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Cybersecurity News – August 25, 2021

Modded WhatsApp delivers Triada trojan A modified version of the WhatsApp messaging app for Android has been trojanized to serve malicious payloads, display full-screen ads,…

[9-13-21] “Hacking the Insider Risk Summit” – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on September 13th, 2021 for a special MONDAY edition of the CISO Series Video Chat which will be on the eve of…

Tips to Finding an Incompetent Overpriced Cybersecurity Consultant

What questions should we be asking of a consultant’s referrals to see if they’re really worth the money they’re trying to overcharge us? This week’s…

Cybersecurity News – August 24, 2021

Apple started scanning for CSAM in 2019 Earlier this month, Apple announced it would start client-side scanning of devices for hashes derived from child sexual…

PREVIEW [8-27-21] “Hacking User Adoption” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a preview of this Friday’s [8-27-21] CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking User Adoption: An hour of critical thinking about improving acceptance and usage of…

Cybersecurity News – August 23, 2021

Microsoft Exchange under attack with ProxyShell flaws CISA is warning of active exploitation attempts that leverage the latest line of “ProxyShell” Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities that…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – August 16-20, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, August 16-20, 2021, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Will Gregorian, Head of Security…

Cybersecurity News – August 20, 2021

Liquid cryptocurrency exchange loses $94 million following hack Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has suspended deposits and withdrawals after attackers compromised its warm wallets. Liquid is…

Defense in Depth: First Steps as a CISO

You’ve just joined a company as CISO, what’s the very first step you would take to improve the security posture of your new company? Check…

Cybersecurity News – August 19, 2021

T-Mobile says hackers stole records belonging to 48.6 million individuals Following up on a story we brought to you earlier this week, T-Mobile has confirmed…

Five Best Moments from “Hacking Cloud Infrastructure” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s five of our best moments from CISO Series Video Chat: â€œHacking Cloud Infrastructure: An hour of critical thinking about how identity is your front line…

Cybersecurity News – August 18, 2021

Chase bank accidentally leaked customer info to other customers A technical bug on its online banking website and app allowed accidental leakage of customer banking…

One Year of Cyber Security Headlines

Woo Hoo! Cyber Security Headlines celebrates one year today. In our first year we produced 288 episodes of both our daily news program and our…

We Shame Others Because We’re So Right About Everything

You think it’s easy carrying around the burden of being so perfect all the time? It’s tough to carry that responsibility to tell others what…

Cybersecurity News – August 17, 2021

Terrorist watchlist exposed online Security researcher Bob Diachenko continued his quest to weed out unsecured data left online. His most recent find came list month,…

PREVIEW [8-20-21] Hacking Anomalous Behavior – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a short preview video of our video chat this Friday, August 20th, 2021 for CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking Anomalous Behavior: An hour of…

Cybersecurity News – August 16, 2021

Ford bug exposed customer and employee records from internal systems A bug on Ford Motor Company’s website allowed access to sensitive systems and proprietary data…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – August 9-13, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, August 9-13, 2021, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Ben Sapiro, CISO, Canada Life…

Cybersecurity News – August 13, 2021

Another unpatched PrintNightmare zero-day On Wednesday, Microsoft issued a warning about yet another unpatched privilege escalation/remote code-execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler. The…

[8-27-21] “Hacking User Adoption” – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on Friday, August 27th, 2021 for CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking User Adoption: An hour of critical thinking about improving acceptance and…

Defense in Depth: How Does Ransomware Enter the Network?

How is ransomware getting into your network? Is the path direct, like via email, or does it take a more circuitous route? Check out this post and…

Cybersecurity News – August 12, 2021

China signals tech crackdown will deepen Along with chip supply chain woes and the ongoing ransomware deluge, the crackdown on big tech in China has…

Legendary CISO Andy Ellis Joins CISO Series

Here’s some big news. Andy Ellis (@csoandy), well-known CISO and now operating partner with YL Ventures, is joining the CISO Series. He’ll be a rotating…

Cybersecurity News – August 11, 2021

eCh0raix ransomware now targets both QNAP and Synology NAS devices A newly discovered eCh0raix ransomware variant has added support for encrypting both QNAP and Synology…