Cybersecurity Today
938 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsUpdates on the latest cybersecurity threats to businesses, data breach disclosures, and how you can secure your firm in an increasingly risky time.
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Cyber Security Today, Sept. 21, 2022 - Browser malware spreading, Emotet botnet offers different ransomware, and more
September 21, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.35 MBThis episode reports on browser malware, a data breach at American Airlines and ransomware
Cyber Security Today, Sept, 19, 2022 - Bell division recovering from ransomware, a handy browser utility causes trouble, and a vulnerability in Microsoft Teams
September 19, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.66 MBThis episode reports on a ransomware attack at a Bell Canada unit, why users should avoid a browser spell check utility and more
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, Sept. 16, 2022
September 16, 2022 19:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBThis episode features a discussion on ransomware, how IT security leaders can deal with having to cut costs and why a UK bank told mobile customers not to install iOS 16 on their Apple devices
Cyber Security Today, Sept 16, 2022 - Queen's death exploited by phishing scam, new Linux backdoor found, and more
September 16, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.16 MBThis episode reports on one way crooks are taking advantage of the Queen's death to steal credentials, how Los Angeles' school board is responding to a ransomware attack, and more
Cyber Security Today, Sept. 14, 2022 - The latest news on Windows patches, a warning to medical IT administrators, a Mitel VoIP vulnerability being exploited and more
September 14, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.41 MBThis episode reports on CISOs cutting back on the number of security vendors they buy from, unsecured medical devices, Windows updates and more
Cyber Security Today, Sept. 12, 2022 - A vulnerability found in the BackupBuddy WordPress plugin, a new Linux malware discovered, and more
September 12, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.2 MBThis episode reports on another WordPress plugin bug, a new Linux malware discovered, US sanctions against Iran's intelligence ministry for cyber attacks and more
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for September 9, 2022
September 09, 2022 19:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBThis episode features a discussion about implementing a zero trust network architecture with Adobe's director of enterprise security
Cyber Security Today, September 9, 2022 - Back to school, Facebook has no idea where all your data is and more...
September 09, 2022 04:24 - 7 minutes - 6.91 MBDoes Facebook even know what data it has about you? Or where it is stored? Cyberwar breaking out from the Russia Ukraine conflict hits many Ukraine supporters - most recently a full assault on Japan's e-government. All this and more on the back to school edition of CyberSecurity Today.
Cyber Security Today, September 7, 2022 - TikTok, Samsung and the most widely used attack
September 07, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.48 MBTikTok has reportedly been breached exposing over 2 billion records. Samsung suffered a hit exposing consumer data in the US. Kaspersky report points out that vulnerabilities in public facing applications are now the leading "first step" in cyber attacks.
Cyber Security Today, September 5, 2022 -- An alert to energy companies, a warning to Linux administrators and more
September 05, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.49 MBThis episode reports on cyber attacks on energy companies, ransomware attacks up on Linux systems, multi-million settlements in class action lawsuits and an update on PYPI attacks
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, September. 2, 2022
September 02, 2022 19:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBThis episode features a discussion about increasing the number of women in cybersecurity, how a university student fell for an email job offer scam and more
Cyber Security Today, Sept. 2, 2022 - Hundreds of insecure mobile apps found, guidance for securely creating software and an uproar over American police cellphone tracking
September 02, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.21 MBThis episode reports on an Instagram scam, poorly-created mobile apps and a new way U.S. police are tracking people with the help of apps you download
Cyber Security Today, August 31, 2022 - Another email job scam and how to celebrate International Women in Cyber Day
August 31, 2022 09:00 - 8 minutes - 7.38 MBThis episode reports on how a victim fell for an IT job scam, the Canadian government is being sued for negligence in a revenue department hack, watch for fake web sites and more
Cyber Security Today, August 29, 2022 - Door Dash hacked, Facebook ready to face the music and Sephora agrees to pay a $1.2 million penalty
August 29, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 6.16 MBThis episode reports on a Door Dash hack, a tentative deal from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, California penalizes a cosmetics retailer and more
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, August 26, 2022
August 26, 2022 19:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBThis episode features a discussion on the latest trends in cyber insurance and on how much freedom regulated industries should have in creating cybersecurity programs
Cyber Security Today, August 26, 2022 - Protect your Active Directory servers, a huge text-based phishing scam found and more
August 26, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBThis episode reports on the latest attack on Active Directory servers, a huge text-based phishing scam and another email-based scam for stealing credentials
