The Cyber Brief Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The CyberBrief Podcast uncovers the latest cyber attacks, hacks, and stories that matter. Cyber crimes are growing exponentially, with many of the latest attacks & hacks being the biggest in history and costing billions of dollars. But what can we as cyber professionals, business leaders, or just people living in a digital age do? In this series, we’ll dive into the history of cybersecurity, some of the top hacks and scams in cyber, and what we can do about it.
To mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we’re bringing to you our nationally acclaimed cyber training from our Cyber for Government Leaders Program, packaged up in easy-to-digest bits, through a new pod mini-series called Data Care for Everyone. We all have data – no matter how connected or disconnected we might be. We’re sharing tips and tools to demystify common types of cyber-attacks you could be a victim of. We’ll share from top cyber experts like Robert Herjavec, Shark Tank star and founder and CEO of Herjavec Group, as well as NCC’s Chief Strategy Officer and resident cybersecurity expert, Mark Weatherford, and more. We’ll cover some key cyber-attacks, including some you might not initially suspect, and why they succeed. Then, we’ll jump into how you can defend yourself.
The CyberBrief is brought to you by the National Cybersecurity Center (NCC) and hosted by Micki Cockrille, the Director of Communications. The NCC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit for cybersecurity education, collaboration and leadership development grounded in a shared mission to advance pragmatic, forward-thinking security policies and programs. Serving public and private organizations, the NCC, in partnership with the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) and as the operational home to the Space ISAC, delivers an integrated and fully interdisciplinary cyber center that is actively transforming the nation’s ability to deter cyber threats.
Welcome to a special edition of the Cyber Brief Podcast, the cybersecurity show that uncovers the latest cyber-attacks, hacks, and stories that matter to all of us. This podcast is brought to you by the National Cybersecurity Center. We’re bringing to you our nationally acclaimed cyber training from our Cyber for Government Leaders Program, packaged up in easy-to-digest bits, through a new pod mini-series called Data Care for Everyone.
Hear from Ethan Chumley, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist for Microsoft’s Defending Democracy Program.
Welcome to a special edition of the Cyber Brief Podcast, the cybersecurity show that uncovers the latest cyber-attacks, hacks, and stories that matter to all of us. This podcast is brought to you by the National Cybersecurity Center. We’re bringing to you our nationally acclaimed cyber training from our Cyber for Government Leaders Program, packaged up in easy-to-digest bits, through a new pod mini-series called Data Care for Everyone.
Leslie Kershaw from CyWren Solutions shares her 20+ years in cybersecurity to talk through encryption and backing up files.
Welcome to a special edition of the Cyber Brief Podcast, the cybersecurity show that uncovers the latest cyber-attacks, hacks, and stories that matter to all of us. This podcast is brought to you by the National Cybersecurity Center. We’re bringing to you our nationally acclaimed cyber training from our Cyber for Government Leaders Program, packaged up in easy-to-digest bits, through a new pod mini-series called Data Care for Everyone.
Here's how to avoid clicking on things you shouldn’t - and what to do if you accidentally did. To share how to protect against this, we are pleased to welcome Google’s Sunny Consolvo, researcher and Security and Privacy User Experience team lead.
Welcome to a special edition of the Cyber Brief Podcast, the cybersecurity show that uncovers the latest cyber-attacks, hacks, and stories that matter to all of us. This podcast is brought to you by the National Cybersecurity Center. We’re bringing to you our nationally acclaimed cyber training from our Cyber for Government Leaders Program, packaged up in easy-to-digest bits, through a new pod mini-series called Data Care for Everyone.
SIM Swapping is a slightly less known attack that can compromise your security. Here to walk us through it is Mattie Gullixson.
Welcome to a special edition of the Cyber Brief Podcast, the cybersecurity show that uncovers the latest cyber-attacks, hacks, and stories that matter to all of us. This podcast is brought to you by the National Cybersecurity Center. We’re bringing to you our nationally acclaimed cyber training from our Cyber for Government Leaders Program, packaged up in easy-to-digest bits, through a new pod mini-series called Data Care for Everyone.
One of the things criminals/ bad actors are trying to get through phishing or spear phishing attacks are your passwords. If a criminal doesn’t get your password through a phishing attempt, they may try other ways. We have Thomas Russell, our NCC Cyber Education Manager, to share more about that.
Welcome to a special edition of the Cyber Brief Podcast, the cybersecurity show that uncovers the latest cyber-attacks, hacks, and stories that matter to all of us. This podcast is brought to you by the National Cybersecurity Center. We’re bringing to you our nationally acclaimed cyber training from our Cyber for Government Leaders Program, packaged up in easy-to-digest bits, through a new pod mini-series called Data Care for Everyone.
Here to tell us more about what D.U.P.E.D. means and why you should put it into practice is Robert Herjavec, Shark Tank star and founder of the Herjavec Group.
PART 2 COMING SOON!
