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.
DearCry ransomware using ProxyLogon exploits
Microsoft security researcher Phillip Misner has confirmed that DearCry, also known as DoejoCrypt, is being installed in human-operated attacks using...
Raided phone network Sky ECC says no, police didn’t break our encryption
On Wednesday, European police said they had arrested at least 80 people and...
Cloud hosting data centers burn down
Multiple data centers of the Strasbourg, France-based cloud computing company OVH, the largest hosting provider in Europe and third-largest...
Microsoft March Patch Tuesday fixes 82 flaws, 2 zero-days
Yesterday was Microsoft's March 2021 Patch Tuesday. With this update, Microsoft has fixed 82 vulnerabilities, with...
SUPERNOVA malware linked to threat actor Spiral
A new report from the security firm Secureworks linked the SUPERNOVA web shell used as a backdoor on...
REvil ransomware gang uses extended voice calls to pressure victims
The group recently posted a notice on a hacker forum offering to their network of...
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, March 1-5, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, John Overbaugh...
Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act signed into law
Virginia governor Ralph Northam signed the act into law, set to take effect Jan. 1, 2023. Companies...
Microsoft announces end-to-end encryption support for Teams, plus passwordless logins
Microsoft announced that it is adding end-to-end encryption support to Microsoft Teams later this year....
Ryuk ransomware now self-spreads to other Windows LAN devices
The ransomware variant was discovered by the French national cyber-security agency while investigating an attack in...
Biden orders review of supply chain security
The president’s executive order has a few goals: to address shortages of critical imported components such as batteries...
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, February 22-26, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Naomi Buckwalter (@ineedmorecyber),...
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