Cyber Security Today, Aug. 24, 2022 - Watch your cyber insurance coverage, threat actors abusing SaaS platforms and more
August 24, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.9 MBThis episode reports on developments in cyber insurance, how threat actors abuse SaaS platforms, a new attack on Gmail and other mail platforms and the dangers of in-app browsers
Cyber Security Today - Some CISO salaries are up, LockBit gang has troubles and crooks take advantage of poorly-secured WordPress sites
August 22, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.8 MBThis episode reports on a survey of CISOs, LockBit ransomware gang data leak site is offline and crooks take advantage of poorly-secured WordPress sites
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday August 19, 2022
August 19, 2022 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.1 MBThis episode features a discussion about bugs in software patches that are supposed to fix bugs, fake online job offers and the dangers of collecting to much customer data
Cyber Security Today, Aug. 19, 2022 - Another huge DDoS attack, ransomware variants increase and a warning about vulnerable PLCs
August 19, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 3.83 MBThis episode reports on a record denial of service attack, the number of ransomware variants discovered this year is up and a warning about vulnerable PLCs
Cyber Security Today, Aug. 17, 2022 - Warnings to data collectors, users of remote access technologies and firms with wireless device location systems
August 17, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 6.88 MBReports the possible abuse of data collection by medical companies, a U.S. regulator looking at mass data collection by companies and a caution to organizations using using ultra-wideband real-time locating wireless systems
Cyber Security Today, Aug. 15, 2022 - Watch for these patches from Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft and others
August 15, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.43 MBToday's episode warns IT administrators of security updates to be aware of
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, August 12, 2022
August 12, 2022 19:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBThe theme of this week's discussion is why employees do risky things like click on malicious links that defeat multifactor authentication
Cyber Security Today, August 12, 2022 - Information to help shoot down Zeppelin ransomware, a UK managed services provider recovering after a ransomware attack, and more
August 12, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MBThis episode reports on the workings of the Zeppelin ransomware, a new strain of malware targeting a power distributor in Ukraine, and more
Cyber Security Today, August 10, 2022 - Bad apps found in the PyPI repository, six backdoors used by a gang'. a new botnet found and more
August 10, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.47 MBThis episode reports on malware in the PyPI repository, six backdoors are used in a gang's cyber attacks, how to discover a deepfake video and more
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday August 5, 2022
August 05, 2022 19:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBThis episode features an interview with privacy expert Ann Cavoukian
Cyber Security Today, August 5, 2022 – DDoS, Macros and APIs
August 05, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 6.14 MBThree formerly popular means of infiltrating and attacking have been reimagined in ways that is bringing them back in new and even more dangerous forms.
Cyber Security Today, August 3, 2022 – Exfiltration - theft of data is now a dominant strategy in ransomware, ransomware groups continue to attack critical infrastructure and more
August 03, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.45 MBThis episode reports on the release of the State of Ransomware by Blackfog, a ransomware gang attacks an energy supplier in central Europe and more
Cyber Security Today, August 1, 2022 - Alberta gets new a privacy commissioner, Apple traffic briefly runs through Russia and more
August 01, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 6.09 MBThis episode reports on a proposed class action against Meta, a cyber attack on a marketing provider used by US healthcare providers and more
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday July 29, 2022
July 29, 2022 19:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBThis episode features discussion about the continuing increase in cyber attacks, the major ways attackers compromise firms and the cybersecurity talent shortage
Cyber Security Today, July 29, 2022 - Hackers change tactics to fight Microsoft, a new phishing service aimed at banks and more
July 29, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MBThis episode reports on hackers dropping macros for RAR, LNK files, Robin Banks service offered for hackers, and warnings on malicious proxyware and browser extensions
Cyber Security Today, July 27, 2022 - Cyber attacks are increasing, the cost of a data breach is increasing and more
July 27, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.09 MBThis episode reports on studies showing cyber attacks and the cost of data breaches are increasing, a threat actor hunting using Facebook Business to steal corporate data and more
Cyber Security Today, July 25, 2022 - Public hearings on the Rogers outage start today, a data breach at Entrust and patches issued for SonicWall and Confluence products
July 25, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 6.17 MBThis episode background's today public hearing on the Rogers outage, reports on a data breach at Entrust and more
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday July 22, 2022
July 22, 2022 19:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBThis episode features a discussion on the huge Rogers internet outage, Log4J and more
