Cyber Security Headlines

Hackers leak stolen Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine data online

Social media’s big terrible week

Parler archived due to “mind-numbing” mistake

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SolarWinds breach now linked to Turla

UK ruling limits the reach of "general warrants"

UN data breach exposes staff records

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Parler removed from Apple, Google, and Amazon

Facial-recognition app Clearview sees a spike in use after Capitol attack

Emotet tops malware charts in December after reboot

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This week’s Cyber Security Headlines Week in Review - January 4-8, 2021 is hosted by Steve Prentice, with our guest, Ross Young, CISO, Caterpillar Financial (LinkedIn).

Rioters storm US Capitol, Trump’s Twitter suspended

SolarWinds attackers accessed DOJ’s email server

WhatsApp to share user data with Facebook

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Google, Alphabet employees unionize

NYSE no longer plans to de-list Chinese firms

Amazon banned from using AWS trademark in China

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Microsoft source code accessed by SolarWinds attackers

Slack suffers massive outage

UK judge denies Assange extradition to US

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Russian SolarWinds hack damage escalates

Backdoor account discovered in more than 100,000 Zyxel firewalls and VPN gateways

Wall Street to kick out Chinese telecom giants

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T-Mobile discloses data breach

CISA updates SolarWinds guidance

Emotet strikes Lithuanian health infrastructure

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Google Docs bug exposes users private documents

Kawasaki discloses security breach, potential data leak

Brexit deal warns of security dangers of Netscape Communicator

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Defending the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain

Cellular aggregation tool detailed in police records

CISA releases malware detection tool for Azure and Microsoft 365

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Microsoft resellers seen as Russian cyberattack mules

GoDaddy employees fail holiday bonus phishing test

SolarWinds releases updated advisory for new SUPERNOVA malware

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Treasury Department’s senior leaders were targeted by SolarWinds hack

Draft lawsuit alleges Google and Facebook agreed to team up against antitrust action

Three VPN providers with criminal ties taken…

Attackers staged a dry-run against SolarWinds in October 2019

NSO Group spyware reportedly used against journalists

CIA agents exposed with stolen data

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SolarWinds supply chain attack updates

Trump officials plan to split up Cyber Command and NSA

Google explains the cause of its recent outage

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Ex-Homeland Security adviser: 'We're being hacked'

Ignore Facebook 'Christmas bonus' come-on

Twitter to start removing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

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Trump considers clemency for Silk Road founder

Researcher warned of SolarWinds security issues last year

What can the US do to prevent cyberattacks?

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Microsoft seizes SolarWinds domain – quarantine starts today

Twitter will use Amazon Web Services to power user feeds

Data breach at Canadian financial services firm highlights perils of insider thre…

SolarWinds Orion carrying malware

Multiple US agencies impacted by SolarWinds supply-chain attack

New EU data use legislation could lead to big tech fines

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