Cybersecurity Headlines

The podcast discusses various cybersecurity news including bug patching, malware removal, increasing security revenue, iOS exploit patching, app blockage, trading app outages, Dark Web site seizures, and professionals feeling unprepared.

In this podcast, they discuss a social engineering hack targeting security researchers, a major Verizon outage, and TikTok fixing user information theft. They also highlight Nucleus Security as a sponsor and talk about data mining violations, fake vaccination email scams, and ransomware claims. Additionally, they cover Flash's end of life impact, the White House's call for computer coders, and a CISO series video chat with TikTok's CISO.

Topics covered in the podcast include Google's cookie replacement, Twitter's Birdwatch pilot, WhatsApp wormable malware on Android, vulnerability management anti-patterns, Scotland's EPA refusing ransomware payments, unauthorized server access at the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, major server breaches at ASIC and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a technician hacking into ADT customer home security cameras, and the benefits of standalone password managers.

Topics include President Biden's focus on cybersecurity, hacking of SonicWall firewall, Intel's earnings hack, and Nucleus Security's solution to spreadsheet data management.

Technologists use facial recognition technology to analyze Parler videos; EU privacy watchdogs target employers spying on workers; Google investigates AI ethicist's exfiltration of files; Armis research shows companies are blind to 40% of their devices.

Topics discussed include the link between data breaches and heart attack fatalities in hospitals, the failure of security controls, chip-based security and executive order for cloud infrastructure, complexities of oversight and the SolarWinds breach, and protecting the supply chain and understanding software providers.

Podcast discusses breaches at Malwarebytes and Solarwinds, security flaws in popular chat apps, and an Executive Order addressing malicious use of public clouds. Armis Asset Management provides visibility into 40% of blind spot devices. Other topics include Brave browser's integration with IPFS, API abuse as a cyber threat, denial of service attacks, Nitro PDF user record leak, and fitness tech security challenges in the White House.

FireEye releases report and network auditing tool for SolarWinds-type hacks. SolarWinds malware arsenal widens. DNSpooq bugs let attackers hijack DNS on millions of devices. Armis Asset Management provides 5X more visibility for security teams. Chrome 88 ends Flash and FTP support. Cyber attack on European Medicines Agency. Intel's CPU level threat detection capabilities. Excellus health insurer's data breach. Freak out malware targets Linux devices. CSO Series video chat promotion.

Parler resurfaces online; Joker's Stash shutting down; Microsoft Defender enabling auto-remediation by default; NSA appoints new cyber director. Cybersecurity news and updates include Signal outage, WhatsApp policy delay, Huawei license revocation.

Chinese firms blacklisted by the Pentagon, dating apps banning rioters, NSA suggests using DNS over HTTPS resolvers, study on data breaches and fatal heart attacks, delays in breach response time, expiring domain name risks, AI replacing cybersecurity jobs, BugDrac mailing list shutdown