Welcome to a special edition of the Cyber Brief Podcast, the cybersecurity show that uncovers the latest cyber-attacks, hacks, and stories that matter to all of us. This podcast is brought to you by the National Cybersecurity Center. We’re bringing to you our nationally acclaimed cyber training from our Cyber for Government Leaders Program, packaged up in easy-to-digest bits, through a new pod mini-series called Data Care for Everyone.
Lucian Teo, Google’s Online Global Safety Lead, is here to help clarify what MFA is, and how we can and should be using it.
PART 2 COMING SOON!
Welcome to a special edition of the Cyber Brief Podcast, the cybersecurity show that uncovers the latest cyber-attacks, hacks, and stories that matter to all of us. This podcast is brought to you by the National Cybersecurity Center. We’re bringing to you our nationally acclaimed cyber training from our Cyber for Government Leaders Program, packaged up in easy-to-digest bits, through a new pod mini-series called Data Care for Everyone.
Phishing attempts are EVERYWHERE - and attackers have gotten incredibly advanced, studying our behaviors and fine-tuning their approaches to exploit our vulnerabilities. In order to better prepare ourselves against this type of attack, we need to understand what it is and why it works.
PART 2 COMING SOON!
Welcome to a special edition of the Cyber Brief Podcast, the cybersecurity show that uncovers the latest cyber-attacks, hacks, and stories that matter to all of us. This podcast is brought to you by the National Cybersecurity Center. We’re bringing to you our nationally acclaimed cyber training from our Cyber for Government Leaders Program, packaged up in easy-to-digest bits, through a new pod mini-series called Data Care for Everyone.
NCC’s Chief Strategy Officer, Mark Weatherford shares some insights on misinformation & disinformation.
PART 2 COMING SOON!
Welcome to a special edition of the Cyber Brief Podcast, the cybersecurity show that uncovers the latest cyber-attacks, hacks, and stories that matter to all of us. This podcast is brought to you by the National Cybersecurity Center. We’re bringing to you our nationally acclaimed cyber training from our Cyber for Government Leaders Program, packaged up in easy-to-digest bits, through a new pod mini-series called Data Care for Everyone.
Another vulnerability we might not think too much about is what can happen if your device itself is stolen. Here to talk us through that is security expert Maurice Turner.
PART 2 COMING SOON!
When is the last time you scanned a QR Code and thought about what risk you might be taking? QR codes are becoming more popular, and cybercriminals are taking advantage of them to carry out cyber attacks. The FBI has issued warnings about cybercriminals tampering with QR codes to steal users’ login and financial information. Today, I spoke with Rick Crandall, Chairman of the NCC Cyber Committee and Chairman of Donnelley Financial (NYSE: DFIN), on the rampancy of QR Code fraud, and how to avoid becoming a victim.
APIs – or application program interfaces – are an integral part of critical infrastructure and our daily lives. However, APIs are becoming an increasingly bigger risk in cybersecurity. We spoke with Dean Phillips, the Executive Director, Public Sector Programs at NoName Security. Dean is a Former FBI Assistant Director who was the Special Agent in Charge of the Denver Field Office before that. Deans tell us what keeps him up at night when it comes to APIs, what vulnerabilities exist to organizations and the government, and what we can do to ensure we aren’t victims.
Buzzwords we often hear like empowerment, personal protection, and privacy are sometimes diluted to the point of becoming background noise in our busy lives. But privacy and empowerment, particularly in the context of cybersecurity, are extremely important. One might ask what does empowerment in cyber mean, how we can we truly achieve it, and what does that tangibly look like? In this episode, NCC Board Member Leslie Kershaw, CEO of CyWren Solutions, joins us to help demystify some of these concepts and bring practical tips to the table. Today, we dive into empowerment in cybersecurity: empowerment for personal protection, empowerment for your privacy, and empowerment for small business owners.
Globally, we are facing a cyber workforce shortage of 2.5 to 3.5 million people. Thomas Russell, Director of Cyber Education at the National Cybersecurity Center, shares with us just how bad this shortage is and what he is seeing from the trenches of cybersecurity education.
Solarwinds serves as a fascinating case study for just how serious and vast cyber threats can be. In this episode, we are joined again by cybersecurity expert Mark Weatherford as he tells the harrowing tale of one of the biggest hacks in history.
In episode 2 of the CyberBrief podcast, Stephanie Carruthers, the Chief People Hacker of IBM’s X-Force Red Team, reminds us that we all should be vigilant as the old scams continue to live on in new mediums and platforms, exacerbated by the exponentially growing digital age.
In our debut podcast, we discuss the history of Cybersecurity. We know cybercrime is one of the biggest problems facing the world today, but how did it all begin, where are we now, and what’s happened to get us here? There’s no one better to take us on this journey than Mark Weatherford, one of the nations leading cyber-experts. He’s a former US Navy cryptologic officer who worked for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Colorado Governor Bill Owens, and was the first deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity at the US Department of Homeland Security.