Cyber Breaches at Record Highs, Emotet Surges 730%, CMS Exceptions




InfoSec ICU show

Summary: Gerry and Aaron discuss the exponential growth of cyber breaches in 2019, the explosion of Emotet in September, and out for comments CMS Exceptions to providing security services for free to competitors.<br> As always they end with One Cool Thing.<br> <a href="https://podcast.musc.edu/podcast/e102-infosecicu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Show Notes</a><br> <br> Resources:<br> Breaches up to 7.9 Billion in 2019<br> <a href="https://cyware.com/news/data-breaches-become-worse-as-79-billion-records-get-exposed-in-the-first-nine-months-of-2019-42139fbchttps://cyware.com/news/emotet-activity-increases-by-730-after-being-in-dormant-state-for-nearly-four-months-84a384c1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://cyware.com/news/data-breaches-become-worse-as-79-billion-records-get-exposed-in-the-first-nine-months-of-2019-42139fbc</a><br> Emotet surges 730%<br> <a href="https://cyware.com/news/emotet-activity-increases-by-730-after-being-in-dormant-state-for-nearly-four-months-84a384c1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://cyware.com/news/emotet-activity-increases-by-730-after-being-in-dormant-state-for-nearly-four-months-84a384c1</a><br> CMS Exemptions<br> <a href="https://www.modernhealthcare.com/cybersecurity/hhs-carves-out-stark-law-exception-cybersecurity-tech" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.modernhealthcare.com/cybersecurity/hhs-carves-out-stark-law-exception-cybersecurity-tech</a><br> One Cool Thing<br> NueroNet Dialogue<br> <a href="https://talktotransformer.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://talktotransformer.com/</a><br> Malware Analysis – Live Stream<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-vWcQPVJks" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-vWcQPVJks</a><br> Contact<br> Email <a href="mailto:infosecicu@musc.edu">infosecicu@musc.edu</a><br> Twitter:<br> <br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gerry Auger (@Gerald_Auger)</a><br> * Steve Cardinal @sgcardinal<br> <br>