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In today’s cybersecurity news…
MITRE gets last-minute bailout from CISA
Yesterday, the day that MITREs contract was set to expire, MITRE Vice President Yosry Barsoum confirmed...
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Government CVE funding set to end today
MITRE confirmed to Reuters that its contract to fund the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, the familiar CVE database,...
In today’s cybersecurity news…
AI code dependencies are a supply chain risk
Security researcher Seth Larson coined “slopsquatting” to describe this new software supply chain attack...
In today’s cybersecurity news…
Major workforce cuts planned for CISA
The agency is working on plans to “slash staffing and spending amid increased scrutiny from the...
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Carla Sweeney, SVP, InfoSec, Red Ventures
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In today’s cybersecurity news…
President orders probe of former CISA Director Chris Krebs
President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on Wednesday intended to remove the...
In today’s cybersecurity news…
U.S. Comptroller suffers ‘major incident’
On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) characterized their recent...
In today’s cybersecurity news…
WhatsApp vulnerability could facilitate remote code execution
Meta has patched a serious vulnerability in the WhatsApp desktop app for Windows that could...
In today’s cybersecurity news…
Apple appeals UK encryption back door order
The UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal, or IPT, confirmed Apple filed an appeal on an order...
In today’s cybersecurity news…
Haugh fired from leadership of NSA and Cyber Command
As part of the many changes being made by the current administration, Air...
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Howard Holton, COO and industry analyst, GigaOm
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Google patches Quick Share vulnerability
The app, formerly known as Nearby Share, is “a peer-to-peer file-sharing utility similar to Apple AirDrop that allows users to...
North Korean IT worker army expands operations in Europe
Security researchers with the Google Threat Intelligence Group found that North Korean IT workers are infiltrating...
Mozilla Thunderbird finally takes on Gmail with new email service
Mozilla Thunderbird is launching “Thundermail,” a privacy-focused email service under its new Thunderbird Pro suite,...
FTC sends warning to future 23andMe buyer
An update to the 23andMe data privacy concerns. On Monday, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent a warning...
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