Cyber Security Today, July 22, 2022 - Five-character passwords allegedly good enough for some firms, PayPal used by scammers and more
July 22, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 3.82 MBThis episode reports on companies that allow short passwords, PayPal being used by scammers and a new version of the Qakbot malware is out
Cyber Security Today, July 20, 2022 - An anonymous service that can get you hacked, infected online restaurant platforms found, a Mac backdoor discovered, and more
July 20, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 6.25 MBThis episode reports on the abuse of residential IP proxy services, the discovery of data skimmers on online restaurant platforms, a new Mac backdoor discovered and more
Cyber Security Today, July 18, 2022 - Ransomware targets small businesses, warnings for Digium Elastix and Netwrix Auditor administrators, and more
July 18, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.94 MBThis episode reports on a ransomware group targeting small businesses, vulnerability warnings for Digium Elastix and Netwrix Auditor administrators, advice for GitHub users and more
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, July 15, 2022
July 15, 2022 19:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBThis episode features a discussion with U.S. cybersecurity expert and author Eric Cole
Cyber Security Today, July 15, 2022 - Cyber crooks use the KISS method . . . Quickbooks, and credit cards - things we think we know and trust create scams that evade technical detection
July 15, 2022 09:00 - 8 minutes - 7.45 MBCyber crooks use the KISS method - Keep it Simple . . . Quickbooks, credit cards and your supposedly anonymized data - things we think we know and trust create scams that evade technical detection and are so simple in their concept that almost anyone could be fooled
Cyber Security Today, July 13, 2022 - A free decryptor tool to fight ransomware, not all apps in the Apple store are safe and more
July 13, 2022 11:46 - 6 minutes - 5.86 MBA New Zealand firm releases a free decryptor tool to fight ransomware, you are not as safe buying an app in the Apple store as you might think, and an online payment fraud will exceed 343 billion dollars next year.
Cyber Security Today, July 11, 2022 - Mandatory 2FA for the PyPI registry, beware of fake Google software updates and a poor password leads to huge data hack
July 11, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.62 MBThis episode reports on mandatory two-factor authentication coming for critical projects in the PyPI registry, fake Google software updates spreading and another hack blamed on the use of 'password' as a password
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday July 8, 2022
July 08, 2022 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBThis episode features a discussion on what qualifications people might need to start a career in cybersecurity
Cyber Security Today, July 8, 2022 - IT provider recovering from a cyber attack, more action from Karakurt and Chinese attackers and new Linux malware
July 08, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.59 MBThis episode reports on a cyber attack on SHI International, the return of the Karahurt theft and extortion group, new Linux malware and important Apache and OpenSSl updates
Cyber Security Today, July 6, 2022 - A phishing test failure, the AstraLocker ransomware developer quits and a Wi-Fi warning to those sitting in airports
July 06, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 6.54 MBThis episode reports on phishing tests, a ransomware developer moves on, what you shouldn't do when stuck at an airport, a warning about app toll scams and more
Cyber Security Today, July 4, 2022 - Hope for stable cyber insurance rates, a U.S. supermarket chain penalized for poor cloud security, and more
July 04, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 6.13 MBThis episode reports on cyber insurance rate trends, a penalty for the Wegmans grocery chain, cyber attacks on a provider of services to US governments and why an insider was fired at HackerOne
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday July 1, 2022
July 01, 2022 19:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBThis episode features a discussion on a regulator's order to Canadian telecom providers to block botnets, the CISA's recommendation to companies using Microsoft Exchange Online to move to better authentication and more
Cyber Security Today, July 1, 2022 - Carnival Cruise Line hit with US$5 million fine over data breaches, an FBI warning to HR departments over deepfake videos, and more
July 01, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.16 MBThis episode reports on why Carnival Cruise Line was fined over cyber inadequacies, an FBI warning to HR departments over deepfake video job applications, and more
Cyber Security Today, June 29, 2022 - A list of the most dangerous software weaknesses is updated, a warning to Kubernetes administrators, and more
June 29, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 6.09 MBThis episode reports on the updating of two important vulnerabilities list, a warning to Kubernetes administrators, a U.S. regulator punishes the current and former owners of a website for a data breach and SOHO routers being targeted
Cyber Security Today, June 27, 2022 - A warning to firms using VoIP systems, malicious files in an open source Python registry, and more
June 27, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.56 MBThis episode reports on how a vulnerability in a VoIP system, nearly led to a ransomware attack, why files in open source registries should be handled with care, and a hacker is selling access to compromised Atlassian Confluence servers
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, June 24, 2022
June 24, 2022 19:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBThis episode features a discussion on Cloudflare's service outage, a U.S. bank's discovery of a second cyber attack and more