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Jul 26, 2022 • 7min
LockBit hits Italy, Quantum bill heads to Senate, Windows adds brute force defense
LockBit hits Italy Quantum cybersecurity bill heads to the Senate Windows adds brute force defense Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Snyk Developers want to code fast and security wants to ship securely. And that's why they both choose Snyk. Backed by industry-leading security intelligence, Snyk provides real-time scanning with automated fixes and remediation advice right from the tools and workflows developers use. Code, dependencies, containers, cloud infrastructure... all of it. And while developers are building securely, Snyk gives security teams a bird's eye view of all of their projects, so they can prioritize and focus their efforts in the right places. Developer tested. Security approved. Start your free Snyk account at snyk.co/cybersecurity.

Jul 25, 2022 • 8min
FBI nabs Huawei, Android leaks Twitterers, Microsoft's printer warning
FBI uncovers Chinese and Huawei misdeeds 5.4 million Twitter accounts available for sale Microsoft warns that new Windows updates may break printing Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Snyk Developers want to code fast and security wants to ship securely. And that's why they both choose Snyk. Backed by industry-leading security intelligence, Snyk provides real-time scanning with automated fixes and remediation advice right from the tools and workflows developers use. Code, dependencies, containers, cloud infrastructure... all of it. And while developers are building securely, Snyk gives security teams a bird's eye view of all of their projects, so they can prioritize and focus their efforts in the right places. Developer tested. Security approved. Start your free Snyk account at snyk.co/cybersecurity. For the stories behind the headlines, head to CISOseries.com.

Jul 22, 2022 • 20min
Week in Review: Hiring slows, new infrastructure woes, Tik Tok grows
Link to Blog Post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, June 6-10, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Renee Guttmann, Former CISO, Campbell Soup, Coca Cola, Time Warner Thanks to this week's sponsor, 6clicks 6clicks is your AI-powered GRC platform, featuring a fully-integrated content library. 6clicks provides organizations with a powerful GRC platform to build highly scalable risk and compliance functions and advisors with the tools to streamline and scale their services, saving everyone enormous time and money. Reimagine risk. Improve cybersecurity. Demonstrate compliance. For more information visit 6clicks.com/cisoseries. All links and the video of this episode can be found on CISO Series.com

Jul 22, 2022 • 8min
Microsoft Teams outage, heatwave melts Oracle, hiring cyber mercenaries
Microsoft Teams outage also takes down Microsoft 365 services Heatwave forced Google and Oracle to shut down in London Hackers for hire: adversaries employ "cyber mercenaries" Thanks to today's episode sponsor, 6clicks Experience the magic of Hailey, the 6clicks artificial intelligence engine for risk and compliance. With Hailey, organizations can automatically show cross-compliance between regulations or identify gaps to external compliance requirements in their policies. Eliminate manual and costly risk and compliance processes by joining the hundreds of businesses that trust 6clicks. For more information visit 6clicks.com/cisoseries. For the stories behind the headlines, head to CISOseries.com.

Jul 21, 2022 • 7min
Microsoft security job cuts, Neopet data leak, Russia malware trickery
Microsoft cuts security jobs amidst weakening economy Is your cute little Neopet leaking your personal data? Russia disguises malware as Ukrainian app for hacking Russia Thanks to today's episode sponsor, 6clicks The 6clicks GRC solution comes with a fully integrated content library full of hundreds of standards, assessment templates, libraries, playbooks, and more. With the content library included in every 6clicks license, organizations can get started on their GRC implementation faster than ever before. For more information visit 6clicks.com/content. For the stories behind the headlines, head over to CISOseries.com

Jul 20, 2022 • 7min
Leaky GPS Trackers, Russian Malware Spoof Pro-Ukraine App, MacOS Backdoor to the Cloud
Car GPS tracker exposes location data Russian malware groups spoof pro-Ukraine apps MacOS backdoor speaks to the cloud Thanks to today's episode sponsor, 6clicks Your GRC solution is only as valuable as the reports it can generate. Provide an exceptional analytics experience for all your GRC stakeholders with the 6clicks reporting suite. Unlock powerful insights and prove compliance using dashboards and charts, pixel perfect reporting, presentations, and data storytelling via LiveDocs. For more information visit 6clicks.com/analytics/overview.

Jul 19, 2022 • 7min
Cyberattack hits Albania, Speculative execution not patched, DARPA studies open-source
Albania hit with cyberattack Vendors not patching for speculative execution DARPA looks into open-source Thanks to today's episode sponsor, 6clicks 6clicks has pioneered a unique Hub & Spoke architecture to underpin its AI-powered GRC solution and cater to markets requiring scalable, multi-tenanted GRC. This model enables organizations to deploy multiple, autonomous GRC entities connected to a single hub for roll-up reporting, management, and visibility. For more information visit 6clicks.com/lp-enterprise-hub-spoke.

Jul 18, 2022 • 9min
Towns paying for remote workers, CISA orders agency patch, PLC software delivers Sality
Dozens of cities and towns are paying tech workers to abandon Silicon Valley CISA orders agencies to patch new Windows zero-day used in attacks Password recovery tool infects industrial systems with Sality malware Thanks to today's episode sponsor, 6clicks The 6clicks AI-powered GRC platform with an integrated content library is the most intelligent way to get ISO 27001 certified. It allows you to automate audits, manage risks, track assets, and report in real-time. Join hundreds of businesses that trust 6clicks and start your ISO 27001 journey today. For more information visit 6clicks.com/lp-iso-27001. For the stories behind the headlines, head to CISOseries.com.

Jul 15, 2022 • 22min
Week in Review: Microsoft phishing warning, Callback phishing scams, Log4J forever
Link to Blog Post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, June 6-10, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Carla Sweeney, VP Information Security Red Ventures Thanks to our 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

Jul 15, 2022 • 7min
C.I.A. Vault 7 engineer convicted, Hackers targeted Jan6 journalists, Twitter's brief outage
Ex-C.I.A. engineer convicted in biggest theft ever of Agency secrets Chinese hackers targeted U.S. political reporters just ahead of January 6 attack, researchers say Twitter outage briefly hits thousands 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.


