<description>&lt;p&gt;China threat actors breached U.S. broadband providers to spy on U.S. government officials&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;123456 tops the list of most popular passwords again&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hacker gets 10 years in prison for U.S. healthcare extortion scheme&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thanks to today's episode sponsor, ThreatLocker&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.threatlocker.com?utm_source=ciso-series&amp;utm_medium=sponsor&amp;utm_campaign=cyber-security-headlines-podcast_q4_24&amp;utm_content=cyber-security-headlines-podcast&amp;utm_term=podcast"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/289580/ThreatLocker_CISO_Banner_3.png" alt="" width="601" height="100" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do zero-day exploits and supply chain attacks keep you up at night? Worry no more; you can harden your security with &lt;a href= "https://www.threatlocker.com?utm_source=ciso-series&amp;utm_medium=sponsor&amp;utm_campaign=cyber-security-headlines-podcast_q4_24&amp;utm_content=cyber-security-headlines-podcast&amp;utm_term=podcast"&gt; ThreatLocker&lt;/a&gt;. ThreatLocker helps you take a proactive, default-deny approach to cybersecurity and provides a full audit of every action, allowed or blocked, for risk management and compliance. Onboarding and operation are fully supported by their US-based support team.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;em&gt;To learn more about how ThreatLocker can help keep your organization running efficiently and protected from ransomware, visit &lt;a href= "https://www.threatlocker.com/pages/solutions?utm_source=ciso-series&amp;utm_medium=sponsor&amp;utm_campaign=cyber-security-headlines-podcast_7-16-24&amp;utm_content=cyber-security-headlines-podcast&amp;utm_term=podcast"&gt; ThreatLocker.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Get the stories behind the headlines at &lt;a href= "https://cisoseries.com/"&gt;CISOSeries.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Cyber Security Headlines

CISO Series

NordPass popular passwords, Healthcare extortion sentence, China breached telecoms

NOV 15, 20248 MIN
Cyber Security Headlines

NordPass popular passwords, Healthcare extortion sentence, China breached telecoms

NOV 15, 20248 MIN

Description

China threat actors breached U.S. broadband providers to spy on U.S. government officials

123456 tops the list of most popular passwords again

Hacker gets 10 years in prison for U.S. healthcare extortion scheme

Thanks to today's episode sponsor, ThreatLocker

Do zero-day exploits and supply chain attacks keep you up at night? Worry no more; you can harden your security with ThreatLocker. ThreatLocker helps you take a proactive, default-deny approach to cybersecurity and provides a full audit of every action, allowed or blocked, for risk management and compliance. Onboarding and operation are fully supported by their US-based support team. To learn more about how ThreatLocker can help keep your organization running efficiently and protected from ransomware, visit ThreatLocker.com.

Get the stories behind the headlines at CISOSeries.com