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Cybersecurity News – February 24, 2021

Most firms now fear nation state attack This from a study sponsored by the Cybersecurity Tech Accord and compiled from interviews with over 500 director-level…

CISOs at LinkedIn and Levis Are the New Co-Hosts of Defense in Depth Podcast

I am very excited to formally announce that both Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO for LinkedIn and Steve Zalewski, deputy CISO, Levis will be joining as…

Would You Look at That Unrealistic Licensing Deal?

CISOs know that salespeople want to make the best licensing deal they can possibly get. But unpredictability in the world of cybersecurity makes one-year licensing…

Cybersecurity News – February 23, 2021

SHAREit fixes security holes The app’s publisher issued an update to the SHAREit Android apps to fix glaring security holes. We reported last week that …

PREVIEW [2-26-21] “Hacking Fraud” – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on Friday, February 26th, 2021 for CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking Fraud: An hour of critical thinking on identifying fraud’s variances and creating…

Cybersecurity News – February 22, 2021

Silver Sparrow malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped Researchers have yet to observe delivery of any payload from a new malware dubbed…

Cybersecurity News – February 19, 2021

Dating-app video calls could have been spied on A vulnerability in an SDK that lets users make video calls in dating and healthcare apps could…

[3-5-21] “Hacking Systemic Risk” – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on Friday, March 5th, 2021 for “Hacking Systemic Risk: An hour of critical thinking around the inherent risk in running a digital…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review | February 15-19, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, February 15-19, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Mike Johnson, co-Host CISO…

Defense in Depth: Data Destruction

How do you deal with data at end of life? Holding onto data too long can be very costly and increase risk. So how do…

Cybersecurity News – February 18, 2021

SolarWinds attack launched from within the US This finding comes from a briefing given by Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger. Although not identifying specific…

Best Moments from “Hacking Cloud Collaboration Tools” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here are six minutes of the best moments of CISO Series Video Chat, “Hacking Cloud Collaboration Tools: An hour of critical thinking around securing apps…

Cybersecurity News – February 17, 2021

Security bugs left unpatched in Android app with one billion downloads The security vulnerabilities impact the Android version of SHAREit, a mobile app that allows…

[2-18-21] LIVE Recording of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast

This Thursday, February 18th, 2021, Mike Johnson and I will be doing a live recording of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast in front of a virtual…

This Is the Year I’m Going to Lose Weight and Care About Security

Every year I say I’m going to do it. I’m going to get healthy and be much better about securing my digital identity and data.…

Cybersecurity News – February 16, 2021

France links Russian Sandworm hackers to hosting provider attacks France’s national cyber-security agency ANSSI linked a series of attacks dating back to 2017 to the…

PREVIEW [2-19-21] “Hacking Cloud Vulnerabilities” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a preview of this Friday’s, February 19th, 2021 CISO Series Video Chat for ”Hacking Cloud Vulnerabilities: An hour of critical thinking of the risk…

Cybersecurity News – February 15, 2021

SuperMicro supply chain hack used for counterintelligence for a decade The California-based manufacturer of computer hardware finds itself embroiled in a controversy involving Chinese infiltration…

Cybersecurity News – February 12, 2021

Pitiful password enabled recent water treatment facility hack The Florida water treatment facility that threat actors tried to poison a week ago had what you…

[2-26-21] “Hacking Fraud” – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on Friday, February 26th, 2021 for CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking Fraud: An hour of critical thinking on identifying fraud’s variances and…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review|February 8-12, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, February 8-12, 2021 is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Johna Till Johnson (@JohnaTillJohnso),…

Defense in Depth: How to Make Cybersecurity More Efficient

You’re a new CISO told to hold headcount even and find the resources to do 20% more work. We’re already maxed out. So how do…

Cybersecurity News – February 11, 2021

SIM swapping gang targeting celebrities arrested Eight men were arrested by the UK National Crime Agency in the past week across England and Scotland as…

Best Moments from “Hacking Windows Security” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here are six minutes of the best moments of CISO Series Video Chat, “Hacking Windows Security: An hour of critical thinking on securing servers, workstations, and…