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The daily cybersecurity news and analysis industry leaders depend on. Published each weekday, the program also includes interviews with a wide spectrum of experts from industry, academia, and research organizations all over the world.

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A suspected ransomware attack disrupts hundreds of Swedish municipalities. Google warns Gmail users of emerging cyberattacks tied to the ShinyHunters group. A malicious supply chain attack hits the npm registry. Senators press AFLAC for answers following a data breach. Law enforcement takedowns splinter the ransomware ecosystem. The FBI and Dutch police take down a major online fakeID marketplace. Florida proposes requiring healthcare providers to strengthen data breach preparedness and reporting. Our guest is Kathleen Peters, Chief Innovation Officer at Experian North America, explaining why AI is both accelerating and mitigating fraud. An affiliate army pushes fake casinos worldwide.

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Today we are joined by Kathleen Peters, Chief Innovation Officer at Experian North America, who is sharing the AI paradox: why AI is both accelerating and mitigating fraud. You can learn more in Experian’s U.S. Identity & Fraud Report.

Selected Reading

Hundreds of Swedish municipalities impacted by suspected ransomware attack on IT supplier (The Record)

Google issues emergency warning for all Gmail users (Geekspin)

TransUnion Data Breach Impacts 4.4 Million (Security Week)

Npm Package Hijacked to Steal Data and Crypto via AI-Powered Malware (Infosecurity Magazine)

US Senators Call for Details of Aflac Data Breach (Bank Infosecurity)

Ransomware gang takedowns causing explosion of new, smaller groups (The Record)

FBI, Dutch cops seize fake ID marketplace, servers (The Register)

Florida Considers Rule to Improve Healthcare Data Breach Transparency (The HIPPA Journal)

Affiliates Flock to ‘Soulless’ Scam Gambling Machine (Krebs on Security)

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Ransomware sick day.

The FBI shares revelations on Salt Typhoon’s reach. Former NSA and FBI directors sound alarm on infrastructure cybersecurity gaps. Google is launching a new cyber “disruption unit”. A new report highlights cyber risks to the maritime industry. A Pennsylvania healthcare provider suffers a data breach affecting over six hundred thousand individuals. Citrix patches a critical vulnerability under active exploitation. The U.S. sanctions a North Korean-linked fraud network. Ransomware is rapidly evolving with generative AI. Our guest is Brandon Karpf, speaking with T-Minus host Maria Varmazis connecting three seemingly disparate stories. Who needs a tutor when you’ve got root access?

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CyberWire Guest

Our guest today is Brandon Karpf, friend of the show, founder of T-Minus Space Daily, and cybersecurity expert talking with T-Minus host Maria Varmazis. Brandon decided to do a stump the host play for this month's space and cybersecurity segment.

Selected Reading

Chinese Spies Hit More Than 80 Countries in ‘Salt Typhoon’ Breach, FBI Reveals (WSJ)

NSA and Others Provide Guidance to Counter China State-Sponsored Actors Targeting Critical Infrastructure Organizations (NSA)

Critical Infrastructure Leaders and Former National Security Officials Address Escalating Cyber Threats at Exclusive GCIS Security Briefing (Business Wire)

Google previews cyber ‘disruption unit’ as U.S. government, industry weigh going heavier on offense (CyberScoop)

Maritime cybersecurity is the iceberg no one sees coming (Help Net Security)

Healthcare Services Group reports data breach exposing information of over 624 K individuals (Beyond Machines)

Over 28,000 Citrix devices vulnerable to new exploited RCE flaw (Bleeping Computer)

US sanctions fraud network used by North Korean 'remote IT workers' to seek jobs and steal money (TechCrunch)

The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived (WIRED)

Spanish police arrest student suspected of hacking school system to change grades (The Record)

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Listening in on the listeners.

A whistle-blower claims DOGE uploaded a sensitive Social Security database to a vulnerable cloud server. Allies push back against North Korean IT scams. ZipLine is a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting U.S.-based manufacturing. Researchers uncover a residential proxy network operating across at least 20 U.S. states. Flock Safety license plate readers face increased scrutiny. A new report chronicles DDoS through the first half of the year. LLM guard rails fail to defend against run-on sentences. A South American APT targets the Colombian government. Our guest is Harry Thomas, Founder and CTO at Frenos, on the benefits of curated and vetted AI training data. One man’s fight against phantom jobs posts.

