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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

Cybersecurity Headlines

Cybersecurity News: Spotify music library scraped, DDoS disrupts French postal services, Fake delivery sites hit holiday shoppers

Sarah Lane -
In today’s cybersecurity news… Spotify music library scraped A pirate activist group called Anna’s Archive scraped Spotify’s music library, collecting 256 million rows of track metadata...
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The Department of Know: President signs defense bill, time flies at NIST, Italian ferry malware

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This week’s Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guests Jason Taule, CISO, Luminis Health, and Chris Ray, Field CTO, GigaOm Missed the...
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Cybersecurity News: President’s cyber bill, Iranian APT resurfaces, Kimwolf DDoS attack

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In today’s cybersecurity news… President signs defense bill funding Cyber Command, Pentagon phone security The $901 billion Pentagon policy bill, named the 2026 National Defense Authorization...
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Cybersecurity News: Windows RemoteApp problems, ferry malware arrest, Senator’s open-source warning

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In today’s cybersecurity news… Recent Windows updates break RemoteApp connections Yesterday we reported on Microsoft’s December 2025 security update breaking Message Queuing (MSMQ) on older Windows...
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Cybersecurity News: FTC orders crypto to pay, New exploit of React2Shell, Ukraine fraud ring take down

Lauren Verno -
FTC orders crypto company to pay The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says crypto bridge operator Nomad must repay users for funds lost in a 2022...
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Cybersecurity News: Rogue NuGet package steals data, Venezuela’s PDVSA suffers attack, patched Fortinet flaws exploited

Sarah Lane -
In today’s cybersecurity news… Rogue NuGet package steals data Researchers from Socket Security have uncovered a malicious NuGet package that impersonates the popular .NET library Tracer.Fody...
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Cybersecurity News: US taps private firms in cyber offensive, Microsoft updates cause queuing failures, phishing campaign delivers Phantom Stealer

Sarah Lane -
In today’s cybersecurity news… US turns to private firms in cyber offensive Late last week, Bloomberg’s sources said the US administration is preparing a new national...
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The Department of Know: MITRE’s weaknesses list, DoD goes postquantum, Coupang fallout

Steve Prentice -
This week’s Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guests Andy Ellis, Principal, Duha, and Johna Till Johnson, CEO and Founder, Nemertes...
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Cybersecurity News: MongoDB records exposed, Apple WebKit patches, Coupang culprit identified

Steve Prentice -
In today’s cybersecurity news… 16TB MongoDB database exposes nearly 4.3 billion professional records The data, discovered by researchers at nexos.ai, was discovered on November 23, and...
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Cybersecurity News: ‘DroidLock’ demands ransom, Google fixes secret Chrome 0-day, UK fines LastPass over 2022 breach

Sarah Lane -
In today’s cybersecurity news… 'DroidLock' malware demands ransom Researchers at Zimperium say a new Android strain called DroidLock is hitting Spanish-speaking users through phishing sites pushing...
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Cybersecurity News: Coupang CEO resigns, hactivists target US infrastructure, Israeli cybersecurity hits record funding

Sarah Lane -
In today’s cybersecurity news… CEO of retail giant Coupang resigns South Korea’s Coupang CEO Park Dae-jun stepped down after a breach exposed data from around 34...
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Cybersecurity News: Spain arrest over data records, goodbye dark Telegram, scammers poison AI search

Sarah Lane -
In today’s cybersecurity news… Spain arrest over data records Spanish authorities arrested a 19-year-old in Barcelona for allegedly stealing 64 million personal records from nine companies...
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Cybersecurity News: Ransomware costs billions, cybercrime leads to real violence, three arrested for hacking tools

Lauren Verno -
Ransomware payments pass $4.5 billion Ransomware payments reported to the U.S. Treasury' s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has now topped $4.5 billion USD, with...
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The Department of Know: CISO hiring warning, critical threat actor law, Microsoft Defender outage

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This week’s Department of Know is hosted by Sarah Lane with guests Jason Shockey, CISO, Cenlar FSB, and Mike Lockhart, CISO, Eagleview Missed the live...
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Cybersecurity News: Palo Alto VPN attacks, NATO cyberdefense exercise, Chinese exploit React2Shell

Steve Prentice -
In today’s cybersecurity news… New wave of VPN login attempts on Palo Alto portals This new campaign started on December 2nd and originated from more than...
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