The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

October 20, 2023: Friday Op-Ed - Rethinking Cybersecurity Training and Education

Welcome to the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update and the Friday Op-Ed. The topic is Rethinking Cybersecurity Training and introducing the concept of Role-Based Training (h/t Scott Augenbaum).
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#knowledgeisprotection
(This is a report to correct previous error.)

October 19, 2023

Welcome to the October 19, 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.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/critical-citrix-bug-exploited-zero-day-patching-not-enough
https://cyberscoop.com/russia-hackers-winrar-drone/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukrainian-activists-hack-trigona-ransomware-gang-wipe-servers/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-hackers-exploit-critical-teamcity-flaw-to-breach-networks/
https://www.csoonline.com/article/656004/hasmysecretleaked-reveals-whether-your-secrets-have-been-leaked-in-repositories.html
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/10/the-3-crucial-security-steps-people-should-do-but-dont
 

October 18, 2023

Welcome to the October 18, 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/dna-micro-data-leak/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/10/tech-ceo-sentenced-to-5-years-in-ip-address-scheme/#more-65335
https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/ten-thousand-cisco-ios-xe-systems-compromised-zero-day-bug
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-40-000-admin-portal-accounts-use-admin-as-a-password/
https://cyberscoop.com/federal-agencies-data-privacy-concerns-risk-management-strategies/
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/healthcare-warned-ransomware/
https://www.csoonline.com/article/655905/how-the-hamas-israeli-conflict-puts-cisos-on-the-spot.html
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/10/the-us-is-looking-for-international-boycot-against-ransomware

October 16, 2023

Welcome to the October 16, 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://cyberscoop.com/epa-calls-off-cyber-regulations-for-water-sector/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/steam-enforces-sms-verification-to-curb-malware-ridden-updates/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/women-political-leaders-summit-targeted-in-romcom-malware-phishing/https://www.wired.com/story/us-congress-spyware/https://www.scmagazine.com/news/ws_ftp-servers-targeted-in-ransomware-attackshttps://securityaffairs.com/152470/cyber-crime/lockbit-ransomware-gang-hacked-cdw.htmlhttps://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/with-increased-cybersecurity-awareness-why-does-phishing-still-work/https://cybernews.com/security/facebook-copyright-scam-intensifies/

October 13, 2023: Friday Op-Ed: The era of the cyberwar is here

Welcome to the October 13, 2023 episode of the CyBUr Smart Morning News Update.  As its Friday it is an Op-Ed episode, today on the topic of Cyberwar.  It is here (has been here) and will evolve... Understand it, so you can prepare for it.