Cybersecurity Today

Breaking Bad in cybersecurity - UK companies are warned that cybersecurity employees may moonlight on the dark web.  Microsoft reveals that Russians hackers’ attack is still ongoing. A system used by US government states and agencies has a critical flaw and a new attack vector using fonts has been detected by marketing software Canva.

Welcome to Cybersecurity Today for Monday March 11th, 2024. I’m your host Jim Love, filling in for Howard Solomon.

JIm Love, host of the daily news podcast Hashtag Trending fills in for Howard this Saturday with a replay of a show that Jim did which featured Adam Evans, CISO at RBC. It's a little different but we hope you enjoy it. 

This episode reports on a survey of IT pros on insider attacks, US sanctions on a group that markets commercial spyware, and more

This episode reports on the latest IT support scam trying to trick employees, and more

This episode features a discussion on how hard it is to kill a ransomware gang, Canada's proposed new online harms bill, why organizations still allow staff to use vulnerable software, and more

This episode reports on a recommendation that enterprises drop Ivanti Pulse Secure and Connect Secure devices because threat actors can get around mitigations for recent vulnerabilities

This episode reports on a threat actor taking advantage of abandoned subdomains once used by big brands, ransomwmare attacks and more

This episode reports on hackers using an open source tool aimed at helping network administrators, the latest data breaches in the U.S., and Australia, and more

This episode features a discussion on the takedown of the LockBit ransomware gang, and more

This episode reports on advice for protecting water utilities from cyber attacks, Avast agrees to  a settlement with FTC on allegations it wrongly sold consumer data, and more