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This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Tom Doughty, CISO, Generate:Biomedicines, and Peter Liebert, CISO, Salesloft.
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Global Microsoft outage affects users worldwide
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/massive-microsoft-365-outage-disrupts-outlook-teams-copilot-worldwide/
Old Exchange runs out of reprieves
https://www.theregister.com/saas/2026/11/12/microsoft-exchange-server-2016-and-2019-enter-their-permanently-vulnerable-era/5309401
Bomb hoaxers hide behind hijacked inboxes
https://therecord.media/europe-hoax-email-threats
Operation Endgame pulls more malware plugs
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-dismantles-gootloader-castlerat-stealc-malware-infrastructure/
SilentAir taps Taiwan's calls and texts
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/silentair-liminal-panda-telco/
Section 702 shortcut resistance
https://cyberscoop.com/section-702-reauthorization-ndaa-debate/
App data puts police on your trail
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/11/another-way-police-are-locating-people-from-their-smartphones.html
BrickLink's outage still won't click
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/11/12/lego-marketplace-bricklink-in-pieces-after-unusual-activity-takes-it-offline-for-almost-a-week/5309425
Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-november-13-2026/
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Risk and regulation ramping up—and customers expect proof of security just to do business. Vanta's automation brings compliance, risk, and customer trust together on one AI-powered platform. So whether you're prepping for a SOC 2 or running an enterprise GRC program, Vanta keeps you secure—and keeps your deals moving. Learn more at vanta.com/ciso.

Maersk gets a $5M ransom note
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/maersk-confirms-data-breach-as-whitearmor-ransomware-demands-5-million/
CopperDragon's malware connections
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chinese-malware-tied-three-hacking/
United grounds AI booking bots
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/united-airlines-is-banning-ai-bots-from-booking-flights-5b514b38
Qilin's alleged boss gets a name
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/11/who-runs-the-ransomware-group-qilin/
Zoom plugs two Windows holes
https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/critical-zoom-workplace-flaw-could.html
Iran-backed arson on FaceTime?
https://therecord.media/iran-backed-network-directed-london-attacks-over-facetime
N-able patches its way back
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/n-able-n-central-able2shell-0day/
AntiFox linked to AWS raids
https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/antifox-ai-pentesting-platform-linked.html
Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-november-12-2026/
Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Vanta

Risk and regulation ramping up—and customers expect proof of security just to do business. Vanta's automation brings compliance, risk, and customer trust together on one AI-powered platform. So whether you're prepping for a SOC 2 or running an enterprise GRC program, Vanta keeps you secure—and keeps your deals moving. Learn more at vanta.com/ciso.

Australia to create AI safety regulator
https://apnews.com/article/australia-artificial-intelligence-regulator-openai-agent-breach-a5dfe5379c0f7458e44b72a9073833c6 
Zero-day drop forces N-able offline
https://www.securityweek.com/n-able-takes-n-central-offline-as-researcher-drops-over-30-zero-days/

White House nominates new CISA head
https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-nominates-palantirs-losapio-lead-homeland-securitys-cyber-agency-2026-11-09/ 
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cisa-incident-reporting-form-circia/ 
DeepMind formally proves Signal's cryptography
https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-ai-tool-from-google-deepmind-formally-verified-the-signal-protocol/ 
Vanderbilt recovering from ransomware attack
https://cyberscoop.com/vanderbilt-university-ransomware-attack-byod/
AWS environments impacted by third-party breach
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-trusted-aws-access-to-breach-multiple-cloud-environments/ 
Cereal steals NATO messages
https://therecord.media/russia-hackers-espionage-romania-kazakhstan
Patch news
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sap-patches-four-maximum-severity-security-vulnerabilities/ 
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-barracuda-email-security-gateway-flaws-to-get-root-access/ 
https://www.securityweek.com/exploited-outlook-zero-day-among-1094-flaws-patched-by-microsoft/ '

Fireworks AI discloses second breach
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fireworks-ai-discloses-new-breach-after-cloud-provider-hack/ 
Get the show notes here:  https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-new-cisa-head-ai-safety-regulator-n-ables-zero-day-deluge/ 
Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Vanta

Risk and regulation ramping up—and customers expect proof of security just to do business. Vanta's automation brings compliance, risk, and customer trust together on one AI-powered platform. So whether you're prepping for a SOC 2 or running an enterprise GRC program, Vanta keeps you secure—and keeps your deals moving. Learn more at vanta.com/ciso.

France turns up the heat on Iran over fridge hacks
https://www.reuters.com/world/french-officials-suspect-iran-is-behind-refrigerator-hacks-sources-say-2026-11-09/
Binance says breach claims don't add up
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/binance-denies-data-breach-after-alleged-shinyhunters-claims/
Operation Snowball: AI keeps a telecom attack rolling
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/operation-snowball-ai-telecom/
Ukraine hangs up on crypto scammers
https://therecord.media/ukraine-arrests-scam-call-centers-germany
SSHole gives hackers a foot in Linux's door
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-sshole-openssh-flaw-to-breach-linux-systems/
Researchers find the keys in carmakers' apps
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/11/09/researchers-pwn-automakers-android-apps-to-remotely-unlock-cars-honk-horns/5308483
Bitter sets a new RAT loose in South Asia
https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/bitter-hackers-deploy-new-paprat.html
SEGA's mailing list spills 2.2 million addresses
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sega-newsletter-data-breach-exposes-22-million-email-addresses/
Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-november-10-2026/
Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Vanta

Risk and regulation ramping up—and customers expect proof of security just to do business. Vanta's automation brings compliance, risk, and customer trust together on one AI-powered platform. So whether you're prepping for a SOC 2 or running an enterprise GRC program, Vanta keeps you secure—and keeps your deals moving. Learn more at vanta.com/ciso.