Cyber Security Headlines

Russian firms see DDoS spike

Sinclair hack linked to Russian organization

Microsoft expires old Windows updates

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Ransomware reports signal lack of preparedness and willingness to pay

Acer hacked twice in a week by the same threat actor

FCC takes aim at spam texts

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Sinclair TV disrupted by ransomware

Water system proves easy target for ransomware

REvil shuts down… again

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Missouri Governor vows to prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for reporting security vulnerability

NFTs now come with wallet-emptying malware

Experts hack a fully patched iOS 15 running on iPhone 13 at…

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This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, Oct-11-15, is hosted by David Spark with our guest, Christopher Zell, CISO, Wendy’s

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New "Yanluowang" ransomware variant discovered

Financial regulator addresses hybrid working security risks

DocuSign phishing campaign targets low-ranking employees

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Windows 11 Patch Tuesday causes AMD performance issues

Student used zero-day for school prank

US leaves China and Russia off the anti-ransomware invite list

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Olympus suffers second cyberattack in 2021

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday squashes four zero-day vulns

White House directs federal agencies to step up EDR

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Microsoft report details the changing cybercrime landscape

LibreOffice issues fix for signed document spoofing

You got nuclear secrets in my peanut butter!

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Google issues warning for 2 billion Chrome users

Bank of America insider charged with money laundering for BEC scams

Medtronic recalls insulin pump controllers over cyberattack risks

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This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, Oct 4-8, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Adrian Ludwig, Chief Trust Officer, Atlassian

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Twitch blames server error for massive data leak

Intel's €80bn European chip plant investment plan not bound for UK because Brexit

FIN12 hits healthcare with quick and focused ransomware attacks

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Introducing the Ransom Disclosure Act

Facebook details why it suffered a massive outage

Twitch’s source code leaked

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Telegram adds 70 million users on the day of Facebook and WhatsApp outage

Android October patch fixes three critical bugs

Apache fixes actively exploited zero-day vulnerability

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Major telco exchange company hacked

Facebook whistleblower comes out of the shadows

Amazon creates amazing phishing tool just in time for Christmas

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Transnational fraud ring stole millions from Army members, veterans

Canadian vaccine passport app exposes data

Business leaders admit willingness to pay five-figure ransoms

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This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, Sep 27-Oct-1, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Steve Zalewski, co-host, Defense in Depth

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New leak of Epik data exposes company’s entire server

New Azure AD bug lets hackers brute-force passwords without getting caught

Contactless payment card hack affects Apple Pay, Visa

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Ransomware gangs cause headaches for hacker forums too

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Ransomware’s impact on patient care

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Microsoft 365 MFA outage locks users out of their accounts

Exploit released for VMware vulnerability after CISA warning

Crypto developer pleads guilty to North Korean plot

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