The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

May 3, 2024 - Friday Op-Ed: Respect the Work!

In this Friday's Op-Ed, I applaud this week's sentencing of one of the hackers behind the Kaseya breach in 2021 and discuss why these cases are so complicated and why we should all appreciate the efforts by law enforcement and the DOJ to reach successes like this.
Article Referenced in this case: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/05/02/Ukrainian-hacker-sentenced/6901714634601/
Thoughts/comments/suggestions are always welcome at darren@thecyburguy.com.
 

May 1, 2024 - A deep dive on China and Intel Sharing

This is a unique episode in that it deals with two areas of particular interest to me, China and Intelligence Sharing.
These two articles drive this episode.
Thoughts and comments are ALWAYS welcome at darren@thecyburguy.com or at linkedin.com/in/darrenmott.
Articles mentioned in this podcast:
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2096774/chinese-threat-actor-engaged-in-multi-year-dns-resolver-probing-effort.html
https://cyberscoop.com/critical-infrastructure-memorandum-ppd-21/
 

April 30, 2024

Welcome to the April 30, 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.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13344925/tiktok-bill-senate-national-security-threat-fbi-chinese-government-warning.html
https://cybernews.com/news/belarusian-kgb-allegedly-breached-cyber-partisans/
https://cybernews.com/security/romance-scammers-offer-fake-protection/
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/palo-alto-updates-remediation-for-max-critical-firewall-bug
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/04/29/okta-credential-stuffing/
https://www.wired.com/story/change-healthcare-admits-it-paid-ransomware-hackers/
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2096365/marriott-admits-it-falsely-claimed-for-five-years-it-was-using-encryption-during-2018-breach.html
 

April 26, 2024: Friday Op-ED: Cyber Conferences, Are they solving anything??

With the RSA conference coming in about 10-days, I bring back a topic I mentioned about 7 months ago as it pertains to Cyber Conferences to today's Op-Ed. Are they solving anything?  I have thoughts.
Give a listen, tell a friend.
Dissenting opinions are welcome at darren@thecyburguy.com

April 24, 2024

Welcome to the April 24, 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/2024/04/23/unitedhealth_admits_breach_substantial/?td=rt-3a
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2094609/authentication-failure-blamed-for-change-healthcare-ransomware-attack.html
https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/russia-fancy-bear-pummels-windows-print-spooler-bug.
https://cyberscoop.com/iranian-nationals-charged-with-hacking-u-s-companies-treasury-and-state-departments/
https://securityaffairs.com/162136/cyber-crime/hackers-threaten-leak-world-check.html
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/vulnerability-exploitation-rise/