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Sep 20, 2023 • 7min
DHS to simplify cyber incident reporting rules, UK passes Online Safety Bill, PIILOPUOTI marketplace takedown
DHS council simplifies cyber incident reporting rules, UK passes Online Safety Bill, PIILOPUOTI marketplace taken down. Cyberattack disrupts Clorox operations, ICC investigates cybersecurity incident, Chinese-linked threat actor discovered. Trend Micro addresses critical vulnerability, leaked Xbox plans revealed.

Sep 19, 2023 • 7min
Microsoft leaks AI data, UK CMA AI principles, Germany warns of natural gas terminal attacks
Microsoft leaks terabytes of internal data, UK CMA outlines AI regulation principles, Germany warns of cyberattacks on LNG terminals. Also, Android code submission rules change, cyber regulations framework created by White House, and California's Delete Act being sent to Governor. Additionally, Google announces 10 years of security updates for Chromebooks, and the future of AI CISOs in the workplace is discussed.

Sep 18, 2023 • 7min
Lazarus hit CoinX, Thailand's CardX breach, trucking software attack
Lazarus Group suspected in $31 million theft from CoinEx, personal data exposure at Thailand's financial company CardX, and a ransomware attack on a trucking software provider. The podcast also covers recent cybersecurity incidents and breaches including Peach Sandstorm, a police force breach in Greater Manchester, a cyberattack on government ministries in Colombia, personal data theft from North Carolina hospitals, and ransomware attacks on MGM and Caesars Casino Chains.

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Sep 15, 2023 • 23min
Week in Review: Las Vegas heists, mental health, Tesla's no-hands option
Davi Ottenheimer, VP, Trust and Ethics, Inrupt, discusses cyber heists, mental health in cybersecurity, and Tesla's autonomous driving software. Topics include the issues with the sharing model, burnout in the industry, offline backups, Bill Gates' criticism, and safety concerns with Tesla's autopilot feature.

Sep 15, 2023 • 7min
Caesars, MGM attacks, Weather Network down, LockBit dual deployment
Caesars and MGM resorts targeted by Scattered Spider cyberattacks. The Weather Network experiences a cybersecurity incident. LockBit ransomware attack. Vulnerabilities found in third-party software and Azure HD Insight. UK's NHS plans data consolidation. High severity vulnerabilities discovered in Kubernetes.

Sep 14, 2023 • 7min
US asks to not pay ransoms, CISA's open source roadmap, Save the Children ransomware attack
NSC asks governments not to pay ransoms CISA's open source software security roadmap Save the Children hit with ransomware Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor Got a scary security questionnaire to complete and you'd rather have AI do it? Your infosec friends are making the switch from outdated RFP and compliance tools to Conveyor - the most accurate security questionnaire automation software on the market. The proof is in the AI. Customers are seeing 80-90% accurate answers and decreasing the time spent on questionnaire answering by 91%. We're excited about the success customers like Lucid and Carta have seen using Conveyor. Try a free proof of concept at www.conveyor.com.

Sep 13, 2023 • 8min
MGM Resorts "cybersecurity incident", Hackers access Airbus vendor info, Cryptoqueen's sidekick sentenced
MGM Resorts slot machines and ATMs disrupted by "cybersecurity incident" Hackers access sensitive data of thousands of Airbus vendors Cryptoqueen's sidekick sentenced for $4 billion scam Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor Here's how to measure if your security questionnaire answering software is effective. We benchmarked the RFP and compliance tools on the market and most are only generating accurate responses to questionnaires 20-50% of the time. Ready for 80-90% auto-generated accurate answers so you can fly through your review? Then you should try Conveyor's AI-security questionnaire automation tool. Don't believe us? Try a free proof of concept at www.conveyor.com For the stories behind the headlines, visit CISOseries.com.

Sep 12, 2023 • 8min
Rising infrastructure attacks, Sponsor backdoor, Sri Lanka loses data in attack
UK government sees record critical IT infrastructure attacks Charming Kitten unleashes Sponsor backdoor Ransomware costs Sri Lankan government months of data Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor The team at Lucid software reduced the time spent answering customer security questionnaires by a whopping 91% with Conveyor's security questionnaire automation software - powered by OpenAI. Compared to the tools on the market, Conveyor's AI auto-generates the most accurate answers to entire questionnaires so you can spend almost zero time on them. That's it. That's the ad. We'll let you get back to the headlines, but if you want to take away the pain of questionnaires, try a free proof of concept at www.conveyor.com.

Sep 11, 2023 • 7min
Fake Telegram apps, Akamai defeats mega-DDoS, Rhysida hospital attacks
Evil Telegram fake apps send spyware Akamai announces mitigation of largest DDoS on a US financial company Rhysida attacks three more hospitals Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor What's scarier than the Sunday scaries? Opening your inbox to a 200 question, 15 tab macro-enabled workbook containing a customer security questionnaire to complete. Let Conveyor's AI security questionnaire automation tool, powered by OpenAI, help your answering process go a lot faster. Spend 91% less time on questionnaires when you get precise answers auto-generated for you. Try a free proof of concept to see how fast you can get through questionnaires with Conveyor at www.conveyor.com For the stories behind the headlines, head to CISOseries.com.

Sep 8, 2023 • 23min
Week in Review: Microsoft MSA answers, Keystroke monitoring software, G-Man Mudge
Link to blog post This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Dan Walsh, CISO, VillageMD Thanks to our show sponsor, Comcast DataBee DataBee™, from Comcast Technology Solutions, is a cloud-native security, risk and compliance data fabric platform that transforms your security data chaos into connected outcomes. Built by security professionals for security professionals, DataBee makes your data a gold mine, rich with information that enables you to examine the past, react to the present, and protect the future of your business. Learn more at https://comca.st/DataBee. All links and the video of this episode can be found on CISO Series.com


