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Daily Cyber Threat Brief

Simply Cyber Media Groupwww.simplycyber.io
The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every weekday. Gain expert insights on what you need to takeaway from each story, and why. Learn and laugh at the same time with #TeamSC. Join us live at 8 AM Eastern every weekday morning at https://simplycyber.io/streams. I’m Gerald Auger, Ph.D., a cybersecurity professional, college professor, and content creator with over two decades of expertise in GRC cybersecurity. This field is collaborative in nature, and my goal is to help others successfully drive their careers in a supportive and inclusive community. Simply Cyber is designed to help individuals go further, faster in their cybersecurity careers. Learn more at https://simplycyber.io. Follow Simply Cyber at https://simplycyber.io/socials.

Episodes

🔴 August 18's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 178

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. TOC - 8-18-22 8:50 - PyPi packages turn installed apps to backdoors 15:10 - Project Sugarush targets Israeli shipping 20:46 - RedAlpha ramps up phishing efforts 26:45 - Meta and TikTok prep for the midterm elections 34:30 - North Korean hackers lure job seekers 39:30 - Google to shutter IoT Core service 42:35 - Regulators investigating banks over encrypted messaging 47:25 - Microsoft Off...

Aug 18, 20221 hr 2 minEp. 63

🔴 August 17's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 177

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com . Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an...

Aug 17, 202257 minEp. 62

🔴 August 16's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 176

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com . Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an...

Aug 16, 20221 hrEp. 61

🔴 August 15's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 175

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! ************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com . Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com ************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an inc...

Aug 15, 20221 hr 1 minEp. 60

🔴 August 12's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 174

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com . Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an...

Aug 12, 202255 minEp. 59

🔴 August 11's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 173

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com . Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an...

Aug 11, 202257 minEp. 58

🔴 August 10's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 172

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com . Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an...

Aug 10, 202251 minEp. 57

🔴 August 9's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 171

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com. Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an ...

Aug 09, 20221 hr 1 minEp. 56

🔴 August 8's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 170

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com. Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an ...

Aug 08, 202252 minEp. 55

The Future of Cybersecurity Learning!

World of Haiku is an engaging videogame that teaches real Linux command line and basic offensive cybersecurity tools and skills. It was designed to make cybersecurity training fun and far more accessible to a wider audience. Come learn what challenge the platform is solving in our industry, how you can engage, and what the future holds for this evolving platform. If you want to check out the game yourself or get a copy, links below; Clicking on these links tells them Simply Cyber sent you. :) Ge...

Aug 05, 20221 hr 10 minEp. 54

🔴 August 5's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 169

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com. Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an ...

Aug 05, 20221 hr 5 minEp. 53

🔴 August 4's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 168

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com . Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an...

Aug 04, 202247 minEp. 52

🔴 August 3's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 167

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com . Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an...

Aug 03, 202255 minEp. 51

Dominate in Cybersecurity with Chris Rock

Get daily cyber threat briefings with Simply Cyber every weekday. https://simplycyber.io/streams for all the details. Simply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster. 📱 Social Media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldauger Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeraldAuger Discord: https://SimplyCyber.io/discord 🔥 My Curated Website of Free Cyber Resources https://SimplyCyber....

Aug 02, 20221 hr 26 minEp. 50

Inverting SOC Analyst Burnout - More Fun, Less Stress

Enterprise SOCs are mission critical for enterprise business continuity. Yet most SOC professionals report a great deal of stress and even burnout trying to better prioritize alerts, working through IR plans and managing SIEMs and SOARs that aren’t properly tuned. Come join Gerald Auger and his guest Dave Klein, Director, Cyber Evangelist for Cymulate as they discuss. Join the discussion to learn how: To establish better and more effective automation and prioritization To ensure SIEM, SOAR and I...

Aug 02, 20221 hr 13 minEp. 49

🔴 August 2's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 166

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com. Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an ...

Aug 02, 202257 minEp. 48

🔴 August 1's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 165

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com. Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an ...

Aug 01, 202249 minEp. 47

🔴 July 29's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 164

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com. Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an ...

Jul 29, 202251 minEp. 46

🔴 July 28's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 163

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com . Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an...

Jul 28, 202255 minEp. 45

🔴 July 27's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 162

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com. Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an ...

Jul 27, 202259 minEp. 44

🔴 July 26's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 161

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com . Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an...

Jul 26, 202258 minEp. 43

🔴 July 25's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 160

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com. Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an ...

Jul 25, 202256 minEp. 42

🔴 July 22's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 159

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com. Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an ...

Jul 22, 20221 hrEp. 41

🔴 July 20's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 157

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com. Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an ...

Jul 20, 202256 minEp. 40

🔴 July 19's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 156

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com. Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an ...

Jul 19, 202247 minEp. 39

Daily Cyber Threat Brief - EP 155

The stories that matter most to #cybersecurity insiders, analysts, and business leaders. Delivered every day. Let's do this! **************************** Check out Barricade Cyber if you need incident response, ransomware protection, or business recovery assistance https://barricadecyber.com . Gerald’s practical skills course with no prerequisites - GRC Analyst Master Class - simplycyber.teachable.com **************************** Join the Simply Cyber Discord server to engage and network with an...

Jul 18, 202248 minEp. 38

The Real Deal on Nuerodivergent Cybersecurity Hiring

Are you or do you know a #nuerodivergent individual looking to work in #cybersecurity ? Perhaps you are looking to hire nuerodivergent talent, but not really sure how to be more inclusive. Simply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster. 📱 Social Media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldauger Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeraldAuger Discord: https://SimplyCyber.io/dis...

Jul 15, 20221 hr 8 minEp. 37

Why CISOs have an 18 Month Shelf Life

Do you know why CISOs only last 18-24 months on average? 🤔 It's not a simple answer, and it may surprise you. 😱 😱 Simply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster. 📱 Social Media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldauger Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeraldAuger Discord: https://SimplyCyber.io/discord 🔥 My Curated Website of Free Cyber Resources https://SimplyCyber.i...

Jul 14, 20221 hr 14 minEp. 36

Why You Need To Understand Zero Trust Architecture

You have heard Zero Trust Architecture, but can you fully explain it? Do you know the value add it brings and what the offsetting costs are of implementation? Simply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster. 📱 Social Media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldauger Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeraldAuger Discord: https://SimplyCyber.io/discord 🔥 My Curated Website of ...

Jun 29, 20221 hr 6 minEp. 35

Active Ransomware Incident Response Day in the Life

Want to know what its really like when you get called into a business that is fully owned by #Ransomware ? Who do you talk to first? What's the first question you'd ask? How do you deal with the adrenaline of being on the clock against cyber criminals? Simply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster. 📱 Social Media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldauger Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger YouTube: https://w...

Jun 17, 20221 hr 3 minEp. 34