Cybersecurity Headlines

AMD investigates breach, UK hospital hit with $50 million ransom demand, hackers derail Amtrak Guest Rewards accounts. Cybersecurity incidents include SQL Server updates, malware tactics, phishing with QR codes, and law enforcement portal hack.

Snowflake breach escalates with ransom demands and death threats, MITRE's cybersecurity memo for the president, and Velvet Ant Group's persistent cyber espionage campaign highlighted in the podcast. Discussions on data breach warnings, managing staff risks, and cybersecurity priorities for organizations

CISA conducts AI cybersecurity exercise, Keytronic confirms data breach, Linux malware using Discord emojis. Cyber threats from China, veto of data privacy bill in Vermont, Outlook security changes, and a Super Cyber Friday promotion.

Guest Janet Heins, CISO at ChenMed, discusses incidents like New York Times source code theft, Disney data breach, and NHS cyberattack. Importance of robust security measures and public awareness highlighted. Multifactor Authentication stressed to prevent cyber risks and ransomware attacks. Town recovery and audience engagement also explored.

Cyberinsurance claims hit record high in North America. NATO members ramp up vigilance against Russian sabotage attempts. Remcos RAT found in UUEncoding emails. Podcast covers wide array of cybersecurity incidents and threats like phishing campaigns, data breaches, ransomware attacks, and social engineering exploits.

Life360 faces extortion attempt post Tile data breach, White House reports increase in federal attacks. Russian hacker tied to ransomware gangs arrested. Black Basta exploits zero-day flaw in Windows. Extortion attempt on Toronto School Board, Cybercrime Group merge, Teaser for Successful CISO Traits

Snowflake hack leads to data compromise and extortion attempts. Breach Forums shut down with FBI suspicions. Data from Blackberry's Cylance unit up for sale. Chinese hacker breaches FortiGate devices. Coat hanger malware found in Dutch Ministry of Defense network. Security updates on DNS, Microsoft software, and Adobe vulnerabilities. Smishing arrests in the UK. Introducing 'Super Cyber Friday' for cybersecurity risk communication.

Rural hospitals receiving cyber assistance, investigation into 23andMe breach by UK and Canada, Snowflake and Mandiant issuing breach notices, security vulnerabilities in VS Code Marketplace, cyber attack on City of Cleveland prompting investigation

Microsoft resets Recall plans, LastPass outage due to bad Chrome extension update, New York Times source code stolen. Cyberattacks on companies disclosed, highlighting theft of sensitive data. Threat group tactics targeting smaller orgs to reach bigger ones. PHP vulnerability on Windows servers and significance of managing risk in cybersecurity.

CISO Andrew Wilder joins in to discuss AI, phishing, and ransomware. Topics include privacy issues in Microsoft 365 Education, security awareness training with psychology, and the Ticketmaster hack fallout. Guest interview and sponsor acknowledgment round out the episode.