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Top Phishing Exploits fo 2024: Cyber Security Today for Friday, December 13, 2024

Top 5 Phishing Exploits of 2024: Abnormal Security Report and More | Cybersecurity Today In this episode of Cybersecurity Today, host Jim Love delves into Abnormal Security's end-of-year report outlining the top five phishing exploits of 2024 and their predictions for 2025. The episode covers cryptocurrency fraud, weaponized file sharing services, multi-channel phishing, business email compromise, and email account takeovers. Additionally, it highlights the alarming rise of text-based job scams,...

Dec 13, 2024•12 min

Disclosure Rules Lead To Less Disclosure: Cyber Security Today for Wednesday, December 11, 2024

SEC Cyber Disclosure Rules, Deloitte Hack Denial, and Critical Microsoft & SAP Patches | Cybersecurity Today In this episode of Cybersecurity Today, host Jim Love delves into the ongoing confusion and compliance struggles faced by companies one year after the SEC's cyber disclosure rules were introduced. We analyze a BreachRx report revealing that less than 17% of public companies provide specific details in their cyber incident filings. Deloitte's recent denial of a data theft claim by the ...

Dec 11, 2024•8 min

Email and Other Fraud - It Gets Personal: Cyber Security Today for Monday, December 9, 2024

Cybersecurity Today: Email Frauds, Google Warnings, and U.S. Telecom Hacks In this episode of Cybersecurity Today, host Jim Love discusses a personal encounter with email fraud attempts, including invoice scams and fake payroll changes. Google issues a stark warning to Gmail users about session cookie thefts leading to email takeovers. Additionally, the U.S. telecom industry grapples with the fallout from a major breach by Chinese hackers exploiting legacy systems. Love shares insights on improv...

Dec 09, 2024•9 min

Cyber Security Today Weekend Panel: Month In Review, December 7th, 2024

Cyber Security Today: Navigating Novel Phishing Campaigns and Ransomware Tactics Join host Jim Love and the Cyber Security Today panel featuring Terry Cutler of Cyology Labs, David Shipley of Beauceron Security, and cybersecurity executive John Pinard. In this episode, they delve into pressing cybersecurity challenges such as novel phishing tactics using corrupted Word documents, the importance of robust offboarding processes in light of breaches at major companies like Disney, and the ramificat...

Dec 07, 2024•58 min

Massive Telecom Hack Hits US Carriers: Cyber Security Today for Friday, December 6, 2024

Massive Telecom Hack and the Future of Cybersecurity In this episode of Cybersecurity Today, host Jim Love covers a series of crucial topics including a major cyber attack by Chinese hackers on U.S. telecom networks labeled as the biggest in history, the challenges tied to hardware upgrades for enhanced security, and the U.S. Department of Defense's efforts to combat deepfakes. The discussion underscores the importance of encryption, highlights moves by Microsoft and Google for hardware security...

Dec 06, 2024•9 min

Hackers Move From Data Theft To Complete Destruction: Cyber Security Today For Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Cybersecurity Today: From Data Theft to Total Destruction In today's episode, we cover the latest shifts in cybercrime as hackers move from data theft to complete system destruction, impacting businesses on a massive scale. We discuss Palo Alto Networks' insights on these damaging attacks, Veeam's critical vulnerability patches, and a major breach affecting thousands in Saskatchewan. Additionally, we report on Russia's life sentence for a notorious cyber criminal leader and a significant Europea...

Dec 04, 2024•11 min

AI ChatBot Exposes 300,000 Records: Cyber Security Today for Monday, December 1, 2024

Cybersecurity Incidents in Healthcare and AI Exposures In this episode, host Jim Love discusses recent cybersecurity incidents, including a major cyber attack on Wirral University Teaching Hospital in the UK, exposing healthcare vulnerabilities. An AI chatbot startup, WotNot, exposed 300,000 sensitive records online due to misconfigured storage. A novel phishing attack using corrupted Microsoft Word documents is also examined. The episode concludes with the takedown of the world's largest piracy...

Dec 02, 2024•9 min

AI: What's Holding You Back? Cyber Security Today Weekend Special

AI and Cybersecurity: Addressing AI Myths and Strategies | Project Synapse Episode 3 Join Jim Love, host of Cyber Security Today, alongside Marcel Gagné and John Pinard in this weekend edition from our sister podcast, Hashtag Trending. This episode, part of the Project Synapse series, dives into a discussion on AI, focusing on security, strategic implementation, and addressing common myths. They explore the gap between AI strategies and their deployment, the relationship between strategy and act...

Nov 30, 2024•50 min

US Thanksgiving Holiday: Cyber Security Today

A quick not to say that in our tradition of observing Holidays in both the US and Canada, we'll be taking the weekend off. We'll be back on Monday morning, bright and early with the Cyber Security News,

Nov 29, 2024•34 sec

Starbucks Issues Manual Pay To Employees During Ransomware Attack: Cyber Security Today for Wednesday, November 27th, 2024

Retailers Face AI Bot Attacks, Avast Exploit, and Starbucks Ransomware Challenges In this episode of 'Cybersecurity Today,' host Jim Love covers the latest cyber threats impacting retailers, including AI-powered bot attacks and ransomware incidents. Discover how hackers are exploiting an old Avast driver to deploy advanced Windows malware and how Starbucks is managing employee payments manually following a ransomware attack on its scheduling software provider, Blue Yonder. The episode highlights...

Nov 27, 2024•6 min

Google’s New Free Cybersecurity Certificate: Cyber Security Today for Monday, November 25, 2024

Cybersecurity Today: Palo Alto Firewalls Breached, APT28's Wi-Fi Hack, Meta Fights Scams In today's episode, over 2,000 Palo Alto firewalls were hacked via patched zero-day vulnerabilities; a Russian group, APT28, exploited Wi-Fi networks in a novel 'Nearest Neighbor Attack' to breach a U.S. firm; Meta removed more than 2 million accounts linked to pig butchering scams; and Google launched a free cybersecurity certificate on Coursera to prepare students for entry-level jobs in six months. Host J...

Nov 25, 2024•9 min

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