Cyber Security Headlines is a six-minute news podcast available every weekday at 6 A.M. ET. At the end of the week (Fridays at 3:30 P.M. ET) we invite a security practitioner to comment on the top stories on the companion Week in Review show (20 minutes) where viewers can participate live. Week in Review also made available via podcast feed.
Costa Rican ransomware rhetoric somehow gets uglier
The Conti ransomware group posted messages on their leak site notifying the Costa Rican government it raised its...
Ukraine CERT-UA warns of new attacks launched by Russia-linked Armageddon APT
Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) reported a phishing campaign using messages with subject...
Google will use mobile devices to thwart phishing attacks
Google this week announced anti-phishing efforts that will make it possible to use Android and iOS...
Old botnets are new again
Nuspire’s Q1 2022 Threat Report found a resurgence in activity from several older botnets including Mirai, STRRAT, and Emotet. Mirai...
Russian TV hacked on Victory Day
Early Monday morning, as Russian TV stations prepared to air Vladimir Putin’s annual Victory Day Parade held at Red...
Ransomware state of emergency in Costa Rica
Newly sworn in Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves wasted no time in declaring a state of emergency, citing...
Google Play now blocks paid app downloads, updates in Russia
The block, from the Google Play Store, starts Thursday due to sanctions. Russian developers can...
Decade-old bugs discovered in Avast, AVG antivirus software
Researchers have disclosed two high-severity vulnerabilities in Avast and AVG antivirus products which have gone undetected for...
CuckooBees campaign stings targets for years
The APT Winnti, otherwise known as BARIUM or Blackfly, has been active since 2010, and suspected of working on...
Google claims to have blocked billions of malicious app downloads
Google says it blocked 1.2 million apps from being published to the Google Play store...
Top 15 exploited security vulnerabilities in 2021
An advisory co-authored by cyber authorities in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK, details the...
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