like offboarding, and addresses misconfigurations like disabled 2FA while increasing emplo...

Jan 17, 20237 min

NortonLifeLock password breach, Canadian liquor hack, severe jsonwebtoken flaw

NortonLifeLock warns that hackers breached Password Manager accounts Hacker steals credit card info from Canada's largest alcohol retailer Severe security flaw found in "jsonwebtoken" library Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Cerby Did you know that over 60% of the cloud applications used by your company don't support identity standards like single sign-on? And that these applications are the leading cause of breaches? Cerby can help. Cerby discovers new applications, eliminates manual security...

Jan 16, 20238 min

Week in Review: FAA system failure delays flights, LastPass hit with lawsuit, Writing malware with ChatGPT

Link to Blog Post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , January 9-13, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Shaun Marion , CISO, McDonald's Thanks to our show 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 3rd party app could put your entire SaaS ecosystem at risk. With AppOmni, you get visibility to all third party apps and...

Jan 13, 202323 min

Chromium browser flaw, Twitter leak developments, IcedID strikes again

Experts detail Chromium browser security flaw putting confidential data at risk Twitter says 200 million-user leak not obtained from its systems, others disagree IcedID malware strikes again: Active Directory domain compromised in under 24 hours Thanks to today's episode 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 3rd party app could put your enti...

Jan 13, 20238 min

FAA system failure, Royal Mail cyber incident, police app leaks ops data

FAA system failure delays flights Royal Mail hit by "cyber incident" Police app leaked operations data Thanks to today's episode 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 3rd party app could put your entire SaaS ecosystem at risk. With AppOmni, you get visibility to all third party apps and SaaS-to-SaaS connections — including which end users ha...

Jan 12, 20237 min

Iowa schools closed by cyberattack, TikTok CEO questioned by EU, OIG cracks fed agency passwords

Iowa school district cancels classes due to cyberattack TikTok CEO questioned by EU about its data practices Government watchdog cracks federal agency's passwords Thanks to today's episode 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 3rd party app could put your entire SaaS ecosystem at risk. With AppOmni, you get visibility to all third party apps...

Jan 11, 20238 min

Car API flaws, Experian bypass, ChatGPT malware

API vulnerabilities found across car brands Bypassing Experian Security Trying to write malware with ChatGPT Thanks to today's episode 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 3rd party app could put your entire SaaS ecosystem at risk. With AppOmni, you get visibility to all third party apps and SaaS-to-SaaS connections — including which end us...

Jan 10, 20237 min

Turla hackers return, LastPass faces lawsuit, Windows reporter hacked

Russian Turla hackers hijack decade-old malware infrastructure to deploy new backdoors LastPass hit with lawsuit over August breach Hackers abuse Windows error reporting tool to deploy malware Thanks to today's episode 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 3rd party app could put your entire SaaS ecosystem at risk. With AppOmni, you get visi...

Jan 09, 20238 min

Week in Review: PyTorch malicious compromise, Ransomware cloned victim, LockBit gang apologizes

Link to Blog Post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review , January 2-6, is hosted by Sean Kelly with our guest, Bryan Willett , CISO, Lexmark Thanks to our show 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 ...

Jan 06, 202325 min

Slack's GitHub theft, CircleCI breach warning, NATO tests AI

Slack's private GitHub code repositories stolen over holidays CircleCI warns of security breach — rotate your secrets! NATO tests AI's ability to protect critical infrastructure against cyberattacks Thanks to today's episode 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 s...

Jan 06, 20238 min

'Mudge' joins Rapid7, Meta fined $400 million, GDPR costs Coinbase $100 million

'Mudge' joins cybersecurity firm Rapid7 Meta fined $400 million by European regulator Coinbase strikes a $100 million deal with regulators Thanks to today's episode 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 perm...

Jan 05, 20237 min
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