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Episode #76 - The Almighty Enterprise Cyber Risk Assessment

It's cyber risk assessment season! This is the time of year when many organizations seem to perform their annual cyber risk assessment. Unfortunately, the standard methods often result in limited visibility. This week, the guys discuss a more holistic risk assessment approach to make your cybersecurity program stronger than ever.



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Mike's Headlines:

Configuration Errors to Blame for 80% of Ransomware

Escanor Malware Delivered in Weaponized Microsoft Office Documents

Exploiting Stolen Session Cookies to Bypass Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)

Hackers Target Hotel And Travel Companies With Fake Reservations

Disk Wiping Malware Knows No Borders

Phishing Attacks Abusing SaaS Platforms See a Massive 1,100% Growth
 Ransomware Dominates the Threat Landscape

GitLab ‘strongly recommends’ Patching Critical RCE Vulnerability

Critical RCE Bug in GitLab Patched, Update ASAP! (CVE-2022-2884)
Ex-Security Chief Accuses Twitter of Cybersecurity Negligence
Hackers Steal Crypto From Bitcoin Atms By Exploiting Zero-Day Bug

Wordpress Sites Hacked With Fake Cloudflare Ddos Alerts Pushing Malware

White Hat Hackers Broadcasted Talks And Hacker Movies Through A Decommissioned Satellite

CISA is Warning of High-severity PAN-OS DDoS Flaw Used in Attacks
Counterfeit Versions of Popular Mobile Devices Target WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business

Fake Chrome Extension 'Internet Download Manager' has 200,000 Installs

Cisco Fixes High-Severity Bug in Secure Web Appliance

This Company Paid a Ransom Demand. Hackers Leaked its Data Anyway

 

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