Cybersecurity Headlines

Brad Smith relives early days of the SolarWinds attack

Internet Explorer zero-days are still something to worry about

German police bought NSO Pegasus spyware

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Have you fixed PrintNightmare yet? Ransomware groups including Vice Society are already exploiting this critical flaw in the Windows Print Spooler service. But you can fight back: Download Purple Knight, a free Active Directory security assessment tool that scans your environment for PrintNightmare and more than 70 other attack indicators. To download your free tool, go to Purple-Knight.com.

Ransomware gang threatens to leak data if victim contacts FBI, police

Personal details of French visa applicants exposed by cyber-attack

Brazil President Bolsonaro restricts powers of social media companies to remove accounts and content

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It's no secret that Active Directory is a prime target for cybercriminals: AD is more than 20 years old, and security settings can get sloppy over time. If you haven't checked your Active Directory environment for risky settings, you might be in for a surprise. To find and fix security gaps, download Purple Knight, a free security assessment tool from Semperis that checks for 70-plus indicators of exposure and compromise. Go to Purple-Knight.com.

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

ProtonMail shares user IP address with law enforcement

IoT attacks double in six months

Study looks at criteria for ransomware targeting

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How would your organization score in an Active Directory security assessment? The average grade for first-time users of Purple Knight, a free security assessment tool from Semperis, is about 68%—a barely passing grade. Security and identity managers are shocked at the security gaps this tool has uncovered. But with knowledge comes power. Download Purple Knight so you can find and fix Active Directory security problems. Check it out at Purple-Knight.com.

Cyber Command urges patching of massively exploited Confluence bug

DDoS hits New Zealand – back up again in 30 minutes

Salesforce email service used for phishing campaign

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Semperis

Do you know your Active Directory security vulnerabilities? Cybercriminals love to exploit Active Directory: It has dozens of security gaps because of misconfigurations and new sophisticated hacking tools. But hang on, help is on the way: Download Purple Knight, a free Active Directory security assessment tool from Semperis that scans your environment for 70-plus indicators of exposure and compromise. Check it out at Purple-Knight.com.

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

Link to Blog Post

This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, Aug 30-Sep 3, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice with our guest, Marnie Wilking, Global Head of Security & Technology Risk Management, Wayfair

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

WhatsApp faces $267M fine for breaching Europe's GDPR

UK VoIP telcos disrupted by cyberattacks

White House doubles down on holiday cyberattack warnings

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One thing we've learned from attacks like SolarWinds: Cybercriminals can lurk in your Active Directory environment for weeks or months before dropping malware. How do you root them out? First, you need to uncover security gaps in Active Directory that can lead to a breach. Download Purple Knight, a free security assessment tool from Semperis that scans your environment for pre-attack and post-attack indicators of exposure and compromise. Check it out at Purple-Knight.com.

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

BrakTooth bites major SoC vendors

The cost of ransomware to schools

Posts surrounding January 6th disappear from Facebook data

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Semperis

Have you fixed PrintNightmare yet? Ransomware groups including Vice Society are already exploiting this critical flaw in the Windows Print Spooler service. But you can fight back: Download Purple Knight, a free Active Directory security assessment tool that scans your environment for PrintNightmare and more than 70 other attack indicators. To download your free tool, go to Purple-Knight.com.

QNAP announces OpenSSL bugs fallout

Cyberattackers are now quietly selling off their victim's internet bandwidth

Indonesian government's Covid-19 app accidentally exposes over 1 million people

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Semperis

It's no secret that Active Directory is a prime target for cybercriminals: AD is more than 20 years old, and security settings can get sloppy over time. If you haven't checked your Active Directory environment for risky settings, you might be in for a surprise. To find and fix security gaps, download Purple Knight, a free security assessment tool from Semperis that checks for 70-plus indicators of exposure and compromise. Go to Purple-Knight.com.

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

Manual Windows 11 installs might not get updates

LockBit to publish Bangkok Air customer data

Intermittent encryption hopes to make ransomware worse

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Semperis

How would your organization score in an Active Directory security assessment? The average grade for first-time users of Purple Knight, a free security assessment tool from Semperis, is about 68%—a barely passing grade. Security and identity managers are shocked at the security gaps this tool has uncovered. But with knowledge comes power. Download Purple Knight so you can find and fix Active Directory security problems. Check it out at Purple-Knight.com.

"Worst cloud vulnerability you can imagine" discovered in Microsoft Azure

Work from home increased worldwide phishing attacks

T-Mobile hacker brute-forced his way through the network

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Semperis

Do you know your Active Directory security vulnerabilities? Cybercriminals love to exploit Active Directory: It has dozens of security gaps because of misconfigurations and new sophisticated hacking tools. But hang on, help is on the way: Download Purple Knight, a free Active Directory security assessment tool from Semperis that scans your environment for 70-plus indicators of exposure and compromise. Check it out at Purple-Knight.com.

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