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Cyber Security Headlines

Cyber Security Headlines

Cybersecurity News – March 15, 2021

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...

Cybersecurity News – March 12, 2021

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...

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – March 8-12, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, March 8-12, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Dan Walsh,...

Cybersecurity News – March 11, 2021

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...

Cybersecurity News – March 10, 2021

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...

Cybersecurity News – March 9, 2021

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...

Cybersecurity News – March 8, 2021

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...

Cybersecurity News – March 5, 2021

Fake (right-wing) news does better than real news on Facebook Fake news gets more engagement than real news on Facebook, but only if it’s coming...

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review-March 1-5, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, March 1-5, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, John Overbaugh...

Cybersecurity News – March 4, 2021

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...

Cybersecurity News – March 3, 2021

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....

Cybersecurity News – March 2, 2021

Gab user data leaked The group Distributed Denial of Secrets claims to have pulled 70 gigabytes of user data from the social network Gab through...

Cybersecurity News – March 1, 2021

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...

Cybersecurity News – February 26, 2021

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...

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review|February 22-26, 2021

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),...