Welcome to the January 10, 2025 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/2025/01/09/white_house_smart_device_security_label/

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/powerschool_school_data/?td=rt-3a

https://cybernews.com/security/group-greeting-e-card-malware-campaign-infects-thousands/

https://cyberscoop.com/fcc-moves-to-tighten-industry-reporting-rules-for-robocalls/

https://www.scworld.com/news/new-banshee-stealer-variant-continues-attacks-on-macos-devices

The cyber news was a little light today so instead of a usual CyBUr Smart Morning News Update, here is the Tactical Podcast episode that was streamed on January 7. It is a discussion on cyber issues to think about for 2025.

Give a listen, tell a friend.  The Tactical Cyber Podcast is broadcast every two-ish weeks.

Welcome to the January 6, 2025 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/us-sanctions-integrity-tech-chinese-firm-behind-flax-typhoon-threat-actors/

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/hipaa-security-rules-pull-no-punches

https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/budget-boost-required-to-tackle-ai-generative-cyber-attacks/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cryptocurrency-wallet-drainers-stole-494-million-in-2024/

https://trustwallet.com/blog/what-are-crypto-wallet-drainers

*Full Disclosure this is another one that ends abruptly, mostly because I talked a lot!*

Welcome to the January 3, 2025 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/2025/01/02/chinese_spies_targeted_sanctions_intel/

https://cybernews.com/security/double-clickjacking-attackers-can-steal-user-accounts/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/three-russian-german-nationals-charged.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-leaks-data-stolen-in-rhode-islands-ribridges-breach/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-3-million-mail-servers-without-encryption-exposed-to-sniffing-attacks/

*Full Disclosure this one ends abruptly, because there was a lot of news to discuss*

Welcome to the December 23, 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/2024/12/29/llm_supply_chain_attacks/

https://cybernews.com/security/cl0p-ransomware-hits-over-60-companies-using-cleo-platform/

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/emerging-threats-vulnerabilities-prepare-2025

https://cyberscoop.com/salt-typhoon-telecom-cybersecurity-gaps-white-house-response/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-steal-zagg-customers-credit-cards-in-third-party-breach/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/customer-data-from-800-000-electric-cars-and-owners-exposed-online/

https://www.scworld.com/feature/critical-infrastructure-the-five-sectors-hit-hardest-by-cyberattacks-in-2024

As we leave 2024 and head into 2025, the final Friday Op-Ed of the season is a discussion on how to take a positive approach to "cyber" in the new year for both your business and your family.

Give a listen, tell a friend.

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

#knowledgeisprotection @cyber @positivethoughts #awareness

Welcome to the December 23, 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.csoonline.com/article/3629407/russia-fires-its-biggest-cyberweapon-against-ukraine.html

https://cybernews.com/cybercrime/netwalker-ransomware-romanian-sentenced-20-years-prison/

https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/us-ban-tp-link-routers-politics-exploitation-risk

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-hackers-stole-13-billion-worth-of-crypto-this-year/

https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/lockbit-developer-rostislav-panev.html

Welcome to the December 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://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/trump_administration_china_offensive/?td=rt-3a

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/texas-tech-medical-data-breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-fake-ledger-data-breach-emails-try-to-steal-crypto-wallets/

https://securityaffairs.com/172074/malware/fbi-warns-of-hiatusrat-scanning-campaigns.html

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3623709/nail-the-software-setup-and-avoid-attacks-with-the-top-10-cybersecurity-misconfiguration-list.html

#cybernews #knowledgeisprotection #awareness

Welcome to the December 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.

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/2024/12/13/texas_it_admin_csam/

https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/cleo-mft-zero-day-exploits-escalate-analysts-warn

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/390-000-wordpress-accounts-stolen-from-hackers-in-supply-chain-attack/

https://www.wired.com/story/iverify-spyware-detection-tool-nso-group-pegasus/

https://securityaffairs.com/171980/malware/iocontrol-cyberweapon-targets-us-isreael.html

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3618146/how-to-turn-around-a-toxic-cybersecurity-culture.html

#cybernews ##awareness #knowledgeisprotection

Welcome to the December 13, 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.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-shuts-down-rydox-cybercrime-market-arrests-3-admins/

https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/13/doj_dpkr_fake_tech_worker_indictment/

https://cybernews.com/security/srp-federal-credit-union-data-breach/

https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-december-2024/

#cybernews ##awareness #knowledgeisprotection