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During China’s pseudo-cyber-hiatus, the PRC’s hacking operations get a major overhaul. CCP leadership moves responsibility away from the sloppy, brazen hackers at the People’s Liberation Army to the far more stealthy, and strategic, Ministry of State Security. Gone are the “most polite” hackers in the digital world. Here to stay are the gunslingers – the elite of the elite in their field. In Episode 6, host and former New York Times cybersecurity reporter, Nicole Perlroth lays out what it looked like as China’s hackers went underground… and what we missed in Eastern Europe as they did.

For small organizations with limited resources, cybersecurity expert Pavlina Pavlova shares a powerful strategy: collect less data. Minimize what you gather in the first place instead of struggling to protect excessive information you don't actually need.

When healthcare systems are compromised by cyberattacks, women face disproportionate consequences. As primary caregivers and users of reproductive health services, they suffer more when these critical systems fail, explains researcher Pavlina Pavlova.

Cybersecurity expert Pavlina Pavlova reveals that healthcare breaches aren't happening because of sophisticated attacks, but due to basic security failures like missing multi-factor authentication, delayed patching, and phishing vulnerabilities.

Ransomware has become more difficult for organizations to defend against, but easier for adversaries to deploy. The rise of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) — a model in which ransomware operators write the malware and affiliates pay to launch it — has lowered the barrier to entry so threat actors of all skill levels can participate and profit.