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Cybersecurity News Week in Review: Charter Communications breach,  ChatGPT grows stronger, Microsoft verifies phishers

Cybersecurity News Week in Review: Charter Communications breach,  ChatGPT grows stronger, Microsoft verifies phishers

Steve Prentice -
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, January 30-February 3, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino  with our guest, David Nolan, VP, Enterprise Risk…
Cybersecurity News: London ransomware alert, FDIC cyberdefense fail, UK fears ChatGPT

Cybersecurity News: London ransomware alert, FDIC cyberdefense fail, UK fears ChatGPT

Steve Prentice -
City of London on high alert after ransomware attack A suspected ransomware attack on A key supplier of trading software to the City of London…
Why Is There a Cybersecurity Skills Gap?

Why Is There a Cybersecurity Skills Gap?

David Spark -
Why is there a cybersecurity skills gap? Practically everyone is looking to hire, and there are ton of people getting training and trying to get…
Cybersecurity News: FDIC cyber risk improvements, high-risk containers, record crypto hacks

Cybersecurity News: FDIC cyber risk improvements, high-risk containers, record crypto hacks

Rich Stroffolino -
Watchdog calls for improved bank cyber testing The FDIC’s Office of Inspector General issued a report, spelling out major deficits in the agency’s InTREx program,…
Cybersecurity News: Microsoft phishers are ‘Verified’ Cloud Partners, DocuSign brand impersonation attack, Google Fi data breach

Cybersecurity News: Microsoft phishers are ‘Verified’ Cloud Partners, DocuSign brand impersonation attack, Google Fi data breach

Sean Kelly -
Microsoft grants phishers ‘Verified’ Cloud Partner status On Tuesday, researchers say that threat actors used “unprecedented sophistication” to obtain “verified publisher” status through the Microsoft…
Let’s Pretend We’re Getting Hacked. Who Wants to Panic First?

Let’s Pretend We’re Getting Hacked. Who Wants to Panic First?

David Spark -
Tabletop exercises are critical procedures to learn how everyone will react during an actual attack. Panic is usually the first response, so why don’t we…
Cybersecurity News: Criminal crypto flows, TikTok CEO heads to the House, Killnet launches German DDoS

Cybersecurity News: Criminal crypto flows, TikTok CEO heads to the House, Killnet launches German DDoS

Rich Stroffolino -
Criminal crypto goes through 5 exchanges A new report looking at money laundering from Chainalysis notes that the market for moving illicit cryptocurrency funds saw…
People Aren’t the Weakest Link. They’re the Number One Attack Vector.

People Aren’t the Weakest Link. They’re the Number One Attack Vector.

David Spark -
For years we’ve heard the line “people are the weakest link” over and over again. It’s starting to give us a complex that “we the…
Cybersecurity News: Charter Communications breach, Sandworm hacks Ukraine, VMware exploit release

Cybersecurity News: Charter Communications breach, Sandworm hacks Ukraine, VMware exploit release

Steve Prentice -
Charter Communications says vendor breach exposed some customer data According to The Record, “Telecommunications company Charter Communications said one of its third-party vendors suffered from…
Cybersecurity News Week in Review: PayPal accounts breached, ODIN Intelligence hack, Zero Trust problem 

Cybersecurity News Week in Review: PayPal accounts breached, ODIN Intelligence hack, Zero Trust problem 

Steve Prentice -
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, January 23-27, is hosted by David Spark with our guest, Kathleen Mullin, CISO, Cancer Treatment Centers…
Cybersecurity News: FBI seizes Hive, Layoffs at IBM, Microsoft outage over

Cybersecurity News: FBI seizes Hive, Layoffs at IBM, Microsoft outage over

Steve Prentice -
FBI seizes Hive ransomware group infrastructure after lurking in servers for months The FBI and some international partners have seized the infrastructure behind Hive ransomware…
What Can the Cyber Haves Do for the Cyber Have Nots?

What Can the Cyber Haves Do for the Cyber Have Nots?

