Podcast: CyberSecurity News Byte Weekly

Episode 67: August 07 2023

We discuss a mistake that Burger King France had made that exposed database configuration information. We tell you why you need to be aware of LOLBAS (formerly LOLBins) and the danger to your network from your own devices. We talk about why properly disposing of your equipment is vital and even more vital with IoT devices, and wrap it up with the brawl between Tenable and Microsoft over a vulnerability and why you need to pay attention.

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Episode 66: July 31 2023

We talk about a new exploit that abuses a computer search component that hopes to trick your users into clicking malware, Then a new malware with an older tactic, using ads for popular technology software to get you to download and install it, Then we talk about a new report that explains why the education sector is a high value hacker target and we round off the week talking about how a hacker forum, known to selling breach data, is having its data sold after a breach.

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Episode 65: July 24 2023

This week we walk down the memory road, of downloading pirated software to give your computer an infection, because there’s a new malware in town bringing back the 90s, Then we have a discussion about how modern hackers operate more like a business that you might have thought, Then Sophos security has an unwanted admirer who is writing ransomware using their name and logo and finally we talk about the rise of .ZIP domain, and how they are going to make phishing a nightmare.

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Episode 64: July 17 2023

Today’s episode we talk about the recently uncovered 2-year-old botnet called AVrecon, Then talk about how criminals are making their own AI called WormGPT, How a recently busted cyber fraud market website announced a new owner is coming and finally…

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Episode 63: July 10 2023

On this week’s show we talk about [00:36] Android security update patches 3 exploits that are being actively used, [08:05] A new technique that allows the successful tricking of voice authentication, [15:20] JumpCloud security incident that causes…

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Episode 62: June 26 2023

This weeks show, we talk about a security researches discovery about Swing VPN, then the US Military is warning it’s staff beware of unexpected smart watches, followed by the latest Mirai botnet campaign targeting IoT devices and finish the episode…

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Episode 61: June 20 2023

On this week’s show, we talk about the new threat group that is targetting SSH servers, Barracuda announces get rid of impacted appliances after a Zero-Day attack on their equipment, GravityRAT pretends to be messaging application to go after your…

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Episode 60: June 12 2023

I talk about the [00:36] new easily exploitable Microsoft Visual Studio bug, [08:38] A new report that puts CyberSecurity awareness center stage, [19:15] A new “Picture in Picture” technique used in a new deceptive phishing attack, and [24:24] a…

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Episode 59: June 05 2023

I talk this week about a malware used for intelligence gathering that may have a state sponsor, New ransomeware that copies a ton of stuff from an establised group, Crypto’s Discord admins compromised with a bookmark and MOVEit transfer vulnerability!

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Episode 58: May 28 2023

In this week’s episode where we talk about how summertime vacations can cause hackers to get some major wins, how the size of your organization, does nothing to protect you from hackers, then a new technique that allows malicious people to steal data from the heat, energy, and frequency of your computer chips and finally the Legion credential harvester gets some scary new features

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