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Cybersecurity Headlines

CYBER SECURITY HEADLINES

Cyber Security Headlines – March 12, 2021

Raided phone network Sky ECC says no, police didn’t break our encryption On Wednesday, European police said they had arrested at least 80 people and...

Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review – March 8-12, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, March 8-12, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Dan Walsh,...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 11, 2021

Cloud hosting data centers burn down Multiple data centers of the Strasbourg, France-based cloud computing company OVH, the largest hosting provider in Europe and third-largest...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 10, 2021

Microsoft March Patch Tuesday fixes 82 flaws, 2 zero-days Yesterday was Microsoft's March 2021 Patch Tuesday. With this update, "Microsoft has fixed 82 vulnerabilities, with...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 9, 2021

SUPERNOVA malware linked to threat actor Spiral A new report from the security firm Secureworks linked the SUPERNOVA web shell used as a backdoor on...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 8, 2021

REvil ransomware gang uses extended voice calls to pressure victims The group recently posted a notice on a hacker forum offering to their network of...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 5, 2021

Fake (right-wing) news does better than real news on Facebook Fake news gets more engagement than real news on Facebook, but only if it’s coming...

Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review-March 1-5, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, March 1-5, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, John Overbaugh...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 4, 2021

Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act signed into law Virginia governor Ralph Northam signed the act into law, set to take effect Jan. 1, 2023. Companies...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 3, 2021

Microsoft announces end-to-end encryption support for Teams, plus passwordless logins Microsoft announced that it is adding end-to-end encryption support to Microsoft Teams later this year....

Cyber Security Headlines – March 2, 2021

Gab user data leaked The group Distributed Denial of Secrets claims to have pulled 70 gigabytes of user data from the social network Gab through...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 1, 2021

Ryuk ransomware now self-spreads to other Windows LAN devices The ransomware variant was discovered by the French national cyber-security agency while investigating an attack in...

Cyber Security Headlines – February 26, 2021

Biden orders review of supply chain security The president’s executive order has a few goals: to address shortages of critical imported components such as batteries...

Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review|February 22-26, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, February 22-26, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Naomi Buckwalter (@ineedmorecyber),...

Cyber Security Headlines – February 25, 2021

Microsoft and FireEye push for breach reporting rules The companies pushed for a new breach reporting requirement to the US Senate Intelligence Committee in written...