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Cyber Security Byte: Saturday, February 15th, 2025
👁️ Is AI Stalking You?
Hybrid and multi-cloud setups give businesses the best of both worlds, until security teams have to keep it all locked down 🔒. With data scattered across platforms, misconfigurations popping up like whack-a-mole 🐭, and compliance rules constantly shifting, staying secure is a full-time job.
While automation and unified security tools are helping, real-time threat detection is still shaky, and finding skilled cloud security pros is like hunting for a unicorn 🦄. Cloud complexity isn’t slowing down, but with the right strategy, it doesn’t have to be a storm ☔waiting to happen.
🔍 Key Headlines
Platforms like DeepSeek 🐳 are gaining traction, but are business leaders overlooking the cybersecurity dangers?
A newly patched iOS 🍏 vulnerability allowed attackers to bypass USB Restricted Mode. Have you updated yet?
🚨 Strategic Insights
Are we downplaying attacks by calling them “breaches”? It’s time to rethink 🤔 our terminology.
Sean Cairncross is poised to become the next National Cyber Director, despite having no direct cybersecurity experience. What does this mean for policy and strategy ⚖️?
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FEATURED
Why Hybrid Cloud Strategies Are Creating New Security Headaches
Cloud security has never been more critical, or more complex. As businesses push further into hybrid and multi-cloud environments, they’re reaping the benefits of flexibility and scalability, but also encountering a new set of security headaches.
From misconfigurations to compliance hurdles and a widening skills gap, IT leaders are grappling with security risks that are growing harder to manage, making visibility and control more elusive than ever.
By Ryan Uliss ● Contributing Writer ● Read More…
CYBER BYTES
As AI platforms like DeepSeek gain traction, millions of users, including business executives and government personnel, are signing up without considering the cybersecurity risks involved.
By calling major cybersecurity events “breaches” instead of “attacks”, we downplay their severity and shift focus away from the attackers. It’s time we change the way we talk about cybersecurity.
Apple has released iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1 to address a new security vulnerability (CVE-2025-24200) that allowed attackers to bypass USB Restricted Mode on locked devices.
TRENDING
No Cyber Experience? No Problem. Cyber Director Pick Announced
President Donald Trump has announced his intention to nominate Sean Cairncross as the next National Cyber Director. Cairncross, who previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation from 2019 to 2021, has an extensive background in political and administrative roles.
Notably, he has not held formal positions in cybersecurity prior to this nomination.
By Emory Odom, Contributing Writer ● Read More…
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