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Phony Instagram ‘support staff’ emails hit insurance company
Facebook hit with $18.6 million GDPR fine over 12 data breaches in 2018
Microsoft Defender tags Office updates as ransomware activity
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More destructive wiper malware strikes Ukraine
German security agency recommends replacing Kaspersky antivirus
HackerOne apologizes to Ukrainian hackers for blocking payouts
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Ukraine’s IT army hit with malware
Mobile endpoints see a lot of malicious apps
AMD vulnerable to Spectre v2
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Ubisoft changes employee passwords after “cyber security incident”
Cyber Command chief tells Congress chip shortage has national security implications
LockBit claims hack on Bridgestone tires
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This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, Mar 7 – 11, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Anshu Gupta, Investor, Silicon Valley CISO Investments
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Russia creates its own TLS certificate authority to bypass sanctions
Online sleuths are using face recognition to ID Russian soldiers
Basic text-color trick can fool phishing filters
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Chipmakers warn of new speculative execution bugs
US worked to shore up Ukraine’s cyber defense in 2021
Twitter Tor service launches
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Google to purchase cybersecurity firm Mandiant for $5.4 billion
Security vendors help infrastructure orgs protect against Russian cyberattacks
Russian VPN demand soars amidst social media crackdown
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Leaked Nvidia data used in malware
Russia says it's okay to download a car
Sharkbot takes a bite out of the Play Store
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Charities and NGOs that provide support to Ukraine hit by malware
'Most advanced' China-linked backdoor ever raises alarms for cyber-espionage investigators
Hackers allegedly leak Samsung data, sourc…
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This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, Feb 28-Mar 4, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Ody Lupescu, CISO, Ethos Life
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…Cyberattack attempts on Ukraine surge tenfold
Ukraine's “IT army” targets Belarus railway network, Russian GPS
Eight-character passwords can be cracked in less than 60 minutes
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Conti and Trickbot code leaks
API attacks surge in 2021
Log4Shell still being used in the wild
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Russia-Ukraine War update
Nvidia confirms company data was stolen in hack
Half of employees use unauthorized file services at work
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Toyota suspends Japanese production due to cyberattack
Microsoft providing threat intelligence to Ukraine
Twitter to label tweets from state-owned media
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Ukraine recruits volunteer IT army to hack list of Russian entities
Russia demands Google restore access to its media YouTube channels in Ukraine
Chipmaker giant Nvidia hit by ransomware attack
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This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, Feb 21-25, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Mark Eggleston, CISO, CSC
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Cyberattacks accompany Russian military assault on Ukraine
Putin's government warns Russian critical infrastructure of potential cyberattacks
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Samsung shipped devices with flawed encryption
New York state gets cybersecurity center
Microsoft Defender adds support for GCP
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IRS is allowing taxpayers to opt out of facial recognition
UK Defence Secretary warns Russia of cyber-retaliation
Slack confirms outage for some users
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