Cyber Security Headlines

Hackers exploiting Microsoft Defender SmartScreen bug

IT leaders note increase in severity of cyber-attacks, ransomware and BEC stand out,

Trump shooting investigation revives the end-to-end encryption issue

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CrowdStrike dishes details 

Google scuttles third-party cookie deprecation

BreachForums leaked on Telegram

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Google’s $23 billion plan to buy Wiz falls apart

U.S. government looking for answers amidst CrowdStrike aftermath

dYdX exchange hacked in DNS hijack attack

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CrowdStrike says “significant number” back up and running

Russian cyber criminals sanctioned for infrastructure attacks

Ransomware attack shuts down largest trial court in U.S.

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Microsoft confirms CrowdStrike update also hit cloud Windows PCs

Cybercriminals exploit CrowdStrike problem to distribute malware

CISA adds some big names to its KEV catalog

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This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Adam Arellano, former vp, enterprise cybersecurity, PayPal

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Windows outage worldwide

UK national blood stocks suffer the effects of ransomware

Security flaws in SAP AI Core cloud-based platform

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UK mandatory ransomware reporting gets watered-down

Google introduces AI agent to look for software bugs

Critical infrastructure ransomware costs spike

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Rite Aid says 'limited’ cybersecurity incident affected over 2 million people

AT&T ransom laundered through mixers and gambling services

Hacktivists leak Disney data to protect artist rights

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Alphabet in talks to acquire Wiz

AT&T allegedly paid hacker to delete data

Details on Squarespace domain hacks

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