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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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Hegseth orders standdown, Microsoft terminates Skype, Cuban offers lifeline Mar 03, 2025

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Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning

Microsoft hangs up on Skype after 14 years

Mark Cuban offers to fund government tech unit that was cut

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Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

Week in Review: Apple encryption, gamification for security, DISA breach Feb 28, 2025

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This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Andrew Wilder, CISO, Vetcor

Thanks to our show sponsor, Conveyor

Let me guess, another security questionnaire just landed in your inbox. Which means all the follow up tasks you don't have time for are close behind. What are you going to do? Here's a better question: what would Sue do? Sue is Conveyor's new AI Agent for Customer Trust. She handles the entire security review process like answering every customer request for a SOC 2 from sales, completing every questionnaire or executing every communications and coordination task in-between. No more manual work. Just a quick review when she's done. Ready to let Sue take the reins? Learn more at www.conveyor.com.

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

Cyber espionage increase, Nakasone cyber warning, PolarEdge exploits Cisco Feb 28, 2025

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Chinese cyber espionage jumped 150% last year

Nakasone warns of U.S. falling behind adversaries in cyberspace

PolarEdge botnet exploits Cisco, ASUS, QNAP, and Synology

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor

Let me guess, another security questionnaire just landed in your inbox. Which means all the follow up tasks you don't have time for are close behind. What are you going to do? Here's a better question: what would Sue do? Sue is Conveyor's new AI Agent for Customer Trust. She handles the entire security review process like answering every customer request for a SOC 2 from sales, completing every questionnaire or executing every communications and coordination task in-between. No more manual work. Just a quick review when she's done. Ready to let Sue take the reins? Learn more at www.conveyor.com.

Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

GitHub repos exposed, HaveIBeenPwned adds 244M stolen passwords, Anagram gamifies cybersecurity training Feb 27, 2025

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Thousands of exposed GitHub repositories, now private, can still be accessed through Copilot Cellebrite halts product use in Serbia following Amnesty surveillance report New Ghostwriter campaign targets Ukrainian Government and opposition activists in Belarus

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor

It's 2025. This is your second sign to get a trust center if you don't already have one. Reduce manual work by 80% when you can share one link to your trust center and let customers download what they need on demand. Trusted by the world's top B2B companies, Conveyor's enterprise-grade trust center is specially designed to handle multiple products, complex orgs, and with AI first so you can even push your customers to self-serve their own AI answers to questionnaires. Learn more at www.conveyor.com.

DISA breach, Swedish backdoors, Dems looking into system access Feb 26, 2025

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US employee screening firm confirms breach

Swedish law enforcement seeking messaging app backdoors

Dems warn of exposed entry points on government systems

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor

Ever wish you had a teammate that could handle the most annoying parts of customer security reviews? You know, chasing down SMEs for answers, updating systems, coordinating across teams—all the grunt work nobody wants to do. Plus, having to finish the dang questionnaire itself. Well. That teammate exists—Conveyor just launched Sue, the first AI Agent for Customer Trust. Sue really is the dream teammate. She never misses a deadline, answers every customer request from sales, completes every questionnaire and knocks out all the coordination in-between. Sue, Conveyor's AI agent, handles it all so you don't have to. Learn more at www.conveyor.com.

Australia bans Kaspersky, Government screens hijacked, EU sanctions Lazarus Group Feb 25, 2025

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Australia bans Kaspersky over security concerns

Government screens hijacked with AI Video of President Trump and Musk

EU sanctions North Korean official linked to Lazarus Group

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor

Does trying to get the security questionnaire done and back to your customer ever feel like you're herding cats? It's not just answering questions. It's all of the manual back and forth that becomes a slog like communicating between teams, tracking people down to get their review, updating sources and updating systems. Between all of this, you're also expected to field security documentation requests from customers. Well, Conveyor just launched an AI agent, Sue, to do all of these things and more for you. Learn about Sue at www.conveyor.com.

$1.5B Bybit hack, UK E2E pulled, PayPal phishing emails Feb 24, 2025

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Hacker steals nearly $1.5 billion from Bybit crypto wallet

Apple pulls iCloud end-to-end encryption in the UK

PayPal "New Address" feature abused in phishing scam

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor

It's 2025. This is your sign to get a trust center if you don't already have one. Speed up security reviews and reduce the headaches when you can share one link to your trust center and let customers download what they need on demand. Trusted by the world's top B2B companies, Conveyor's enterprise-grade trust center is specially designed to handle multiple products, complex orgs, and with AI first so you can even push your customers to self-serve their own AI answers to questionnaires. Learn more at www.conveyor.com.

For the stories behind the headlines, visit CISOseries.com.

Week in Review: More telecoms breached, Chase blocks Zelle, more DeepSeek bans Feb 21, 2025

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This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest TC Niedzialkowski, former CISO

Thanks to our show sponsor, Scrut Automation

Scrut Automation allows compliance and risk teams of any size to establish enterprise-grade security programs. Their best-in-class features like process automation, AI, and over 75 native integrations reverse compliance debt and help manage risk proactively as your business grows. Visit scrut.io to schedule a demo or learn more. That's www.scrut.io.

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

NioCorp BEC scam, Australian IVF breach, SEC's cyber unit Feb 21, 2025

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Minerals company loses $500,000 to BEC scam

Australian IVF provider investigating cyber incident

SEC replaces cryptocurrency fraud unit with emerging tech team

Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Scrut Automation

Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

Signal conversations hacked, Ransomware group hits infrastructure, Patch Palo Alto flaw Feb 20, 2025

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Russian hackers tap into Signal conversations

Ransomware group hits critical infrastructure globally