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.
Air India hack covers ten years and three other airlines
The hack that is currently being attributed to Air India was apparently directed at Atlanta-based...
Millions of Android users’ data exposed due to cloud
authentication failures
A report issued by researchers at Check Point reveals
serious cloud misconfigurations which have potentially...
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, May 17-21, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Ty Sbano, CISO,...
Colonial Pipeline confirms it paid the ransom
The company’s CEO Joseph Blount said he authorized paying a $4.4 million ransom to the Darkside ransomware operators,...
DDoS attacks are back, stronger than ever
According to recent annual reports from different content delivery networks and DDoS mitigation providers, 2020 was a record-breaking...
Double encryption ransomware attacks on the rise
These attacks have occurred in the past, typically from separate ransomware organizations compromising the same victim simultaneously. But...
Insurer AXA hit by ransomware after dropping support for ransom payments
Branches of insurance giant AXA have been struck by a ransomware attack. The Avaddon...
Colonial Pipeline makes ransom payment of nearly $5 million
Within hours of last Friday’s ransomware
attack, Colonial Pipeline reportedly paid close to $5 million to...
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, May 10-14, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Al Ghous, CISO,...
FBI warns of phishing sites using search ads
The agency sent out a private industry notification to the US private sector describes a phishing campaign...
U.S. declares emergency in 17 states over fuel pipeline cyber attack
The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued a regional emergency declaration...
Darkside behind the Colonial Pipeline attack
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the ransomware organization Darkside was behind the attack on the Colonial...
Colonial hackers stole data ahead of pipeline shutdown
The hackers who caused Colonial Pipeline to shut down the biggest U.S. gasoline pipeline on Friday began...
DOD announces expansion of bug bounty program
On Wednesday, the Department of Defense announced plans to expand its “Hack the Pentagon” program, which offers bug...
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, May 3-7, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Mitch Parker (@mitchparkerciso),...
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