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Cybersecurity News: Disneyland phishing, Ukraine’s IT army in action, NSA goes low-key with private researchers

Disneyland phishes with Punycode The internet standard Punycode allows browsers to render domain names in Cyrillic and other non-Latin alphabets. But it’s also being used…

“Hacking Cyber Insurance” – Super Cyber Friday

Please join us on Friday, December 2nd, 2022 for Super Cyber Friday. Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking Cyber Insurance: An hour of critical…

What Is the Business Value of Your Security Product?

If security vendors want to be more successful, they have to connect what their product does to the way their customers make money. Steve Zalewski,…

Cybersecurity News: Amazon cuts 10,000, FIFA apps warning, breach impact 98%

Amazon to cut 10,000 employees in tech and corporate roles Amazon is planning to lay off 10,000 employees in technology and corporate roles beginning this…

We Built This City on Outdated Software

“The biggest threat to national security is that many of the most vital systems on the planet CURRENTLY run on outdated and insecure software,” said…

Cybersecurity News: Australia ransom ban, scourge of brand impersonation sites, GitHub gets private reporting

Australia considers ban on ransomware payments We’ve been covering the details and fallout from the most recent high-profile hack to hit Australia, impacting the insurance…

Is the Tool You Paid for Actually Doing What It Should?

Is this security app I just bought doing its job? And whatever that “job” is, is it actually contributing to reducing overall risk in my…

Cybersecurity News: Android lockscreen bypass, Lockbit hits Thales, FTX funds disappear

Android phone owner accidentally finds a way to bypass lock screen Cybersecurity researcher David Schütz accidentally found a way to bypass the lock screen on…

Cybersecurity News: Lockbit operator extradited, Twitter CISO quits, NotPetya insurance shakeup

Alleged LockBit operator to be extradited from Canada to U.S. An alleged member of the notorious LockBit ransomware group is being extradited to the United…

Do We Need a Marketing Manager for the Security Team?

Those reports on security procedures for the business are falling short. No one is reading them. What good are security controls if your staff doesn’t…

Cybersecurity News: Crypto Winter comes for FTX, oil and gas flow control vulnerability, images hide malware in PyPI

Crypto Winter comes for FTX Earlier this week, crypto exchange Binance signed a letter of intent to acquire its rival FTX. This comes after FTX…

Sadly, the Easiest Types of Cyberattacks Still Work

“If you saw this in a normal environment, it’d be a bad year,” said Bart Stump of the normal traffic they see over just a…

Join CISO Series LIVE in Clearwater, Florida on 01-10-2023

CISO Series is coming to Clearwater, Florida for our first live in person recording at the Convene conference. We’re going to be the opening night’s…

Cybersecurity News: Powerball drawing delayed, Australian health record leak, Hushpuppi gets 11-year sentence

$2 billion Powerball drawing delayed by security issues The record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball run ended Tuesday after an hours-long delay at the hands of a…

Wrong Answers to Revealing Interview Questions

Security leaders will often ask challenging or potentially gotcha questions as barometers to see if you can handle a specific job. They’re looking not necessarily…

Cybersecurity News: China stocking up vulnerabilities, Feds seizes 50,000 bitcoin, DOJ takes down Z-Library

China stockpiling vulnerabilities In Microsoft’s 2022 Digital Defense Report, the company maintains that China’s offensive cyber capabilities have markedly improved, largely thanks to a 2021…

CISO Series: The Most Fun Way to Learn About Security

Here’s a fun testimonial video we produced from CISO Series’ 4th anniversary show. Just a little more proof to show why we’re the most fun…

Cybersecurity News: Treasury thwarts Killnet, UK scanning devices, Denmark train cyberattack

US Treasury thwarts DDoS attack from Russian Killnet group This is the same pro-Kremlin group that claimed responsibility for knocking more than a dozen US…

Cybersecurity News Week in Review: Thomson Reuters leak, LockBit dominates ransomware, Stripe cuts jobs

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, October 31-November 4, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Marcos Marrero, CISO, H.I.G. Capital…

Cybersecurity News: Boeing subsidiary incident, Stripe job cuts, news website malware

Cyber incident at Boeing subsidiary causes flight planning disruptions Jeppesen, a wholly-owned Boeing subsidiary that provides navigation and flight planning tools, confirmed on Thursday that…

Cybersecurity Budgets

Cybersecurity budgets are increasing, by a lot. What’s fueling the increase and where are those budgets being spent? Check out this post for the discussions that are…

Cybersecurity News: W4SP stings PyPI, password hubris, Dropbox breached

W4SP malware stings PyPI The software supply chain security firm Phylum published a report detailing 29 packages in the PyPi registry used to push the…

“Hacking Cybersecurity Budgets 2023” – Super Cyber Friday

Please join us on Friday, November 18th, 2022 for Super Cyber Friday. REGISTER. Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking Cybersecurity Budgets for 2023: An…

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Our big news is we’ve decided to go vertical! We’re now available on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts. Go ahead and SUBSCRIBE. You can use…