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Listen to a helpful take on recent news in cyberspace. In layman terms, Salaudeen Amao gives a breakdown of the ups and downs as it concerns tech, hacking, information security and cybercrime.
The podcast is published every Sunday by midnight and designed to educate you on how to become cybersmart with a 15 minutes long, summary of recent tech related news and cyber events.

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Cybersmart Security Salaudeen Amao

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Listen to a helpful take on recent news in cyberspace. In layman terms, Salaudeen Amao gives a breakdown of the ups and downs as it concerns tech, hacking, information security and cybercrime.
The podcast is published every Sunday by midnight and designed to educate you on how to become cybersmart with a 15 minutes long, summary of recent tech related news and cyber events.

Subscribe to Cybersmart security on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify
Send your questions, comments and suggestions via voice message on the Anchor app or by email to getcybersmart@protonmail.com

    Episode 54-CNRs-Police Disrupts Phishing Rental Platform & Students Turn to Cyberfraud;As 70,000 people allegedly duped in the UK alone

    Episode 54-CNRs-Police Disrupts Phishing Rental Platform & Students Turn to Cyberfraud;As 70,000 people allegedly duped in the UK alone

    Episode 54: Police Disrupts Phishing Rental Platform & Students Turn to Cyberfraud; 70,000 people allegedly duped in the UK alone.

    In this episode, I dive into the Global Police operation that disrupted shutdown Phishing Rental Platform. Also, The Guardian reported how students in the UK are turning to Cyber-fraud to boost their income with 70,000 people allegedly duped in the UK alone.



    The *Cybersecurity News Review series(The Midweek Edition)-CNRs* is a review of selected cybersecurity news from cyberspace and key takeaways or lessons that we can learn from them as individuals or organizations.

    Thank you for listening. Salahudeen Amao gives a breakdown of recent news in cyberspace. Learn something about security and more that can help you get Cybersmart both online and offline. New episodes are released every week. Follow him on Twitter @Major_Jeneral. Send your questions, comments, and suggestions via email to getcybersmart@protonmail.com.

    LINKS:


    Global Police Operation Disrupts 'LabHost' Phishing Service, Over 30 Arrested Worldwide

    Trend Micro Assessment
    The Fall of LabHost: Law Enforcement Shuts Down Phishing Service Provider


    International investigation disrupts phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost

    GROUP-IB
    Phishy Business: Unraveling LabHost's scam ecosystem

    Students turns to cyberfraud to boost incomes.
    Students turning to cyberfraud as huge phishing site infiltrated, police reveal

    • 14 min
    CNRs-Episode 53: LG TVs in Remote Attacks,73M AT&T Customers in Data Breach, Facebook Profiles Hijack and More...

    CNRs-Episode 53: LG TVs in Remote Attacks,73M AT&T Customers in Data Breach, Facebook Profiles Hijack and More...

    CNRs-Episode 53: LG TVs in Remote Attacks,73M AT&T Customers in Data Breach, Facebook Profiles Hijack and More...
    In this episode, I dive into the possible remote attacks on 90,000 LG Smart TVs, a massive data breach that impacted 73 million AT&T customers, and the clever methods cybercriminals use to spread malware on Facebook.

    The *Cybersecurity News Review series(The Midweek Edition)-CNRs* is a review of selected cybersecurity news from cyberspace and key takeaways or lessons that we can learn from them as individuals or organizations.

    Thank you for listening. Salahudeen Amao gives a breakdown of recent news in cyberspace. Learn something about security and more that can help you get Cybersmart both online and offline. New episodes are released every week. Follow him on Twitter @Major_Jeneral. Send your questions, comments, and suggestions via email to getcybersmart@protonmail.com.

    LINKS:

    LG TVs in remote attacks


    ⁠Over 90,000 LG Smart TVs may be exposed to remote attacks ⁠
    ⁠LG Smart TVs at Risk of Attacks, Thanks to 4 OS Vulnerabilities⁠


    ⁠Data of 73 million AT&T customers leaked on dark web⁠


    Facebook Profiles Hijack
    AI meets next-gen info stealers in social media malvertising campaigns
    Cybercriminals are spreading malware through Facebook pages impersonating AI brands

    • 17 min
    Dangers of Misinformation; to People & country.

    Dangers of Misinformation; to People & country.

    In today's bonus episode, a snippet or excerpt from a news review episode published in March 2022 titled Managing Misinformation. In today's bonus episode, a snippet or excerpt from a news review episode published in March 2022 titled Managing Misinformation. The focus is on how it(Misinformation) affects people and it effect on a conflict. Also, an emphasis on how the often untrue information(fake news) is shared and amplified, the more such news positions itself as "the truth".

