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**Cybersecurity Headlines**

Daily stories from the world of information security. To delve into any daily story, head to CISOseries.com.

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Malicious Go module, new Mirai botnet, Silk Typhoon exploits cloud Aug 25, 2025

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Malicious Go module steals credentials via Telegram

Mirai-based botnet resurfaces targeting systems globally

Silk Typhoon hackers exploit cloud trust to hack downstream customers

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Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

Week in Review: Celebrating 5 years of Cyber Security Headlines Aug 22, 2025

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Link to episode page

This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino. This is our milestone edition, celebrating five years of the daily Cyber Security Headlines news podcast. Our guests today will be the CSH reporters themselves, reflecting on some stories from this week as well as their favorite stories from the past few years. Joining Rich live will be Hadas Cassorla and Steve Prentice, with videos from Sarah Lane and Lauren Verno.

Thanks to our show sponsor, Conveyor

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All links and the video of this episode can be found on CISO Series.com

Apple's urgent update, Scattered Spider sentence, Microsoft seeks SSD feedback Aug 22, 2025

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Apple urges iPhone, iPad and Mac update ASAP

Scattered Spider operative gets 10 years and a big fine

Microsoft seeks customer feedback on SSD failure issues

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor

Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

Apple zero-day patch, Jailbreaking ChatGPT-5 Pro, 7-year old Cisco Vulnerability exploited Aug 21, 2025

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A patch today keeps the zero-day away

Jailbreaking ChatGPT-5 Pro

The thing about vulnerabilities is they stay vulnerable

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor

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Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

UK drops Apple backdoor mandate, Allianz Life breach impacts 1.1M, attack stifles speed cameras Aug 20, 2025

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UK agrees to drop 'backdoor' mandate for Apple devices

Massive Allianz Life data breach impacts 1.1M people

Speed cameras knocked out after cyber attack

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Workday breach, post-quantum alliance, Chinese group targets Taiwan Aug 19, 2025

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Workday confirms data breach

An alliance to unify post-quantum cryptography

New Chinese threat actor targeting Taiwan

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor

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Cisco firewall warning, Colt Telecom cyberattack, CISA's OT request Aug 18, 2025

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Cisco warns of maximum-severity defect in firewall software UK's Colt Telecom suffers cyberattack

CISA implores OT environments to lock down critical infrastructure

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor

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Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

Week in Review: ShinyHunters-Scattered Spider merge, DARPA AI prize, Water infrastructure volunteers Aug 15, 2025

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This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Steve Zalewski, co-host, Defense in Depth

Thanks to our show sponsor, Vanta

Do you know the status of your compliance controls right now? Like…right now? We know that real-time visibility is critical for security, but when it comes to our GRC programs…we rely on point-in-time checks. But more than 9,000 companies have continuous visibility into their controls with Vanta. Vanta brings automation to evidence collection across over 35 frameworks, like SOC 2 and ISO 27001. They also centralize key workflows like policies, access reviews, and reporting, and helps you get security questionnaires done 5 times faster with AI. Now that's…a new way to GRC. Get started at Vanta.com/headlines

All links and the video of this episode can be found on CISO Series.com

NFC fraud reappears, Canada government breach, Zoom's critical flaw Aug 15, 2025

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New wave of NFC relay fraud, call hijacking, and root exploits in banking sector

Canada's House of Commons suffers cyberattack

Zoom fixes critical Windows client flaw that could enable privilege escalation

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta

Do you know the status of your compliance controls right now? Like...right now?

We know that real-time visibility is critical for security, but when it comes to our GRC programs…we rely on point-in-time checks.

But more than 9,000 companies have continuous visibility into their controls with Vanta.

Vanta brings automation to evidence collection across over 35 frameworks, like SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

They also centralize key workflows like policies, access reviews, and reporting, and helps you get security questionnaires done 5 times faster with AI.

Now that's…a new way to GRC. Get started at Vanta.com/headlines

Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

Court filing system hack explained, PA AG weighs in on attack, Fortinet attacks raise concerns Aug 14, 2025

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Hack of federal court filing system exploited security flaws known since 2020

Pennsylvania attorney general says cyberattack knocked phone, email systems offline

Spike in Fortinet VPN brute-force attacks raises zero-day concerns

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta

Do you know the status of your compliance controls right now? Like...right now?

We know that real-time visibility is critical for security, but when it comes to our GRC programs…we rely on point-in-time checks.

But more than 9,000 companies have continuous visibility into their controls with Vanta.

Vanta brings automation to evidence collection across over 35 frameworks, like SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

They also centralize key workflows like policies, access reviews, and reporting, and helps you get security questionnaires done 5 times faster with AI.

Now that's…a new way to GRC. Get started at Vanta.com/headlines