This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, August 2-6, 2021, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Sandy Dunn, Blue Cross of Idaho Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is live every Friday at 4pm PT/7pm…
US partners with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to help fight cyber threats At the Black Hat cybersecurity conference on Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security’s Director of CISA, Jen Easterly, unveiled the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, which enlists support from…
Google and Amazon patch DNS-as-a-Service bugs At Black Hat, security researchers from the cloud security company Wiz demonstrated a vulnerability in hosted DNS service providers that can be used to take over a platform’s nodes, access incoming DNS traffic, opening…
Federal agencies are failing to protect sensitive data, Senate report finds Of eight federal agencies audited for their cybersecurity programs, only the Department of Homeland Security showed improvements in 2020, according to a report from the Senate Homeland Security and…
APT targeting Microsoft IIS servers Researchers at the security firm Sygnia discovered the campaign, believed to be carried out by the APT “Praying Mantis.” The attackers are targeting high-profile entities using exploits in Microsoft Internet Information Services or IIS servers,…
BlackMatter ransomware gang rises from the ashes of DarkSide, REvil Adding to a story we brought you on Friday, a new ransomware gang named BlackMatter is purchasing access to corporate networks while claiming to include the best features from the…
Biden warns that severe cyberattacks could escalate to an actual war During a speech at the National Counterterrorism Center of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, President Joe Biden warned that cyberattacks leading to severe security breaches could…
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, July 26-30, 2021, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Robb Reck (@robbreck), founder and host, Colorado = Cybersecurity Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is live every Thursday…
Federal agencies directed to develop cyber security standards for infrastructure President Biden issued this directive to federal agencies, which will establish voluntary cybersecurity goals for critical infrastructure companies. The project will be headed by CISA and NIST, which will coordinate…
Microsoft rushes fix for PetitPotam attack PoC Microsoft was quick to respond with a fix to an attack dubbed “PetitPotam” that could force remote Windows systems to reveal password hashes that could then be easily cracked. To thwart an attack,…
