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.
Apple to allow third-party app payment options in South Korea
The Korea Communication Commission (KCC) said on Tuesday that Apple has submitted its compliance plans...
Open source developer poisons his own well
The developer of the NPM libraries "colors" and "faker", Marak Squires, intentionally introduced an infinite loop that caused...
Hackers have been sending malware-filled USB sticks to U.S. companies disguised as gifts
On Thursday, the FBI warned that a hacker group has been using...
Microsoft’s digital signature verification exploited
Check Point Researcher discovered the group Malsmoke using the ZLoader malware exploiting a flaw in Microsoft’ digital signature verification in...
FTC warns of potential penalties for failing to fix Log4j flaws
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission warned companies of possible legal repercussions for failing...
Broward Health discloses major data breach
The Florida-based healthcare system disclosed the breach impacted over 1.3 million individuals, dating back to a cyberattack on October...
Microsoft Exchange year 2022 bug breaks email delivery
According to numerous reports from Microsoft Exchange admins worldwide, a bug in the FIP-FS engine started blocking...
Defense bill includes cybersecurity provisions for private-sector
President Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022 into law this week, which includes new cybersecurity...
LastPass confirms credential stuffing attack against its users
Password manager app LastPass confirmed Tuesday that a threat actor has launched a credential stuffing attack against...
Study looks at ransomware market share
Research ers at Intel 471 analyzed 612 ransomware attacks between July and September 2021, finding them attributed to 35...
Rook ransomware is yet another spawn of the leaked Babuk code
A new ransomware operation named Rook has appeared recently on the cyber-crime space, declaring...
CISA releases free scanner to spot Log4j exposure
CISA posted the Log4j Scanner to GitHub yesterday. It claimed it’s a “project derived from other members...
Five Eyes issues Log4Shell advisory
The United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand issued a joint advisory on the emerging threat of the...
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