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.
Facebook’s Oversight Board upholds Trump suspension
The board upheld Facebook's decision to suspend former US President Donald Trump, saying his posts ahead of the January...
A new set of vulnerabilities may affect 60 percent of the world’s public email servers
The Qualys Research Team has discovered 21 vulnerabilities in the...
A look at the Project Signal ransomware campaign
Security researchers at Flashpoint identified the ransomware campaign, seemingly organized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps using...
New Spectre exploits beat AMD and Intel mitigations
Researchers from the University of Virginia and University of California San Diego discovered several new variants of...
Babuk ransomware operators announce shutdown
In a forum post titled “Hello World 2,” the operators said they intend to close up shop. Often when ransomware...
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, April 26-30, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Jerich Beason (@blanketSec),...
Linux malware used to backdoor systems for years
Security researchers at Qihoo 360's Network Security Research Lab discovered the RotaJakiro malware, which first had samples...
Software bug opened macOS to malware
Security researcher Cedric Owens discovered a bug that bypasses many of the checks macOS uses to thwart malware, allowing...
Emotet malware officially removed from all infected devices globally
The infamous botnet that once empowered over 70% of global infections was apparently successfully uninstalled from...
Prometei botnet exploits Exchange server bugs
Security researchers have discovered that a persistent cryptocurrency mining botnet is exploiting still-unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers in order to...
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, April 19-23, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, George Finney, CISO,...
Hundreds of networks reportedly hacked in Codecov supply-chain attack
Following on with a story we have been covering this week, new reporting from Reuters shows...
Security conferences set for in-person return
Organizers for both Def Con and Black Hat security conferences announced that they will hold hybrid events this year,...
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