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Cybersecurity News: LockBit dominates ransomware, CISA on voting integrity, ransomware reporting

Cybersecurity News: LockBit dominates ransomware, CISA on voting integrity, ransomware reporting

Rich Stroffolino -
LockBit dominates ransomware According to Deep Instinct’s 2022 Interim Cyber Threat Report, Lockbit accounted for 44% of all ransomware campaigns in the year so far.…
Don’t Make Me Explain This, Because I Can’t

Don’t Make Me Explain This, Because I Can’t

David Spark -
If you know a difficult concept very well and you’re incapable of explaining it simply to others who don’t understand it, it’s known as the…
Cybersecurity News: Antivirus used to spread malware, White House ransomware summit, Ed tech company hit with FTC complaint

Cybersecurity News: Antivirus used to spread malware, White House ransomware summit, Ed tech company hit with FTC complaint

Rich Stroffolino -
Threat group rides antivirus software to install malware Researchers at Kaspersky discovered the China-based threat group Cicada targeting Japanese organizations. The group used a spear-phishing…
How are DDoS Attacks Evolving?

How are DDoS Attacks Evolving?

David Spark -
DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks have been around for a long time. Generally, they’ve been easy to spot because the bogus traffic was so…
Cybersecurity News: Thomson Reuters leak, Polish Parliament cyberattack, trolls bombard Twitter

Cybersecurity News: Thomson Reuters leak, Polish Parliament cyberattack, trolls bombard Twitter

Steve Prentice -
Thomson Reuters leaks 3TB of sensitive data The research team at Cybernews has found that the media giant left at least three of its databases…
Cybersecurity News Week in Review:  Russia’s satellite warning, Mark of Web flaw, Industrial ransomware attacks rise

Cybersecurity News Week in Review:  Russia’s satellite warning, Mark of Web flaw, Industrial ransomware attacks rise

Steve Prentice -
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, October 24-28, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Will Gregorian, former Senior Director, Technology…
Cybersecurity News: Russia’s satellite warning, New York Post hacked, Fast Company breach

Cybersecurity News: Russia’s satellite warning, New York Post hacked, Fast Company breach

Steve Prentice -
Russia warns West: We can target your commercial satellites This from senior Russian foreign ministry official Konstantin Vorontsov, deputy director of the Russian foreign ministry’s…
How Can We Make Sense of Cybersecurity Titles?

How Can We Make Sense of Cybersecurity Titles?

David Spark -
What’s the difference between a head of security, a vp of security, and a CISO? Do job responsibilities change whether you’re a security analyst or…
Cybersecurity News: Sigstore opens free service, Medibank hacked, 20-year old SQLite bug

Cybersecurity News: Sigstore opens free service, Medibank hacked, 20-year old SQLite bug

Rich Stroffolino -
Sigstore opens free software signing service At the SigstoreCon in Detroit, the open source project announced general availability of a free software signing service for…
Cybersecurity News: See Tickets credit card breach, US charges Chinese agents, Tata Power’s data leaked

Cybersecurity News: See Tickets credit card breach, US charges Chinese agents, Tata Power’s data leaked

Sean Kelly -
See Tickets discloses 2.5 year-long credit card breach Ticketing service provider ‘See Tickets’ has notified an undisclosed number of customers that cybercriminals might have accessed…
Where’s the “Single Pane of Glass” to My Level of Stress?

Where’s the “Single Pane of Glass” to My Level of Stress?

