Cybersecurity Headlines

Ransomware state of emergency in Costa Rica

Microsoft launches service to fill the cyber skills gap

College closes permanently due to ransomware

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Google Play now blocks paid app downloads, updates in Russia

NIST releases updated guidance for defending against supply-chain attacks

US State Department offering $10 million reward for information about Conti members

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This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, May 2-6, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Shawn Bowen, CISO, World Fuel Services

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Decade-old bugs discovered in Avast, AVG antivirus software

Thailand and Hong Kong Banks used most in BEC

Every ISP in the US must block these 3 pirate streaming services

Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Censys

Why Censys? Our Attack Surface Management tool is designed from the ground up to seamlessly integrate with existing security workflows. It's the only ASM tool that discovers modern cloud specific assets like storage buckets and our scanning platform finds more than 85% more services than our nearest competitor. Start with Censys at censys.io.

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CuckooBees campaign stings targets for years

Health and Human Services hammered over security

Docker images used to DDoS Russian sites

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Censys' Attack Surface Management tool discovers and inventories all Internet-facing assets including traditional assets like hosts, IPs, and cloud services like storage buckets across all accounts and networks. ASM gives you a continuous picture of your attack surface. Start with Censys at censys.io.

Google claims to have blocked billions of malicious app downloads

NortonLifeLock willfully infringed malware patents

Former eBay exec pleads guilty to cyber stalking

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Tom the CTO can't go into the boardroom unprepared. It's his job to know all the risks to his company – especially the one that could land him on the front page of the newspaper. His best bet for survival is staying ahead of the most critical threats. Tom, you can be that source of truth; start with Censys at censys.io right now.

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Solana network goes dark after bot swarm

The spyware in Spain falls mostly on the politicians

Security isn't top of mind for mental health apps

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All Pat the Security Practitioner wants is to do a good job and be the frontline in keeping his company safe. He's got great tools, but nothing that can show him if there are company assets that have somehow made their way onto the internet. If only Pat knew about Censys' Attack Surface Management tool. Now you do – start with Censys at censys.io.

Top 15 exploited security vulnerabilities in 2021

India gives orgs 6 hours to report cyber incidents

The White House wants more powers to crack down on rogue drones

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What Chris the CISO wants is to protect against revenue loss and damage to his company's brand from data breaches and compliance failures. But he's got a blind spot around his internet exposure. What assets are out there on the internet that his team doesn't know about? Well, Chris, it's simple – start with Censys at censys.io.

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This week's Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, Apr 25-29, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Hadas Cassorla, CISO, M1 Financial

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Feroot

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Global security spending set to hit $198bn by 2025

New malware loader Bumblebee adopted by known ransomware access brokers

Cloudflare thwarts record DDoS attack

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