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Cybersecurity Headlines
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Cybersecurity HeadlinesLockBit disrupted, Cactus leaks Schneider data, ALPHV claims financial attacks
LockBit disrupted by global police operation Cactus leaks Schneider Electric data on dark web ALPHV gang takes credit for LoanDepot, Prudential attacks Thanks…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesChrome protects home, Zeus mastermind guilty, airline chatbot gaffe
Google Chrome feature blocks attacks against home networks Mastermind behind Zeus and IcedID malware pleads guilty Air Canada must honor refund invented by its…
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Week in Review: LLMs improve cyberattacks, Rhysida gets decrypted, US Blackcat bounty
Link to blog post This week's Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Trina Ford, CISO, iHeartMedia Thanks to our…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesMicrosoft zero-day warning, Neuberger addresses Munich, trojan steals faces
Microsoft warns of new Exchange Server zero-day Neuberger: Pace of ransomware takedown operations isn't enough Gold Pickaxe malware steals your face Huge…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesTrans-Northern breach, malicious LLM usage, massive email leak
Trans-Northern Pipelines confirms cyberattack Threat actors using LLMs to improve cyberattacks Email provider published internal emails in plain text Huge…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesPrudential data breached, Facebook Marketplace leak, BoA 3rd party breach
Prudential Financial data breached in cyberattack Facebook Marketplace user records leaked on hacking forum Bank of America customers at risk after third party…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesRepository framework, Romanian healthcare attack, Ivanti backdoored
CISA releases repository security framework Ransomware takes down Romanian healthcare management system Ivanti flaw used to deploy backdoor Huge thanks to our…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesRaspberry Robin warning, Hyundai ransomware attack, Cisco job cuts
Raspberry Robin – a new one-day exploit targeting Windows Hyundai Europe suffers Black Basta ransomware attack Cisco to cut thousands of jobs as it focuses on…
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Week in Review: Volt Typhoon warning, Cloudflare's nation-state breach, $25 million deepfake
Link to blog post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Doug Mayer, vp, CISO, WCG Thanks to our show…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesVolt Typhoon warning, Cisco fixes Expressway, credit union theft
CISA, FBI issue sobering warning about Volt Typhoon Cisco fixes critical Expressway flaws 3 million records from thousands of credit unions exposed Thanks to…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesCISA collaboration challenges, Iran's cyber efforts, ransomware's $1 billion
CISA collaboration initiative on thin ice Iran focusing cyber efforts Ransomware payments cross $1 billion in 2023 Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Vanta…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesUnited front against spyware, spyware to blame for most Google zero-days, insider data breach hits Verizon
Tech giants and world govs unite to tackle spyware threats Spyware vendors to blame for most Google zero-days Insider data breach hits almost half of Verizon's…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesSpoutible API Leak, Fake IDs at scale, Sudo Windows
Spoutible API vulnerability leaks user data Illicit service cranks out fake IDs Sudo coming to Windows Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Vanta From dozens of…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesCloudflare announces breach, AnyDesk announces breach, Children's hospital attacked
Cloudflare announces nation-state level breach AnyDesk says hackers breached production servers, reset passwords Chicago children's hospital announces…
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Week in Review: Microsoft email explanation, Brazilian banking trojan, Mercedes GitHub error
Link to blog post Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Mary Rose Martinez, vp, CISO Marathon Petroleum Thanks to…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesFBI Director's warning, Apple flaw warning, Pentagon supplier breach
FBI director warns of Chinese hacker threat to U.S. critical infrastructure CISA warns of exploited Apple flaw Pentagon Intelligence supplier allegedly hacked…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesVolt Typhoon takedown, refusing ransoms, Binance's big leak
FBI grounds Volt Typhoon More companies refuse to pay ransoms Binance internal info exposed on GitHub Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Vanta From dozens of…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesMercedes-Benz leak, Juniper Networks patch, ZLoader is back
Mercedes-Benz exposes sensitive data, source code Juniper Networks issues out-of-band fix for high severity flaws New ZLoader malware, now with 64-bit Windows…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesMicrosoft takes another hit, Energy giant hit by ransomware, the NSA is secretly buying your data
Microsoft takes another hit Energy giant hit by ransomware The NSA is secretly buying your data Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Vanta From dozens of…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesJenkins patch alert, Cisco flaw alert, Russia's intel wiped
