The Friday Op-Ed goes deep into this Cyberscoop article, https://cyberscoop.com/csrb-hearing-authority-transparency/,

that talks about the lack of transparency and authority around the Cyber Safety Review Board. Needless to say, I have thoughts.

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Welcome to the January 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.  Lots of good stuff in this episode.

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The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://cyberscoop.com/csrb-hearing-authority-transparency/

https://cybernews.com/privacy/facebook-instagram-worst-apps-privacy/

https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/cisa-aws-microsoft-365-accounts-androxgh0st-attack

https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-drone-critical-infrastructure-warning/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/have-i-been-pwned-adds-71-million-emails-from-nazapi-stolen-account-list/

https://www.wired.com/story/sec-mandiant-x-two-factor-settings/

https://securityaffairs.com/157600/security/google-first-chrome-zero-day-2024.html

https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/cybersecurity/is-temu-safe-what-know-shop-billionaire/

Welcome to the January 17, 2024 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. Your morning cyber news hit with some education and opinion thrown in for good measure.

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The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/ivanti-zero-day-exploits-skyrocket-no-patches

https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/16/patch_vmware_atlassian/

https://cybernews.com/news/academy-mortgage-breach-exposes-285k-people/

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/chrome-updates-incognito-warning-to-admit-google-tracks-users-in-private-mode/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/01/ill-miss-him-so-much-facebook-scam-uses-bbc-branding-to-lure-victims

(Warning: This episode goes off the rails during that 5th article.  WHAT IS A NUTRUNNER?!?)

Welcome to the January 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.

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The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://cyberscoop.com/gao-report-cyber-diplomacy/

https://cyberscoop.com/harry-coker-education-requirements-federal-cybersecurity-jobs/

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/film-studios-demand-ip-addresses-of-people-who-discussed-piracy-on-reddit/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-178k-sonicwall-firewalls-vulnerable-to-dos-potential-rce-attacks/

https://thehackernews.com/2024/01/high-severity-flaws-uncovered-in-bosch.html

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/01/fidelity-national-financial-acknowledges-data-breach-affecting-1-3-million-customers

Welcome to the January 15, 2024 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. Your morning cyber news hit with some education and opinion thrown in for good measure.

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The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/sec-x-account-crypto-hack-draws-senate-ire-

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/hyundai-mea-x-account-hacked-spreads-cryptocurrency-promotion

https://therecord.media/water-for-people-medusa-ransomware

https://www.wired.com/story/ebay-criminal-charge-bloody-pig-mask/

https://www.scmagazine.com/news/fbot-hacking-tool-targets-major-cloud-services

As has been the way, I am referencing a recent substack I wrote (cyburguy.substack.com) the discussed 23andme blaming their customers for their recent data breach.  "That's a bold move Cotton. Let's see if it works out for them."

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Welcome to the January 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.

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The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/10/fidelity_data_disclosure/

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/bec-gang-conspirator-sentenced-to-ten-years-in-prison

https://cyberscoop.com/after-hack-x-claims-sec-failed-to-use-two-factor-authentication/

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/actively-exploited-0-days-in-ivanti-vpn-are-letting-hackers-backdoor-networks/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-says-critical-unity-connection-bug-lets-attackers-get-root/

https://securityaffairs.com/157203/security/entire-population-of-brazil-possibly-exposed-in-massive-data-leak.html

https://www.csoonline.com/article/1288864/shadow-apis-are-opening-organizations-to-attacks-report.html

Welcome to the January 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.

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The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://cybernews.com/editorial/e-receipts-explained-privacy/

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/hospitality-hackers-target-hotel-booking-com-logins

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-secs-x-account-hacked-to-announce-fake-bitcoin-etf-approval/.

https://thehackernews.com/2024/01/beware-youtube-videos-promoting-cracked.html

Welcome to the January 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.

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

The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-mortgage-lender-loandepot-confirms-ransomware-attack/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/toronto-zoo-ransomware-attack-had-no-impact-on-animal-wellbeing/

https://thehackernews.com/2024/01/doj-charges-19-worldwide-in-68-million.html

https://securityaffairs.com/157144/cyber-crime/swiss-air-force-data-leak.html

https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/country-takes-help-of-blackhat-hackers-infiltrating-government-websites/

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/certiks-account-hijacked-crypto/

https://cyberscoop.com/cyber-threat-sharing-report-odni/

Welcome to the January 8, 2024 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. Your morning cyber news hit with some education and opinion thrown in for good measure.

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

The articles referenced in this podcast:

https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/05/sandworm_kyivstar_hack/?td=rt-3a

https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/05/swatting_extorion_tactics/

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/north-korea-debuts-spectralblur-malware-amid-macos-onslaught

https://thehackernews.com/2024/01/sea-turtle-cyber-espionage-campaign.html

https://www.wired.com/story/23andme-blames-users-data-breach-security-roundup/

https://securityaffairs.com/157043/breaking-news/bit24-cash-leaks-data-leak.html