TikTok in the hot seat...again.
Aug 05, 2024•40 min•Ep 2122•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
The justice department sues TikTok over alleged violations of children’s online privacy laws. Bad blood between Crowdstrike and Delta Airlines. The UK once again delays upgrades to their cybercrime reporting center. Apache OFBiz users are urged to patch a critical vulnerability. SLUBStick is a newly discovered Linux Kernel attack. CISA releases a handy guide to help software suppliers manage security risk. StormBamboo poisons DNS queries to deliver targeted malware. The White House looks to help close the cybersecurity skills gap with $15 million in scholarships. Our guest US Congressional candidate from Oklahoma, Madison Horn, speaking with my Caveat co host Ben Yelin about national security and cyberwarfare. Chewing on rumors of Olympic sabotage.
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CyberWire Guest
US Congressional candidate from Oklahoma, Madison Horn, speaks with Caveat co host Ben Yelin about national security and cyberwarfare. You can hear the full interview on our latest episode of Caveat here.
CSO Perspectives
This week on N2K Pro’s CSO Perspectives podcast, host and N2K CSO Rick Howard focuses on “Cybersecurity is radically asymmetrically distributed.” Rick and Dave do a preview. You can find the full episode here if you are an N2K Pro subscriber, otherwise check out an extended sample here.
Selected Reading
Justice Department Sues TikTok, Accusing the Company of Illegally Collecting Children's Data (SecurityWeek)
CrowdStrike says it’s not to blame for Delta’s days-long outage (The Verge)
Replacement for Action Fraud, UK’s cybercrime reporting service, delayed again until 2025 (The Record)
Apache OFBiz Users Warned of New and Exploited Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek)
Linux kernel impacted by new SLUBStick cross-cache attack (Bleeping Computer)
CISA says suppliers bear responsibility for insecure software in Fed procurement guide (The Stack)
Chinese hackers compromised an ISP to deliver malicious software updates (Help Net Security)
White House and EC-Council Launch $15m Cybersecurity Scholarship Program (Infosecurity Magazine)
2024 Paris Olympics: a snoop was at the origin of suspicions of sabotage in the fan zone of the Chateau de Vincennes (FranceInfo)
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