Cyber Security Headlines

UK's state investments agency suffers data breach CISA tells utilities to remove internet-exposed PLCs following Minnesota attacks Anthropic says its AI hacked real-world companies in three incidents Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-cybersecurity-news-uk-investments-agency-breach-cisa-water-warning-anthropic-threesome/ Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, ThreatLocker AI is helping attackers research targets, create malicious code, and adapt faster. But the fundamentals have not changed. Code still needs to execute, applications still need access, and attackers still need privileges. Today's tip: control those actions instead of trying to predict every threat. Learn more from ThreatLocker at threatlocker.com/ciso.  

This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Janet Heins, CISO, ChenMed, and Derek Fisher, Director of the Cyber Defense and Information Assurance Program, Temple University. Missed the live show? Check it out on YouTube. The Department of Know is live every Friday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Join us each week by registering for the open discussion at CISOSeries.com. Huge thanks to our sponsor, Pindrop A finance worker joined a video call with their CFO and wired $25 million to attackers. This isn't fiction—it happened. Deepfake video. AI voice. Completely convincing. It could be happening in your meetings right now. Pindrop Pulse for Meetings can detect deepfake impersonation before the damage is done. Go to pindrop.com and start verifying.

Semiconductor firm Analog Devices discloses data breach Copilot for Word POC copies hidden prompts into new documents Microsoft Teams vishing attacks lead to Chaos ransomware attacks Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-analog-devices-breach-copilot-ai-worm-teams-ransomware-vishing/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, Pindrop A finance worker joined a video call with their CFO and wired $25 million to attackers.   This isn't fiction—it happened. Deepfake video. AI voice. Completely convincing.   It could be happening in your meetings right now. Pindrop Pulse for Meetings can detect deepfake impersonation before the damage is done. Go to pindrop.com and start verifying.  

OpenAI agent's escape reaches a Modal customer Hackers hit Minnesota water systems Fake Russian companies, real stolen money Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-openai-agent-reaches-modal-minnesota-water-systems-hacked-fake-russian-companies-steal-real-money/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, Pindrop TIME named Pindrop one of the 10 Most Influential Software Companies of 2026.   Deepfakes slip into your video meetings, contact centers, and hiring pipelines. Pindrop restores trust to every digital conversation. Customers. Employees. Defended.   Don't wait for an incident report. Visit pindrop.com.  

Thousands of server BMCs leak password hashes Claude finds flaws in encryption Google gives old threat actors new names Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-leaky-bmcs-claude-finds-encryption-flaws-googles-new-names/  Huge thanks to our sponsor, Pindrop AI attacks on the enterprise are skyrocketing. Is your tech stack keeping up?   Deepfake and synthetic voices are slipping through a channel your defenses were never built to cover—stealing credentials and exposing data with no visibility until after the incident report.   Pindrop closes that gap, with under 1% false positives. Go to pindrop.com.  

Nvidia opens the AI security tent Microsoft puts a cyber sprinter in MDASH Fairlife ransomware spills data Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-nvidia-opens-ai-security-tent-microsoft-adds-cyber-sprinter-to-mdash-fairlife-ransomware-spills-data/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, Pindrop A finance worker joined a video call with their CFO and wired $25 million to attackers.   This isn't fiction—it happened. Deepfake video. AI voice. Completely convincing.   It could be happening in your meetings right now. Pindrop Pulse for Meetings can detect deepfake impersonation before the damage is done. Go to pindrop.com and start verifying.  

U.S. agencies warn of Iran-linked actors targeting water and energy control systems ChatGPT suffered brief global outage on Saturday Malvertising sends malware in pieces for an unsuspecting browser to build Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-iran-infrastructure-warning-chatgpt-global-outage-self-assembling-malware/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, Pindrop Your hiring processes are the newest entry point for security risks.    Pindrop's data shows one in six engineering job applicants show signs of synthetic identity. That's why we built Pindrop Pulse for Meetings.    Catch deepfakes, AI voices, and spoofed locations in real time. Go to pindrop.com and start verifying.

