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Cyber Security Today, April 29, 2024 – Credential stuffing attacks are hitting firms using Okta ID management solutions, and more
Credential stuffing attacks are hitting firms using Okta ID management solutions, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Monday, April 29, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon. Credential stuffing attacks on organizations that use Okta's identity and access management solutions have spiked in the last nine days. The company issued that warning on Saturday. It comes
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Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for week ending Friday, April 26, 2024
Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday April 26, 2024. From Toronto, I'm Howard Solomon. In a few minutes David Shipley, head of Beauceron Security, will be here to discuss some of the biggest news of the past week. They include the latest developments in the
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Cyber Security Today, April 26, 2024 – Patch warnings for Cisco ASA gateways and a WordPress plugin
Patch warnings for Cisco ASA gateways and a WordPress plugin. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Friday, April 26th, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon. Network administrators with Cisco Systems' ASA security appliance on their networks are urged to install the latest security patches. This comes after the discovery of two zero-day vulnerabilities that are being
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Cyber Security Today, April 24, 2024 – Good news/bad news in Mandiant report, UnitedHealth admits paying a ransomware gang, and more
Good news/bad news in Mandiant report, UnitedHealth admits paying a ransomware gang, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Wednesday April 24th, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon. Security teams may be getting better at finding hackers lurking in their IT systems. That's according to Mandiant's latest annual M-Trends report. The mean time an attacker
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Cyber Security Today, April 22, 2024 -Vulnerability in CrushFTP file transfer software, security updates for Cisco’s controller management application, and more
Vulnerability found in CrushFTP file transfer software, security updates for Cisco's controller management application, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Monday April 22nd, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon. A warning is going out about a vulnerability in another file transfer platform. The hole is in CrushFTP servers, which run on Windows, Linux, Unix and
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Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for week ending Friday April 19, 2024
Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, April 19th, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon. In a few minutes Jen Ellis, a member of the Ransomware Task Force will be here to talk about the group's recent report on what governments need to do before banning ransom payments.
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Cyber Security Today, April 19, 2024 – Police bust phishing rental platform, a nine-year old virus found on Ukrainian computers, and more
Police bust phishing rental platform, a nine-year old virus found on Ukrainian computers, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Friday, April 19th, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon. The Europol European police co-operative says one of the largest phishing-as-a-service platforms has been severely disrupted. This week law enforcement agencies from 19 countries including the
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Meta’s new release sparks debate about open versus closed source AI: Hashtag Trending for Friday, April 19, 2024
Just how real is quantum computing? We have an amazing guest on our Weekend Edition who will talk about how she is helping people prepare for IT careers using quantum computing. Meta’s new AI release sparks a debate about open versus closed source AI, major legislation expanding US government surveillance capabilities goes largely unnoticed, big
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More Windows PCs previously blocked are now able to upgrade to Windows 11. Apple has fallen to number two in terms of iPhone market share. Salesforce makes news with a possible acquisition of Informatica. And a new AI wearable device gets savage reviews. All this and more on the “winners and losers” edition of Hashtag
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Cyber Security Today, April 17, 2024 – More suspicious attempts to take over open source projects, a data theft at a Cisco Duo partner, and more
More suspicious attempts to take over open source projects, a data theft at a Cisco Duo partner, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Wednesday, April 17, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon. The recent takeover of an encryption utility used by Linux may not be an isolated incident. The OpenJS Foundation, home to open JavaScript
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Broadcom backs down on VMWare pricing: Hashtag Trending for Wednesday, April 17, 2024
YouTube clamps down on third party apps that block ads. Experts predict a new cyber-war between Iran and Israel. Elon Musk backs down on his fight with the Brazilian government and Broadcom makes concessions in the face of customer outrage and European regulatory scrutiny of its new VMWare pricing. All this and more on the