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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 232


https://www.zdnet.com/
article/popular-wordpress-
plugin-hacked-by-angry-former-employee/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/notpetya-an-act-of-war-cyber-insurance-firm-taken-to-task-for-refusing-to-pay-out/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/employees-sacked-ceo-fined-in-singhealth-security-breach/https://www.zdnet.com/article/firms-fined-1m-for-singhealth-data-security-breach/

https://www.securityweek.com/new-variant-bec-seeks-divert-payroll-deposits

https://www.zdnet.com/article/oklahoma-gov-data-leak-exposes-millions-of-department-files-fbi-investigations/

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 231

https://lifehacker.com/why-smart-people-make-stupid-mistakes-1831503216

https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-tribune-publishing-malware-20181230-story,amp.html

https://www.securityweek.com/was-north-korea-wrongly-accused-ransomware-attacks

https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/staff-lapses-and-it-system-vulnerabilities-are-key-reasons-behind-singhealth-cyberattack

https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2019/01/hhs-releases-voluntary-cybersecurity-practices-health-industry/153835/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/data-of-2-4-million-blur-password-manager-users-left-exposed-online/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/12/iranian-phishers-bypass-2fa-protections-offered-by-yahoo-mail-and-gmail/

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 230

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/11/hacker-backdoors-widely-used-open-source-software-to-steal-bitcoin/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/11/marriott-data-on-500-million-guests-stolen-in-4-year-breach/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/12/what-the-marriott-breach-says-about-security/

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 229

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/11/internet-con-men-ripped-off-pathe-nl-for-e19m-in-sophisticated-fraud/

https://lifehacker.com/how-password-constraints-give-you-a-false-sense-of-secu-1830564360

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3319704/data-protection/the-end-of-security-as-we-know-it.html

https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/breach-settlement-has-unusual-penalty-a-11669

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bje8na/massive-data-leaks-keep-happening-because-big-companies-can-afford-to-lose-your-data

https://www.zdnet.com/article/city-of-valdez-alaska-admits-to-paying-off-ransomware-infection/

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 228

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-is-how-artificial-intelligence-will-become-weaponized-in-future-cyberattacks/

https://www.securityinfowatch.com/article/12434583/everyone-needs-to-take-responsibility-for-cybersecurity-in-the-workplace

https://www.zdnet.com/article/adobe-coldfusion-servers-under-attack-from-apt-group/

https://www.securityweek.com/troubled-waters-how-new-wave-cyber-attacks-targeting-maritime-trade

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/77676/malware/industrial-facilities-malware.html

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 227

https://www.zdnet.com/article/equifax-engineer-who-designed-breach-portal-gets-8-months-of-house-arrest-for-insider-trading/

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3314557/security/ransomware-attack-hits-north-carolina-water-utility-following-hurricane.html

https://www.securityweek.com/insurer-anthem-will-pay-record-16m-massive-data-breach

https://blog.sucuri.net/2018/10/malicious-redirects-from-newsharecounts-com-tweet-counter.html

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2018/09/26/sec-hits-voya-financial-advisors-with-1m-fine-over/

https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/debunking-cybersecurity-thought-humans-are-weakest-link

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 226 redux

Note: this episode is being re-released to fix a problem with the mp3 download.

https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/bec-as-a-service-offers-hacked-business-accounts-for-as-little-as-150/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ic3-issues-alert-regarding-remote-desktop-protocol-rdp-attacks/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/10/supply-chain-security-is-the-whole-enchilada-but-whos-willing-to-pay-for-it/

 

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 225

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pa8emg/russian-indicted-jp-morgan-chase-hack

https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-government-releases-post-mortem-report-on-equifax-hack/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/phishing-alert-north-korean-hacking-attacks-shows-your-email-is-still-the-weakest-link/

https://www.verizon.com/about/news/lifting-lid-cybercrime

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 224

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-destructive-ransomware-has-made-crooks-6m-by-encrypting-data-and-backups/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/reddit-announces-security-breach-after-hackers-bypassed-staffs-2fa/

https://www.databreachtoday.com/art-steal-fin7s-highly-effective-phishing-a-11286

https://www.wired.com/story/notpetya-cyberattack-ukraine-russia-code-crashed-the-world/

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 223

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/personal-info-of-15m-singhealth-patients-including-pm-lee-stolen-in-singapores-most

https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/labcorp-still-recovering-from-ransomware-attack-a-11235

https://www.securityweek.com/cyber-axis-evil-rewriting-cyber-kill-chain

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/07/prolific-hacking-group-steals-almost-1-million-from-russian-bank/#p3

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/us-charges-12-russian-intelligence-officers-for-hacking-dnc-running-dcleaks/