The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

August 5, 2024

Welcome to the August 5, 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 darren@thecyburguy.com
The articles referenced in this podcast:
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/02/us_doj_sues_tiktok/
https://cybernews.com/security/scammers-impersonating-crypto-exchanges-fbi-warns/
https://cyberscoop.com/jailed-cybercriminals-returned-to-russia-in-historic-prisoner-swap/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/surge-in-magniber-ransomware-attacks-impact-home-users-worldwide/
https://www.scmagazine.com/resource/third-party-breaches-persist-what-you-need-to-know
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/08/01/airlines-third-party-risks/
https://securityaffairs.com/166539/data-breach/personal-data-3-billion-people-data-breach.html
 
 

August 2, 2024: Friday Op-Ed - Cybersecurity and the Utility Industry

In part 3 of my series on cybersecurity for particular industries, I spend this week discussing Utilities.  If these go down, we are in for a world of hurt. Give a listen, tell a friend.
Email questions/comments/suggestions to darren@thecyburguy.com.
 

July 31, 2024

Welcome to the July 31, 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 darren@thecyburguy.com
The articles referenced in this podcast:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/kids-online-safety-act-passes-senate-despite-concerns-it-will-harm-kids/
https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/online-security/43-million-people-hit-in-massive-healthcare-data-breach-full-names-addresses-and-ssns-exposed-online
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dark-angels-ransomware-receives-record-breaking-75-million-ransom/
https://dailyhodl.com/2024/07/25/jpmorgan-chase-wells-fargo-and-bank-of-america-refuse-to-reimburse-863000000-to-customers-in-repeated-relentless-failure-to-protect-victims-of-fraud-us-senate-investigation/
https://cybernews.com/security/paris-2024-olympic-apps-eavesdropping-on-users/
 

July 29, 2024

Welcome to the July 29, 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 darren@thecyburguy.com
The articles referenced in this podcast:
https://cybernews.com/security/summerville-police-ransomware-attack-embargo-alphv-blackcat-/
https://cyberscoop.com/north-korea-hacking-indictment-fbi-apt-45/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbcs-data-breach-impact-now-reaches-42-million-people/
https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/nhs-ransomware-attack-leads-to-extreme-blood-shortage/
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3476179/how-your-xdr-is-evaded.html
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/07/meta-takes-down-63000-sextortion-related-accounts-on-instagram
 

July 26, 2024: Friday Op-Ed: Talking Healthcare and Cybersecurity

In part 2 of my Friday Op-Ed series on different business sectors and the difficulties companies in these sectors have as it pertains to cybersecurity we talk Healthcare. Healthcare is in the top 3 year in and year out when it comes to targeting by cyber bad actors. Why?  Well I'll tell you and provided some simple solutions to start with.
Give a listen, tell a friend.
Feel free to contact me at darren@thecyburguy.com, or follow me at linkedin.com/in/darrenmott.