The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

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

May 21, 2024

Welcome to the May 21, 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/news/banking-trojan-grandoreiro-malware/
https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/google-pitches-workspace-as-more-secure-option-to-microsoft-email-citing-csrb-report
https://cyberscoop.com/epa-water-inspections-cyber-alert/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-will-start-enforcing-azure-multi-factor-authentication-MFA-in-july-2024/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-targets-windows-admins-via-putty-winscp-malvertising/
https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/iranian-mois-linked-hackers-behind.html
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2112440/sec-rule-for-finance-firms-boosts-disclosure-requirements.html
 

May 17, 2024: Friday Op-Ed - Introducing the Tactical Cyber Podcast

This episode lays out the premise and rationale for a new podcast I am producing that I hope to launch in June, called the Tactical Cyber Podcast.
Here is substack article that launches the idea:  https://cyburguy.substack.com/p/enough-strategies-more-tactics
Give a listen, tell a friend.