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CyberWire Guest

Our guest today is Harry Thomas, Founder and CTO at Frenos, talking about the benefits of curated and vetted AI training data. Learn more about the Frenos and N2K Networks partnership to utilize industry validated intelligence to build the first AI native OT security posture management platform.

Selected Reading

DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says (The New York Times)

Governments, tech companies meet in Tokyo to share tips on fighting North Korea IT worker scheme (The Record)

ZipLine Campaign: A Sophisticated Phishing Attack Targeting US Companies (Check Point Research)

Phishing Campaign Targeting Companies via UpCrypter (FortiGuard Labs)

Belarus-Linked DSLRoot Proxy Network Deploys Hardware in U.S. Residences, Including Military Homes (Infrawatch)

CBP Had Access to More than 80,000 Flock AI Cameras Nationwide (404 Media)

Evanston shuts down license plate cameras, terminates contract with Flock Safety (Evanston Round Table)

Global DDoS attacks exceed 8M amid geopolitical tensions (Telecoms Tech News)

One long sentence is all it takes to make LLMs misbehave (The Register)

TAG-144’s Persistent Grip on South American Organizations (Recorded Future)

This tech worker was frustrated with ghost job ads. Now he’s working to pass a national law banning them (CNBC)

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Whistle-blown and wide open.

A cyberattack disrupts state systems in Nevada. A China-linked threat actor targets Southeast Asian diplomats. A new attack method hides malicious prompts inside images processed by AI systems.Experts ponder preventing AI agents from going rogue. A new study finds AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest. Michigan’s Supreme Court upholds limits on cell phone searches. Sen. Wyden accuses the judiciary of cyber negligence. CISA issues an urgent alert on a critical Git vulnerability. Hackers target Maryland’s transit services for the disabled. Our guest is Cristian Rodriguez, Field CTO for the Americas from CrowdStrike, examining the escalating three-front war in AI. A neighborhood crime reporting app gets algorithmically sketchy.

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Today we are joined by Cristian Rodriguez, Field CTO, Americas from CrowdStrike, as he is examining the escalating three-front war in AI.

Selected Reading

 Cybercrime Government Leadership News News Briefs Recorded Future Nevada state websites, phone lines knocked offline by cyberattack (The Record)

Chinese UNC6384 Hackers Use Valid Code-Signing Certificates to Evade Detection (GB Hackers)

New AI attack hides data-theft prompts in downscaled images (Bleeping Computer)

How to stop AI agents going rogue (BBC)

AI Makes It Harder for Entry-Level Coders to Find Jobs, Study Says (Bloomberg)

Fourth Amendment Victory: Michigan Supreme Court Reins in Digital Device Fishing Expeditions (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

Wyden calls for probe of federal judiciary data breaches, accusing it of ‘negligence’ (The Record)

CISA Alerts on Git Arbitrary File Write Flaw Actively Exploited (GB Hackers)

Maryland investigating cyberattack impacting transit service for disabled people (The Record)

Citizen Is Using AI to Generate Crime Alerts With No Human Review. It’s Making a Lot of Mistakes (404 Media)

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Rolling the dice on cybersecurity.

Farmers Insurance discloses a data breach affecting over a million people. Agentic AI tools fall for common scams. A new bill in Congress looks to revive letters of marque for the digital age. Cybercriminals target macOS users with the Shamos infostealer. New Android spyware masquerades as antivirus to target Russian business executives. CISA seeks public comments on SBOM updates. A major third party electronics manufacturer reports a ransomware attack. Salesforce patches multiple vulnerabilities in its Tableau products. Over 370,000 user Grok conversations were accidentally indexed by Google. Ben Yelin examines the UK’s decision to drop digital backdoor requirements. WIRED gets duped by an AI author.

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CyberWire Guest

Ben Yelin from University of Maryland Center for Cyber Health and Hazard Strategies joins to discuss the U.K. dropping ‘back door’ demand for Apple user data. Read the article Ben discusses. If you enjoyed this conversation and want to hear more from Ben, check out our Caveat podcast here. 

