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.
Researcher drops three iOS zero-days that Apple refused to fix
According to BleepingComputer, "proof-of-concept exploit code for three iOS zero-day vulnerabilities (and a fourth one...
Second farming cooperative shut down by ransomware this week
Crystal Valley, a Minnesota-based farming cooperative, has been hit by a ransomware attack by an unknown...
Let’s Encrypt root certificate may cause problems for older devices
Let’s Encrypt is a non-profit and one of the largest issuers of HTTPS certificates, the...
Capoae malware brute-forces WordPress sites for cryptomining
According to The Hacker News, "a recently discovered wave of malware attacks has been spotted using tactics that...
Google expands app permissions reset
The company introduced the "permissions auto-reset" feature in Android 11 last year. This causes apps that haven’t been used in...
Email scammers posed as DOT officials in phishing messages focused on $1 trillion bill
According to Cyberscoop, "shortly after Congress took action on a $1...
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, Sep 13-17, 2021, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Geoff Belknap, CISO, LinkedIn...
New Windows security updates break network printing
As part of its September Patch Tuesday released this week, Microsoft issued a fix for the last remaining...
Travis CI security vulnerability is bad news for open source
Travis CI is a continuous integration software-testing solution used by over 900,000 open-source projects and...
Apple issues urgent updates to fix new zero-day linked to Pegasus spyware
Apple released emergency security updates Monday after it was discovered that an Israeli...
SSID Stripping is a new take on spoofing
Researchers at AirEye disclosed the newly discovered vulnerability, which impacts devices running Windows, macOS, Ubuntu, Android and...
Windows MSHTML zero-day exploits shared on hacking forums
This event will allow other hackers to start exploiting the new vulnerability in their own attacks. Last...
US considers limiting CISA director’s term
Bipartisan House lawmakers have introduced legislation this week proposing a limit on the term of the Department of Homeland...
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