The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

December 6, 2024: Op-Ed to PSA to RANT

What started as an OP-Ed about Salt Typhoon, moved to a PSA and collapsed into a Rant.  ENJOY

December 4, 2024

Welcome to the December 4, 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/2024/12/03/760k_xerox_nokia_bofa_morgan/?td=rt-3a
https://cybernews.com/cybercrime/authorities-take-down-matrix/
https://cyberscoop.com/cyber-resilience-corps-volunteers-berkeley-cyberpeace/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vodka-maker-stoli-files-for-bankruptcy-in-us-after-ransomware-attack/
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/12/03/englobal-ransomware-attack/
https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/apple-espionage-on-its-employees-iphones-and-icloud-accounts/
 

December 2, 2024

Welcome to the December 2, 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.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/novel-phising-campaign-uses-corrupted-word-documents-to-evade-security/
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/30/bologna_fc_ransomhub/
https://cybernews.com/news/online-influencers-accuracy-fact-checking-misinformation/
https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/operation-undercut-russia-malign-influence-campaigns
https://cyberscoop.com/south-dakota-cybersecurity-leadership-2025/
https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/wanted-russian-cybercriminal-linked-to.html
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/11/28/crypto-deepfake-fraud/
https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/illegal-movie-piracy-streaming-service-taken-down-and-malware-spread-investigation-impending/
 

November 27, 2024: OP-ED: Awareness training needs to be rethought

This week's OP-ED refers to this post I made on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7267172616346505217/). This had to do with a research study that showed the current methods associated with awareness training just aren't working, so I am trying to develop a new way.
Give a listen and tell me what you think. darren@thecyburguy.com

November 25, 2024

Welcome to the November 25, 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/security/north-korea-it-worker-scam-fbi-seizes-domains-tactics-microsoft/
https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/north-korean-hackers-steal-10m-with-ai.html
https://cybernews.com/security/bojangles-data-breach/
https://cybernews.com/security/meta-removes-2m-fake-accounts-south-asia-scam-centers/
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/leaky-cybersecurity-holes-water-systems-risk
https://cyberscoop.com/senate-cybersecurity-health-care-data-bill/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bangkok-busts-sms-blaster-sending-1-million-scam-texts-from-a-van/
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/russian-cyber-spies-hatvibe/