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Fortinet SSL VPNs getting hammered, The Netherlands critical infrastructure compromise, Africa the most targeted for cyber attacks Aug 13, 2025

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The hits just keep on coming

Where's the Little Dutch Boy when you need him?

I felt the ransomware down in Africa

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.

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Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com

North Korean crypto theft, Microsoft rolls out back up, four charged in global scheme Aug 12, 2025

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North Korean crypto theft

Microsoft rolls out PC back up during attack

U.S. charges four in $100M global fraud scheme

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

DARPA code prize, ScarCruft adds ransomware, Columbia breach tally Aug 11, 2025

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DARPA awards $4 million prize for AI code review at DEF CON

North Korea ScarCruft group adds ransomware to its activities

Columbia University hack affects over 860,000

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.

Week in Review: UK LegalAid collapse, public ransomware approval, Salesforce breach impact Aug 08, 2025

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This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Montez Fitzpatrick, CISO, Navvis

Thanks to our show sponsor, ThreatLocker

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

Hybrid Exchange flaw, France telecom breach, Dialysis company attack Aug 08, 2025

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Microsoft warns of high-severity flaw in hybrid Exchange deployments

France's third-largest mobile operator suffers breach

Dialysis company's April attack affects 900,000 people

Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker

Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

Gemini AI hijacked, Nvidia rejects AI chip backdoors, phishers abuse Microsoft 365 Aug 07, 2025

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Hackers hijacked Google's Gemini AI with a poisoned calendar invite to take over a smart home

Nvidia rejects US demand for backdoors in AI chips

Google says hackers stole its customers' data by breaching its Salesforce database

Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker

PBS confirms data breach, TSMC fires engineers over theft, Cloudflare: Perplexity is web scraping Aug 06, 2025

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PBS confirms data breach after employee info leaked on Discord servers

TSMC fires engineers over suspected semiconductor secrets theft

Cloudflare on Perplexity web scraping techniques to avoid robot.txt and network blocks

Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker

Microsoft & Google lead zero day exploits, Plague Linux malware maintains SSH access, panel to create US Cyber Force Aug 05, 2025

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Microsoft and Google among most affected as zero day exploits jump 46%

Vietnamese hackers use PXA Stealer, hit 4,000 IPs and steal 200,000 passwords globally

New Plague Linux malware stealthily maintains SSH access

Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker

Akira's SonicWall zero-day, UK Legal-Aid suffers, Luxembourg 5G attack Aug 04, 2025

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Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

Week in Review: Surveillance camera vulnerabilities, data sovereignty conundrum, French submarine cyberattack Aug 01, 2025

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This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Derek Fisher, Director of the Cyber Defense and Information Assurance Program, Temple University – also check out Derek's substack.

Thanks to our show sponsor, Dropzone AI

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