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Dear Abby: Why Should I Trust a Vendor Selling Me Zero Trust?

In the same breath as a vendor will try to sell you a zero trust solution, they will also implicitly ask for your trust about…

Cybersecurity News: AWS outage, NSA hacking accusations, High risk WhatsApp automation

DNS failure leads to AWS outage Was anyone marked safe from the AWS outage on Monday? Yeah, I didn’t think so. An Amazon Web Services…

Welcome to “The Department of Know”

The CISO Series is thrilled to announce we’re launching a brand new show on October 27, 2024: The Department of Know! Why We’re Making This…

Turning Trust into a Growth Engine with SafeBase by Drata

Earning and maintaining customer trust has become increasingly complex as organizations struggle with manual, repetitive security review processes that frustrate customers and slow revenue cycles.…

Cybersecurity News: Europol dismantles SIM farm, Envoy Air compromised, Everest claims Collins hack

In today’s cybersecurity news… Europol dismantles 49 million fake account SIM farm On Friday, the European Union’s law enforcement agency Europol announced the disruption of…

Cyber Security Headlines Week in Review: Velociraptor pushes LockBit, Hartman loses nomination, Sotheby’s cyberattack

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guests Tom Hollingsworth, networking technology advisor, The Futurum Group, as…

Cybersecurity News: Sotheby’s suffers cyberattack, Cisco “Zero Disco’ attacks, Microsoft revokes ransomware certificates

In today’s cybersecurity news… Sotheby’s suffers cyberattack The world-famous auction house says the breach occurred on July 24, resulting in the theft of “an unspecified…

Indicators of Leakage (IOL): DLP is having its EDR moment

Meta Description: Learn why traditional DLP is failing and how AI-native protection based on indicators of leakage finally fixes data control. Enterprise DLP (Data Loss…

What Soft Skills Do You Need in Cyber?

In cybersecurity, we often focus on technical skills. These are easy to demonstrate and are part of the foundation to getting the job done. But…

Cybersecurity News: MANGO discloses data breach, Jewelbug infiltrates Russian IT network, nation-state behind F5 attack?

In today’s cybersecurity news… MANGO discloses data breach Spanish fashion retailer MANGO disclosed a data breach after one of its external marketing vendors was compromised,…

Join us 10-31-25 for “Hacking CISO Self-Interest” – Super Cyber Friday

Please join us on Friday October 31, 2025 for Super Cyber Friday. Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking CISO Self-Interest: An hour of critical…

What everyone gets wrong during cyber incidents

At HOU SEC CON 2025, we asked attendees what mistake they see over and over again during security incidents. Their top answer? Panic. Followed closely…

Cybersecurity News: Windows protocols expose theft, Fortra admits GoAnywhere defect, Taiwan claims Chinese attacks

In today’s cybersecurity news… Legacy Windows protocols still expose theft A Resecurity study warns that legacy Windows protocols LLMNR and NetBIOS Name Service still expose…

The Difference with AI Red Teaming is We Added the Word AI

Is AI red teaming simply a more specialized version of something we already understand? Or do we need to think differently about the risks in…

Cybersecurity News: Salesforce data leak, SimonMed breach, Chipmaker vs. Dutch government

Millions of records exposed in Salesforce data leak Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters has leaked millions of records allegedly stolen from Salesforce customers after the company refused…

Cybersecurity News: Velociraptor pushes LockBit, Spain dismantles crime group, SonicWall SSL VPN breach

In today’s cybersecurity news… Velociraptor forensics tool becomes LockBit ransomware weapon Once again, the Velociraptor open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool is being…

Cyber Security Headlines Week in Review: Crowdsourced ransomware campaign, Windows 10 woes, California opts out

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guests Mike Lockhart, CISO Eagleview, and Dustin Sachs, chief technologist…

Cybersecurity News: Microsoft Azure outage, law firm cyberattack, Russian hacktivists pwned

In today’s cybersecurity news… Azure outage blocks access to Microsoft 365 services and admin portals This outage affected the Microsoft Azure Front Door content delivery…

What do you like to say “NO” to?

At Black Hat 2025, David Spark asked cybersecurity professionals what they most enjoy saying “no” to. Despite the “Department of No” stereotype, these experts have…

What is the Visibility That Security Teams Need?

Every vendor is quick to throw out the word visibility. But like AI, that term is loaded and can mean a lot of things. What…

Cybersecurity News: DeepMind fixes vulnerabilities, California offers data opt-out, China-Nexus targets open-source tool

October 9, 2025 In today’s cybersecurity news… Google DeepMind’s AI agent finds and fixes vulnerabilities  Google DeepMind unveiled CodeMender, an AI agent that autonomously finds…

DEMO: Manage Your Configurations with ThreatLocker

Configuration drift remains one of the most common, and preventable, causes of security risk. How can organizations detect and fix it before attackers take advantage?…

Join Us 10-24-25 for “Hacking the Death of EDR” – Super Cyber Friday

Please join us on Friday, October 24, 2025, for Super Cyber Friday. Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking the Death of EDR: An hour of…

Cybersecurity News: North Korean attackers steal crypto, group sending UK phones to China? Avnet confirms data breach

In today’s cybersecurity news… North Korean hackers steal more than $2B in crypto North Korean hackers stole an estimated $2 billion in cryptocurrency in 2025,…