The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update Darren Mott

With the RSA conference coming in about 10-days, I bring back a topic I mentioned about 7 months ago as it pertains to Cyber Conferences to today's Op-Ed. Are they solving anything?  I have thoughts.
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Dissenting opinions are welcome at darren@thecyburguy.com

Welcome to the April 24, 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/2024/04/23/unitedhealth_admits_breach_substantial/?td=rt-3a
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2094609/authentication-failure-blamed-for-change-healthcare-ransomware-attack.html
https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/russia-fancy-bear-pummels-windows-print-spooler-bug.
https://cyberscoop.com/iranian-nationals-charged-with-hacking-u-s-companies-treasury-and-state-departments/
https://securityaffairs.com/162136/cyber-crime/hackers-threaten-leak-world-check.html
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/vulnerability-exploitation-rise/
 

Welcome to the April 22, 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.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/lastpass-users-lose-master-passwords-ultra-convincing-scam
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-dev-lures-child-exploiters-into-honeytrap-to-extort-them/
https://securityaffairs.com/162067/hacking/crushftp-zero-day-exploited.html
https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/possible-cyber-attack-on-911-of-4-american-states/
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2093647/ransomware-feared-in-octapharma-plasmas-us-wide-shutdown.html
 

Today's Friday Op-Ed has to do with two news articles this week on nation-state actors attacking critical national infrastructure and we need to understand that a world at Cyber War is real, and it is spectacular!
Give a listen, tell a friend.
Thoughts/comments/suggestions welcome at darren@thecyburguy.com

Welcome to the April 17, 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/2024/04/16/change_healthcares_ransomware_attack_has/?td=rt-3a
https://cyberscoop.com/change-healthcare-unitedhealth-ransomware-hearing/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/exploit-released-for-palo-alto-pan-os-bug-used-in-attacks-patch-now/
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/cisco-duo-multifactor-authentication-service-breached
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/omni-hotels-confirms-data-compromise-in-apparent-ransomware-attack
https://cybernews.com/news/millions-student-papers-written-with-ai/
 
 

Welcome to the April 15, 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/2024/04/12/microsoft_cisa_order/?td=rt-3a
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/cisa-s-new-malware-analysis-platform-could-enable-better-threat-intelligence
https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/zambia-busts-77-in-china-backed-cybercrime-operation
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ex-amazon-engineer-gets-3-years-for-hacking-crypto-exchanges/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/firebird-rat-creator-and-seller-arrested-in-the-us-and-australia/
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2089594/attackers-exploit-critical-zero-day-flaw-in-palo-alto-networks-firewalls.html
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cisa-urges-reset-sisense-breach/