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Defense in Depth: Securing the Super Bowl and Other Huge Events

How do cybersecurity professionals secure a huge event like the Olympics, the Superbowl, or a city’s New Year’s Eve party? What are the unique considerations…

Cybersecurity News – April 8, 2021

Slack and Discord file sharing used to spread malware This finding comes from Cisco Talos research, finding this an increasingly common attack vector. Threat actors…

[4-23-21] “Hacking Distractions” – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on April 23, 2021 for “Hacking Distractions: An hour of critical thinking of what we should stop paying attention to in security.”…

Best Moments from “Hacking the IT-Security Gap” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a six minute highlight video of CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking the IT-Security Gap: An hour of critical thinking of improving communications and control…

Cybersecurity News – April 07, 2021

European Union institutions targeted in a cyber-attack  The attack, which occurred last week, affected a range of European Union institutions including the European Commission, which…

The Cloud Is Less Secure than On Premises and More Myths of Cloud Security

I spoke with Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca), vp, cloud research, Trend Micro chat about the granddaddy of myths of moving to the cloud, that the cloud…

We Recommend a “Know the Right People” Certification

There are so many fantastic certifications out there for security professionals. But we’ve found the one certification that will really help you land the right…

Cybersecurity News – April 06, 2021

Supreme Court rules in Google’s favor on Java API case The US Supreme Court ruled 6-2 in favor of Google in its copyright dispute with…

[4-14-21] “Hacking Failure” – Special CISO Series Event

CISO Series is doing a special event with Capsule8 next Wednesday, April 14th, 2021 for their day long “Cloud Native Security Summit”. The whole event…

Cybersecurity News – April 05, 2021

533 million Facebook users have personal data leaked online The exposed data which was published on a hacking forum on Saturday affects Facebook users from…

Cybersecurity News – April 2, 2021

$3 will get you private webcam feeds sold as home video tapes Thieves are selling private videos stolen from people’s home security cameras or from…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – March 29-April 2, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, March 29-April 2, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, James Dolph, CISO,…

Defense in Depth: Cybersecurity Isn’t That Difficult

What are you security people complaining about? As compared to 10, 15, 20 years ago, the technical aspects of cybersecurity are not that difficult. We’ve…

Cybersecurity News – April 1, 2021

North Korean hackers targeting security researchers Google’s Threat Analysis Group warned that North Korean government-sponsored hackers are again targeting security researchers on social media, something…

[4-16-21] “Hacking Cloud Security Myths” – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on Friday, April 16th, 2021 for “Hacking Cloud Security Myths: An hour of critical thinking of the truths and lies around securing…

Best Moments from “Hacking Insider Risk” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a six minute highlight reel of CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking Insider Risk: An hour of critical thinking on the unnecessary corporate risk introduced…

Cybersecurity News – March 31, 2021

Intel sued under wiretapping laws for tracking user activity on its website A class-action suit in Florida accuses the tech giant of unlawfully intercepting communications…

My Backup Plan Is Hoping My Cloud Provider Has a Backup Plan

I think maybe I should check to see if we paid for cloud backup protection. Or maybe, we’re doing it. Who knows? This episode is…

Cybersecurity News – March 30, 2021

Emails from DHS officials obtained in SolarWinds hack The Associated Press’ sources say as part of the SolarWinds Orion supply chain attack, threat actors obtained…

PREVIEW [4-2-21] “Hacking IT-Security Gap” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a preview video of this Friday’s (April 2nd, 2021) CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking the IT-Security Gap: An hour of critical thinking of improving…

Cybersecurity News – March 29, 2021

Apple releases emergency update for iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watch The patches are iOS 14.4.2, iPadOS 14.4.2, and watchOS 7.3.3, respectively, and have been released…

Cybersecurity News – March 26, 2021

Fake COVID credentials flourish on the dark web Security Researchers at CheckPoint found faked COVID-19 negative test results and vaccine certifications for sale on dark…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – March 22-26, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, March 22-26, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Will Lin (@williamlin), managing…

Defense in Depth: Cloud Security Myths

The cloud is inherently insecure! The cloud will handle all your security needs. More data breaches happen in the cloud. These are just some of…