Security conferences set for in-person return Organizers for both Def Con and Black Hat security conferences announced that they will hold hybrid events this year, offering remote elements but also returning to in-person meetings. Def Con will require pre-registering for…
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Cyber Security Headlines – April 20, 2021
Cyber Security Headlines – April 20, 2021
PREVIEW [4-23-21] “Hacking Distractions” – CISO Series Video Chat
PREVIEW [4-23-21] “Hacking Distractions” – CISO Series Video Chat
Here’s a preview of this Friday’s, April 23, 2021, CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking Distractions: An hour of critical thinking of what we should stop paying attention to in security.” In the video I chat with Elliot Lewis, CEO, Keyavi…
Cyber Security Headlines – April 19, 2021
Cyber Security Headlines – April 19, 2021
Codecov discloses 2.5-month-long supply chain attack Codecov, a software company that provides code testing and code statistics solutions, disclosed on Thursday a major security breach after a threat actor managed to breach its platform and add a credentials harvester to…
Cyber Security Headlines – April 16, 2021
Cyber Security Headlines – April 16, 2021
US pins SolarWinds attack on Cozy Bear, boots 10 Russian diplomats US and UK intelligence agencies have pinned the sprawling SolarWinds attack on Russia’s intelligence service. In a joint advisory posted on Thursday, they urged organizations to patch the top…
Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review – April 12-16, 2021
Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review – April 12-16, 2021
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, April 12-16, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Davi Ottenheimer, vp, trust and digital ethics, Inrupt. Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is live every Thursday…
Defense in Depth: Mentoring
Defense in Depth: Mentoring
Companies want security people with experience and they want to grow cybersecurity leaders. It’s often hard to find that experience, and while there are certification courses aplenty, courses in cybersecurity leadership are hard to find. One possible solution is mentoring,…
Cyber Security Headlines – April 15, 2021
Cyber Security Headlines – April 15, 2021
FBI patches Exchange server backdoors In March, Microsoft released patches for four newly-discovered Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities that were being actively exploited by an advanced persistent threat group, believed to be Hafnium. The attackers were exploiting the vulnerabilities to install Web…
[4-30-21] “Hacking the Encryption Fallacy” – CISO Series Video Chat
[4-30-21] “Hacking the Encryption Fallacy” – CISO Series Video Chat
Please join us on Friday, April 30th, 2021 for “Hacking the Encryption Fallacy: An hour of critical thinking on where encryption fails and how to keep data protected continuously.” Register for “Hacking the Encryption Fallacy” Why can’t we secure our…
Debunking 30 Enduring Myths of Cloud Security
Debunking 30 Enduring Myths of Cloud Security
No other technology revolution has induced more fear, uncertainty, and doubt for so long than the cloud. With all its growing variations (e.g., SaaS, IaaS, PaaS), just trying to define it has driven confusion. That’s before you attempt to apply…
Cyber Security Headlines – April 14, 2021
Cyber Security Headlines – April 14, 2021
Chrome zero-day exploit posted on Twitter A researcher has dropped working exploit code for a zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability on Twitter, which he said affects the current versions of Google Chrome and potentially other browsers like Microsoft Edge…