The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

June 3, 2024

Welcome to the June 3, 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.    
NOTE: This one goes over the 15 minutes mark a bit (it was a busy weekend!). But lots of GOOD info in this one, if I do say so myself!
Feel free to email comments, suggestions, criticisms, or tips to darren@thecyburguy.com
The articles referenced in this podcast:
https://cyberscoop.com/alleged-ticketmaster-breach-could-be-part-of-larger-compromise-researchers-say/
https://www.itpro.com/security/data-breaches/banking-details-of-30-million-santander-customers-exposed-during-breach-allegedly-up-for-sale-on-the-dark-web
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/06/01/snowflake-breach-data-theft/
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/31/tiktok_us_content_algorithm/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/tiktok-vaguely-disputes-report-that-its-making-a-us-only-app/
https://cybernews.com/security/russian-hackers-poland-pap-fake-news-ukraine-military/
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/openai-disrupts-5-ai-powered-state-backed-influence-ops
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-actively-exploited-linux-privilege-elevation-flaw/
https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/mysterious-cyber-attack-takes-down.html
https://securityaffairs.com/163966/security/dmm-bitcoin-cyber-heist.html
 

May 31, 2024: The "Can you coach my daughter?" Scam

This episode is based on this article on my substack:  https://cyburguy.substack.com/p/the-can-you-coach-my-daughter-scam
It is a variation on an old scam with a pickleball twist. Have a good weekend.
Give a listen, tell a (pickleball) friend.
Email tips to comments to darren@thecyburguy.com

May 29, 2024

Welcome to the May 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://www.theregister.com/2024/05/28/breachforums_back_online/
https://cybernews.com/security/websites-exposing-million-secrets/
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/attackers-target-check-point-vpns-access-corporate-networks
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/newly-discovered-ransomware-uses-bitlocker-to-encrypt-victim-data/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/first-american-december-data-breach-impacts-44-000-people/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-sanctions-cybercrime-gang-behind-massive-911-s5-proxy-botnet-linked-to-illegitimate-residential-proxy-service/
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/ransomhub-threatens-to-leak-data-of-christies-auction-house-clients
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2119450/the-threats-of-third-party-software-supply-chains-continue-to-plague-cisos.html
 

May 27, 2024

Welcome to the May 27, 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.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-apt-stole-geopolitical-secrets-from-middle-east-africa-and-asia
https://cyberscoop.com/potent-youth-cybercrime-ring-made-up-of-1000-people-fbi-official-says/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-phish-finance-orgs-using-trojanized-minesweeper-clone/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/state-hackers-turn-to-massive-orb-proxy-networks-to-evade-detection/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/indian-man-stole-37-million-in-crypto-using-fake-coinbase-pro-site/
https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/hackers-created-rogue-vms-to-evade.html
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/05/24/storm-0539-gift-cards/
 

May 24, 2024: Friday Op-Ed: Microsofts "Recall" -Who is asking for this!!!!!

Today's Op-Ed discusses the inherent risk posed by Microsoft's new Copilot+ PCs and the Recall feature.  Needless to say, I have thoughts!
Give a listen, tell a friend.
Dissenting opinions are ALWAYS welcome at darren@thecyburguy.com or at www.linkedin.com/in/darrenmott
The article mentioned in this podcast:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water