In an interview-free episode I discuss 5 current cyber headlines that can impact you, your family and/or your business.  This includes the rise of North Korea hackers, Solarwinds, your Frequent Flyer info is compromised and I end with a "feel-good" story. 

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In this episode I discuss two FBI Major Cases, Operations FAST LINK and SITE DOWN with former FBI SSA and current Group VP at Abercrombie and Fitch Shane Berry.

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In this Midweek Quick Hitter episode of TCG, I discuss a couple cyber news items from the past couple days to include a Ransomware attack against UL, an article that recommends against paying ransoms, some third-party data breaches, and a discussion on corporate executives maybe/finally believing nation-state cyber attacks are a thing.

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In this episode I discuss cyber incident response with Brent Panell and Hans Lemons on the Incident Response company ContralAltProtect. We discuss what companies who are victims of cybercrimes have in common and what Brent and Hans wish their clients had known a week before they became victims.

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In this episode I talk about the hack of the water treatment plant in Florida, the Emotet Ransomware takedown and COVID vaccine phishing emails.  

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This is a special mid-week 10 minute news special of The CyBUr Guy Podcast discussing two cybersecurity-related news items that dropped today.  One has to do with the release of a “Compilation of Many Breaches” (COMB) containing 3.2 Billion accounts, the other has to do with 25% of 0days in 2020 could have been prevented with patching.  

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In this episode I talk to Retired FBI Agent, International Speaker and Best Selling Author Scott Augenbaum on his proposed paradigm shift needed in understanding and dealing with cybersecurity. 

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In this episode I answer cybersecurity-related questions from some local mommas and papas. These range from the use of alternative DNS providers, the use of hardware firewalls, and are we "doomed" because of Google's seeming omniscience. These questions are provided by a very special guest. 

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In this episode I talk about to former FBI Special Agent and current FireEye senior manager Rob Schuett on the blending of cyber and human intelligence tradecraft by our nation-state foes. Rob and I discuss some big cases he worked on, including the Su Bin case where a Chinese actor was arrested and convicted of stealing some critical defense-related technology and how he did this despite reluctance by his own office management. 

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In this episode I talk a variety of things with one of the smartest guys I know, Duane Dunston, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity at Champlain College in Vermont. We talk about how we met in the mess that was the FBI Cyber Lab in Charlotte, NC; his move into government contracting with NOAA and his move to education and his goal to help create the new batch of Cyber Patriots in our school systems.

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