The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

February 15, 2024

Welcome to the February 15, 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/2024/02/15/openai_microsoft_spying/
https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/ransomware-epidemic-romanian-hospitals-tied-healthcare-app
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-new-critical-exchange-bug-exploited-as-zero-day/
https://thehackernews.com/2024/02/microsoft-rolls-out-patches-for-73.html
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/02/14/anydesk-phishing/
https://www.csoonline.com/article/1307744/surge-in-hunter-killer-malware-poses-significant-challenge-to-security-teams.html
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cyber-spending-slashed-smes/
 
 

February 14, 2024

Welcome to the February 14, 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/cgi-federal-breach-us-government-accountability-office-gao/
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/un-digging-into-dprk-crypto-cyberattacks-totaling-3b
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/judge-sides-with-openai-dismisses-bulk-of-book-authors-copyright-claims/
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/bank-of-america-notifies-customers-of-third-party-breach-of-deferred-compensation-plans
 

February 13, 2024

Welcome to the February 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/ics-ot-security/iran-israel-cyber-war-goes-global
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/free-rhysida-ransomware-decryptor-for-windows-exploits-rng-flaw/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-attack-forces-21-romanian-hospitals-to-go-offline/
https://cybernews.com/news/lockbit-data-breach-planet-home-lending/
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/china-targets-us-hacking-ops/
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-consumers-lose-10bn-fraud-last/
 

February 9, 2024 - Friday Op-Ed: Why I talk about Cyber Stuff So Much

In this Friday Op-Ed, I read, and discuss, a recent Substack article I wrote about "Why I talk about Cyber Stuff So Much."
Give a listen, tell a friend. Feel free to email me at darren@thecyburguy.com.

February 8, 2024

Welcome to the February 8, 2024 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. Its 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://cybernews.com/security/lecturenotes-data-leak-two-million-affected/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facebook-ads-push-new-ov3r-stealer-password-stealing-malware/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-hid-in-us-infrastructure-network-for-5-years/
https://thehackernews.com/2024/02/after-fbi-takedown-kv-botnet-operators.html
https://www.wired.com/story/ransomware-payments-2023-breaks-record/
https://www.csoonline.com/article/1305849/mfa-adoption-peaks-despite-lower-remote-access-authentications.html