CXO Daily Cybersecurity Intelligence Brief For December 9, 2025
The CXO Daily Intelligence Briefing from ISMG
Release Date: 12/09/2025
The CXO Daily Intelligence Briefing from ISMG
I’m Artie Fisher, and this is your CXO Daily cybersecurity intelligence Briefing. Today’s themes: active exploitation of a brand-new Microsoft Office flaw, a high-confidence supply-chain compromise of a popular open-source app, database ransom activity, and a zero trust push from the NSA. We’re tracking 50 stories across 17 sources, with strong signals around nation-state activity, software supply chain risk, and policy shifts.
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Today’s signals center on active zero-day exploitation, critical infrastructure targeting, and supply chain compromise, with regulatory attention on AI governance continuing to rise. We’re tracking about 50 stories across 22 sources, with financial services and technology showing elevated risk, alongside fresh pressure on energy and manufacturing.
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January 30 CXO Daily Briefing: U.S. data breaches hit a record high in 2025 as healthcare, consumer platforms, and AI products expose millions of records. Artie Fisher breaks down regulatory fines, social engineering attacks, and what CISOs and boards need to know about identity risk, vendor oversight, and AI governance.
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We’re tracking 50 stories across 20 sources today, and the signals are clear: zero-days, identity abuse, and software supply chain risk are front and center. One actively exploited Fortinet flaw tops the list, with ripple effects for access control and cloud trust. We’re also seeing JavaScript ecosystem
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Today’s briefing cuts across exposed email infrastructure, fresh zero-days, ransomware pressure on retail, and the policy tug-of-war over post-quantum and AI governance. We’re tracking 50 stories from 16 sources, with notable risk signals lighting up KEV and identity surfaces.
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Tie these threads together: phishing that weaponizes legitimate tools, zero-days that punish legacy sprawl, insider-risk that starts before day one on the job, and encryption that’s only as private as your key custody. For See-Sohs, this week’s priorities are straightforward: tighten email and attachment controls, accelerate Office inventory and mitigation, recheck your HIPAA and privacy training cadence, and review BitLocker key-management practices—especially anything synced to cloud identity by default.
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Today's signal includes active exploitation of a critical VMware vCenter flaw, state-backed disruption attempts in Europe’s energy sector, escalating identity attacks via voice phishing, and rising regulatory pressure on suppliers and brands.
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We’re tracking 50 stories across 20 sources today, with a clear theme: active exploitation of collaboration infrastructure, faster-moving zero-days, and an evolving regulatory and AI risk climate that CISO's and boards can’t ignore.
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We’re tracking 50 stories from 20 sources, with a sharp uptick in vulnerability disclosures, targeted executive phishing, and shifting privacy rules in Europe. The signal today centers on collaboration platforms, identity, and regulatory exposure.
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Good morning, it’s Wednesday, January 21st. I’m Artie Fisher, and this is your CXO Daily cybersecurity intelligence Briefing. Today’s signal is clear: more breaches, shifting threat priorities, and fresh pressure on third-party and cloud defenses. We pulled 50 stories from 21 sources, and the highest-risk items cluster around supply chain exposure, healthcare privacy, and internet-facing controls.
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