David Spark -
Given that your company’s security is dependent on the security of your partners and others, what can we do to get more organizations above the…
Cybersecurity News: North Korean crypto tactics, Russian DDoS record, China tech exports

Cybersecurity News: North Korean crypto tactics, Russian DDoS record, China tech exports

Rich Stroffolino -
A look at North Korean crypto stealing tactics The Record’s Jonathan Greig broke down a recently report on these tactics from Proofpoint, hightling the work…
“Hacking Your Security Program” – Super Cyber Friday

“Hacking Your Security Program” – Super Cyber Friday

David Spark -
Please join us on Friday, February 10, 2023 for Super Cyber Friday. REGISTER HERE. Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking Your Security Program: An…
Cybersecurity News: Pakistan investigating nationwide blackout, FBI identifies Horizon Bridge hackers, GoTo hack bigger than first reported

Cybersecurity News: Pakistan investigating nationwide blackout, FBI identifies Horizon Bridge hackers, GoTo hack bigger than first reported

Sean Kelly -
Pakistani authorities investigating whether cyberattack caused nationwide blackout On Tuesday, Pakistan’s energy minister, Khurram Dastgir Khan, said that there was a “remote chance” that Monday’s…
Today’s Agenda: When Will This Meeting End?

Today’s Agenda: When Will This Meeting End?

David Spark -
Everyone’s favorite meeting is a short meeting. But does anyone want a fun or entertaining meeting? Or is that a bad idea? This week’s episode…
Cybersecurity News: LA School leaks, GAO security ignored, PLAY ransomware in UK

Cybersecurity News: LA School leaks, GAO security ignored, PLAY ransomware in UK

Rich Stroffolino -
LA School attack exposed Social Security numbers Back in September, the Los Angeles Unified School District suffered a ransomware attack. An investigation revealed threat actors…
Trying to Investigate When the Data No Longer Exists

Trying to Investigate When the Data No Longer Exists

David Spark -
If you’re spinning up ephemeral instances and containers that live and die in just minutes, your ability to investigate a possible intrusion lives and dies…
Cybersecurity News: PayPal accounts breached, Yum! Brands attacked, ODIN Intelligence hacked

Cybersecurity News: PayPal accounts breached, Yum! Brands attacked, ODIN Intelligence hacked

Steve Prentice -
PayPal accounts breached in large-scale credential stuffing attack PayPal is alerting its members and users about a data breach that may have led to the…
Cybersecurity News Week in Review: NortonLifeLock password breach, Ransomware revenue falls, ChatGPT goes phishing 

Cybersecurity News Week in Review: NortonLifeLock password breach, Ransomware revenue falls, ChatGPT goes phishing 

Steve Prentice -
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, January 16-20, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino  with our guest, George Finney, CISO, Southern Methodist University…
Cybersecurity News: Ransomware revenue falls, Vice attacks university, Android Hook malware

Cybersecurity News: Ransomware revenue falls, Vice attacks university, Android Hook malware

Steve Prentice -
Ransomware revenue falls by $300 million in 2022 as more victims refuse to pay According to a new report from blockchain research firm Chainalysis, the…
Securing Unmanaged Assets

Securing Unmanaged Assets

David Spark -
“When the asset discovery market launched, every single company that offered a solution used the line, “You can’t protect what you don’t know.” Everyone agreed…
Cybersecurity News: Bypassing patches, ChatGPT polymorphic malware, Bitwarden goes passwordless

Cybersecurity News: Bypassing patches, ChatGPT polymorphic malware, Bitwarden goes passwordless

Rich Stroffolino -
Vendors bypassing security patches The security firm Sansec warns that some ecommerce vendors began bypassing security patches for mail templates in Adobe Commerce and Magento.…
“Hacking People and Process” – Super Cyber Friday

“Hacking People and Process” – Super Cyber Friday

David Spark -
Please join us on Friday, February 3rd, 2023 for Super Cyber Friday. REGISTER HERE Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking People and Process: An…
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