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Cybersecurity News – February 10, 2021

Office 365 will help admins find impersonation attack targets In addition to the nation state warning we mentioned on yesterday’s podcast, Microsoft is also going…

Please Accept This Not-a-Bribe Gift as an Act of Desperation

Offering me a gift for a meeting was definitely not Plan A. Or was this a situation that you ran out of creative ideas and…

Cybersecurity News – February 9, 2021

A look at Iranian spyware operations Researchers at Check Point recently outlined two Iranian surveillance operations, targeting more than 1000 dissidents across 13 countries including…

19 Expert Tips to Dispose of Your Digital Assets

Consuming too much data is like overeating. It’s really easy and cheap to overeat, but it’s very costly dealing with obesity (e.g., health complications and…

PREVIEW [2-12-21] “Hacking Cloud Collaboration Tools” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a preview of this Friday’s [2-12-21] CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking Cloud Collaboration Tools: An hour of critical thinking around securing apps like Google…

Cybersecurity News – February 8, 2021

New phishing attack uses Morse code to hide malicious URLs A novel new phishing approach uses a fake invoice email complete with an HTML spreadsheet…

New SHOW! Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review

BIG NEWS! CISO Series has got a brand new show! Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review airs every Thursday evening at 7pm ET and runs for…

Cybersecurity News – February 5, 2021

Canada calls Clearview AI’s facial recognition ‘mass surveillance’ Canada’s privacy commissioners have told Clearview AI to stop offering its facial recognition services in the country,…

Cybersecurity News Week in Review – February 1-5, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, February 1-5, 2021 is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Shawn Bowen, CISO, Restaurant Brands International (RBI) Cyber…

Defense in Depth: Does a CISO Need Tech Skills?

Does a CISO need technical skills to be an effective cybersecurity leader? Many CISOs don’t have them. Are they still effective and does it affect…

Cybersecurity News – February 04, 2021

Microsoft sees a rise in business email compromise attacks on schools The company said it saw a spike in email scams soliciting gift cards towards…

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

Please join us on Friday, February 19th, 2021 for ”Hacking Cloud Vulnerabilities: An hour of critical thinking of the risk and reward of cloud-based vulnerability…

Best Moments from “Hacking BYOD and Unmanaged Devices” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a six minute highlights reel of the CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking BYOD and Unmanaged Devices: An hour of critical thinking of all the…

Cybersecurity News – February 03, 2021

Another SolarWinds vulnerability used to hack National Finance Center Reuter’s sources say suspected Chinese threat actors used a novel SolarWinds Orion vulnerability to break into…

Foul! That Interview Question Is Unfair

Pick a side. You either want your employees to have a work/life balance, or you want them to be obsessed with security 24/7. You can’t…

Cybersecurity News – February 2, 2021

Deloitte’s CDC vaccine system comes up short The US vaccine distribution effort is being severely curtailed by inefficiencies in vaccine distribution and administration software, with…

PREVIEW [2-5-21] Hacking Windows Security – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a short preview of this Friday’s (February 5th, 2021) CISO Series Video Chat, “Hacking Windows Security: An hour of critical thinking on securing servers, workstations,…

Cybersecurity News – February 01, 2021

Suspected Russian hack extends far beyond SolarWinds software  Investigators say they have found concrete evidence that almost one third of the attack victims had no…

Cybersecurity News – January 29, 2021

Unhappy #DataPrivacyDay to us all  New research claims that data leaks and breaches skyrocketed 93% in 2020. Imperva detected 883,865 incidents at the start of…

Cybersecurity News Week in Review – January 25-29, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines Week in Review, January 25-29, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice @stevenprentice with our guest, Steve Zalewski, Deputy CISO, Levi…

Defense in Depth: How Do You Know if You’re Good at Security

What metrics or indicators signal to you that an organization is “good at security”? Check out this post for the basis for our conversation on this week’s…

Cybersecurity News – January 28, 2021

10-year old sudo bug patched A bug in the popular Linux utility was patched after being discovered by security researchers at Qualys two weeks ago.…

[2-12-21] “Hacking Cloud Collaboration Tools” – CISO Series Video Chat

Join us this Friday, February 12th, 2021 for “Hacking Cloud Collaboration Tools: An hour of critical thinking around securing apps like Google Workspace and Office…

Best Moments from “Hacking High Profile Accounts” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a six minute highlights reel of Friday’s (January 22nd, 2021) CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking High Profile Accounts: Designing extra layers of protection around more…