The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

January 18, 2024

Welcome to the January 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.  Lots of good stuff in this episode.
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://cyberscoop.com/csrb-hearing-authority-transparency/
https://cybernews.com/privacy/facebook-instagram-worst-apps-privacy/
https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/cisa-aws-microsoft-365-accounts-androxgh0st-attack
https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-drone-critical-infrastructure-warning/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/have-i-been-pwned-adds-71-million-emails-from-nazapi-stolen-account-list/
https://www.wired.com/story/sec-mandiant-x-two-factor-settings/
https://securityaffairs.com/157600/security/google-first-chrome-zero-day-2024.html
https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/cybersecurity/is-temu-safe-what-know-shop-billionaire/
 

January 17, 2024

Welcome to the January 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.darkreading.com/cloud-security/ivanti-zero-day-exploits-skyrocket-no-patches
https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/16/patch_vmware_atlassian/
https://cybernews.com/news/academy-mortgage-breach-exposes-285k-people/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/chrome-updates-incognito-warning-to-admit-google-tracks-users-in-private-mode/
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/01/ill-miss-him-so-much-facebook-scam-uses-bbc-branding-to-lure-victims
 

January 16, 2024

(Warning: This episode goes off the rails during that 5th article.  WHAT IS A NUTRUNNER?!?)
Welcome to the January 16, 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://cyberscoop.com/gao-report-cyber-diplomacy/
https://cyberscoop.com/harry-coker-education-requirements-federal-cybersecurity-jobs/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/film-studios-demand-ip-addresses-of-people-who-discussed-piracy-on-reddit/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-178k-sonicwall-firewalls-vulnerable-to-dos-potential-rce-attacks/
https://thehackernews.com/2024/01/high-severity-flaws-uncovered-in-bosch.html
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/01/fidelity-national-financial-acknowledges-data-breach-affecting-1-3-million-customers

January 15, 2024

Welcome to the January 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.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/sec-x-account-crypto-hack-draws-senate-ire-
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/hyundai-mea-x-account-hacked-spreads-cryptocurrency-promotion
https://therecord.media/water-for-people-medusa-ransomware
https://www.wired.com/story/ebay-criminal-charge-bloody-pig-mask/
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/fbot-hacking-tool-targets-major-cloud-services
 

January 12, 2024: Friday Op-Ed: Sure, Let’s Blame the Victims

As has been the way, I am referencing a recent substack I wrote (cyburguy.substack.com) the discussed 23andme blaming their customers for their recent data breach.  "That's a bold move Cotton. Let's see if it works out for them."
Give a listen, tell a friend.