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Cybersecurity News – July 23, 2021

NSO Group says to blame its customers In response to criticism for its Pegasus spyware being found on a number of high profile world leaders’…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – July 19-23, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, July 19-23, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Shawn M. Bowen, CISO,…

Defense in Depth: How Do I Get My First Cybersecurity Job?

What does a young person, eager to get into cybersecurity, have to show or prove to land their first help desk, tech support role? Check…

Cybersecurity News – July 22, 2021

Israel creates task force to look into NSO spyware Reuter’s sources say Israel has created a senior inter-ministerial team to look into allegations that spyware…

Best moments from “Hacking Purple Teaming” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here are six minutes of highlights from “Hacking Purple Teaming: An hour of critical thinking of how to increase collaboration between red and blue teams”. Our…

Cybersecurity News – July 21, 2021

China fires back at US after Exchange hack accusations Following up on a story Cyber Security Headlines covered yesterday, where US and its allies pinned…

How Would You Like Your Cloud Misconfigured?

Great, you just purchased the cloud. Are you a little confused as to what you’re going to do with it? Not a problem. Let’s get…

Cybersecurity News – July 20, 2021

Leaked NSO group data hints at widespread Pegasus spyware infections Israeli-based NSO Group is being investigated due to reports that allege that its Pegasus malware…

PREVIEW [7-23-21] “Hacking Code” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a short preview of this Friday’s [July 23rd, 2021] CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking Code: An hour of critical thinking on avoiding self-harming code.” …

Cybersecurity News – July 19, 2021

Israeli firm uses Windows zero-days to deploy spyware Microsoft and Citizen Lab have linked Israeli spyware company Candiru (also tracked as Sourgum) to new Windows…

Cybersecurity News – July 16, 2021

Facebook says it disrupted Iranian Tortoiseshell hacking campaign Facebook claims its cyber espionage investigations team has disrupted who they believe to be the Iranian Tortoiseshell…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – July 12-16, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, July 12-16, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Norman Hunt, deputy CISO,…

Defense in Depth: Educating the Board About Cybersecurity

What do we want the Board and C-Suite to know about cybersecurity? If you could teach them one thing about cybersecurity that would stick, what…

Cybersecurity News – July 15, 2021

China issues new zero-day rules New rules issued by the Cyberspace Administration of China state that no one in the country “may ‘collect, sell or…

Best moments from “Hacking Secure Cloud Migration” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a six minute long video of highlights from the CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking Secure Cloud Migration: An hour of critical thinking on how to…

Cybersecurity News – July 14, 2021

REvil web sites mysteriously shut down While it is not unheard of for REvil sites to lose connectivity for some time,for all sites to shut…

It’s Only a Matter of Time Before We Lose Your Data

We’re trying really hard to keep our customers’ data safe, but we all know given the number of attacks happening, our number will eventually come…

Cybersecurity News – July 13, 2021

Ransomwhere site hopes to provide transparency Jack Cable, a security architect with the Krebs Stamos Group, noticed that nobody was collecting public data despite the…

Cybersecurity News – July 12, 2021

Cyber-attack hits Iran’s transport ministry and railways Websites of Iran’s transport and urbanization ministry went out of service on Saturday after a “cyber-disruption” in computer…

PREVIEW [7-16-21] “Hacking Purple Teaming” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a preview of the CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking Purple Teaming: An hour of critical thinking of how to increase collaboration between red and blue…

Cybersecurity News – July 9, 2021

Phishing campaign spells double-trouble for Kaseya customers While Kaseya attempts to help customers recover from a ransomware attack on its VSA cloud service, security experts…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – July 5-9, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, July 5-9, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Shawn M. Bowen, CISO,…

Defense in Depth: CISO Recruiting is Broken

The demand for CISOs is growing due to increased regulations and cyber threats. Yet, while the demand is there, the supply keeps rotating. Companies think…

Cybersecurity News – July 8, 2021

Russian APT targets Republican National Committee Bloomberg’s sources say the threat actors were part of APT 29 or Cozy Bear, previously tied to the SolarWinds…