This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Nick Espinosa, host, Deep Dive Radio Show, and Dennis Pickett, vp, CISO, Westat. Missed the live show? Check it out on YouTube. The Department of Know is live every Friday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Join us each week by registering for the open discussion at CISOSeries.com. Huge thanks to our sponsor, QuilrAI AI agents don't ask permission. They act -- moving data, triggering workflows, changing systems. QuilrAI is the permission layer they never had. Its Decision Engine evaluates the content, context, and intent of every action - before it completes. Alerts tell you later. QuilrAI decides now. Visit quilr.ai. Stay safe - Quilr it.

AI Agents become fastest growing exposed attack surface Consumer finance company Upbound Group blames data breach for millions in losses Dolphin X Stealer uses AI profiling to prioritize targets Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-ai-agents-risk-upbound-group-breach-dolphin-x-stealer/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, QuilrAI AI agents don't ask permission. They act -- moving data, triggering workflows, changing systems. QuilrAI is the permission layer they never had. Its Decision Engine evaluates the content, context, and intent of every action - before it completes. Alerts tell you later. QuilrAI decides now. Visit quilr.ai.

OpenAI behind Hugging Face hack TrickBot tunnels through DNS Acrobat extension opens WhatsApp Get the show notes here: Huge thanks to our sponsor, QuilrAI AI agents don't ask permission. They act -- moving data, triggering workflows, changing systems. QuilrAI is the permission layer they never had. Its Decision Engine evaluates the content, context, and intent of every action - before it completes. Alerts tell you later. QuilrAI decides now. Visit quilr.ai.

Bit2Watt threatens power stability All AI models cheat at cyber evaluations US weighing Chinese LLM ban Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-bit2watt-instability-ai-models-cheat-chinese-llm-ban/  Huge thanks to our sponsor, QuilrAI AI agents don't ask permission. They act -- moving data, triggering workflows, changing systems. QuilrAI is the permission layer they never had. Its Decision Engine evaluates the content, context, and intent of every action - before it completes. Alerts tell you later. QuilrAI decides now. Visit quilr.ai.

Hugging Face fights AI hacks with AI World Cup streamers get a red card WordPress enters a patching race Get the show notes here: Huge thanks to our sponsor, QuilrAI AI agents don't ask permission. They act -- moving data, triggering workflows, changing systems. QuilrAI is the permission layer they never had. Its Decision Engine evaluates the content, context, and intent of every action - before it completes. Alerts tell you later. QuilrAI decides now. Visit quilr.ai.

Dairy company Fairlife suffers cyberattack Microsoft warns of surge in ACR Stealer attacks on customers Abbott Labs investigates two cyber incidents amid extortion claims Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-fairlife-dairy-cyberattack-acr-stealer-surge-abbott-labs-incidents/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, QuilrAI AI agents don't ask permission. They act -- moving data, triggering workflows, changing systems. QuilrAI is the permission layer they never had. Its Decision Engine evaluates the content, context, and intent of every action - before it completes. Alerts tell you later. QuilrAI decides now. Visit quilr.ai.

"Context Bombing" flips the script on prompt injections Pentagon suspends CMMC Phase II requirements Old tech, new problems Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/the-department-of-know-cmmc-suspended-sharefile-shutdown-context-bombing-strikes-back/  This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Tom Hollingsworth, networking technology advisor, Futurum Group, and Mark Eggleston, former CISO, CSC. Missed the live show? Check it out on YouTube. The Department of Know is live every Friday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Join us each week by registering for the open discussion at CISOSeries.com. Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines.  Because security works best when innovation and control move together.

ClickLock stealer uses kill loops to force password entry TELEPUZ malware uses ClickFix to steal data and run commands 1Password's new Agentic Mode lets Claude log into accounts Notes: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-clicklocks-kill-loops-telepuz-clickfix-tricks-1passwords-agentic-login/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.

Zoom's account takeover wake-up call Two zero-days, one urgent SonicWall patch 23andMe's breach bill keeps growing Show Notes: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-zooms-wake-up-call-zero-day-sonicwall-patch-23andmes-growing-breach-bill/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.

