Cybersecurity Headlines

SIM swapping gang targeting celebrities arrested

Researcher demonstrates the vulnerability of open source to supply chain attacks

Google study looks at high-risk victims of email attacks

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Office 365 will help admins find impersonation attack targets

U.S. agencies publish ransomware factsheet

Europol busts international cybercriminal group

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A look at Iranian spyware operations

Florida water treatment plant hacked to distribute harmful chemicals

Microsoft to add 'nation-state activity alerts' to Defender

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New phishing attack uses Morse code to hide malicious URLs

Hacked by SolarWinds, Mimecast lays off staff despite record profits

Activists complain of weakened voting security standard

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Canada calls Clearview AI's facial recognition 'mass surveillance' Amazon pulls Big-Brother move, puts AI cameras in delivery vans Myanmar blocks Facebook following military coup

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This week's Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, February 1-5, 2021 is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Shawn Bowen, CISO, Restaurant Brands International (RBI)

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Microsoft sees a rise in business email compromise attacks on schools

Facebook takes a proactive content stance after Myanmar coup

SolarWinds CEO says its email systems were compromised for months

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Another SolarWinds vulnerability used to hack National Finance Center

SonicWall confirms actively exploited zero-day

Microsoft Defender now detects macOS vulnerabilities

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Deloitte's CDC vaccine system comes up short

Myanmar internet and telecom disruptions continue due to coup

Sprite Spider emerges as one of the most destructive ransomware threat actors this year

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Suspected Russian hack extends far beyond SolarWinds software

Russian hack brings changes and uncertainty to US court system

Section 230 emerges as Robinhood's shield from lawsuits

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