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

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Rubio Spoofed, RondoDox Botnet, Batavia Spyware Jul 09, 2025

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Four members of President Trump's cabinet impersonated

Is this some kind of a game?

Batavia attacks Russian industrial companies

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.

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Call of Duty game pulled, U.S. military gets cybersecurity boost, Bank employee helped hackers Jul 08, 2025

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Call of Duty game pulled from PC store after reported exploit

U.S. military gets cybersecurity boost

Bank employee helped hackers steal $100M

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

Ingram Micro cyberattack, Telefonica possible breach, LLM URL recommendation problem Jul 07, 2025

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Ingram Micro suffers ransomware attack

Hacker leaks Telefónica data allegedly from new breach

ChatGPT prone to recommending wrong URLs, creating a new phishing opportunity

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.

Undetectable Android spyware is detectable, Hunters ransomware quits, Salt Typhoon dormant Jul 04, 2025

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Undetectable Android spyware leaks user logins

Hunters ransomware group shuts doors

Medical device company Surmodics reports cyberattack

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Palo Alto Networks

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Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

Columbia hack, hunger relief ransomware, Qantas breach Jul 03, 2025

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Student data lost in Columbia University hack

German hunger relief charity hit by ransomware

Qantas contact center breached

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Palo Alto Networks

You're moving fast in the cloud and so are attackers. But while SecOps and cloud security teams are working in silos, attackers are exploiting the gaps between them.

Cortex Cloud by Palo Alto Networks bridges this divide, unifying teams and stopping attacks with real-time cloud security that includes AI-powered protection, detection and automated response capabilities.

Threats are stopped in minutes instead of days, and teams can finally protect cloud environments at the speed and scale of modern attacks. To learn more about how Cortex Cloud stops cloud attacks before they become breaches, visit: paloaltonetworks.com/cortex/cloud-detection-and-response

Google issues Chrome security update, ICC targeted by new attack, Microsoft nixes Authenticator password management Jul 02, 2025

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Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2025-6554 under active attack — Google issues security update

International Criminal Court targeted by new 'sophisticated' attack

Kelly Benefits says 2024 data breach impacts 550,000 customers, Esse Health says recent data breach affects over 263,000 patients

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Palo Alto Networks

You're moving fast in the cloud and so are attackers. But while SecOps and cloud security teams are working in silos, attackers are exploiting the gaps between them.

New Iran warning, Chinese surveillance company banned, CISA names new executive director Jul 01, 2025

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U.S. agencies issue urgent warning over Iran threat

Canada bans Chinese surveillance company

CISA names new executive director

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Palo Alto Networks

You're moving fast in the cloud and so are attackers. But while SecOps and cloud security teams are working in silos, attackers are exploiting the gaps between them.

Hawaiian Airlines cyberattack, United Natural Foods update, Russia throttles Cloudflare Jun 30, 2025

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Hawaiian Airlines suffers cyberattack

United Natural Foods says cyber incident will impact quarterly income

Russia throttles Cloudflare making sites inaccessible

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Palo Alto Networks

You're moving fast in the cloud and so are attackers. But while SecOps and cloud security teams are working in silos, attackers are exploiting the gaps between them.

Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

Week in Review: Qilin adds lawyers, Iranian spearphishing campaign, Microsoft Direct Send hack Jun 27, 2025

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This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Bil Harmer, operating partner and CISO, Craft Ventures. Check out Bil's page, KillSwitchAdvisory.

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

Iranian-backed spearphishing campaign, Microsoft Outlook fix, Glasgow suffers cyberattack Jun 27, 2025

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Iranian-backed spearphishing campaign seeks out cybersecurity experts

Microsoft fixes Outlook bug causing crashes when opening emails

Glasgow City Council suffers cyberattack

Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker

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