Pentagon suspends CMMC Phase II requirements US troop location data under attack in Iran "Context Bombing" flips the script on prompt injections Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-cmmc-phase-ii-suspended-tracking-troops-in-iran-defenders-turn-to-context-bombing/  Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.

Russia's router access routes MemGhost haunts AI memory DHS alert got waved off… twice Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-russias-router-access-routes-memghost-haunts-ai-memory-dhs-alert-got-waved-off-twice/↗ Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.

Windows backdoor stuffs multiple wipers and ransomware code into a single package NSA brings back Tailored Access Operations name for elite hacking unit Progress urges ShareFile customers to shut down storage zone controllers  Show notes: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-multifunction-windows-backdoor-nsa-revives-tao-urgent-sharefile-warning/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.

Link to the episode This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Davi Ottenheimer, principal, Flying Penguin, and Chris Ray, field CTO, GigaOm. Missed the live show? Check it out on YouTube. The Department of Know is live every Friday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Join us each week by registering for the open discussion at CISOSeries.com. Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta Your team just added its 67th AI tool. And unfortunately, also your 67th security blind spot. The good news: The Vanta Agent works like a GRC engineer in the background, finding every app your team uses, scoring the risk, and drafting fixes for you. Vanta is the platform used by over sixteen thousand fast-moving companies like Ramp, Cursor, and Harvey who are shaping the future with AI, AND staying ahead of AI risk. Get started at vanta.com/headlines. 

Interpol's fraud sweep goes global China flags Claude Code Old GitHub accounts, new tricks Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-interpols-global-fraud-sweep-chinas-claude-code-flag-old-github-account-tricks/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, Vanta Your team just added its 67th AI tool. And unfortunately, also your 67th security blind spot. The good news: The Vanta Agent works like a GRC engineer in the background, finding every app your team uses, scoring the risk, and drafting fixes for you. Vanta is the platform used by over sixteen thousand fast-moving companies like Ramp, Cursor, and Harvey who are shaping the future with AI, AND staying ahead of AI risk. Get started at vanta.com/headlines. 

Mexico's first cyber test gets tested Snoops break into Roundcube mailservers Cash App owner pays up over lax security Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-mexicos-big-cyber-test-roundcube-mailserver-snooped-on-cash-app-found-lax/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, Vanta Your team just added its 67th AI tool. And unfortunately, also your 67th security blind spot. The good news: The Vanta Agent works like a GRC engineer in the background, finding every app your team uses, scoring the risk, and drafting fixes for you. Vanta is the platform used by over sixteen thousand fast-moving companies like Ramp, Cursor, and Harvey who are shaping the future with AI, AND staying ahead of AI risk. Get started at vanta.com/headlines. 

The UK's Cyber Pledge and Cyber Shield Millions exposed in Japanese telco attack China looking to curb overseas model access Get the show notes here: Thanks to our episode sponsor, Vanta Your team just added its 67th AI tool. And unfortunately, also your 67th security blind spot. The good news: The Vanta Agent works like a GRC engineer in the background, finding every app your team uses, scoring the risk, and drafting fixes for you. Vanta is the platform used by over sixteen thousand fast-moving companies like Ramp, Cursor, and Harvey who are shaping the future with AI, AND staying ahead of AI risk. Get started at vanta.com/headlines. 

Suspected China-Nexus hackers use fake Indian tax filing utility to deploy DcRAT Prompt injection attacks trick AI Agents into making crypto payments France to stop certifying products without quantum-safe encryption Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-india-tax-rat-prompt-injection-crypto-scam-france-pushes-quantum-safe/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, Vanta Your team just added its 67th AI tool. And unfortunately, also your 67th security blind spot. The good news: The Vanta Agent works like a GRC engineer in the background, finding every app your team uses, scoring the risk, and drafting fixes for you. Vanta is the platform used by over sixteen thousand fast-moving companies like Ramp, Cursor, and Harvey who are shaping the future with AI, AND staying ahead of AI risk. Get started at vanta.com/headlines. 