Urgent patch alert for Jenkins Cisco flaw exposes Unified Comms systems Pro-Ukraine hackers wipe 2 petabytes of data from Russian intelligence center Thanks to…
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Week in Review: TeamViewer still abused, ransomware's hidden costs, X supports passkeys
Link to blog post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Mike Kelley, vp, CISO, The E.W. Scripps…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesHewlett Packard breach, exposed API study, Ukraine infrastructure attacks
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) attacked through Microsoft 365 email system Study reveals 18,000 exposed API secrets, including $20 million in vulnerable…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesEquiLend offline, AI fueling ransomware, "mother of all breaches"
Cyberattack knocks EquiLend offline Brits warn of the AI impact on ransomware Data leak claims to hold over 26 billion records Thanks to today's episode…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesCISA boss swatted, Subway investigates LockBit, Australia sanctions hacker
CISA boss targeted in "harrowing" swatting attack Subway puts a LockBit investigation on the menu Australia sanctions REvil hacker behind Medibank data breach…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesThailand's data leak, CISA's Ivanti order, security funding drips
Thailand court attempts to suppress data leak CISA issues emergency directive on Ivanti zero-days Cybersecurity startup funding down 50% Huge thanks to our…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesRussia Microsoft breach, JPMorganChase hacking increase, TeamViewer still abused
Russian hackers breach Microsoft executive emails to learn about themselves JPMorgan Chase says hacking attempts are increasing TeamViewer still being abused…
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Week in Review: SEC X breach, pwned highlights leak, Kyivstar attack cost
Link to blog post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Jerich Beason, CISO, WM Thanks to our show…
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Atlassian Jira outage, iPhone spyware solution, Russia's Europe espionage
Atlassian outage briefly affected multiple cloud services iShutdown helps discover spyware on iPhones Russian state hackers COLDRIVER deploy malware in…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesDrone threats, PixieFail firmware, HIBP dataset
Chinese drones considered national security threat PixieFail could spell trouble for cloud providers Have I Been Pwned adds "statistically significant" data…
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Google patches zero-day, Citrix zero-day warning, Phemedrone stealer warning
Google patches first Chrome zero-day vulnerability of the year Urgent warning from Citrix to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities New malware strain persists…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesVPN blocks, OpenAI election tools, Calvia ransomware attack
Turkey blocks some VPNs OpenAI publishes election guidance Spanish municipality faces stiff ransomware demand Huge thanks to our sponsor, Savvy Security Shadow…
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Water nonprofit targeted, Denmark energy update, SEC X update
Ransomware gang targets clean water nonprofit Denmark energy sector attacks likely not Sandworm after all SEC says X account breach did not lead to further…
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Week in Review: Merck settles NotPetya, Google accounts hacked, GitHub abuse rises
Link to blog post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Allan Cockriel, Group CISO, Shell Thanks to…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesIvanti zero-day, Akira targets backups, school data exposed
Ivanti VPN hit by zero-days Akira targeting backups Sensitive school data accidentally exposed online Remember to subscribe to the Cyber Security Headlines…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesTexas healthcare breach, enormous Brazil leak, Tortilla decryptor released
Texas healthcare provider suffer data breach Entire population of Brazil possibly exposed in data leak Decryptor for Tortilla ransomware released Thanks to…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesSEC account hack spikes Bitcoin, Mandiant Twitter hijack, China cracks AirDrop
Bitcoin price spikes after SEC Twitter account hijack Twitter account hijack wave affects Mandiant China claims it cracked Apple AirDrop Thanks to today's…
Cybersecurity Headlinesgoogle hacked, loanDepot attacked, Netgear compromised
Google accounts hacked: No passwords required loanDepot joins growing list of US mortgage lenders attacked Netgear and Hyundai's X accounts latest to be…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesMerck settles NotPetya, Pompompurin breaches release, Iranian crypto mistake
Merck and its insurers settle $1.4 billion NotPetya case BreachForums admin Popompurin breaches terms of pretrial freedom Iranian crypto exchange Bit24.cash…
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Week in Review: Hospitals sue cloud, Google settles Incognito, ransomware payment ban
Link to blog post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Johna Till Johnson, CEO, Nemertes, and…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesMandiant Twitter hack, breach firm breached, Spanish mobile attacked
