Russian state hackers replace burned malware with new tools Recent Windows updates cause login issues on some PCs

Sophisticated campaign targets servers of high-profile organizations

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DNS failure leads to AWS outage

China accuses NSA of hacking national time center

Chrome store flooded with high-risk WhatsApp automation

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Europol dismantles 49 million fake account SIM farm

Envoy Air confirms Oracle E-Business Suite compromise

Cybercrime group Everest claims Collins Aerospace hack

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This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guests Tom Hollingsworth, networking technology advisor, The Futurum Group, as well as on BlueSky, and Brett Conlon, CISO, American Century Investments

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What’s your 2 AM security worry?   Is it “Do I have the right controls in place?”   Or “Are my vendors secure?”    ….or the really scary one: “how do I get out from under these old tools and manual processes?   Enter Vanta.   Vanta automates manual work, so you can stop sweating over spreadsheets, chasing audit evidence, and filling out endless questionnaires. Their trust management platform continuously monitors your systems, centralizes your data, and simplifies your security at scale. Vanta also fits right into your workflows, using AI to streamline evidence collection, flag risks, and keep your program audit-ready—ALL…THE…TIME. With Vanta, you get everything you need to move faster, scale confidently—and get back to sleep.   Get started at vanta.com/headlines

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Sotheby’s suffers cyberattack

Hackers exploit Cisco SNMP flaw in “Zero Disco’ attacks

Microsoft revokes more than 200 certificates to disrupt ransomware campaign

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MANGO discloses data breach Threat group 'Jewelbug' infiltrates Russian IT network F5 discloses breach tied to nation-state threat actor

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Legacy Windows protocols still expose theft Fortra admits exploitation of GoAnywhere defect Taiwan claims surge in Chinese attack efforts

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Millions of records exposed in Salesforce data leak

SimonMed breach grows from hundreds to over a million

Dutch government freezes Chinese-owned chipmaker

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What's your 2 AM security worry?   Is it “Do I have the right controls in place?”   Or “Are my vendors secure?”   ....or the really scary one: "how do I get out from under these old tools and manual processes?   Enter Vanta.   Vanta automates manual work, so you can stop sweating over spreadsheets, chasing audit evidence, and filling out endless questionnaires.   Their trust management platform continuously monitors your systems, centralizes your data, and simplifies your security at scale.   Vanta also fits right into your workflows, using AI to streamline evidence collection, flag risks, and keep your program audit-ready—ALL…THE…TIME.   With Vanta, you get everything you need to move faster, scale confidently—and get back to sleep.   Get started at vanta.com/headlines   Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

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This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guests Mike Lockhart, CISO Eagleview, and Dustin Sachs, chief technologist at CyberRisk collaborative, and author of Behavioral Insights in Cybersecurity

Thanks to our show sponsor, ThreatLocker

Cybercriminals don’t knock — they sneak in through the cracks other tools miss. That’s why organizations are turning to ThreatLocker. As a zero-trust endpoint protection platform, ThreatLocker puts you back in control, blocking what doesn’t belong and stopping attacks before they spread. Zero Trust security starts here — with ThreatLocker”

All links and the video of this episode can be found on CISO Series.com