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

Please join us on Friday, July 23rd, 2021 for CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking Code: An hour of critical thinking on avoiding self-harming code.”  REGISTER…

Best moments from “Hacking IoT Vulnerability Remediation” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a quick highlights video from CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking IoT Vulnerability Remediation: An hour of critical thinking of what to do when you…

Cybersecurity News – July 7, 2021

Kaseya patches imminent after zero-day exploits The worldwide attacks on the Kaseya Virtual System/Server Administrator (VSA) platform by the REvil ransomware gang turn out to…

His Credentials Say “Yes” But His Behavior Says “No Way”

As good as our virtual bouncers are, they often let in people with what seems to be a valid ID, and then once they’re in…

Cybersecurity News – July 6, 2021

REvil confirms Kaseya attack The operators of the REvil ransomware gang confirmed that they were responsible for the recent supply chain attack against Kaseya, although…

Cybersecurity News – July 5, 2021

Kaseya was fixing zero-day just as REvil sprang their attack The zero-day vulnerability used to breach on-premise Kaseya VSA servers was in the process of…

Cybersecurity News – July 2, 2021

Russian military cyber-unit behind large-scale brute-force attacks A press release issued by the National Security Agency on Thursday indicates that the Russian military cyber unit…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – June 28-July 2, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, June 28-July 2, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Gerhard Rickert, VP,…

Defense in Depth: Retaining Cyber Talent

If you could do one thing to retain your staff what would it be? Check out this post for the basis for our conversation on this week’s…

Cybersecurity News – July 1, 2021

Secrecy orders abound in Microsoft’s government data requests Microsoft’s customer security head Tom Burt disclosed that one-third of all government data requests the company receives…

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

Please join us on Friday, July 16th, 2021 for CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking Purple Teaming: An hour of critical thinking of how to increase collaboration…

Cybersecurity News – June 30, 2021

Data for 700 million LinkedIn users posted for sale  On the heels of the loss of 500 million records in April, a new posting with…

We’re Experts at Finding Everything You’re Doing Wrong

We promise if you just let us poke around your network, we’ll find something wrong. Everyone has something wrong in their network. This week’s episode…

Cybersecurity News – June 29, 2021

Windows 11 CPU confusion continues Last week, Microsoft said CPUs with Trusted Platform Module 1.2 would be supported except on new OEM builds where it…

PREVIEW [7-9-21] “Hacking Secure Cloud Migration” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a preview of our next CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking Secure Cloud Migration: An hour of critical thinking on how to keep pace with the…

Cybersecurity News – June 28, 2021

Microsoft admits to signing rootkit malware in supply-chain fiasco Microsoft has confirmed signing a malicious driver being distributed within gaming environments. Called “Netfilter,” it is…

Cybersecurity News – June 25, 2021

Dell bug puts 30 million PCs at risk Security researchers at Eclypsium disclosed four major security vulnerabilities in the BIOSConnect feature of Dell SupportAssist, opening…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – June 21-25, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, June 21-25, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Ira Winkler, CISO, Skyline…

Defense in Depth: Salesforce Security

For many, Salesforce is far more than a CRM, it’s running their entire business. How difficult is it to secure the environment? Are Salesforce’s security…

Cybersecurity News – June 24, 2021

Antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus software, was found dead in his jail cell near…

[7-9-21] “Hacking Secure Cloud Migration” – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on Friday, July 9th, 2021 for CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking Secure Cloud Migration: An hour of critical thinking on how to keep…

Best Moments from “Hacking Self-Defending Data” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here is a six-minute video from CISO Series Video Chat, “Hacking Self-Defending Data: An hour of critical thinking on how and when your data can…

Cybersecurity News – June 23, 2021

DirtyMoe is a rapidly growing Windows botnet Researchers from Avast are warning of the rapid growth of the DirtyMoe botnet (PurpleFox, Perkiler, and NuggetPhantom), which…

Hey Old Man, Go Rotate Your Own Passwords

If you’re happy with your best practice of rotating passwords, that’s great for you. Just don’t lay your old-timey “rules for better security” on me…