text Google offers details on Chinese hacking group that targeted Biden campaign Google on Friday offered new details on tactics used by alleged Chinese government-linked hacker group APT31 that has been targeting Joe Biden’s campaign using malicious code hosted on…
What makes a security solution innovative? Where do you think security desperately needs innovation? And what do you look for in a security vendor’s presentation? On this very special bonus episode of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast, I invite two special…
US DOJ unseals charges against malware money laundering ring The DOJ unsealed 14 charges against the group known as QQAAZZ. The group has reportedly operated since 2016 and advertised its services on Russian hacking forums, with ties to malware botnets…
As a preview for next week’s episode of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast, Mike Johnson conducted a post show interview with our sponsored guest Rebecca Weekly (@rebeccalipon), senior director of hyperscale strategy and execution, senior principal engineer, Intel. The two of…
How does a CISO measure the performance of their security program? Sure, there are metrics, but what are you measuring against? Is it a framework or the quality of protection? How do you tell if your program is improving and…
Twitter hack sparks a call for monitoring social media platforms The New York State Department of Financial Services concluded that Twitter let itself be rolled by a simple social engineering technique this summer and called for an oversight council to…
Security experts warn of Amazon Prime Day scams With Amazon Prime Day in full swing, security experts are warning of a deluge of phishing activity designed to capitalize on a major Amazon promotional event taking place this week, in this…
Wait, that’s a phish even I’d fall for. This episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and founder of Spark Media Solutions and Mike Johnson. Our guest this week is Matt Crouse (@mattcrouse), CISO, Taco Bell. Huge thanks to our…
Five Eyes alliance call for encryption backdoors (again) Members of the alliance as well as representatives from Japan and India called on tech companies to develop a solution to let law enforcement access end-to-end encrypted messages. Similar to previous calls…
Google is giving data to police based on search keywords, court docs show Court records in an arson case show that Google gave away data on people who searched for a specific address. Unsealed court documents from the case found…
