The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

March 25, 2024

Welcome to the March 25, 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/2024/03/24/vans_breach_disclosure/
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-m-chip-flaw-leak-encryption-keys/
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/why-ai-obituary-scams-cyber-risk-businesses
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-100-us-and-eu-orgs-targeted-in-strelastealer-malware-attacks/
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/is-cozy-bear-targeting-western-political-parties-with-phishing-attacks
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/uncategorized/2024/03/tax-scammer-goes-after-small-business-owners-and-self-employed-people
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-targets-russia-cyber-influence/
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/un-resolution-on-ai-encourages-measures-against-malicious-use
 

March 22, 2024: Friday Op-Ed: There is no "Easy Button" in cybersecurity

This week's Friday Op-Ed talks about the lack of an "Easy Button" when it comes to cybersecurity. In other words, if you want to get CyBUr Smart and be Cyber Safe, it will take some work.  But there is value in that work.
Give a listen, tell a friend.

March 20, 2024

Welcome to the March 20, 2024 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. It's a "Deep-Dive Wednesday."
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.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fujitsu-found-malware-on-it-systems-confirms-data-breach/
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/19/china_cyberspies_earth_krahang/
https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/conversation-overflow-cyberattacks-bypass-ai-security
https://cyberscoop.com/health-care-groups-resist-cybersecurity-rules-in-wake-of-landmark-breach/
 

March 18, 2024

Welcome to the March 18, 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.    
A video version of this podcast is available at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkhQ8MLZgjstYoq-_mS1c0w
Feel free to email comments, suggestions, criticisms, or tips to darren@thecyburguy.com    
The articles referenced in this podcast:
https://cybernews.com/news/mcdonalds-global-system-outage-third-party-provider/
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/alabama-targeted-by-russian-backed-ddos-cyberattack
https://cyberscoop.com/s4x24-volt-typhoon-critical-infrastructure/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/cryptocurrency/us-moves-to-recover-23-million-from-pig-butchers-on-binance/
https://thehackernews.com/2024/03/third-party-chatgpt-plugins-could-lead.html
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/stop-ransomware-more-common-than-lockbit-gains-stealthier-variant
https://securityaffairs.com/160627/data-breach/70m-att-records-leaked.html
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-investigate-healthcare/
 

March 15, 2024: Friday Op-Ed:The Tik Tok Congressional Vote

This Friday Op-Ed deals with the Congressional vote on Tik Tok.  After spending 20 years dealing with Chinese-centric cyber and counterintelligence matters with the FBI, I think I have some thoughts.
Dissenting views are always welcome at darren@thecyburguy.com