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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.

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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

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

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.

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.

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 

Verizon & Health Systems in Data Breach, K-8 Students Learn Cybersecurity Via Games, PoS Malware. In this episode, Verizon Notified customers of Data Breach, As health systems' 3 Million patients' personally identifiable information exposed in data breach due to Meta Pixel. Customers' data stolen from a testing application server.

Lastly, PoS Malware were used to steal data from more than 167,000 credit cards. 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. 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. Verizon notifies prepaid customers their accounts were breached https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/verizon-notifies-prepaid-customers-their-accounts-were-breached/ 2. Two PoS Malware used to steal data from more than 167,000 credit cards
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/137608/malware/pos-malware-stolen-card-data.html 3. Payment terminal malware steals $3.3m worth of credit card numbers – so far https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/24/pos_malware_campaign_steals_33m/. 4. K-8 students learn cybersecurity through Gamification https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/98514-k-8-students-learn-cybersecurity-through-gamification