The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

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.

October 12, 2023

Welcome to the October 12, 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/threat-intelligence/microsoft-chinese-apt-behind-atlassian-confluence-attacks-pocs-appear
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/10/microsoft_says_vbscript_will_be/?td=rt-3a
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-wordpress-backdoor-creates-rogue-admin-to-hijack-websites/
https://cybernews.com/cyber-war/israel-redalert-breached-anonghost-hamas/
https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/100009-first-half-of-2023-sees-more-ransomware-victims-than-all-of-2022
 

October 11, 2023

Welcome to the October 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://krebsonsecurity.com/
https://cyberscoop.com/predatory-sparrow-israel-gaza-cyber/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-october-2023-patch-tuesday-fixes-3-zero-days-104-flaws/
https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/http2-rapid-reset-zero-day.html
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/10/09/degree-requirements-cybersecurity-jobs/
https://cybernews.com/
 

October 10, 2023

Welcome to the October 10, 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/cyber-war/palestine-israel-scada-under-attack/
https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/operation-behind-predator-mobile-spyware-industrial-scale
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/thousands-of-wordpress-sites-have-been-hacked-through-tagdiv-plugin-vulnerability/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/blackbaud-agrees-to-495-million-settlement-for-ransomware-data-breach/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/alphv-ransomware-gang-claims-attack-on-florida-circuit-court/
https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/peachpit-massive-ad-fraud-botnet.html
https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/cybercriminals-using-evilproxy-phishing.html