Selected Reading

Farmers Insurance Data Breach Impacts Over 1 Million People (SecurityWeek)

"Scamlexity": When Agentic AI Browsers Get Scammed (Guardio)

Bill would give hackers letters of marque against US enemies (The Register)

Fake macOS help sites push Shamos infostealer via ClickFix technique (Help Net Security)

New Android malware poses as antivirus from Russian intelligence agency (Bleeping Computer)

CISA Requests Public Feedback on Updated SBOM Guidance (SecurityWeek)

Electronics manufacturer Data I/O reports ransomware attack to SEC (The Record)

Salesforce patches multiple flaws in Tableau Server, at least one critical (Beyond Machines)

370,000 Grok AI chats leaked after being indexed on Google (Cyber Daily)

How WIRED Got Rolled by an AI Freelancer (WIRED)

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A farmers market of stolen data.

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. 

Senior Vice President and Executive in Residence with Rapid7 and Chairman for Cyversity, Julian Waits, grew up in the era of the Justice League and Superman and it shaped his career. Julian always wanted to do something where he could find a way to help society to basically help others. Starting out as a Baptist minister with aspirations of being a professional musician, Julian found it more practical to take some technology classes and practice his saxophone when he had time. His first tech job was at Texaco where he worked on early networks and moved into systems engineering at Compaq. Julian notes his ADD made coding less attractive than talking with others to solve problems and Compaq provided him with opportunities to pivot. Searching out diversity, Julian moved to DC, and had his first taste of startups. He now describes himself as a serial entrepreneur. We thank Julian for sharing his story with us.
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Julian Waits: Find a way to help society. [Serial Entrepreneur] [Career Notes]

This week, we are joined by Dr. Renée Burton, VP of Infoblox Threat Intel, who is discussing their work on VexTrio, a notorious traffic distribution system (TDS) involved in digital fraud. The VexTrio investigation uncovers a massive global ad fraud and scam operation powered by just 250 virtual machines, tying it directly to named individuals and shell companies across Europe. 

The research exposes VexTrio’s full criminal supply chain—including fake apps, dating scams, affiliate networks, and payment processors—alongside a powerful CDN infrastructure ranked among the world’s top 10k domains. It also calls on the adtech industry to take accountability for enabling and sustaining such widespread abuse.

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⁠VexTrio’s Origin Story : From Spam to Scam to Adtech

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Beyond the smoke screen. [Research Saturday]

The FTC warns one country’s “online safety” may be another’s “censorship.” A new bipartisan bill aims to reduce barriers to federal cyber jobs. MURKY PANDA targets government, technology, academia, legal, and professional services in North America. MITRE updates their hardware weaknesses list. Customs and Border Protection conducts a record number of device searches at U.S. borders. A recent hoax exposes weaknesses in the cybersecurity community’s verification methods. A Houston man gets four years in prison for sabotaging his employer’s computer systems. A Florida-based provider of sleep apnea equipment suffers a data breach. Interpol dismantles a vast cybercriminal network spanning Africa. Brandon Karpf shares his experience with fake North Korean job applicants. Being a smooth-talking English speaker can land you a gig in the cybercrime underworld. 

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CyberWire Guest

Today we are joined by Brandon Karpf, friend of the show discussing his experience with fake North Korean job applicants. You can also hear more from Brandon on our show T-Minus Daily, where he’s a regular guest on a monthly space segment—catch his latest episode this Monday!

Selected Reading

US warns tech companies against complying with European and British ‘censorship’ laws (The Record)

House lawmakers take aim at education requirements for federal cyber jobs (CyberScoop)

MURKY PANDA: Trusted-Relationship Cloud Threat (CrowdStrike)

MITRE Updates List of Most Common Hardware Weaknesses (SecurityWeek)

Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High (WIRED)

The Cybersecurity Community's Wake-Up Call: A Fake Reward and Its Lessons (The DefendOps Diaries)

Chinese national who sabotaged Ohio company’s systems handed four-year jail stint (The Record)

CPAP Medical Data Breach Impacts 90,000 People (SecurityWeek)

Interpol-Led African Cybercrime Crackdown Leads to 1209 Arrests (Infosecurity Magazine)

'Impersonation as a service' next big thing in cybercrime (The Register)

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A free speech showdown.

