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Cybersecurity Headlines

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.

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CYBER SECURITY HEADLINES

Cybersecurity Headlines

Cybersecurity News: Google Acquires Wiz, CISA must reinstate terminated employees, Commerce Department bans DeepSeek

Sarah Lane -
CISA scrambles to contact fired employees after court rules layoffs ‘unlawful’ Last week, a US district judge ruled that the US administration unlawfully fired over...
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Cybersecurity News: GitHub repositories targeted, Apache Tomcat RCE exploit, BEC campaigns target Microsoft 365

Lauren Verno -
23,000 repositories targeted in popular GitHub action A supply chain attack on the widely used GitHub Action ‘tj-actions/changed-files’ compromised CI/CD secrets in build logs for...
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Cybersecurity News: VPN brute-force attacks, water utilities bill, LockBit developer extradited

Steve Prentice -
In today’s cybersecurity news… Black Basta creates tool to automate VPN brute-force attacks BRUTED is the name of an automated brute-forcing framework designed to breach edge...
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Cyber Security Headlines Week in Review: ONCD dominates cyber, undocumented Bluetooth commands, DoJ Google breakup

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This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Nick Espinosa, Host, The Deep Dive Radio Show,...
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Cybersecurity News: Medusa ransoms infrastructure, Google breakup sought, more Booking.com phishing

Steve Prentice -
In today’s cybersecurity news… Medusa ransomware continues to attack infrastructure In a joint alert released  March 12, CISA, the FBI, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and...
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Cybersecurity News: Microsoft patches 57 security flaws, Sola aims to build the ‘Stripe for security’, US council wants to counter China threats

Sarah Lane -
In today’s cybersecurity news… Microsoft Patches 57 Security Flaws, Including 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Days Microsoft released patches for 57 security flaws, including 6 actively exploited zero-days...
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Cybersecurity News: New CISA head, Ballista botnet, PowerSchool breach report

Rich Stroffolino -
In today’s cybersecurity news… Sean Plankey nominated to head CISA According to a list of nominations sent to Congress, President Trump tapped Sean Plankey to lead...
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Cybersecurity News: Healthcare breaches expose thousands, X outage, MGM suit dropped

Lauren Verno -
Four healthcare breaches expose over 560,000 records Healthcare data breaches continue to pile up. Four newly disclosed attacks hit more than 560,000 people, with Sunflower...
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Cybersecurity News: ONCD consolidates power, undocumented Bluetooth commands, Japan NTT Breach

Steve Prentice -
In today’s cybersecurity news… ONCD set to consolidate power in U.S. cyber The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) is poised to gain strength and...
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Cyber Security Headlines Week in Review: Hegseth orders stand down, Ransomware by snail mail, Mark Cuban’s lifeline

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This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review is hosted by David Spark with guest Brett Perry, CISO, Dot Foods Missed the live show?...
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Cybersecurity News: Company hacked via webcam, Toronto Zoo update, federal contractor obligations

Steve Prentice -
In today’s cybersecurity news… Ransomware gang bypasses EDR via a webcam The Cybersecurity firm S-RM team discovered the unusual attack method conducted by the Akira ransomware...
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Cybersecurity News: Probationary firing protest, hacker names frustration, conversational scam detector

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In today’s cybersecurity news… Former top NSA cyber official protests probationary firings Rob Joyce, the NSA’s former top cybersecurity official told Congress on Wednesday that current...
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Cybersecurity News: Apple vs UK encryption backdoor, VM bugs allow sandbox escape, JavaGhost targets AWS

Sarah Lane -
Apple goes to court to fight UK demand for iCloud encryption backdoor Apple is suing the UK government over its demands to weaken iCloud encryption...
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Cybersecurity News: CISA denies claims, Ransomware group claims attack, Latin America’s security crisis

Lauren Verno -
CISA denies claims of deprioritizing Russian threats CISA is pushing back against reports that it has been directed to stop tracking Russian cyber threats, calling...
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Cybersecurity News: Hegseth orders stand down, Microsoft terminates Skype, Cuban offers lifeline

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In today’s cybersecurity news… Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning According to an exclusive report from The Record, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...
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