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Cybersecurity Headlines

Cybersecurity Headlines is a six-minute news podcast available every weekday at 6 A.M. ET. At the start of the week (Mondays at 4 P.M. ET) we invite two security pros to comment on the top stories on the companion Department of Know show where viewers can participate live. Department of Know also made available via podcast feed.

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CYBER SECURITY HEADLINES

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Cybersecurity News: China accuses US, London buses hacked, New APT42 group

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China accuses US of cyberattacks and cyberespionage The Chinese National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) published a report on Monday, jointly with the private...
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Cybersecurity News: CISA incident reporting, Linux-focused IoT malware, Albania cuts ties over cyberattack

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CISA asks for feedback on reporting rules Back in March, President Biden signed a new law requiring critical infrastructure owners and operators to report major...
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Cybersecurity News: Ex-Uber exec heads to trial, Twitter fires back at Mudge, FBI K-12 warning

Sean Kelly -
Uber's ex-cyber exec heads to trial Joe Sullivan, former security chief at Facebook and Uber, was fired by Uber back in 2017 for mishandling a...
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Cybersecurity News: Sextortion ring busted, TikTok denies breach, Cloudflare cuts off Kiwi Farms

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Transnational sextortion ring dismantled  Interpol’s cybercrime division worked with police in Singapore and Hong Kong to take down the operation. The police agency arrested 12...
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Cybersecurity News: Federal supply chain security tips, Apple lawsuit settlement, Neopets hack update

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Federal agencies share supply chain security tips  On Thursday, the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released tips for...
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Cybersecurity News: Google’s open-source bug bounty, Ragnar Locker hits airline, Cloudflare won’t cut off services

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Google launches open-source bug bounty Google launched the Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program. This will pay up to $31,337 for bugs on open-source projects...
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Cybersecurity News: Google Translate malware, White House aviation briefing, book distributor ransomed

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Google Translate app is actually Windows crypto-mining malware A cryptocurrency-mining malware is being distributed under the guised of more legitimate-looking applications such as Google Translate,...
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Cybersecurity News: Log4Shell Hits Israel, Russian cyber attacks on Montenegro, AlphaBay Turns 1

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Microsoft warns Iranians using Log4Shell According to a new report from the Redmond giant, the Iranian group MuddyWater continues to target Israeli organizations using the...
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Cybersecurity News: Hackers breach LastPass, new Agenda ransomware, Facebook Cambridge settlement

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Hackers breach LastPass developer system to steal source code According to The Hacker News and others, "password management service LastPass has confirmed a security incident...
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Cyber Security Headlines Week in Review: ZIP file passwords, Uninsurable hacks, Twitter’s cybersecurity

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This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, June 6-10, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, John McClure, CISO, Sinclair Broadcast...
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Cybersecurity News: North Korea at Black Hat, Ransomware attacks jump, Pentagon software requirements

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North Korean malware present at Black Hat IronNet, a security firm hired to assist at Black Hat’s Network Operations Center discovered several active malware infections...
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Cybersecurity News: Nobelium’s MagicWeb, pro-Western influence campaigns, $100 million in NFTs stolen

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Microsoft reveals Nobelium’s MagicWeb Security researchers at the company discovered a technique used by the Russian-linked threat group to maintain persistent access to compromised networks....
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Cybersecurity News: Twitter ex-security chief whistleblower, Ukraine and Poland join forces, Binance deepfake scam

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Ex-security chief accuses Twitter of cybersecurity negligence Peiter Zatko,Twitter’s ex-security chief who was fired back in January 2022, has blown the whistle on Twitter’s cybersecurity...
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Cybersecurity News: State-backed attacks not insured, LockBit hit with DDoS, Cozy Bear gets around MFA

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State-backed attacks excluded from cyber insurance The insurance marketplace Lloyd’s of Lond will introduce exclusions for cyber insurance policies to not cover “catastrophic” state-backed attacks....
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Cybersecurity News: Urgent iPhone update, ZIP password fault, Hacking decommissioned satellites

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iPhone users urged to update to patch 2 zero-days An urgent alert from Apple this week, urging macOS, iPhone and iPad users to install updates...
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