CyberWeekly: This Week in IT Security

This week we discuss warnings related to increased cyberattacks attributed to Russia and allied nations due to the political standoff and invasion threat against Ukraine. We also discuss the actionable threat reports issued over the last week, a new preference center in the CompTIA ISAO Cyber Forum and CompTIA's upcoming Communities and Councils Forum in Chicago, March 14-16.Tune in each week to hear the most important cybersecurity news and threat alerts from last week in the ISAO forum and updates you need to know for the week ahead from host MJ Shoer, executive director of the CompTIA ISAO. Listen now, subscribe, and tune in every Monday for the latest news.

We are publishing on Tuesday this week, due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday in the US on Monday the 17th. This past week saw a flurry of activity in the CompTIA ISAO Cyber Forum with several threat reports being issued around a range of vulnerabilities. Most notably are increased state-sponsored activity from both Iran and Russia. Microsoft Patch Tuesday addressed 96 different vulnerabilities, including the Wormable critical flaw.Tune in each week to hear the most important cybersecurity news and threat alerts from last week in the ISAO forum and updates you need to know for the week ahead from host MJ Shoer, executive director of the CompTIA ISAO. Listen now, subscribe, and tune in every Monday for the latest news.

In our first episode back in 2022, we discuss the ongoing Log4j vulnerabilities as well as several other threat reports issued over the last week. We were all fortunate not to experience an industry wide attack during the holiday season, but we have to keep our communication and vigilance high to ward off future attacks.Tune in each week to hear the most important cybersecurity news and threat alerts from last week in the ISAO forum and updates you need to know for the week ahead from host MJ Shoer, executive director of the CompTIA ISAO. Listen now, subscribe, and tune in every Monday for the latest news.

This week, Log4j/Log4Shell dominates. This is a shorter episode as it focusing mostly on this active vulnerability, which is being exploited in the wild.Tune in each week to hear the most important cybersecurity news and threat alerts from last week in the ISAO forum and updates you need to know for the week ahead from host MJ Shoer, executive director of the CompTIA ISAO. Listen now, subscribe, and tune in every Monday for the latest news.

This week, we review some of the 29 threat reports that we issued over the last week. We talk more about some MSP specific threats like the Zoho ManageEngine vulnerability and the Sonicwall SMA 100 bugs that need to be patched. Most importantly, we focus on the actionable remediation steps our analysts have documented. And even though this is a current issue happening right now, we talk about the Log4j vulnerability and the resources the CompTIA ISAO is making available to everyone for free, to help understand and mitigate this threat.Tune in each week to hear the most important cybersecurity news and threat alerts from last week in the ISAO forum and updates you need to know for the week ahead from host MJ Shoer, executive director of the CompTIA ISAO. Listen now, subscribe, and tune in every Monday for the latest news.

This week, we talk about the top alerts from the CompTIA ISAO over the last week, including a couple related to Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk, which could have direct impact on several member. The CompTIA ISAO led the industry, releasing our first alert last Thursday evening. We also talk about a new forum dedicated to our Cyber Risk Rating and our upcoming member meetup on December 15.Tune in each week to hear the most important cybersecurity news and threat alerts from last week in the ISAO forum and updates you need to know for the week ahead from host MJ Shoer, executive director of the CompTIA ISAO. Listen now, subscribe, and tune in every Monday for the latest news.

This week, we talk about the short Thanksgiving week last week in the United States and the alerts that came out from CISA and the FBI recommending increased awareness throughout the holiday season. We also talked about a recent exploit with VMware VCenter and available fixes and Apple's suit against the NSO group in Israel and what it may mean for surveillance and privacy moving forward.Tune in each week to hear the most important cybersecurity news and threat alerts from last week in the ISAO forum and updates you need to know for the week ahead from host MJ Shoer, executive director of the CompTIA ISAO. Listen now, subscribe, and tune in every Monday for the latest news.

This week, we talk about alerts related to Iranian, Russian and Chinese activities including the ongoing exploitation of Exchange Server ProxyShell and Fortinet vulnerabilities. We also talk about rising cyber insurance premiums and some helpful resources for those concerned about maintaining their cyber insurance coverage in good standing. We share the latest updates to our SophosLabs Intelix integration and offer our thanks to all our CompTIA ISAO members for your membership, engagement and feedback.Tune in each week to hear the most important cybersecurity news and threat alerts from last week in the ISAO forum and updates you need to know for the week ahead from host MJ Shoer, executive director of the CompTIA ISAO. Listen now, subscribe, and tune in every Monday for the latest news.

This week we talk about the FBI email hack, another Exchange bug, a Windows zero-day and the arrest of some of the perpetrators of the Kaseya attack in June of 2021. We also share details about the new Cyber Risk Rating dashboard, the MSP Supply Chain Cyber Risk Rating and a few thoughts on ConnectWise IT Nation Connect last week.Tune in each week to hear the most important cybersecurity news and threat alerts from last week in the ISAO forum and updates you need to know for the week ahead from host MJ Shoer, executive director of the CompTIA ISAO. Listen now, subscribe, and tune in every Monday for the latest news.

Hear the most important cybersecurity news and threat alerts from last week in the ISAO forum and updates you need to know for the week ahead from host MJ Shoer, executive director of the CompTIA ISAO. Listen now, subscribe, and tune in every Monday for the latest news.