Cybersecurity Headlines is a six-minute news podcast available every weekday at 6 A.M. ET. At the start of the week (Mondays at 4 P.M. ET) we invite two security pros to comment on the top stories on the companion Department of Know show where viewers can participate live. Department of Know also made available via podcast feed.
Microsoft’s December 2020 Patch Tuesday fixes 58 vulnerabilities
With the December 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates release, Microsoft has released fixes for 58 vulnerabilities and...
Google publishes cross-site leaks wiki
This site is set up as an open knowledge base where researchers can share new information about cross-site leaks. At...
Drug dealers offer Pfizer vaccine on the Dark Web
With the United Kingdom becoming the first Western country to authorize a Covid-19 vaccine and announce...
Spotify celebrity pages defaced to plug Trump, Taylor Swift
A hacker has vandalized Spotify's list of the year's most popular songs. The hacker, who goes...
Malicious hackers target the Covid-19 vaccine ‘cold chain’
As the world waits for the COVID-19 vaccine, a very complex distribution process is underway that requires...
US Supreme Court eyes narrowing of CFAA
Continuing a story we covered on Monday, "the Supreme Court has indicated serious reservations about the ambiguity and...
Baltimore schools struggling with ransomware
The November 25th attack forced the Baltimore County Public Schools to announce they would be closed through December 1st, promising...
Biden transition team forced to build its own cybersecurity protections
"The Trump administration is blocking many of the transition-related resources usually provided to a president-elect,...
Brazil continues to recover from its worst cyberattack
Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court was hit with a ransomware attack on November 3rd, with systems taken offline...
New Jersey passes anti-doxxing law
Governor Phil Murphy signed Daniel’s Law into effect, barring the publication of home addresses and unlisted phone numbers for judges,...
GoDaddy employees duped in cryptocurrency hack
Social engineering was used to trick GoDaddy employees into transferring ownership and control over several cryptocurrency domains. This attack,...
Worldwide campaign targets ZeroLogon exploit
Security researchers at Symantec have documented companies in 17 regions being impacted by this campaign across automotive, pharmaceutical, engineering, and...
Trump fires CISA director Chris Krebs
Krebs served as the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) since its founding in November 2018....
Apple responds to macOS privacy concerns
Apple's Gatekeeper security service was first released on Mac's in 2012, and “performs online checks to verify if an...
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