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Christopher Doman, Co-Founder and CTO at Cado Security, is talking about their research on "Cerber Ransomware: Dissecting the three heads." This research delves into Cerber ransomware being deployed onto servers running the Confluence application via the CVE-2023-22518 exploit.  The research states "Cerber emerged and was at the peak of its activity around 2016, and has since only occasional campaigns, most recently targeting the aforementioned Confluence vulnerability...

A zero-click exploit affects iPhones belonging to Kaspersky employees. A GRU cyber campaign incorporates novel malware. The Indian government targets Apple over hacking attempts. Microsoft disables App Installer. Australian courts’ AV is compromised. A BlackBasta decryptor is released. Cyber Toufan claims attacks against Israeli targets. Patients in Oklahoma face online extortion. LoanCare customers’ data is at risk. Google settles a private browsing lawsuit. Barracuda patches a zero-day...

Cyber-kidnapping in Utah. Hospitals sue for data recovery. The US Department of Homeland Security assesses cyber threats to the US. Mac malware is on the rise. Cameras hacked by Russian intelligence services provide targeting information. Ransomware roundup. An NPM dependency campaign. Google recommends enhanced safe browsing. Rob Boyce from Accenture describes the Five Families and the trend of hacker collaboration. And the FTC wants to hear your cloned voice...

Sandworm was in Kyivstar's networks for months. Museums face online outages. Emsisoft suggests a ransomware payment ban. An ambulance service suffers a data breach. Mandiant’s social media gets hacked. GXC Team's latest offerings in the C2C underground market. 23andMe blames their breach on password reuse. Lawyers are using outdated encryption...

BGP attack disrupts Internet service. Data breach law firm breached. Remcos RAT returns. Poison packages in the PyPI repository. Hacktivist personae and GRU fronts. BreachForums impresario re-arrested. Cyber National Mission Force gets a new leader. On our Solution Spotlight, Simone Petrella talks with ISC2 CEO Clar Rosso about putting a dent in the cybersecurity workforce gap. LinkedIn as a dating platform? Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app...

The DOJ concludes its xDedic Marketplace investigation. A cyberattack shuts down a major mortgage lender. The Swiss Air Force suffers third party breach. An update on SilverRAT. The Space Force emphasizes collaboration for effective cyber growth. The DOE announces cyber resilience funding. Merck reaches a settlement on NotPetya. NIST warns of AI threats. Our guest is Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee, with a look at intellectual property theft in manufacturing. And Chump Change fines for big tech...

Swatting is on the rise. LoanDepot, the Toronto Zoo and the World Council of Churches all confirm ransomware attacks. Iran-linked hackers target Albania. Sea Turtle focuses on espionage and information theft. Fake “security researchers” offer phony ransomware recovery services. Could AI make KYC  EOL? Avast enhances Babuk decryption. Joe Carrigan looks at the human side of email security. And a group of midwives fail to deliver...

The World Economic Forum names AI a top global threat. The SEC suffers social media breach. The FTC settles with a data broker over location data sales. A massive data leak hits Brazil. Chinese researchers claim and AirDrop hack. A major real estate firm suffers data theft. Pikabot loader is seeing use by spammers. Ukraine’s Blackhit hits Russia’s M9 Telecom. Stuxnet methods are revealed. A Patch Tuesday rundown...

A zero-day hits Ivanti VPN customers. CISA highlights an active MS Sharepoint Server flaw. Cisco patches a critical vulnerability. Atomic Stealer gets updates. Sensitive school emergency planning documents are exposed online. The FCC reports on risky communications equipment. The White House will introduce new cybersecurity requirements for hospitals. Mandiant explains their X-Twitter hack. Our guest is Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42’s David Moulton, host of the new Threat Vector podcast...

The Feds look to cast a wider hiring net. Legislators focus on deepfakes. Cookie stealers bypass MFA on Google accounts. A Fast food hiring chat bot got hacked. Medusa casts her gaze toward extortion. Akira ransomware is active in Finland. GitLab patches critical vulnerabilities. Bosch thermostats are vulnerable to some hot firmware. CSAM vendors’ crypto sophistication grows. CISA released ICS advisories...