The House Homeland Security Chair introduces a major cyber workforce bill. Google rolls out new Gmail security tools. Telegram makes a big shift in its privacy policy. Microsoft doubles down on cybersecurity. A Kansas water treatment facility suffers a suspected cyberattack. MoneyGram reports network outages. Kaspersky antivirus users get an automatic upgrade, maybe. North Korean IT workers infiltrate Fortune 100 companies. Gartner analysts urge cybersecurity leaders to focus on prevention, response, and recovery. In this week’s Threat Vector, host David Moulton is joined by Daniel Kendzior, Global Data & AI Security Practice Lead at Accenture, to explore the seismic shifts in cybersecurity brought about by AI technologies. A lavish lifestyle exposes the duo behind a $230M crypto scam.
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In this segment of Threat Vector, host David Moulton, Director of Thought Leadership at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, and Daniel Kendzior, Global Data & AI Security Practice Lead at Accenture, explore the seismic shifts in cybersecurity brought about by AI technologies.
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Selected Reading
Exclusive: House Homeland Security chair releases, pushes forth cyber workforce bill (CyberScoop)
Google Announces New Gmail Security Move For Millions (Forbes)
Telegram will now provide some user data to authorities (BBC)
Microsoft CEO to Cyber Team: Don’t Tell Me How Great Everything Is (Bloomberg)
Kansas Water Facility Switches to Manual Operations Following Cyberattack (SecurityWeek)
MoneyGram says cyber incident causing network outages (The Record)
Kaspersky Users in US Find Antivirus Software Automatically Replaced (Cyber Security News)
Dozens of Fortune 100 companies have unwittingly hired North Korean IT workers, according to report (The Record)
Zero Failure Tolerance, A Cybersecurity Myth Holding Back Organization (Infosecurity Magazine)
Two men arrested one month after $230 million of cryptocurrency stolen from a single victim (Bitdefender)
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