JadePuffer ransomware used AI agent to automate entire attack AdaptHealth suffers cyberattack UK's National Cyber Action Plan launch delayed by political leadership crisis Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-first-ai-ransomware-adapthealth-suffers-cyberattack-uk-cyber-plan-delayed/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, Vanta Your team just added its 67th AI tool. And unfortunately, also your 67th security blind spot. The good news: The Vanta Agent works like a GRC engineer in the background, finding every app your team uses, scoring the risk, and drafting fixes for you. Vanta is the platform used by over sixteen thousand fast-moving companies like Ramp, Cursor, and Harvey who are shaping the future with AI, AND staying ahead of AI risk. Get started at vanta.com/headlines. 

This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests David Cross, CISO, Atlassian; Kathleen Mullin, Director, SABSA Institute; Montez Fitzpatrick, CISO, Navvis; and Howard Holton, former CEO, GigaOm. Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/the-department-of-know-peoplesoft-exploit-ford-brings-back-gray-beards-llm-vetting/  Huge thanks to our sponsor, Silent Push Most cybersecurity approaches are completely reactive. Victim organizations are hit with an attack and the chase ensues.  Silent Push closes this gap with its Preemptive Cyber Defense platform. Silent Push tracks adversary infrastructure and infrastructure changes across the Internet during the attack preparation phase - while attackers are still staging domains, IPs, and hosting and Silent Push turns that into Indicators of Future Attack® to defend with confidence. For a CISO, that turns invisible risk into early warning, an average of 140 days before a campaign shows up in your environment. Time to act, and a smaller window of exposure, before a threat ever reaches your environment.

Card data theft remains top concern for U.S. consumers OMB chief to oversee spy agency budgets Fortibleed leads to ransomware attacks and 430,000 Fortinet firewalls exposed Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-consumer-security-worries-vought-supervises-spy-budgets-fortibleed-exposes-fortinet/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, Silent Push Most cybersecurity approaches are completely reactive. Victim organizations are hit with an attack and the chase ensues.  Silent Push closes this gap with its Preemptive Cyber Defense platform. Silent Push tracks adversary infrastructure and infrastructure changes across the Internet during the attack preparation phase - while attackers are still staging domains, IPs, and hosting and Silent Push turns that into Indicators of Future Attack® to defend with confidence. For a CISO, that turns invisible risk into early warning, an average of 140 days before a campaign shows up in your environment. Time to act, and a smaller window of exposure, before a threat ever reaches your environment. Learn more at silentpush.com

Hide My Email bug shows real addresses Fable 5 gets the greenlight DHS confirms hackers breached HSIN Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-hide-my-email-shows-real-addresses-fable-5-gets-greenlight-microsoft-teams-hits-back-on-bots/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, Silent Push Most cybersecurity approaches are completely reactive. Victim organizations are hit with an attack and the chase ensues.  Silent Push closes this gap with its Preemptive Cyber Defense platform. Silent Push tracks adversary infrastructure and infrastructure changes across the Internet during the attack preparation phase - while attackers are still staging domains, IPs, and hosting and Silent Push turns that into Indicators of Future Attack® to defend with confidence. For a CISO, that turns invisible risk into early warning, an average of 140 days before a campaign shows up in your environment. Time to act, and a smaller window of exposure, before a threat ever reaches your environment. Learn more at silentpush.com

Bash can spell trouble GNU for AI agents  DHS to unveil critical infrastructure council  Aikido buys Root Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-bash-hits-ai-dhs-announces-anchor-ci-aikido-buys-root/  Huge thanks to our sponsor, Silent Push Most cybersecurity approaches are completely reactive. Victim organizations are hit with an attack and the chase ensues.  Silent Push closes this gap with its Preemptive Cyber Defense platform. Silent Push tracks adversary infrastructure and infrastructure changes across the Internet during the attack preparation phase - while attackers are still staging domains, IPs, and hosting and Silent Push turns that into Indicators of Future Attack® to defend with confidence. For a CISO, that turns invisible risk into early warning, an average of 140 days before a campaign shows up in your environment. Time to act, and a smaller window of exposure, before a threat ever reaches your environment. Learn more at silentpush.com

