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Cybersecurity Headlines

CYBER SECURITY HEADLINES

Cyber Security Headlines – March 10, 2022

Chipmakers warn of new speculative execution bugs AMD, Arm, and Intel each published advisories about newly discovered ways to bypass hardware-based protections for speculative execution...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 9, 2022

Google to purchase cybersecurity firm Mandiant for $5.4 billion Google has entered into an agreement to acquire Mandiant in a whopping, all-cash deal worth $5.4...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 8, 2022

Leaked Nvidia data used in malware Last week we covered that the extortion group Lapsus$ accessed Nvidia’s systems and stole proprietary data as well as...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 7, 2022

Charities and NGOs that provide support to Ukraine hit by malware The report comes from Amazon, who is crediting the attacks to state-sponsored hackers while...

Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review – Feb 28-Mar 4, 2022

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, Feb 28-Mar 4, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Ody Lupescu, CISO, Ethos...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 4, 2022

Cyberattack attempts on Ukraine surge tenfold According to WordPress security specialists at Wordfence, Russia-supporting threat actors have compromised at least 30 Ukrainian universities as part...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 3, 2022

Conti and Trickbot code leaks We previously covered the pro-Ukranian member of the Conti ransomware gang who leaked the group's chat logs as a result...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 2, 2022

Russia-Ukraine War update Tech giants continue to unite to take action in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Apple announced that it is pausing all...

Cyber Security Headlines – March 1, 2022

Toyota suspends Japanese production due to cyberattack Toyota suspended all of its 14 factories in Japan due to what a spokesperson called a "supplier system...

Cyber Security Headlines – February 28, 2022

Ukraine recruits volunteer IT army to hack list of Russian entities The entities on the list of 31 include Russian critical infrastructure, government agencies, banks,...

Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review – Feb 21-25, 2022

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, Feb 21-25, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Mark Eggleston, CISO, CSC Cyber...

Cyber Security Headlines – February 25, 2022

Cyberattacks accompany Russian military assault on Ukraine On Thursday, the websites belonging to the Ukraine ministry of defence, its foreign ministry and its interior ministry...

Cyber Security Headlines – February 24, 2022

Samsung shipped devices with flawed encryption In a paper set to be presented at the Real World Crypto and USENIX Security summit, researchers showed that...

Cyber Security Headlines – February 23, 2022

IRS is allowing taxpayers to opt out of facial recognition After drawing criticism from both parties in Congress and from privacy advocates, the IRS has...

Cyber Security Headlines – February 22, 2022

Researches find decryption for Hive ransomware A research paper from the Kookmin University of Seoul documented a vulnerability in Hive’s ransomware encryption, allowing for the...