The Segment

The Monday Microsegment for the week of December 16th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

-North Korean IT workers end up on DoJ naughty list for alleged remote work fraud

-’Tis the season for ransomware as victim totals hit new records

-And it’s Yule-tide trouble as cybergrinches deck the Halls with RDP Exploits

And John Kindervag and Gary Barlet join us for an Agree to Disagree segment! 

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The Monday Microsegment for the week of December 9th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

- Crypto thieves tailor Android malware for targeted attacks

- A not-so-swift resolution to Chinese telecom hack

- And Russian cyber spies acting in concert with rival hackers

And Raghu Nandakumara joins us for a Boos and Bravos segment! 

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The Monday Microsegment for the week of December 2nd. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

- Got $200? You’ve got enough to launch a new advanced phishing attack

- Hackers aren’t waiting to exploit the Godot Game Engine

- And a high-profile attacker could be operating from a surprise location: a U.S. Army base

And Christer Swartz joins us for a Mythbuster segment! 

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The Monday Microsegment for the week of November 18th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

- DHS releases AI framework for critical infrastructure

- A critical zero-day vulnerability hits Palo Alto firewalls

- And grandma gets an AI upgrade in the fight against scam calls

And John Kindervag joins us for an Ask the Expert segment. 

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The Monday Microsegment for the week of November 11th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

North Korean hackers target Apple MacOS with new crypto-stealing malware 

Interlock ransomware group emerges as new threat to healthcare and government 

And a U.S. government agency tells its staff to stop using mobile phones after Chinese hack

And Trevor Dearing joins us for a Myth Busting segment. 

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The Monday Microsegment for the week of Novemeber 4th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

Election infrastructure has 'never been more secure,' CISA chief says 

Cyber saboteur tries to make Disney the hackiest place on earth

And severe vulnerabilities found in hardware powering many industrial devices

And Sudha Iyer joins us for a Tech Tips segment. 

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In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Neil Thacker, CISO EMEA at Netskope. Neil joined the show to discuss the evolving role of the CISO, as well as the challenges and opportunities they face in the context of new technologies. 

 

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“A good friend of mine is a CIO for a very large organization and he shared a great story. Obviously, during the pandemic, everyone was working remotely and they set up this whole Zero Trust principle and policy set to better secure their remote workers. It was interesting, he said, when everyone started coming back into the office, we realized we had better security when everyone was remote because of the changes that we made. So, we wanted to apply those same principles to our internal network and then we realized, can we just get rid of our internal network, our corporate network?”

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Time Stamps 

(03:14) The role of the CISO and its evolution

(07:59) Challenges and opportunities in the CISO role

(21:49) Importance of context in security operations

(31:54) Simplifying compliance and driving innovation

(45:23) Advice for Aspiring CISOs

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The Monday Microsegment for the week of October 28th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

Cisco urges customers to patch their firewalls and VPN software amid active exploits

LockBit copycat targets Apple MacOS systems with new ransomware strains

And Microsoft’s boss takes a pay cut for a series of security incidents

And Raghu Nandakumara joins us for a Boos and Bravos segment. 

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The Monday Microsegment for the week of October 21st. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

Suspected cyber bandit in data broker breach busted! In Brazil!

LockBit dethroned as RansomHub crowned new king of the ransomware arena

And Casio races the clock as it struggles in the wake of a ransomware attack

And Gary Barlet joins us again to talk about election security. Read his piece with the Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/partnercontent/illumio/tackling-election-security-with-zero-trust.html

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In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Sherrod DeGrippo, Director of Threat Intelligence Strategy at Microsoft, to explore the evolving landscape of cyber threats and the importance of resilience in the face of ransomware. They discuss the changing tactics of threat actors, the critical role of Zero Trust in modern cybersecurity, and the growing influence of AI on both cyber defense and offense. Sherrod also shares insights into balancing objective and subjective assessments in security, emphasizing the need for strong foundational practices and operational resilience.

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“Pre-decision making. If we come under ransom, are we going to pay? A lot of people start spiraling and it's like, wait, do you want to be spiraling now or do you want to be spiraling when we're actually under ransom? Let's spiral now. Let's do that worrying now, so that if something happens in the future, we're ready for that.”

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Time Stamps 

(04:53) Sherrod's career journey

(16:15) Importance of basic security practices in ransomware resilience

(18:37) Ransomware: To pay or not to pay?

(22:08) Building a culture of ransomware resilience

(26:19) Subjectivity of security

(29:51) Evolution of threat actors

(34:13) Zero Trust's impact on security

(46:04) Role of AI in cybersecurity

(49:49) Future of threat intelligence

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