US seizes illegal World Cup domains WhatsApp offers usernames for phone number privacy $10M reward for Russia-based cyber campaign Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-us-seizes-illegal-world-cup-domains-whatsapp-offers-usernames-for-phone-privacy-10m-reward-for-cyber-campaign/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, Silent Push Most cybersecurity approaches are completely reactive. Victim organizations are hit with an attack and the chase ensues.  Silent Push closes this gap with its Preemptive Cyber Defense platform. Silent Push tracks adversary infrastructure and infrastructure changes across the Internet during the attack preparation phase - while attackers are still staging domains, IPs, and hosting and Silent Push turns that into Indicators of Future Attack® to defend with confidence. For a CISO, that turns invisible risk into early warning, an average of 140 days before a campaign shows up in your environment. Time to act, and a smaller window of exposure, before a threat ever reaches your environment. Learn more at silentpush.com

CISA sets urgent deadline to fix exploited Cisco flaw Chinese cybersecurity company claims it has a better-than-Mythos bug finder Amazon Q flaw enables cloud credential theft  Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-cisas-cisco-deadline-chinas-mythos-competitor-amazon-q-flaw/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, Silent Push Most cybersecurity approaches are completely reactive. Victim organizations are hit with an attack and the chase ensues.  Silent Push closes this gap with its Preemptive Cyber Defense platform. Silent Push tracks adversary infrastructure and infrastructure changes across the Internet during the attack preparation phase - while attackers are still staging domains, IPs, and hosting and Silent Push turns that into Indicators of Future Attack® to defend with confidence. For a CISO, that turns invisible risk into early warning, an average of 140 days before a campaign shows up in your environment. Time to act, and a smaller window of exposure, before a threat ever reaches your environment. Learn more at silentpush.com

ShinyHunters hits Madison Square Garden Cal Water finds no evidence of OT activity New CISA guide helps agencies adopt SASE for Zero Trust Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-shinyhunters-hits-msg-cal-water-confirms-no-damage-cisa-sase-guide/ Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Guardsquare Attackers are treating your mobile app like an open book. Sixty-three percent of security leaders recently detected app tampering, cloning, or unauthorized modifications. When your code runs in an untrusted environment, you need runtime self-protection and code hardening to keep attackers out. Address tampering before it starts. Learn more at Guardsquare.com.

  Copilot AI knocks down cybercrime tools Hackers exploit Cisco zero-day China's 360 says it matches Anthropic's Mythos Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-copilot-ai-attacks-cybercrime-tools-hackers-exploit-cisco-zero-day-chinas-360-vs-mythos/ Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Guardsquare AI is speeding up development, but at what cost? While ninety-six percent of teams now use AI tools, eighty-one percent report that AI-generated code has introduced new vulnerabilities into their mobile apps. In a world with automated threats, you need multi-layered, polymorphic security to stay ahead of the curve. Learn more at Guardsquare.com.

Feds seize alleged cyber-scam infrastructure Dragos unveils AI for OT security Scattered Spider hackers plead guilty Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-feds-seize-scam-infrastructure-dragos-unveils-ai-for-ot-security-scattered-spider-hackers-plead-guilty/ Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Guardsquare Is your mobile app truly protected? Relying on the OS isn't enough. A global study of thirteen-hundred security and developer leaders found that ninety-six percent of teams using layered protection reported significantly fewer security incidents. Don't wait for a breach to harden your defenses. Get the protection needed for modern secuirty risks. Learn more at Guardsquare.com.

OpenAI takes on Anthropic's Mythos Klue hack hits security shops Five Eyes has eyes on AI models Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-openai-takes-on-mythos-klue-hits-security-shops-five-eyes-has-eyes-on-ai/ Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Guardsquare Your backend is only as secure as your frontend. Research shows that client-side compromise is now a primary driver of API risk. With sixty-three percent of leaders detecting mobile app tampering or cloning last year, don't leave your mobile app security to chance. Get multilayered protection for your entire mobile app ecosystem from the outside in. Learn more at Guardsquare.com.

