Sri Lanka says ‘no more’ to financial fakers!

Authorities arrest over 200 Chinese nationals in Sri Lanka over financial scams. Officials in Finland take down an online drug market. Cisco investigates an alleged data breach.  A major apparel provider suffers a data breach. Oracle’s latest patch update includes 35 critical issues. Microsoft has patched several high-severity vulnerabilities. The NCSC’s new boss calls for global collaboration to fight cybercrime. CISA warns of critical vulnerabilities affecting software from Microsoft, Mozilla, and SolarWinds.Hackers steal data from Verizon’s push-to-talk (PTT) system. On our CertByte segment, Chris Hare is joined by resident Microsoft SME George Monsalvatge to break down a question from N2K's Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) Practice Test. Robot vacuums go rogue. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CertByte Segment Welcome to CertByte! On this bi-weekly segment hosted by Chris Hare, a content developer and project management specialist at N2K, we share practice questions from our suite of industry-leading content and a study tip to help you achieve the professional certifications you need to fast-track your career growth. In each segment, Chris is joined by an N2K Content Developer to help illustrate the learning. This week, Chris is joined by resident Microsoft SME George Monsalvatge to break down a question from N2K's Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) Practice Test. Candidates for the Microsoft Azure Administrator exam are Azure Administrators who manage cloud services that span storage, security, networking, and compute cloud capabilities. Candidates should be proficient in using PowerShell, the Command Line Interface, Azure Portal, ARM templates, operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, and networking. Have a question that you’d like to see covered? Email us at [email protected]. If you're studying for a certification exam, check out N2K’s full exam prep library of certification practice tests, practice labs, and training courses by visiting our website at n2k.com/certify. Please note: The questions and answers provided here and on our site are not actual current or prior questions and answers from these certification publishers or providers. Reference: Microsoft Azure Blog > Virtual Machines > Gain business insights using Power BI reports for Azure Backup Selected Reading Sri Lankan Police Arrest Over 200 Chinese Scammers (BankInfo Security) Finnish Customs closed down the Sipulitie marketplace on the encrypted Tor network (Finnish Customs) Cisco investigates breach after stolen data for sale on hacking forum (Bleeping Computer) Varsity Brands Data Breach Impacts 65,000 People (SecurityWeek) Oracle October 2024 Critical Patch Update Addresses 198 CVEs (Security Boulevard) Microsoft Patches Vulnerabilities in Power Platform, Imagine Cup Site (SecurityWeek) 'Nationally significant' cyberattacks are surging, warns the UK's new cyber chief (The Record) CISA Warns of Three Vulnerabilities Actively Exploited in the Wild (Cyber Security News) Hackers Advertise Stolen Verizon Push-to-Talk ‘Call Logs’ (404 Media) Hackers took over robovacs to chase pets and yell slurs (The Verge) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show.  Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices