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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 ThreatLocker® is a global leader in Zero Trust endpoint security, offering cybersecurity controls to protect businesses from zero-day attacks and ransomware. ThreatLocker operates with a default deny approach to reduce the attack surface and mitigate potential cyber vulnerabilities. To learn more and start your free trial, visit ThreatLocker.com/CISO.

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 ThreatLocker® is a global leader in Zero Trust endpoint security, offering cybersecurity controls to protect businesses from zero-day attacks and ransomware. ThreatLocker operates with a default deny approach to reduce the attack surface and mitigate potential cyber vulnerabilities. To learn more and start your free trial, visit ThreatLocker.com/CISO.

  Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker ThreatLocker® is a global leader in Zero Trust endpoint security, offering cybersecurity controls to protect businesses from zero-day attacks and ransomware. ThreatLocker operates with a default deny approach to reduce the attack surface and mitigate potential cyber vulnerabilities. To learn more and start your free trial, visit ThreatLocker.com/CISO. Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

Link to episode page 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 Security teams everywhere are drowning in alerts. That’s why companies like Zapier and CBTS turned to Dropzone AI—the leader in autonomous alert investigation. Their AI investigates everything, giving your analysts time back for real security work. No more 40-minute rabbit holes. If you’re at BlackHat, find them in Startup City. Otherwise, check out their self-guided demo at dropzone.ai. This is how modern SOCs are scaling without burning out. All links and the video of this episode can be found on CISO Series.com    

NATM network breached and attacked through 4G Raspberry Pi Easterly’s appointment to West Point rescinded Report links Chinese companies to tools used by state-sponsored hackers Huge thanks to our sponsor, Dropzone AI Security teams everywhere are drowning in alerts. That's why companies like Zapier and CBTS turned to Dropzone AI—the leader in autonomous alert investigation. Their AI investigates everything, giving your analysts time back for real security work. No more 40-minute rabbit holes. If you're at BlackHat, find them in Startup City. Otherwise, check out their self-guided demo at dropzone.ai. This is how modern SOCs are scaling without burning out. Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.

Oh No! Lenovo You sunk my battleship! Or did you? Russians unable to get a taste of their own medicine Huge thanks to our sponsor, Dropzone AI Security teams everywhere are drowning in alerts. That's why companies like Zapier and CBTS turned to Dropzone AI—the leader in autonomous alert investigation. Their AI investigates everything, giving your analysts time back for real security work. No more 40-minute rabbit holes. If you're at BlackHat, find them in Startup City. Otherwise, check out their self-guided demo at dropzone.ai. This is how modern SOCs are scaling without burning out.   Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.  

Critical Authentication Flaw Identified in Base44 Vibe Coding Platform French telecom giant Orange discloses cyberattack FBI seizes $2.4M in Bitcoin from new Chaos ransomware operation Huge thanks to our sponsor, Dropzone AI What if your SOC could investigate every single alert without burning out your team? That's exactly what Dropzone AI does. They're the leader in autonomous security investigations, and companies like Zapier and Fortune 500s are already on board. Their AI works alongside your analysts, handling the routine so humans can be strategic. See them at BlackHat in Startup City, booth 6427. Or experience it yourself—dropzone.ai has a self-guided demo ready for you.  

Hacktivist attack grounds Russian flights Naval group denies breach, hackers beg to differ  Dating app breach exposes thousands of women’s pictures Huge thanks to our sponsor, Dropzone AI Let me tell you about Dropzone AI—they're revolutionizing how security teams work. Companies like CBTS and Zapier use their AI to investigate alerts automatically, freeing up analysts for the work that really matters. We're talking 40-minute investigations done in 3 minutes. You can meet the Dropzone team at BlackHat in Startup City, or just head to dropzone.ai for a self-guided demo. Trust me, this is the future of security operations.

NASCAR announces data breach following March cyberattack Plankey appears to be on track to lead CISA Microsoft investigates another outage affecting 365 admin center Huge thanks to our sponsor, Dropzone AI Today's sponsor is Dropzone AI, the leader in AI-powered SOC automation. Major companies like Zapier and UiPath are using Dropzone to give their security teams superpowers. Imagine your analysts focusing on real threats while AI handles every routine investigation—in minutes, not hours. If you're heading to BlackHat, stop by their booth in Startup City. But you don't have to wait—check out their self-guided demo at dropzone.ai and see why Fortune 500s are making the switch. Find the stories behind the headlines at CISOseries.com.