Cybersecurity Headlines

US defense contractor discusses takeover of NSO spyware

DoJ will no longer prosecute ethical hackers

Attack on Kaiser Permanente exposes data of thousands of customers

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Leaky continuous integration logs

Exchange servers used to deploy Black Cat

Bluetooth can be used to track phones

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Check out Datadog's on-demand fireside chat with CTO Cormac Brady. Over the course of his 20+ year career at Thomson Reuters, Cormac consistently built bridges between technical teams—and in the process helped teams achieve superior results and earned himself senior leadership positions. Watch now at datadoghq.com/ciso/

Amazon's chat app has a child sex abuse problem

Ransomware decryptors now for sale on gaming platform

China's biggest online influencers go dark

Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Datadog

Watch Datadog's on-demand webinar for a 30-minute discussion on driving DevSecOps best practices in the enterprise with CTO Cormac Brady. Over the course of his 20+ year career at Thomson Reuters, Cormac consistently built bridges between technical teams—and in the process helped teams achieve superior results and earned himself senior leadership positions. Cormac shares stories and leadership lessons that are applicable to any enterprise technical leader looking to help their firm build and operate services in an increasingly competitive and treacherous digital economy. Watch now at datadoghq.com/ciso/

For the stories behind the headlines, head to CISOseries.com

Link to Blog Post

This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, June 6-10, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Upendra Mardikar, CSO, Snap Finance

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

MFA could be long haul for some federal agencies says CISA official

New Emotet variant stealing users' credit card information from Google Chrome

Symantec: More malware operators moving in to exploit Follina

Thanks to today's episode sponsor, PlexTrac

PlexTrac is the platform that empowers your offensive security team to spend more time hacking and less time reporting. Build better reports in half the time, centralize your data, maximize your reusable content, and become more efficient and effective. PlexTrac clients report a "5X ROI in 1 year," a "30% increase in efficiency," have "cut their reporting cycle by 65%," and experienced a "18 to 22% time savings per engagement." Check out PlexTrac.com/CISOSeries to learn how PlexTrac can help your team deliver results.

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Lack of reporting hurting the ransomware fight

CISA warns of China-linked network snooping

Personal information marketplace taken down

Thanks to today's episode sponsor, PlexTrac

PlexTrac is the platform that empowers your offensive security team to spend more time hacking and less time reporting. Build better reports in half the time, centralize your data, maximize your reusable content, and become more efficient and effective. PlexTrac clients report a "5X ROI in 1 year," a "30% increase in efficiency," have "cut their reporting cycle by 65%," and experienced a "18 to 22% time savings per engagement." Check out PlexTrac.com/CISOSeries to learn how PlexTrac can help your team deliver results.

Passwords are finally dead

Hackers steal credit cards from online gun shops

Shields data breach affects 2 million patients

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The best penetration tests begin and end with PlexTrac. PlexTrac can improve efficiency and effectiveness at every phase of your proactive assessments. By centralizing the data from all your automation tools, cataloging important reusable content for easy access, and promoting communication and visibility at every phase of an assessment, PlexTrac cuts reporting time in half and adds value between reports. Check out PlexTrac.com/CISOSeries to learn why PlexTrac is the premier pentest reporting and management platform.

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The once and future AlphaBay

Karakurt adopts bill collector tactics

China concludes its cybersecurity review of Didi

Thanks to today's episode sponsor, PlexTrac

PlexTrac is the platform that empowers your offensive security team to spend more time hacking and less time reporting. Build better reports in half the time, centralize your data, maximize your reusable content, and become more efficient and effective. PlexTrac clients report a "5X ROI in 1 year," a "30% increase in efficiency," have "cut their reporting cycle by 65%," and experienced a "18 to 22% time savings per engagement." Check out PlexTrac.com/CISOSeries to learn how PlexTrac can help your team deliver results.

Evasive phishing mixes reverse tunnels and URL shortening services

Exploit released for Atlassian Confluence RCE bug, patch now

Lawmakers are racing to pass tech antitrust reforms before midterms

Thanks to today's episode sponsor, PlexTrac

The best penetration tests begin and end with PlexTrac. PlexTrac can improve efficiency and effectiveness at every phase of your proactive assessments. By centralizing the data from all your automation tools, cataloging important reusable content for easy access, and promoting communication and visibility at every phase of an assessment, PlexTrac cuts reporting time in half and adds value between reports. Check out PlexTrac.com/CISOSeries to learn why PlexTrac is the premier pentest reporting and management platform.

For the stories behind the headlines, head to CISOseries.com.

Link to Blog Post

This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, May 30-June 3, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Steve Zalewski, Co-host, Defense in Depth

Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Feroot

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