Mandiant Twitter account restored after crypto scam hack Law firm that handles data breaches hit by data breach Spanish mobile carrier suffers outage after…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesRansomware bans, voice cloning contest, slow data exports
A call for formal ban on ransomware payments FTC asks for ideas to fight voice cloning Cyberattack impacts French township Thanks to today's episode sponsor…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesGoogle $5 billion suit settled, Orbit Chain loses $80M, FDA cyber agreement
Google settles $5 billion 'incognito mode' lawsuit Over $80 million in crypto stolen from Orbit Chain Watchdog calls for updated medical device cyber agreement…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesSweden grocer cyberattack, Black Basta flaw, Boston hospital cyberattack
Swedish national grocer stung by Cactus Flaw in Black Basta decryptor allows recovery of victims' files - temporarily Cyberattack hist Boston area hospital…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesGerman hospital ransomware, Ohio Lottery attacked, First American update
LockBit hits German hospital system over the holidays Ohio Lottery cyberattack claimed by DragonForce First American says funds are secure Thanks to today's…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesBarracuda backdoors, undocumented iPhone hardware, NYT sues OpenAI
Threat actors install backdoor on Barracuda appliances iPhone triangulation exploit used undocumented features New York Times starts the publisher LLM lawsuits…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesNational Amusements breached, Rockstar game leak, LoanCare parent hacked
CBS and Paramount owner hacked a year ago Rockstar Games allegedly suffers source code leak LoanCare says 1.3 million people affected by cyberattack Thanks to…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesFirst American cyberattack, Iran APT campaign, ransomware victims spike
First American suffers cyberattack, website down Iran-linked group targets defense contractors worldwide November saw record numbers of ransomware leak site…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesHCL investigates ransomware, Agent Tesla returns, JavaScript bank malware
Indian tech company HCL investigating ransomware attack Agent Tesla and an old Microsoft Office vulnerability create new problems New JavaScript malware…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesBlackCat is back, CSAM in AI data, ESO breach
BlackCat came back Child abuse images found in AI datasets ESO solutions breach impacts million Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Barricade Cyber Solutions…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesFBI disrupts BlackCat, International operation nabs thousands, Sony data leak
FBI disrupts BlackCat ransomware network International operation arrests thousands of cybercriminals Sony's video game plans leaked by ransomware group Thanks…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesPlay ransomware warning, QakBot is back, Mr. Cooper hack
Play ransomware is no game The return of QakBot Hacking with Mr. Cooper Huge thanks to our sponsor, Barricade Cyber Solutions Facing a ransomware attack? Don't…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesBox suffers outage, MongoDB suffers breach, States lag in tackling political deepfakes
Box storage platform suffers outage MongoDB suffers breach States lag in tackling political deepfakes Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Barricade Cyber…
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Week in Review: Irish water hack, Joe Sullivan speaks, UK ransomware predictions
Link to blog post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Rusty Waldron, Chief Business Security…
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Hive banker arrested, train bricking accusations, GambleForce SQL campaign
French police arrest alleged Hive banker Train bricking accusations lead to lawsuit against ethical hackers New Hacker Group 'GambleForce' Targets APAC through…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesUK ransomware report, OAuth abuse, push notification changes
UK ransomware report isn't pretty MS warns of OAuth abuse Apple discloses pushback to push notification disclosure Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Barricade…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesUkraine telco down, Sullivan advocates for CISOs, GAO on AI
Cyberattack shuts down Ukrainian telco Former Uber CISO advocates for CISO protections GAO report on government AI usage Thanks to today's episode sponsor…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesInternet fragmentation, EU AI Act, Lazarus loves Log4Shell
US tries to avoid internet fragmentation EU reaches agreement on AI Act North Korea finds continued success with Log4Shell Thanks to today's episode sponsor…
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5G network vulnerability, SLAM affects CPUs, CISA Qlik warning
5G network security vulnerabilities discovered, impacting chipset vendors and smartphones SLAM Spectre-based vulnerability affects CPUs CISA adds Qlik bugs to…
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Week in Review: Credit Union outages, Roblox, Twitch targeted, Nuclear site breached
Link to blog post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Andy Ellis, operating partner YL Ventures…
Cybersecurity HeadlinesAviva cyberattack warning, anti-aircraft data theft, car fleet vulnerability
Insurance firm sees cyberattacks as more likely than fire or theft North Korean hackers steal anti-aircraft system data Vulnerability discovered in fleet…