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Cybersecurity News – June 22, 2021

Data leak marketplace dials up the pressure The Marketo marketplace specializes in selling leaked data and is using a new technique to pressure company’s into…

PREVIEW [6-25-21] “Hacking IoT Vulnerability Remediation” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a short promo video for this Friday’s (June 25th, 2021) CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking IoT Vulnerability Remediation: An hour of critical thinking of…

Cybersecurity News – June 21, 2021

New iPhone bug can permanently break WiFi simply by connecting to a rogue hotspot Researcher Carl Schou discovered the vulnerability when connecting to his own…

Cybersecurity News – June 18, 2021

Ukrainian and South Korean police raids collar Clop ransomware gang suspects Six alleged members of the notorious Clop ransomware gang were arrested in raids carried…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – June 14-18, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, June 14-18, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Peter Liebert (@LiebertPeter), CISO,…

Defense in Depth: Cloud Configuration Fails

Why do we hear so many stories about incidents related to poor or misconfigured cloud services? Check out this post and this post for the basis for…

Cybersecurity News – June 17, 2021

Biden gives Putin a no-hacking list During a meeting between the two leaders in Geneva, US President Joe Biden said he gave his Russian counterpart…

Best moments from “Hacking Acceptable Risk” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here is a highlights video from CISO Series Video Chat, “Hacking Acceptable Risk: An hour of critical thinking on when we should stop trying to…

Cybersecurity News – June 16, 2021

Windows 11 leaked Windows 11 ISO image was leaked yesterday on a Chinese-speaking forum and has quickly spread throughout the Internet as users rush to…

Best Moments from CISO Series Video Chat

What makes our weekly CISO Series Video Chats so much fun? Watch the video to see why we have a lot of fun every Friday.…

How CISOs Make It Worse for Other CISOs

Are CISOs inappropriately putting pressure on themselves and is that behavior in turn hurting all CISOs? This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark…

Cybersecurity News – June 14, 2021

Interpol shuts down thousands of fake pharmacies The International Criminal Police Organization, coordinating with law enforcement, customs, and health regulatory authorities across 92 countries, took…

PREVIEW [6-18-21] “Hacking Self-Defending Data” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a video of me and CEO of Keyavi Data, Elliot Lewis (@elliotdlewis), discussing our Friday video chat, “Hacking Self-Defending Data:  An hour of critical…

Cybersecurity News – June 14, 2021

U.S. suffers over 7 ransomware attacks an hour According to Recorded Future, the US suffered 65,000 ransomware attacks last year, with cybercriminals especially targeting key…

Cybersecurity News – June 11, 2021

JBS paid $11 million ransom to cybercriminals The world’s largest meat processor, JBS, has confirmed that it paid a ransom of $11 million to cyberattackers…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – June 7-11, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, June 7-11, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Robert Wood, CISO, Centers…

Defense in Depth: Starting Pay for Cyber Staff

What should an entry level cybersecurity person be paid? And what level of education and training should be expected of them? Check out this post for the…

Cybersecurity News – June 10, 2021

Cyber-attack disrupts NYC Law Department The New York Police Department and FBI Cyber Task Force are investigating an intrusion into the New York City Law…

[6-25-21] “Hacking IoT Vulnerability Remediation” – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on Friday, June 25th, 2021 for “Hacking IoT Vulnerability Remediation: An hour of critical thinking of what to do when you find…

Best moments from “Hacking DLP” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a quick, six-minute highlight video of our CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking DLP: An hour of critical thinking of how we can manage data…

Cybersecurity News – June 9, 2021

StackOverflow, Twitch, Reddit, others down in Fastly CDN outage A Who’s Who of major websites around the world also including Amazon, CNN, Shopify, Hulu, Quora,…

Excuse Me, What Bribes Do You Accept?

The security vendor/practitioner sales cycle would go a lot faster and smoother if CISOs would just take an “incentive” for a meeting. Just tell me…

Cybersecurity News – June 8, 2021

US recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial Pipeline ransomware hackers This follows the attack which prompted the shutdown of the key East Coast pipeline…

PREVIEW [6-11-21] “Hacking Acceptable Risk” – CISO Series Video Chat

Check out this preview video for this Friday’s – June 11th, 2021 – CISO Series Video Chat, “Hacking Acceptable Risk: An hour of critical thinking…