The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

**WARNING - ANOTHER RANT INCOMING**

After spending 2 days at the National Cyber Summit here in Huntsville, I have thoughts for this Friday Op-ED.  And a question: Who is ready for the first annual "Get Cyber Smart" Online Conference?

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Thoughts/Comments/Suggestions welcome at [email protected]

Welcome to the September 25, 2024 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. 

Your morning cyber news hit with some education and opinion thrown in for good measure.

Listens and shares are appreciated.    

Feel free to email comments, suggestions, criticisms, or tips to [email protected]

The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/24/ultraav_kaspersky_antivirus/?td=rt-3a

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/meet-unc1860-irans-access-broker-state-hackers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kansas-water-plant-cyberattack-forces-switch-to-manual-operations/

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/09/24/cyber-compliance-minimize-risk/

https://securityaffairs.com/168827/security/moneygram-outage-caused-by-cyberattack.html

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3536783/hacker-selling-dell-employees-data-after-a-second-alleged-data-breach.html

**WARNING - This Episode Starts with a RANT!**

Welcome to the September 24, 2024 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. 

Your morning cyber news hit with some education and opinion thrown in for good measure.

Listens and shares are appreciated.    

Feel free to email comments, suggestions, criticisms, or tips to [email protected]

The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/20/cisa_sloppy_vendors_cybercrime_villains/?td=rt-3a

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/09/19/flax-typhoon-botnet-disrupted/

https://cybernews.com/security/us-mc2-background-check-data-leak/

https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/linkedin-user-data-collection-ai-training

https://cyberscoop.com/unitedhealth-group-steven-martin-ciso-ransomware-attack-recovery/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-dismantles-iserver-phone-unlocking-network-linked-to-483-000-victims/

https://securityaffairs.com/168703/cyber-crime/hackers-stole-44m-from-bingx.html

Welcome to the September 18, 2024 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. 

Your morning cyber news hit with some education and opinion thrown in for good measure.

Listens and shares are appreciated.    

Feel free to email comments, suggestions, criticisms, or tips to [email protected]

The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://cybernews.com/security/fbi-warns-about-massive-china-controlled-botnet/

https://cyberscoop.com/deterrence-in-cyberspace-is-possible-and-urgent-amid-alarming-hybrid-attacks-state-cyber-ambassador-says/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-security-firm-drweb-disconnects-all-servers-after-breach/

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/09/18/crowdsec-open-source-crowdsourced-protection/

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3520884/personhood-cybersecuritys-next-great-authentication-battle-as-ai-improves.html

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/att-13m-fcc-settlement-cloud-data/

Welcome to the September 16, 2024 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. 

Your morning cyber news hit with some education and opinion thrown in for good measure.

Listens and shares are appreciated.    

Feel free to email comments, suggestions, criticisms, or tips to [email protected]

The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/nfl-block-tackle-cyberattacks-digital-world

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-tells-public-to-ignore-false-claims-of-hacked-voter-data/

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/record-settlement-hacked-patient/

https://thehackernews.com/2024/09/17-year-old-arrested-in-connection-with.html

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/09/13/cyber-insurance-exponential-growth/

https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/ransomware-attacks-are-driving-up-costs-to-millions-of-dollars-for-schools-and-educational-institutions/

This week's Friday Op-Ed includes a reflection of 9/11, what I was doing as a new FBI Agent on that date, and is a cyber 9/11 coming, has it happened, or is it unlikely.

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Feel free to email me from [email protected] or follow me at linkedin.com/in/darrenmott.

Welcome to the September 11, 2024 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. 

Your morning cyber news hit with some education and opinion thrown in for good measure.

Listens and shares are appreciated.    

Feel free to email comments, suggestions, criticisms, or tips to [email protected]

The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://cyberscoop.com/sextortion-scam-charges-delaware-doj/

https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/10/samsung_execs_china_chip/

https://cybernews.com/security/mna-healthcare-data-leak/

https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/microsoft-discloses-4-zero-days-in-september-update

Welcome to the September 10, 2024 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. 

Your morning cyber news hit with some education and opinion thrown in for good measure.

Listens and shares are appreciated.    

Feel free to email comments, suggestions, criticisms, or tips to [email protected]

The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/credit-card-details-of-over-1-7-million-usa-customers-exposed/

https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/07/us_water_cyberattacks/?td=rt-3a

https://cybernews.com/ai-news/ai-threats-breaking-point/

https://www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-security/akira-ransomware-actors-exploit-sonicwall-bug-for-rce

https://cyberscoop.com/russian-kazakhstani-men-living-in-miami-indicted-over-cybercrime-training-service/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-use-new-data-theft-malware-in-govt-attacks/

https://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/cyber-threats-vs-risks-building-a-proactive-cyber-defense/

Welcome to the September 9, 2024 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. 

Your morning cyber news hit with some education and opinion thrown in for good measure.

Listens and shares are appreciated.    

Feel free to email comments, suggestions, criticisms, or tips to [email protected]

The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://cybernews.com/news/lowes-employees-targeted-in-google-ad-phish-malwarebytes/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/transport-for-london-staff-faces-systems-disruptions-after-cyberattack/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sextortion-scam-now-use-your-cheating-spouses-name-as-a-lure/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/09/hello-pervert-sextortion-scam-includes-new-threat-of-pegasus-and-a-picture-of-your-home

https://thehackernews.com/2024/09/north-korean-threat-actors-deploy.html

https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-threaten-to-leak-planned-parenthood-data/

https://securityaffairs.com/168177/cyber-crime/feds-indicted-admins-wwh-club-marketplace.html

Welcome to the September 6, 2024 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. 

Your morning cyber news hit with some education and opinion thrown in for good measure.

Listens and shares are appreciated.    

Feel free to email comments, suggestions, criticisms, or tips to [email protected]

The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/chinese-tropic-trooper-apt-targets-mideast-governments

https://cyberscoop.com/u-s-charges-five-russian-military-members-for-destructive-cyber-ops-hack-and-leak-campaigns/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/musician-charged-with-10m-streaming-royalties-fraud-using-ai-and-bots/

https://www.scmagazine.com/resource/edr-killer-ransomware-what-it-is-how-to-repel

https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/cisa-offers-voluntary-cyber-incident-reporting-portal/

https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/05/white_house_cyber_jobs/