The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

December 11, 2023

Welcome to the December 11, 2023 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.scmagazine.com/news/logofail-vulnerabilities-may-affect-95-of-computers-researchers-say
https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/star-blizzard-launched-cyber-attacks-on-uk-since-years/
https://cybernews.com/news/interpol-trafficking-cyber-fraud-globalising/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/alphv-ransomware-site-outage-rumored-to-be-caused-by-law-enforcement/
https://securityaffairs.com/155588/hacking/android-14-13-lock-screen-bypass.html
https://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/the-390-million-alarm-bell-why-cold-wallets-are-no-longer-optional-in-crypto/
https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/videos/increase-deceptive-loan-apps-week-security-tony-anscombe/
 

December 8, 2023: Friday Op-Ed: The Government isn’t going to fix our cyber woes!

Welcome to the Friday Op-Ed. This episode expands on my substack article, located here: https://cyburguy.substack.com/p/sorry-but-the-government-is-not-going. New news today also helps highlight my point.
Give a listen, tell a friend.
 

December 7, 2023

Welcome to the December 7, 2023 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. Your morning cyber news hit with some education and opinion thrown in for good measure.
Full Disclosure, I get a little fired up in the middle...
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/green-card-lottery-agency-exposed-applicants/
https://cybernews.com/security/holiday-shoppers-face-cyberattacks/
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/austal-usa-investigates-cyberattack-claimed-by-ransomware-group
https://cyberscoop.com/fleet-management-vulnerability-digitial-communications-technologies/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-senator-govts-spy-on-apple-google-users-via-mobile-notifications/
https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/hackers-exploited-coldfusion.html
https://www.wired.com/story/automated-ai-attack-gpt-4/
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/sierra-router-vulnerabilities-pose-hacking-risk-for-critical-infrastructure
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/police-arrest-1000-suspected-money/
 

December 6, 2023: New Feature - Wednesday Focus

Welcome to the December 6, 2023 edition of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update. Your morning cyber news hit with some education and opinion thrown in for good measure. In this episode I introduce a new feature called the "Wednesday Focus" where I focus on only a couple stories and dig into them.
Listens and shares are appreciated.  As are comments on the new feature.
Feel free to email comments, suggestions, criticisms, or tips to darren@thecyburguy.com
The articles referenced in this podcast:
https://cybernews.com/security/rusian-hackers-exploit-microsoft-outlook-vulnerability/
https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/payments-giant-tipalti-no-ransomware-breach-roblox
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/htc-global-services-confirms-cyberattack-after-data-leaked-online/
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/aeroblade-attack-on-us-aerospace-firm-shows-how-too-many-companies-are-still-vulnerable-to-spear-phishing
 

December 5, 2023

Welcome to the December 5, 2023 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/security/robocall-phone-scams-protection-against-bots/
https://cybernews.com/news/xbox-series-amazon-sale-listing-appears-fake/
https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-goldstein-secure-by-design/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-kb5032288-update-improves-copilot-fixes-11-bugs/
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/23andme-confirms-nearly-7-million-customers-affected-in-data-leak
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/12/social-media-giants-to-testify-over-failing-to-protect-kids
https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/business-security/executives-behaving-badly-manage-executive-cyberthreat/