The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

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/
 

April 22, 2024

Welcome to the April 22, 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/cyberattacks-data-breaches/lastpass-users-lose-master-passwords-ultra-convincing-scam
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-dev-lures-child-exploiters-into-honeytrap-to-extort-them/
https://securityaffairs.com/162067/hacking/crushftp-zero-day-exploited.html
https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/possible-cyber-attack-on-911-of-4-american-states/
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2093647/ransomware-feared-in-octapharma-plasmas-us-wide-shutdown.html
 

April 19, 2024: Friday Op-Ed: Cyber War: Its real and its spectacular!

Today's Friday Op-Ed has to do with two news articles this week on nation-state actors attacking critical national infrastructure and we need to understand that a world at Cyber War is real, and it is spectacular!
Give a listen, tell a friend.
Thoughts/comments/suggestions welcome at darren@thecyburguy.com

April 17, 2024

Welcome to the April 17, 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/2024/04/16/change_healthcares_ransomware_attack_has/?td=rt-3a
https://cyberscoop.com/change-healthcare-unitedhealth-ransomware-hearing/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/exploit-released-for-palo-alto-pan-os-bug-used-in-attacks-patch-now/
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/cisco-duo-multifactor-authentication-service-breached
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/omni-hotels-confirms-data-compromise-in-apparent-ransomware-attack
https://cybernews.com/news/millions-student-papers-written-with-ai/