Behind the Shield - June 2024

The Behind the Shield team is back with the latest in cybersecurity! This month is a Hot Topics only show with panelists Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub, Jason Williams and your host Marco Estrela. 

Hot Topics: Fortigates get breached, Do you recall when Recall was recalled?, medical-related ransomware breaking all kinds of records (Recorded Future study), arrests in the Desjardins hack, update on the Snowflake debacle, and another Microsoft flaw causing headaches via WIFI.

 

Sources:

Topic 1: Jason #1

Article title: Medical-Targeted Ransomware Is Breaking Records After Change Healthcare’s $22M Payout

Source: https://www.wired.com/story/change-healthcare-22-million-payment-ransomware-spike/?utm_brand=wired&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&mbid=social_twitter

 

Topic 2: Patrick #1

Article title: The Snowflake Attack May Be Turning Into One of the Largest Data Breaches Ever

Source: https://www.wired.com/story/snowflake-breach-advanced-auto-parts-lendingtree/

 

Topic 3: Bill #1

Article title: Recall Recalled: Is AI On Windows 11 Already Doomed?

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2024/06/14/recall-recalled-is-ai-on-windows-11-already-doomed/

 

Topic 4: Jason #2

Article title: Chinese hackers breached 20,000 FortiGate systems worldwide

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-breached-20-000-fortigate-systems-worldwide/

 

Topic 5: Bill #2

Article title: Urgent Windows security flaw lets hackers infect your PC over Wi-Fi — update right now

Source: https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/malware-adware/urgent-windows-security-flaw-lets-hackers-infect-your-pc-over-wi-fi-update-right-now

 

Topic 6: Marco #1

Article title: 5 arrested and 3 on the run in Desjardins hack case

Source: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2080454/principal-suspect-vol-desjardins-arrete