– thehill.com: Hackers had access to SolarWinds email system for months – apnews.com: Russian hack brings changes, uncertainty to US court system – www.bleepingcomputer.com: Hackers steal StormShield firewall source code in data breach – arstechnica.com: High-performance computers are under siege by a newly discovered backdoor – threatpost.com: Lazarus Affiliate ‘ZINC’ Blamed for Campaign Against Security…

Links to the Stories – www.wired.com: North Korea Targets—and Dupes—a Slew of Cybersecurity Pros – www.darkreading.com: Intl. Law Enforcement Operation Disrupts Emotet Botnet – www.govinfosecurity.com: Another Takedown: NetWalker Ransomware Gang Disrupted – threatpost.com: Mimecast Confirms SolarWinds Hack as List of Security Vendor Victims Snowball – www.darkreading.com: Ransomware Disrupts Operations at Packaging Giant WestRock – arstechnica.com:…

Fireeye tries to help, Solarwinds has another trick up it’s sleeve, students infected with malware from government laptops, and the FBI warns of vishing, all this week. Fireeye Release a tool to help: https://www.zdnet.com/article/fireeye-releases-tool-for-auditing-networks-for-techniques-used-by-solarwinds-hackers/ SolarWinds has a fourth vector: https://www.zdnet.com/article/fourth-malware-strain-discovered-in-solarwinds-incident/ Malwarebytes hit with SW: https://threatpost.com/malwarebytes-solarwinds-attackers/163190/ Vulnerable Students infected with Malware: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55749959 CISA’s got a new…

This week we are taking a high level look at decentralized social media alternatives, that can replace the other platforms you use. https://www.minds.com https://getaether.net https://joinmastodon.org https://lbry.tv/ https://diasporafoundation.org https://d.tube https://www.signal.org https://www.voice.com/faq/ https://mewe.com/faq https://sopa.tulane.edu/blog/decentralized-social-networks https://www.coindesk.com/now-is-the-time-to-advance-the-decentralized-web https://bravenewcoin.com/insights/decentralized-social-media-the-good-the-bad-and-the-potentially-ugly https://betanews.com/2021/01/13/decentralized-social-media-platforms-trump-ban/ What Is Decentralized Social Media and Why We Need It — This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest…

Sites for the News References – krebsonsecurity.com: Sealed U.S. Court Records Exposed in SolarWinds Breach – www.fedscoop.com: CISA updates guidance on SolarWinds compromise – www.zdnet.com: SolarWinds: The more we learn, the worse it looks – www.theverge.com: SolarWinds hack may be much worse than originally feared – duo.com: SolarWinds Attackers Accessed, But Did Not Modify, Microsoft…

This week, just a small update on SolarWinds, and a look back at the top 10 hacks that occurred in 2020. www.cyberscoop.com: Grid regulator warns utilities of risk of SolarWinds backdoor, asks how exposed they are www.govinfosecurity.com: CISA Warns SolarWinds Incident Response May Be Substantial – www.bleepingcomputer.com: SolarWinds releases updated advisory for new SUPERNOVA malware…

Since its the holidays, we are skipping the news this week, and doing a tweaked version of A Christmas Carol. I hope you enjoy it Special Thanks to my family for lending their voices. — This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app — Send in a voice…

FireEye’s intrusion was just the tip of the iceberg. Solarwinds is the real nightmare. This week we dig a bit deeper than normal, and talk about Solarwinds, but wait…more than that happened this past week too! – arstechnica.com: ~18,000 organizations downloaded backdoor planted by Cozy Bear hackers – www.govtech.com: Federal Agencies, Think Tank Targeted in…

The hack that has shaken the cybersecurity industry, COVID vaccine information stolen, Congress brings national cyber back, all happened this past week – www.fireeye.com: FireEye Shares Details of Recent Cyber Attack, Actions to Protect Community – www.darkreading.com: Nation-State Hackers Breached FireEye, Stole Its Red Team Tools – www.zdnet.com: Hackers leak data from Embraer, world’s third-largest…

CISA and the FBI Issue warnings to Think Tanks, The Cold Chain is being attacked, and MacOS vulnerabilities are being attacked buy APTs all this week Articles: – www.bleepingcomputer.com: FBI and Homeland Security warn of APT attacks on US think tanks – www.securityweek.com: FBI Warns of Auto-Forwarding Email Rules Abused for BEC Scams – www.politico.com:…