The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

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

March 13, 2024

Welcome to the March 13, 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/magnet-goblin-exploits-ivanti-1-day-bug-mere-hours
https://cybernews.com/news/personal-data-privacy-safety-report-aleo/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stanford-data-of-27-000-people-stolen-in-september-ransomware-attack/
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/12/1237497833/students-schools-cybersecurity-hackers-credit
 

March 11, 2024

Welcome back to the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. This episode is a little longer than usual as I explain a format change from M-F to M-W-F.  I also spend a little more times on the news in this one. Thought/comments/suggestions are always welcome at darren@thecyburguycom.
Articles referenced in this episode:
https://securityaffairs.com/160246/hacking/us-cisa-systems-hacked.html
https://www.darkreading.com/insider-threats/google-engineer-steals-ai-trade-secrets-chinese-companies
https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-cozy-bear-russia/
https://cyberscoop.com/nstac-white-house-advisory-group-critical-infrastructure/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-fortinet-flaw-may-impact-150-000-exposed-devices/
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/change-healthcare-hacker-may-be-linked-to-china-espionage-gangs
https://cybernews.com/news/investment-fraud-cybercrime-fbi-annual-report/
 

March 6, 2024

Welcome to the March 6, 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/facebook-instagram-major-outage/
https://cyberscoop.com/water-oldsmar-incident-cyberattack/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-fixes-two-new-ios-zero-days-exploited-in-attacks-on-iphones/
https://thehackernews.com/2024/03/hackers-exploit-connectwise.html