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Managing Risk Has Been a Priority Ever Since You Asked About It (LIVE in NYC)

Starting from square one on risk management isn’t easy. Most GRC tools assume a degree of process maturity that many organizations don’t have. So how…

Cybersecurity News: Instagram denies breach, Sweden detains spying suspect, n8n attack steals OAuth tokens

In today’s cybersecurity news… Instagram denies breach post-data leak Instagram has weighed in on what it says is a bug, not a breach, that let…

Bridging the Cloud Security Gap with Trend Micro

Visibility across cloud and hybrid environments remains one of cybersecurity’s most persistent challenges. Organizations continue to struggle with insight and telemetry as they connect multiple…

The Department of Know: Brightspeed investigates breach, MongoBleed under attack, Prompt injection woes

This week’s Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guests Johna Till Johnson, CEO and Founder, Nemertes (check out the Nemertes substack) and…

Cybersecurity News: BreachForums database leaked, Instagram breach worries, UK government exempts self

In today’s cybersecurity news… BreachForums hacking forum database leaked The latest iteration of the notorious BreachForums hacking forum has suffered a data leak that has…

Cybersecurity News: Microsoft enforces admin MFA, Cisco patches ISE, Illinois breaches self

In today’s cybersecurity news… Microsoft to enforce MFA for Microsoft 365 admin center sign-ins Starting in February, Microsoft will “start enforcing multi-factor authentication for all…

What Makes a Successful CISO?

It’s pretty well established that the CISO’s role is moving away from technical to that of a business leader. But all business leaders have different…

Cybersecurity News: ESA confirms new data heist, Ni8mare lets hackers hijack n8n servers, Taiwan blames ‘cyber army’ for intrusion attempts

In today’s cybersecurity news… ESA confirms 500GB stolen in data heist The European Space Agency confirmed to The Register the second major breach in two…

Join Us 01-23-26 for “Hacking Past Mistakes” – Super Cyber Friday

Please join us on Friday January 23, 2026 for Super Cyber Friday. Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking Past Mistakes: An hour of critical…

Cybersecurity News: UK cyber reset, no MFA is a problem, US cyberattacks on display

In today’s cybersecurity news… The UK hits reset on cybersecurity The British government presented a new Government Cyber Action Plan to Parliament, which marks a…

Imagine Scaling Mistakes 5x Faster. Thank You, Automation! (LIVE in NY)

Automation is going to save cybersecurity, right? But it can’t do it if all it does is scale our broken processes. In our rush to…

Cybersecurity News: European hospitality blue screen of death, Brightspeed investigates breach, Convicted Bitfinex launderer freed

In today’s cybersecurity news… European hospitality blue screen of death Securonix researchers say suspected Russian hackers are targeting European hotels with a malware campaign, PHALT#BLYX,…

Stopping Lateral Movement with Zero Networks

Lateral movement across networks remains one of cybersecurity’s most persistent challenges, particularly in an era dominated by ransomware attacks. The root cause isn’t a lack…

The Department of Know: Sedgewick confirms incident, Coupang store credit only, AI needs generators

This week’s Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guests Peter Clay, CISO, Aireon, and Chris Ray, Field CTO, GigaOm Missed the live…

Cybersecurity News: Palo Alto AI warning, Resecurity hack fiasco, Christmas ColdFusion attack

Palo Alto Networks boss calls AI agents biggest insider threat This is according to Chief Security Intel Officer Wendi Whitmore, describing them as the new…

Cybersecurity News: NYC Inauguration bans Flipper Zero, UK taxes crypto, Finland seizes ship

In today’s cybersecurity news… NYC mayoral inauguration bans Flipper Zero, Raspberry Pi devices As part of New York City’s 2026 mayoral inauguration of Zohran Mamdani…

Cybersecurity News: Unleash Protocol hackers drain millions, DarkSpectre campaigns exposed, Shai-Hulud led Trust Wallet heist

In today’s cybersecurity news… Unleash Protocol hackers drain millions Hackers drained about $3.9 million from Unleash Protocol after gaining administrative control of its multisig governance…

Cybersecurity News: Silver Fox targets Indian users, Mustang Panda deploys ToneShell, will prompt injection ever be solved?

In today’s cybersecurity news… Silver Fox targets Indian users China-linked cybercrime group Silver Fox is targeting Indian users with phishing emails posing as India’s Income…

You Are the Best Test Subject

I believe the following are true: Do you agree? If so, you’re the perfect test subject to determine whether the cold outreach via email, phone,…

Cybersecurity News: Coupang recovers laptop in river, Trust Wallet reports 2k+ wallets drained, Sax discloses 2024 data breach

In today’s cybersecurity news… Coupang recovers laptop allegedly thrown into river South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang says it recovered a MacBook Air allegedly used by…

The Department of Know: year in review and predictions

To end off a tumultuous year, our final Department of Know episode of 2025 features a chat between host Rich Stroffolino and producer Steve Prentice.…

Cybersecurity News: Rainbow Six Siege breach, backup generators for AI, LastPass reverberations

In today’s cybersecurity news… Rainbow Six Siege suffers breach, gamers go shopping The Rainbow Six Siege (R6) online game, a product of French video game…

Cybersecurity News: Fortinet VPN exploit, Google gmail change, Aflac breach update

In today’s cybersecurity news… Active exploitation of Fortinet VPN bypass utility observed Fortinet has announced that it has seen “recent abuse of a five-year-old security…

Cybersecurity News: Scams target MENA region, pen testers accused of blackmail, DDoS protection faces fresh challenges

In today’s cybersecurity news… Coordinated scams target MENA region Group-IB reports a coordinated wave of fake job ads targeting the Middle East and North Africa…