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Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – May 9-13, 2022

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, May 9-13, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Rich Lindberg, CISO, JAMS Cyber Security…

Cybersecurity News – May 13, 2022

Google will use mobile devices to thwart phishing attacks Google this week announced anti-phishing efforts that will make it possible to use Android and iOS…

Does the Cybersecurity Industry Suck?

In the cyber industry we pat each other on the back and give each other awards, all while the statistics for breaches appear to be…

Cybersecurity News – May 12, 2022

Old botnets are new again Nuspire’s Q1 2022 Threat Report found a resurgence in activity from several older botnets including Mirai, STRRAT, and Emotet. Mirai…

NEW SHOW from CISO Series: Capture the CISO

I’m excited to announce that the security media network CISO Series is poised to launch its fifth show, Capture the CISO, a competitive podcast series…

Best moments from “Hacking Shadow Data” – Super Cyber Friday

Check out our highlights from Super Cyber Friday “Hacking Shadow Data: An hour of critical thinking about discovering and managing sensitive data in unauthorized locations.”…

Cybersecurity News – May 11, 2022

Russian TV hacked on Victory Day Early Monday morning, as Russian TV stations prepared to air Vladimir Putin’s annual Victory Day Parade held at Red…

Decommission Our Legacy Tech or Just Shut Down the Business?

Legacy tech can often be the anchor that prevents an organization from growing. Put the issue of dealing with legacy tech long enough and the…

Cybersecurity News – May 10, 2022

Ransomware state of emergency in Costa Rica Newly sworn in Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves wasted no time in declaring a state of emergency, citing…

8 Explanations of Complexity in Two Minutes – Super Cyber Friday

Hats off to David Richardson (@docgravel), vp, product, Lookout who deftly and quickly offers up multiple definitions of security complexity. It’s all a tease for this Friday’s,…

Cybersecurity News – May 9, 2022

Google Play now blocks paid app downloads, updates in Russia The block, from the Google Play Store, starts Thursday due to sanctions. Russian developers can…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – May 2-6, 2022

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, May 2-6, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Shawn Bowen, CISO, World Fuel Services…

Cybersecurity News – May 6, 2022

Decade-old bugs discovered in Avast, AVG antivirus software Researchers have disclosed two high-severity vulnerabilities in Avast and AVG antivirus products which have gone undetected for…

Defense in Depth: Are We Taking Zero Trust Too Far?

For some, the definition of zero trust has expanded from how we grant access to networks, applications, and data to how we trust individuals in…

Cybersecurity News – May 5, 2022

CuckooBees campaign stings targets for years  The APT Winnti, otherwise known as BARIUM or Blackfly, has been active since 2010, and suspected of working on…

[5-20-22] “Hacking Malware” – Super Cyber Friday

Please join us on Friday, May 20th, 2022 for Super Cyber Friday. Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking Malware: An hour of critical thinking…

Best moments from Hacking the SOC (Security Operations Center) – Super Cyber Friday

Here is some of our best moments from Super Cyber Friday “Hacking the SOC (Security Operations Center): An hour of critical thinking about what keeps…

Cybersecurity News – May 4, 2022

Google claims to have blocked billions of malicious app downloads Google says it blocked 1.2 million apps from being published to the Google Play store…

Life’s Certainties: Death, Taxes, and Violating Security Policies

People violate cybersecurity policies at a rate of one out of every 20 job tasks. It’s just a matter of time before all your employees…

Cybersecurity News – May 3, 2022

Solana network goes dark after bot swarm A swarm of bots hit the popular NFT minting tool called Candy Machine over the weekend, hiting it…

4 Explanations of Shadow Data in 90 Seconds – Super Cyber Friday

In this video, I challenge Roey Yaacovi, co-founder and CTO, Polar Security to provide a variety of explanations of shadow data. It’s all a tease…

Cybersecurity News – May 2, 2022

Top 15 exploited security vulnerabilities in 2021 An advisory co-authored by cyber authorities in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK, details the…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – Apr 25-29, 2022

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, Apr 25-29, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Hadas Cassorla, CISO, M1 Cyber Security…

Cybersecurity News – April 29, 2022

Global security spending set to hit $198bn by 2025 Worldwide cybersecurity spending is set to grow by nearly 58% over the next few years to…