Cybersecurity Headlines

This podcast covers cybersecurity headlines including the rise of the BlackMatter ransomware gang, a Remote Print Server vulnerability, hacking of federal prosecutors' email accounts, and vulnerability collection by Iran. It also discusses Amazon's targeted ad practices without proper consent, Zoom's settlement for privacy violations, and the discovery of the Well-Mess malware.

President Biden warns of cyberattacks potentially escalating to war. New ransomware groups Heron and Black Matter emerge. Android malware Vulture spies and steals passwords. Other topics include mobile malware, Iranian Railway cyberattack, IP camera vulnerabilities, UC San Diego Health breach, hospital cybersecurity incident, Babu Granzamur Gang report, and Chipotle email phishing attack.

Guest Robb Reck, founder of Colorado = Cybersecurity, discusses French President's call for investigation into NSO spyware and implications of security breach. Conversation covers Google's bug bounty efforts, email security progress, and concerns over cyber attacks and the need for international norms.

Federal agencies directed to develop cyber security standards for infrastructure. Controversial vulnerability search engine re-released. Most exploited vulnerabilities of the year. Google's safety listings in the Play Store. Record-high costs of enterprise data breaches. California's definition of cookies as a sale. Social engineering attacks against organizations. Olympic sport-based passwords.

Microsoft rushes fix for PetitPotam attack, Apple releases urgent zero day bug patch, Google launches new Bug Hunters vulnerability rewards platform, Shopify software vulnerability discovered, new cybersecurity rules for US pipelines, importance of pipeline cybersecurity plan, activities of Praying Mantis hacker group, DEFCON security vulnerability

Topics discussed in this podcast include the No More Ransom project, Google's commitment to APIs, a Pegasus spyware attack, the FTC's amended Facebook lawsuit, and the addition of far-right content to extremist lists.

French president concerned about spyware; Microsoft shares solutions for new NTLM relay attack; Fake Windows 11 installers distribute malware; REvil ransomware attack on Kaseya VSA servers; Cybersecurity news includes malware infections, Akamai outage, macOS malware, ransomware decryptor, Tokyo Olympics malware, and internet ROT.

This podcast discusses the NSO Group's response to criticism of its Pegasus spyware, a data leak at Saudi Aramco, Sophos' acquisition in the cybersecurity field, Akamai's DNS outage, struggles of the FCC's emergency broadband program, the FTC's right to repair policy, Gartner's prediction on infrastructure attacks, and a data leak caused by a misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket.

Shawn M. Bowen, CISO of World Fuel Services, joins the host to discuss the recent Akamai outage and the concerns surrounding it. They explore the importance of thorough root cause analysis and delve into the increasing cyberattacks. The chapter also explores the potential lethal impacts of infrastructure attacks and the industry's response. They discuss the use of cyber threats in international relations and the challenges of regulating cryptocurrency. They touch on the lack of awareness regarding cyber attacks and the magnitude of the threat.

Israel forms task force to investigate NSO spyware abuse. Arrest made in Twitter hack. Ransomware negotiation logs analyzed to reveal insights into Gregor ransomware group.