David Spark -
CISOs say stress and burnout are their top personal risks. Breaches, increased regulations, and the tech talent shortage are all contributors to the stress. Sure…
Cybersecurity News: Daixin Team, PoCs host malware, Iranian nuclear agency hacked

Cybersecurity News: Daixin Team, PoCs host malware, Iranian nuclear agency hacked

Rich Stroffolino -
CISA warns of Daixin Team  The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a joint warning with the FBI on the Daixin ransomware group. The warning…
Too Much of Our Critical Data Is Flowing Through APIs

Too Much of Our Critical Data Is Flowing Through APIs

David Spark -
APIs are not new and the issue of securing them is not new. What is new is our increased reliance on APIs and the volume…
 Cyber Security Headlines: Windows JavaScript zero-day, Iran-based hack-and-leak, METRO retailer attack

 Cyber Security Headlines: Windows JavaScript zero-day, Iran-based hack-and-leak, METRO retailer attack

Steve Prentice -
Exploited Windows zero-day lets JavaScript files bypass Mark of the Web security warnings According to Bleeping Computer, this has already been seen in ransomware attacks.…
Cybersecurity News Week in Review: Dutch Police Trick DeadBolt, GenZ meh on Cybersecurity, Submarine cable severed

Cybersecurity News Week in Review: Dutch Police Trick DeadBolt, GenZ meh on Cybersecurity, Submarine cable severed

Steve Prentice -
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, October 17-21, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Lee Parrish, CISO, Newell Brands Cyber…
Cybersecurity News: Submarine cables severed, Microsoft’s BlueBleed problem, Health system breach

Cybersecurity News: Submarine cables severed, Microsoft’s BlueBleed problem, Health system breach

Steve Prentice -
Internet connectivity worldwide impacted by severed EU subsea cables A major internet subsea fiber cable in the South of France was severed yesterday at 20:30…
Walk a Mile in a Security Recruiter’s Shoes

Walk a Mile in a Security Recruiter’s Shoes

David Spark -
Instead of complaining about the security hiring process, walk a mile in a recruiter’s shoes and have a little compassion for what they’re going through,…
Cybersecurity News: Ransom Cartel linked to REvil, Gen Z security awareness, Open Compute Project’s Caliptra

Cybersecurity News: Ransom Cartel linked to REvil, Gen Z security awareness, Open Compute Project’s Caliptra

Rich Stroffolino -
Ransom Cartel linked to REvil Researchers at Palo Alto Networks published a report showing links between the relatively new and creatively named Ransom Cartel with…
“Hacking DDoS Trends” – Super Cyber Friday

“Hacking DDoS Trends” – Super Cyber Friday

David Spark -
Please join us on Friday, November 4th, 2022, for Super Cyber Friday. Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking DDoS Trends: An hour of critical…
Cybersecurity News: Verizon customer accounts breached, German cyber chief removed, Fortinet vuln actively exploited

Cybersecurity News: Verizon customer accounts breached, German cyber chief removed, Fortinet vuln actively exploited

Sean Kelly -
Verizon notifies customers their accounts were breached This week, Verizon warned an undisclosed number of customers  that, between October 6 and October 10, 2022, a…
Cyber Sales ABCs: Always Be Creepy

Cyber Sales ABCs: Always Be Creepy

David Spark -
For some reason, the ABCs of sales (“Always Be Closing”) in the world of cybersecurity sales has translated into “Always Be Creepy.” Eagerness to make…
Cybersecurity News: Ransomware hits German newspaper, Meta battles on content moderation report, KakaoTalk goes down in Korea

Cybersecurity News: Ransomware hits German newspaper, Meta battles on content moderation report, KakaoTalk goes down in Korea

Rich Stroffolino -
Ransomware halts German newspaper circulation Over the weekend, the German newspaper ‘Heilbronn Stimme’ suffered a ransomware attack, knocking phone and email communication out for days…
Build Trust With Customers and Partners… Proactively

Build Trust With Customers and Partners… Proactively

David Spark -
We want customers and partners to trust us, but far too often we put the onus of trust on those who need to trust us.…
Cybersecurity News: Ukraine novel ransomware, Drones drop pineapple, Tata Power attacked

Cybersecurity News: Ukraine novel ransomware, Drones drop pineapple, Tata Power attacked

Steve Prentice -
Microsoft says Ukraine, Poland targeted with novel ransomware attack A newly discovered hacking group has attacked transportation and logistics companies in Ukraine and Poland with…
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