Cybersecurity Headlines

Emails from DHS officials obtained in SolarWinds hack

Docker Hub images contain cryptominers

Commits with backdoor pushed to PHP

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Remediant

Former Incident Response practitioners Tim Keeler and Paul Lanzi founded Remediant, a leader in Privileged Access Management. They did it to solve the one problem they saw repeatedly - standing administrator privileges. Repeatedly, they saw these rights weaponized by adversaries to deploy ransomware and move laterally across a network. Remediant uniquely addresses the challenge of standing privilege and be a force multiplier to Security programs worldwide. To learn more about Tim & Paul's story, watch the video at remediant.com.

Apple releases emergency update for iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watch

Android system update may contain spyware

Senators offer to let NSA hunt cyber actors inside the US

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Remediant

Did you know the average large enterprise workstation has 480 admins with 24x7 access to it? This access is called standing privilege and is an adversary's favorite tool and a security team's biggest undiscovered risk. Precision PAM leader Remediant addresses this risk by providing just enough access just in time, eliminating standing privilege with continuous scanning and agentless, vaultless simplicity. To learn more, visit remediant.com

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

Fake COVID credentials flourish on the dark web

Mamba ransomware gang abusing open source tools

An analysis of COVID-19 vaccine websites

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Trend Micro

Threat actors want what you're storing in the cloud. Trend Micro's Cloud One platform provides cloud security from a single console, keeping you at your most resilient. Let what happens in the cloud, stay in the cloud.

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This week's Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, March 22-26, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Will Lin (@williamlin), managing director & co-founder, ForgePoint Capital

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Trend Micro

Threat actors want what you're storing in the cloud. Trend Micro's Cloud One platform provides cloud security from a single console, keeping you at your most resilient. Let what happens in the cloud, stay in the cloud.

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

Voting information on millions of Israeli's leaked ahead of election

Facebook disrupts Chinese group targeting Uyghur community

Privacy and security issues with Slack's Connect DM rollout

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Trend Micro

Threat actors want what you're storing in the cloud. Trend Micro's Cloud One platform provides cloud security from a single console, keeping you at your most resilient. Let what happens in the cloud, stay in the cloud.

US government calls for better information sharing in wake of SolarWinds, Exchange attacks

Hospitals hide pricing data from search results

New Android zero-day vulnerability Is under active attack

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Trend Micro

Threat actors want what you're storing in the cloud. Trend Micro's Cloud One platform provides cloud security from a single console, keeping you at your most resilient. Let what happens in the cloud, stay in the cloud.

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

SCOTUS: Facebook's still on the hook for nonconsensual user tracking

Democrats prepare swarm of antitrust bills targeting Big Tech

Microsoft Exchange servers flooded with ransomware

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Trend Micro

Threat actors want what you're storing in the cloud. Trend Micro's Cloud One platform provides cloud security from a single console, keeping you at your most resilient. Let what happens in the cloud, stay in the cloud.

REvil Ransomware gang demands $50 million from Acer

Feds indict hacktivist behind Verkada surveillance camera breach

SolarWinds-linked hacking group SilverFish abuses enterprise victims for sandbox tests

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Trend Micro

Threat actors want what you're storing in the cloud. Trend Micro's Cloud One platform provides cloud security from a single console, keeping you at your most resilient. Let what happens in the cloud, stay in the cloud.

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

Over $4.2 billion in cybercrime losses reported to FBI in 2020

Fake iPhone charger blows up in researcher's face

Taxpayers attacked with Trojan-inflicting phishing campaign

Thanks to our episode sponsor, Trend Micro

The conversation between you and your board of directors is not always a walk in the park. With more cloud projects coming your way, it's time to change the conversation to speak their language and start paving the way for a secure future. For more, go to http://trendmicro.com/CISO

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Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, March 15-19, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Jesse Whaley , CISO, Amtrak

The conversation between you and your board of directors is not always a walk in the park. With more cloud projects coming your way, it's time to change the conversation to speak their language and start paving the way for a secure future. For more, go to http://trendmicro.com/CISO

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