    Link:
    The More Often Something is Repeated, the More True It Becomes: Dealing with Social Media https://isc.sans.edu/diary/The+More+Often+Something+is+Repeated+the+More+True+It+Becomes+Dealing+with+Social+Media/28396

    You can find the full episode herein:

    Managing Misinformation; Toyota, Axis communications and Aon deal with Cyberattacks https://anchor.fm/cybersmart/episodes/Managing-Misinformation-Toyota--Axis-communications-and-Aon-deal-with-Cyberattacks-e1faq2g

    • 9 min
    DC Health Exchange breach Root Cause revealed, Western Digital Hackers Request Ransom,& more.

    DC Health Exchange breach Root Cause revealed, Western Digital Hackers Request Ransom,& more.

    In this episode, we discuss DC Health Exchange breach that exposed about 56,000 people's Personally identifiable information and Root Cause of the breach, Western Digital Hackers Request Ransom Payment, 4 Infected version business Apps to be wary of & 1 Security Best Practice You should Know when writing codes.

    The *Cybersecurity News Review series(The Midweek Edition)-CNRs* is a review of selected cybersecurity news from cyberspace and key takeaways or lessons that we can learn from them as individuals or organizations.

    Thank you for listening. Salahudeen Amao gives a breakdown of recent news in cyberspace. Learn something about security and more that can help you get Cybersmart both online and offline. New episodes are released every week. Follow him on Twitter @Major_Jeneral. Send your questions, comments, and suggestions via voice message on the Anchor app or email to getcybersmart@protonmail.com.

    LINKS: N.B This will be shared later today.

    • 24 min
    E03-Cyber SmartTalk with Michal_Cizek-GoodAccess; First VPN Providers and the Evolution of Remote Access

    E03-Cyber SmartTalk with Michal_Cizek-GoodAccess; First VPN Providers and the Evolution of Remote Access

    Welcome to the Cyber SmartTalk, a series brought to you by the host of GetCybersmart Security Cyber News Review.

    In this episode, Michal Cizek the founder of 1st VPN providers Good Access discusses how security remote accesss helps small business profit in a hypercompetitive space and a variety of other issues such as;


    The story of the first VPN providers in 2008.
    The Evolution of Remote Access
    The One mistake beginners should not make in their learning journey into cybersecurity.
    Small and Medium-scale businesses reduce cyber risks without less stress and huge costs.
    Use cases of Retail Vs Business VPN services.
    Organizational Values' role in enhancing the company's security culture.
    Culture-Driven Companies.
    Zero-Trust and Network segmentation: How it really works.
    The 2 non-technical secrets to protecting your kids from cybercriminals 

    You can send your questions, comments, and suggestions via voice message on the Anchor app or email to getcybersmart@protonmail.com.

    In addition, if you have an expert or colleague that you will like featured in this series, you can send an email with the subject "Persons Name-Podcast Guest Proposal"enclosed with information about the person's profile, links to their previous works or/and interviews, and possible questions or areas they wish to cover during the interview. We will be in touch afterward.   Thank you for listening.

    • 51 min
    NortonlifeLock Password Breach, Fortinet's VPN weaknesses exploited & Europol TakesDown Call Centers

    NortonlifeLock Password Breach, Fortinet's VPN weaknesses exploited & Europol TakesDown Call Centers

    NortonlifeLock Password Breach, Fortinet's VPN weaknesses exploited and Europol Takes Down Call Centers.

    In this episode, Hackers used stolen credentials to beat Norton password manager, European Police(Europol) clamped down on cyber criminals that scammed Germans of over $2M. And Fortinet's experts warn of weaknesses being exploited in VPN's vulnerabilities. The *Cybersecurity News Review series(The Midweek Edition)-CNRs* is a review of selected cybersecurity news from cyberspace and key takeaways or lessons that we can learn from them as individuals or organizations.

    Thank you for listening. Salahudeen Amao gives a breakdown of recent news in cyberspace. Learn something about security and more that can help you get Cybersmart both online and offline. New episodes are released every week. Follow him on Twitter @Major_Jeneral. Send your questions, comments, and suggestions via voice message on the Anchor app or email to getcybersmart@protonmail.com.

    LINKS:

    1.  NortonLifeLock warns that hackers breached Password Manager accounts 

    2. Europol takes down call centers that scammed Germans out of €2 million  

    3. Fortinet Technical Report 

    • 15 min

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