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This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Jason Elrod, CISO, MultiCare Health System, and DJ Schleen, head of infrastructure and security, Boats Group.
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French energy company ENGIE suffers data breach
https://securityaffairs.com/201985/data-breach/engie-data-breach-exposes-customer-details-and-energy-contracts.html
NIST publishes guidance to meet federal post-quantum deadlines
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nist-guidance-post-quantum/
MR ROBOT Malware-as-a-Service targets Indian bank customers
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/robot-malware-indian-bank-customers/
Hackers exploit Cisco SD-WAN flaw to install encryption key stealing malware
https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/hackers-exploited-cisco-sd-wan-flaw-to.html
Japan Airlines warns of data breach
https://therecord.media/japan-airlines-warns-of-breach-country-grapples-with-incidents
GitHub launches npm firewall to block malicious packages before installation
https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/github-launches-npm-firewall-to-block.html
Pentagon treating military base freezer malfunctions as suspected cyberattack
https://www.reuters.com/technology/pentagon-treating-military-base-freezer-malfunctions-suspected-cyberattack-2026-10-29/
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OpenAI opens an election war room
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/28/openai-election-war-room-interference-01137690
Hack attempt disrupts FEC disclosures
https://www.reuters.com/technology/hacker-trying-breach-us-federal-election-commission-system-email-shows-2026-10-27/
Google gives cyber defenders first access to Carbon
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-carbon/
Attackers probe newly patched Oracle flaw
https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/hackers-target-critical-oracle-e.html
Volt Typhoon's Silent Train network exposed
https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/volt-typhoon-used-covert-silent-train.html
Entra admins face authentication deadline
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-reminds-entra-id-admins-to-migrate-users-to-passkeys/
Belarusian hackers move closer to Russia and Ukraine
https://therecord.media/belarus-russia-hackers-ukraine-war
Software inventory can't tell the whole story
https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/sboms-alone-scope-supply-chain-attack
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https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-october-29-2026/
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Authenticator flaw exposes work accounts
https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/microsoft-authenticator-flaw-let.html
Tailworm flaws put Tailscale SSH at risk
https://www.securityweek.com/tailscale-rushes-patches-after-uncoordinated-disclosure-of-tailworm-flaws/
UK police suppliers repeatedly breached
https://therecord.media/uk-police-data-breached-from-suppliers-watchdog-report
Rural hospitals get a cyber lifeline
https://cyberscoop.com/oncd-rural-hospital-cybersecurity-pilot-project-lifeline-250/
Cyberattack disrupts UNM health services
https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/10/27/day-2-of-canceled-classes-at-university-of-new-mexico-after-health-sciences-center-cyberattack/5305690
Warp breach exposes AI agent logs
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/warp-discloses-breach-exposing-ai-agent-logs-user-telemetry-data/
Malware hides from online store scanners
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hackers-infect-953-online-stores/
Apple patches exploited flaw on older devices
https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/apple-backports-fix-for-exploited.html
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https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-october-28-2026/
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HTTP2Shell sparks emergency patches
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-http2shell-brotli-vulnerability-triggers-emergency-patches/
PHP2Shell: patch, then investigate
https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/102693-php2shell-exploited-in-the-wild
GitHub worm hides in oversized files
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/26/worm-armed-42-github-repos-by-hiding-a-payload-too-big-to-fail/5305570
Cathedral gets inside Anthropic
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/10/26/researchers-cybersecurity-start-up-cathedral-got-inside-anthropic/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzkyOTg3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzk0MzczMTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3OTI5ODcyMDAsImp0aSI6ImI1M2RjZmEzLThkNTItNGE3NC05ZjI4LWU1ZGJkZTIyZDFmOSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjYvMTAvMjYvcmVzZWFyY2hlcnMtY3liZXJzZWN1cml0eS1zdGFydC11cC1jYXRoZWRyYWwtZ290LWluc2lkZS1hbnRocm9waWMvIn0.k3b70wv6ePisrPvCYfDOPAjt5vHweVxm4rBnhcnDU-M
Ukraine's satellite service returns
https://therecord.media/ukraine-disputes-musk-claims-of-starlink-misuse
Gheist raids GitHub secrets
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/gheist-stolen-github-tokens-cloud-secrets
Fake Teams support delivers ransomware
https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/attackers-use-microsoft-teams-it.html
Scam laundering suspect extradited
https://therecord.media/dutch-police-extradite-chinese-national-money-laundering-scams
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https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-october-27-2026/
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