• New CISA head, Ballista botnet, PowerSchool breach report
    Mar 12 2025

    Sean Plankey nominated to head CISA

    Ballista Botnet hits TP-Link devices

    PowerSchool publishes breach report

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    8 mins
  • Healthcare breaches expose thousands, X outage, MGM suit dropped
    Mar 11 2025

    Four healthcare breaches expose over 560,000 records

    Cyber attack allegedly behind X outages

    Case against MGM ransomware attack dropped

    Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta

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    9 mins
  • ONCD consolidates power, undocumented Bluetooth commands, Japan NTT Breach
    Mar 10 2025

    ONCD set to consolidate power in U.S. cyber

    Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices

    Japanese telecom NTT breach affects 18,000 companies

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    9 mins
  • Week in Review: Hegseth orders stand down, ransomware by snailmail, Mark Cuban’s lifeline
    Mar 7 2025

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    This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by David Spark with guest Brett Perry, CISO, Dot Foods

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    All links and the video of this episode can be found on CISO Series.com

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    25 mins
  • Company hacked via webcam, Toronto Zoo update, federal contractor obligations
    Mar 7 2025

    Ransomware gang bypasses EDR via a webcam

    Toronto Zoo updates January 2024 attack damage

    House bill requires federal contractors to implement vulnerability disclosure policies

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    9 mins
  • Probationary firing protest, hacker names frustration, conversational scam detector
    Mar 6 2025

    Former top NSA cyber official protests probationary firings

    Differing names for hackers hinders law enforcement, says security agent

    Google releases AI scam detection for Android to fight conversational fraud

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    8 mins
  • Apple vs UK encryption backdoor, VMware bugs allow sandbox escape, JavaGhost targets AWS
    Mar 5 2025
    Apple goes to court to fight UK demand for iCloud encryption backdoor 3 VMware Zero-Day bugs allow sandbox escape The Firefox I loved is gone - how to protect your privacy on it now

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  • CISA denies claims, Ransomware group claims attack, Latin America's security crisis
    Mar 4 2025

    CISA denies claims of deprioritizing Russian threats

    Ransomware group claims attack on U.S. newspaper publisher

    Latin America's escalating cybersecurity crisis

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    9 mins