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Cybersecurity News – March 24, 2022

Microsoft expands program to fill cyber skills gap Last year, Microsoft began a cybersecurity skilling initiative in the US  in partnership with 135 community colleges…

[4-8-22] “Hacking Risk Reduction” – Super Cyber Friday

Please join us on Friday, April 8th, 2022 for Super Cyber Friday. Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking Risk Reduction: An hour of critical…

Best moments from “Hacking Security Validation” – Super Cyber Friday

Here is a five minute long highlight reel from Super Cyber Friday “Hacking Security Validation: An hour of critical thinking about verifying the processes you have…

Cybersecurity News – March 23, 2022

Ransomware attack on Okta leads to data breach Lapsus$ group claims to have hacked the network of cloud-based security software provider, Okta. Lapsus$ posted screenshots…

Are You Attending the “What to Worry About Next” Security Conference?

Are security conferences really helpful in advising you on making your business more secure, or are they just adding more worries to your plate that…

Cybersecurity News – March 22, 2022

Ransomware puts the breaks on Bridgestone The tire manufacturer said that a February 27th cyber attack resulted in it shutting down its network and production…

6 Explanations of Security Prioritization in One Minute – Super Cyber Friday

Check out Ben Sapiro, head of technology risk and CISO for Canada Life very impressively and deftly deliver a multitude of answers for the need to…

Cybersecurity News – March 21, 2022

CISA, FBI tell satellite communications network owners to watch out for hacks after Ukraine attack The alert is part of CISA’s “Shields Up” initiative to…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – Mar 14-18, 2022

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, Mar 14-18, is hosted by David Spark with our guest, Eric Hussey, CISO, Aptiv Cyber Security…

Cybersecurity News – March 18, 2022

Ukraine Secret Service arrests hacker helping Russian invaders The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said it has detained a “hacker” who offered technical assistance to…

Defense in Depth: How to Think Like a Cybercrook

“If you want to catch a cybercrook, you need to think like one.” But how do you actually go about thinking like a cybercriminal? What’s…

Cybersecurity News – March 17, 2022

Phony Instagram ‘support staff’ emails hit insurance company A phishing campaign disguised as originating from Instagram technical support was used to steal login credentials from…

[4-1-22] “Hacking Proactive Security” – Super Cyber Friday

Please join us on Friday, April 1st, 2022 for Super Cyber Friday. Topic will be “Hacking Proactive Security: An hour of critical thinking about continually…

Best moments from “Hacking Extreme Vulnerabilities” – Super Cyber Friday

Here are some highlights from Super Cyber Friday “Hacking Extreme Vulnerabilities: An hour of critical thinking about the confluence of concerns across threat actors’ intentions, industry…

Cybersecurity News – March 16, 2022

More destructive wiper malware strikes Ukraine On March 14, researchers at ESET announced on Twitter that they’ve discovered new malware, dubbed CaddyWiper, the third wiper…

It’s BAAAACK! The Return of “We Could Have Stopped That Breach”

The CISO Series network launched because of the irritation CISOs had with vendors claiming they could have stopped some breach that happened to another company. For a…

Cybersecurity News – March 15, 2022

Ukraine’s IT army hit with malware We previously reported on this show that a volunteer army of Ukranian actors have employed DDoS tools against Russian…

5 Explanations of Security Validation in 75 Seconds – Super Cyber Friday

Here I am with Jason Mar-Tang, sales engineering manager of Pentera being challenged to explain the need to validate our security posture and controls. It’s…

Cybersecurity News – March 14, 2022

Ubisoft changes employee passwords after “cyber security incident” In a brief statement published on its website, maker of hit titles like Assassin’s Creed and Just…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – Mar 7-11, 2022

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, Mar 7 – 11, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Anshu Gupta, Investor, Silicon…

Cybersecurity News – March 11, 2022

Russia creates its own TLS certificate authority to bypass sanctions Russia has created its own trusted TLS certificate authority (CA) to solve website access problems…

Defense in Depth: Building a Data-First Security Program

Could you build a data-first security program? What would you do if you focused your security program on just the asset? Check out this post for the…

Cybersecurity News – March 10, 2022

Chipmakers warn of new speculative execution bugs AMD, Arm, and Intel each published advisories about newly discovered ways to bypass hardware-based protections for speculative execution…

[3-25-22] “Hacking Prioritization” – Super Cyber Friday

Please join us on Friday, March 25th, 2022 for Super Cyber Friday. Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking Prioritization: An hour of critical thinking…