

Cybersecurity Headlines
CISO Series
Daily stories from the world of information security. To delve into any daily story, head to CISOseries.com.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Aug 18, 2022 • 7min
PyPi backdoors, Project Sugarush, Redalpha phishing
PyPi packages turn installed apps to backdoors Project Sugarush targets Israeli shipping RedAlpha ramps up phishing efforts Thanks to today's episode sponsor, 6clicks Manage the full assessment lifecycle and get your business audit-ready more easily than ever using 6clicks. Identify overlap from completed audits and assessments with other standards and frameworks using Hailey-AI to streamline compliance with multiple audit requirements. With built-in content, organizations can get started on their audit and assessments faster than ever before. For more information visit 6clicks.com/cisoseries.

Aug 17, 2022 • 7min
Oracle audits Tik Tok, Digital Ocean dumps Mailchimp, Twilio targets Signal
Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms Digital Ocean dumps Mailchimp after attack leaked customer data Signal users exposed in targeted Twilio attack Thanks to today's episode sponsor, 6clicks 6clicks is where vulnerability management and GRC unite. With 6licks, organizations can ingest their vulnerabilities from all scanners, link assets to vulnerabilities, raise risks and issues to remediate, and close vulnerabilities as they are remediated – all while informing their risk and compliance posture in a single platform for cohesive reporting. For more information visit 6clicks.com/cisoseries. For the stories behind the headlines, head to CISOseries.com.

Aug 16, 2022 • 7min
Chat app backdoor, PyPi cryptominer, corporate access prices drop
Chat app used as a backdoor PyPi package drops crytominer Access to corporate networks sees a value dip Thanks to today's episode sponsor, 6clicks Protect your supply chain from third-party risk with the power of 6clicks. Organizations can better manage their vendor risk by automating the vendor assessment lifecycle and detecting vendor assessment findings. Users can identify and raise risks linked to vendors post-assessment and group them into risk registers. Then, manage, remediate and report on risks directly from 6clicks. For more information visit 6clicks.com/cisoseries.

Aug 15, 2022 • 8min
Ukraine cyber chief at Black Hat, Lockheed Martin breach?, $25 Starklink hack
Ukraine's cyber chief makes surprise visit to Black Hat Killnet claims to have hacked Lockheed Martin Starlink successfully hacked using $25 modchip Thanks to today's episode sponsor, 6clicks Identify, track, respond, and remediate issues and incidents from your various GRC workflows with 6clicks. With an issue submission form, 6clicks makes it easy and efficient for employees to submit incidents directly to an incident management team for triaging and response. Use the built-in incident response playbooks, or your own, to standardize incident response across the organization. For more information visit 6clicks.com/cisoseries. For the stories behind the headlines, head to CISOseries.com

Aug 12, 2022 • 25min
Week in Review: Emergency Alert flaws, Twilio confirms hack, Rebuild CISA - Krebs
Link to Blog Post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, June 6-10, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Jack Kufahl, CISO, Michigan Medicine Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Edgescan Edgescan simplifies Vulnerability Management by delivering a single full-stack solution (SaaS) integrated with world-class security professionals. Instead of managing a plethora of point scanning tools for each layer of the attack surface and squandering precious staff resources manually removing false positives, Edgescan offers automated and accurate contextualized alerts across the entire attack surface into a single source of truth. All links and the video of this episode can be found on CISO Series.com

Aug 12, 2022 • 7min
Cisco's Lapsus$ breach, Rebuild CISA – Krebs, ransomware BEC epidemic
Cisco admits corporate network compromised by gang with links to Lapsus$ CISA should split from DHS says Chris Krebs Ransomware data theft epidemic fueling BEC attacks Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Edgescan Edgescan simplifies Vulnerability Management by delivering a single full-stack solution (SaaS) integrated with world-class security professionals. Instead of managing a plethora of point scanning tools for each layer of the attack surface and squandering precious staff resources manually removing false positives, Edgescan offers automated and accurate contextualized alerts across the entire attack surface into a single source of truth. For the stories behind the headlines, head to CISOseries.com.

Aug 11, 2022 • 7min
Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework launches, Intel SGX flaw, CISA adds DogWalk to patch list
Introducing the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework New flaw found in Intel SGX CISA adds to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities database Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Edgescan Scalable automated and continuous Attack Surface Management (ASM) and vulnerability detection integrated with a world-class cyber security team provide 100% false-positive-free alerts and expert remediation guidance.

Aug 10, 2022 • 8min
Chinese kids defrauded, Twitter Saudi spy, Facebook data divulged
Chinese fraudsters target kids playing online games Former Twitter employee convicted in Saudi spy case Facebook divulges data leading to abortion prosecution Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Edgescan Edgescan combines full-stack coverage with integrated reporting and business-level prioritization to deliver a single source of truth for your entire vulnerability management program with zero false positives. For the stories behind the headlines, head to CISOseries.com

Aug 9, 2022 • 7min
Treasury sanctions Tornado Cash, Twilio confirms hack, Chinese hacking group targets backdoors
Treasury sanctions Tornado Cash Twilio confirms hack Chinese hacking group targets backdoors Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Edgescan Edgescan offers a single platform solution that covers the full stack, from Web Applications to APIs to the Network and data layer. Continuous Attack Surface Management coupled with automated & strategic Pen-testing as a Service (PTaaS) yields fully scalable coverage.

Aug 8, 2022 • 7min
Emergency Alert flaws, Kaspersky VPN bug, Pick Fick quick
Critical flaws found in US Emergency Alert System Security experts urge Fick's speedy confirmation as first U.S. cyber ambassador High-severity bug in Kaspersky VPN client opens door to PC takeover Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Edgescan Edgescan simplifies Vulnerability Management by delivering a single full-stack solution (SaaS) integrated with world-class security professionals. Instead of managing a plethora of point scanning tools for each layer of the attack surface and squandering precious staff resources manually removing false positives, Edgescan offers automated and accurate contextualized alerts across the entire attack surface into a single source of truth. For the stories behind the headlines, head to CISOseries.com.


