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Cyber Security Byte: Saturday, May 10th, 2025
Growing breaches, shrinking budgets...
Happy Saturday! 😎
Nearly a year after Snowflake’s breach, one question still hangs in the air: Why aren’t cloud platforms secure by default? As scrutiny intensifies around public-facing cloud environments, this week’s top story urges tech leaders to revisit assumptions about where responsibility truly lies, and what “secure out of the box” should mean in 2025.
🚨 Key Headlines:
Toronto schools face another extortion attempt after prior ransom payment.
iHeartMedia discloses year-end breach, raising enterprise data concerns.
CISA’s budget may shrink 17% under the 2026 federal proposal.
Old school networking is on its way out…
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Cloud Providers Need To Shift To ‘Secure By Default’
About a year ago, SnowFlake experienced a data breach that raised an important question… ”Why aren’t publicly accessible cloud companies secure by default?”.
By Lee Vorthman, Contributing CISO ● Read More…
EXTRA BYTES
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB), Canada’s largest educational system, is once again in the crosshairs of cybercriminals.
In a significant cybersecurity incident, iHeartMedia, America’s largest radio station owner, disclosed a data breach that occurred during the final days of 2024.
The White House has proposed a 17% reduction to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) budget in its Fiscal Year 2026 spending plan.
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