Zero-day clickjacking flaws affect major password managers. The FBI warns that Russian state-backed hackers are exploiting a long-known Cisco flaw. Apple releases emergency patches for a zero-day flaw in the Image I/O framework. Home Depot faces a proposed class action lawsuit accusing it of secretly using facial recognition at self-checkout kiosks. A VPN browser extension has been exposed for secretly spying on users. Browser fingerprinting overtakes cookies as the dominant method of online tracking. Agentic AI browsers prove easily scammed. A Scattered Spider member earns 10 years in federal prison. Ron Zayas, CEO of Ironwall by Incogni, to discuss the massive data sharing and privacy risks in the leading Buy Now Pay Later apps. An Australian bank’s AI cutbacks are put on permanent hold.

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Today we are joined by Ron Zayas, CEO of Ironwall by Incogni, to discuss the massive data sharing and privacy risks in the leading Buy Now Pay Later apps. Tune in to hear the full conversation on Caveat.

Selected Reading

Researcher Exposes Zero-Day Clickjacking Vulnerabilities in Major Password Managers (Socket)

FBI warns of Russian hackers exploiting 7-year-old Cisco flaw (Bleeping Computer)

Apple fixes new zero-day flaw exploited in targeted attacks (Bleeping Computer)

Home Depot Sued for 'Secretly' Using Facial Recognition Technology on Self-Checkout Cameras (PetaPixel)

SpyVPN: The Google-Featured VPN That Secretly Captures Your Screen (Koi Blog)

Beyond cookies: browser fingerprinting in 2025 (PITG Network)

"Scamlexity": When Agentic AI Browsers Get Scammed (Guardio)

SIM-Swapper, Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years (Krebs on Security)

Commonwealth Bank backtracks on AI job cuts, apologises for 'error' as call volumes rise (ABC News)

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Behind the lock lies a flaw.

Microsoft releases emergency out-of-band (OOB) Windows updates. Trump targets NSA’s leading AI and cyber expert in clearance revocations. A breach may have compromised the privacy of Ohio medical marijuana patients. Cybercriminals exploit an AI website builder to rapidly create phishing sites. Warlock ransomware operators target Microsoft’s SharePoint ToolShell vulnerability. Google and Mozilla patch Chrome and Firefox. European officials report two cyber incidents targeting water infrastructure. A federal appeals court has upheld fines against T-Mobile and Sprint for illegally selling customer location data. Authorities dismantle DDoS powerhouse Rapper Bot. On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Matt Radolec, VP - Incident Response, Cloud Operations, and Sales Engineering at Varonis, speaking about ShinyHunters and the problems with securing Salesforce. Microsoft Copilot gets creative with compliance. 

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On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Matt Radolec, VP - Incident Response, Cloud Operations, and Sales Engineering at Varonis, who is speaking about ShinyHunters and the problems with securing Salesforce. You can hear more from Matt here.

Selected Reading

Microsoft releases emergency updates to fix Windows recovery (Bleeping Computer)

Trump Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Former and Current Officials (The New York Times)

Highly Sensitive Medical Cannabis Patient Data Exposed by Unsecured Database (WIRED)

AI Website Builder Lovable Abused for Phishing and Malware Scams (Hackread)

Warlock Ransomware Hitting Victims Globally Through SharePoint ToolShell Exploit (InfoSecurity Magazine)

High-Severity Vulnerabilities Patched in Chrome, Firefox (SecurityWeek)

Russia-linked European attacks renew concerns over water cybersecurity (CSO Online)

T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal, judges disagree (Ars Technica)

Officials gain control of Rapper Bot DDoS botnet, charge lead developer and administrator (CyberScoop)

Copilot Broke Your Audit Log, but Microsoft Won’t Tell You (Pistachio Blog)

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Undoing the undo bug.

This week we are joined by Jamie MacColl and Dr. Pia Hüsch from RUSI discussing their work on "Ransomware: Victim Insights on Harms to Individuals, Organisations and Society." The research reveals some of the harms caused by ransomware, including physical, financial, reputational, psychological and social harms.
Researchers state "Based on interviews with victims and incident responders, this paper outlines the harm ransomware causes to organisations, individuals, the UK economy, national security and wider society."
The research can be found here:
Ransomware: Victim Insights on Harms to Individuals, Organisations and Society

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Understanding the multi-tiered impact of ransomware. [Research Saturday]

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