This week on the podcast we cover CISA's freshly-released Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs) designed to help smaller organizations bridge the gap between frameworks and practical implementation. After that, we discuss a new bill working its way through the US Senate designed to address open source software security risks. Finally, we end with a research post from Microsoft … [Read more...]
Ransomware TTPs Deep Dive
This week on the podcast, we cover another remote code execution vulnerability that looks extremely concerning on the surface but might be less serious in reality. After that, we cover two research articles by Microsoft on ransomware campaigns including defensive takeaways for all organizations. … [Read more...]
Cyber Energy Star
This week on the podcast we cover a proposed program from the White House to create an Energy Star-like label for cybersecurity in consumer products. Before that, we cover two other updates from the federal government including a new open source tool from CISA and the latest reincarnation of Privacy Shield. … [Read more...]
Q2 Threats and Guilty CSOs
This week on the podcast, we focus on highlighting WatchGuard's Q2 Internet Security Report, covering the latest threat trends and what you can do to avoid them. However, we also pack in our security news segment, with an Optus breach update from an Australian IT and security expert and WatchGuard Partner, the latest on the UBER CSO trial, and a warning about the recent zero … [Read more...]
Optus Opts Out of PII Protection
This week on the podcast, we cover an Optus data breach that could affect over 10 million Australian customers, and what they should do to protect themselves. We highlight a new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) information stealer that lowers the cost and technical bar for cybercriminals. Finally, we end with some good news about how the FBI was able to catch and arrest an ex-NSA … [Read more...]