Hackers suspected in Brazil cell phone alert Prinz Eugen ransomware prioritizes recent files for encryption Congress presents bill to protect people from AI-generated deepfakes Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-brazil-phone-alert-hack-prinz-eugen-ransomware-congress-deepfake-bill/ Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Guardsquare Mobile app security isn't just a tech issue; it's a revenue issue. A recent global study found that seventy-two percent of organizations experienced a mobile app security incident last year. Even worse? Sixty-five percent saw customer churn or uninstalls as a result. Protect your brand and your bottom line with layered mobile app protection. Learn more at Guardsquare.com.

This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Arif Hameed, CISO, C&R Software; Adam Palmer, CISO, First Hawaiian Bank; Jon Collins, Field CTO, GigaOm; and Jack Leidecker, EVP, CSO, Gainsight. Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk?   That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision.   ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do.   That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.

Police clean ups SocGholish-infected sites tied to Evil Corp Klue OAuth breach linked to Icarus Salesforce data theft attacks Warner warns of CISA cuts, staffing gaps in letter to acting chief  Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-police-clean-wordpress-sites-klue-oauth-breach-warners-cisa-warnings/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.  

Anthropic tells G7 to cooperate Fortinet VPN leak exposes credentials Crypto Clipper abuses reviews, narrators, and comments Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-anthropic-tells-g7-to-cooperate-fortinet-vpn-leak-exposes-credentials-crypto-clipper-abuses-reviews/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.  

Athena coalition looks to secure open source Estonia to quarantine Russian email domains Malicious package wave hits Arch Linux Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-athena-coalition-estonias-quarantine-arch-hit-with-malware/  Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.  

Cyber leaders defend Anthropic's banned models FBI disrupts massive phishing service 1Password acquires Apono Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-anthropic-models-defended-massive-phishing-service-shuttered-1password-acquires-apono/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.  

Feds require Anthropic to ban 'foreign national' access to Fable, Mythos Maine disables data breach notification portal after fake disclosures ShinyHunters extorts universities through exploiting an unpatched Oracle flaw Get the show notes here: Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.  

This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Brett Conlon, CISO, American Century Investments, and Jason Thomas, senior director, technology security, governance, and risk, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Missed the live show? Check it out on YouTube. The Department of Know is live every Friday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Join us each week by registering for the open discussion at CISOSeries.com. Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Doppel Cybercriminals don't respect your security silos. They use one connected attack chain to hit your brand externally, infiltrate your inbox, and manipulate your team. Stop playing whack-a-mole with fragmented tools. Doppel unifies Digital Risk Protection, Human Risk Management, and Email Security into one unified platform. One attack chain. Three pillars of defense. Zero blind spots. Secure your enterprise relentlessly at doppel.com.

Fortinet patches a new critical FortiSandbox flaw GitHub to disable npm install scripts by default to stop supply chain attacks Nottingham University announces data breach Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-fortinet-patches-fortisandbox-github-disables-npm-scripts-nottingham-university-breach/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, Doppel Social engineering attacks look trustworthy — a routine request, an internal email, a familiar face on a call.   But Doppel sees through the disguise. Our AI-native platform detects and disrupts attacks across every channel, while training employees to recognize deepfakes and deception.   We fight relentlessly to protect your business, brand, and people.   Doppel. Outpacing what's next in social engineering.   Learn more at doppel.com.

Patch Tuesday for the books 'Nightmare Eclipse' drops Windows 0-day Claude Fable restricted at Microsoft Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-big-patch-tuesday-nightmare-eclipse-drops-windows-0-day-claude-fable-restricted-at-microsoft/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, Doppel Social engineering attacks look trustworthy — a routine request, an internal email, a familiar face on a call.   But Doppel sees through the disguise. Our AI-native platform detects and disrupts attacks across every channel, while training employees to recognize deepfakes and deception.   We fight relentlessly to protect your business, brand, and people.   Doppel. Outpacing what's next in social engineering.   Learn more at doppel.com.

Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5 French government messaging service breached CISA rethinking risk evaluations Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-claude-fable-5-tchap-hacked-cisa-priorities/  Thanks to our episode sponsor, Doppel Social engineering attacks look trustworthy — a routine request, an internal email, a familiar face on a call.   But Doppel sees through the disguise. Our AI-native platform detects and disrupts attacks across every channel, while training employees to recognize deepfakes and deception.   We fight relentlessly to protect your business, brand, and people.   Doppel. Outpacing what's next in social engineering.   Learn more at doppel.com.

Microsoft malware hits Claude and Gemini users Mythos can exploit new flaws in hours AI tool abuse behind Instagram hacks Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-claude-gemini-malware-mythos-sneaky-flaws-instagram-ai-abuse/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, Doppel Social engineering attacks look trustworthy — a routine request, an internal email, a familiar face on a call.   But Doppel sees through the disguise. Our AI-native platform detects and disrupts attacks across every channel, while training employees to recognize deepfakes and deception.   We fight relentlessly to protect your business, brand, and people.   Doppel. Outpacing what's next in social engineering.   Learn more at doppel.com.

Palantir executive considered for CISA leadership EU unveils tech sovereignty package to cut reliance on U.S., Chinese suppliers Hackers now exploit SolarWinds Serv-U flaw to crash servers  Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-cisa-palantir-director-eu-tech-sovereignty-solarwinds-serv-u-flaw/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, Doppel Social engineering attacks look trustworthy — a routine request, an internal email, a familiar face on a call.   But Doppel sees through the disguise. Our AI-native platform detects and disrupts attacks across every channel, while training employees to recognize deepfakes and deception.   We fight relentlessly to protect your business, brand, and people.   Doppel. Outpacing what's next in social engineering.   Learn more at doppel.com.

This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Robb Dunewood, host, Daily Tech News Show, and David Cross, CISO, Atlassian. Get the show notes here. Missed the live show? Check it out on YouTube. The Department of Know is live every Friday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Join us each week by registering for the open discussion at CISOSeries.com. Your team just added its 67th AI tool. And unfortunately, also your 67th security blind spot. The good news: The Vanta Agent works like a GRC engineer in the background, finding every app your team uses, scoring the risk, and drafting fixes for you. Vanta is the platform used by over sixteen thousand fast-moving companies like Ramp, Cursor, and Harvey who are shaping the future with AI, AND staying ahead of AI risk. Get started at vanta.com/headlines. 

Chinese cybercrime group sets record pace Cisco warns of critical Unified CM flaw with PoC exploit code Hackers spied on a stock exchange executive's Outlook mailbox for five months Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-chinese-cybercrime-group-cisco-cm-flaw-cisa-faces-changes/ Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Vanta Your team just added its 67th AI tool. And unfortunately, also your 67th security blind spot.   The good news: The Vanta  [rhymes with Santa] Agent works like a GRC engineer in the background, finding every app your team uses, scoring the risk, and drafting fixes for you.   Vanta is the platform used by over sixteen thousand fast-moving companies like Ramp, Cursor, and Harvey who are shaping the future with AI, AND staying ahead of AI risk.   Get started at vanta.com/headlines. 

Law enforcement cracks down on illegal streamers The European Commission releases digital sovereignty plan The startup costs for US cyber force Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-illegal-streamers-eu-digital-sovereignty-cost-of-a-cyber-force/  Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Vanta Your team just added its 67th AI tool. And unfortunately, also your 67th security blind spot.   The good news: The Vanta  [rhymes with Santa] Agent works like a GRC engineer in the background, finding every app your team uses, scoring the risk, and drafting fixes for you.   Vanta is the platform used by over sixteen thousand fast-moving companies like Ramp, Cursor, and Harvey who are shaping the future with AI, AND staying ahead of AI risk.   Get started at vanta.com/headlines.