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CISA scales back its Election Day role. Google takes down a massive Android TV botnet. The UK warns of AI-powered attacks on critical infrastructure. German lawmakers face potential spyware threats. An AI-enabled infostealer ranks its victims. Ivanti patches more exploited zero-days. NATO launches cyber war games in Estonia. A Harvard breach exposes data linked to 850,000 email addresses. Our guest is Alex Weinert, Chief Product Officer at Semperis, on protecting the identity fabric in the AI era. Democracy is calling. And texting. 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. CyberWire Guest Today on our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Alex Weinert, Chief Product Officer at Semperis, talking about protecting the identity fabric in the AI era. If you enjoyed this conversation be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading CISA Retreats From Election Security Ahead of Midterms (The New York Times) Tech Firms Dismantle Botnet That Turned 1.3M TV Boxes Into Proxies (Krebs On Security) NCSC Chief Warns of Imminent AI Ransomware Threat to UK Critical Infrastructure (Infosecurity Magazine) Germany says lawmakers' iPhones may have been hacked with spyware (TechCrunch) Spooky New Infostealer Malware Uses AI to ‘Autodox’ Victims (WIRED) Ivanti patches two more Connect Secure zero-days chained in attacks (Bleeping Computer) NATO's Crossed Swords Exercise Brings AI Agents Into Cyber Operations Training (SecurityWeek) Harvard University data breach exposed info of 851,000 accounts (Bleeping Computer) My Journey to the Center of America’s Political Spam Text Hell (WIRED) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

The FBI blames North Korea for a record-breaking crypto heist. Hackers hijack air raid alerts in Ukraine and Russia. European supermarket freezers come under attack again. Aur0ra ransomware operators put AI agents to work. Android’s SMS of Death gets a proof-of-concept exploit. Malicious Claude Code extensions infiltrate Cursor’s marketplace. Google offers a quarter-million-dollar bug bounty. ChatGPT faces a wrongful death lawsuit. Monday business briefing. Our guest is Cynthia Kaiser, SVP of Halcyon’s Ransomware Research Center and former Deputy Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, sharing how the AI cybercrime economy is open for business and booming. The secure USB drive that wasn’t. 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. CyberWire Guest Cynthia Kaiser, SVP of Halcyon’s Ransomware Research Center and former Deputy Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, shares how the AI cybercrime economy is open for business and booming. Selected Reading FBI Attributes Binance Heist to North Korea’s TraderTraitor (Infosecurity Magazine) Ukraine's air raid alert system hacked, Russian system targeted hours later (Kyiv Independent)  News Cybercrime  Recorded Future Second wave of suspected cyberattacks hits supermarket freezers across Europe (The Record) AI used in Aur0ra ransomware testing and execution (SOPHOS) New Android SMS of Death exploit can remotely crash unpatched phones (Bleeping Computer) Malicious Claude Code Extension Served in Cursor Supply Chain Attack (SecurityWeek) Google Introduces $250,000 Root-in-Cloud Bug Bounty Reward (SecurityWeek) Parents of woman who died of seizure after ChatGPT misguidance sue OpenAI (The Guardian) Upwind Security raises $400 million in Series C funding. (N2K Pro Business Briefing) Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB drive is just an unencrypted SD card in a fancy case — AI-assisted follow-up finds a backdoor and hardcoded keys in other ‘secure’ USB products (Tom's Hardware) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

As space's infrastructure continues to grow, the question of space leadership will not center around who has the most satellites, but instead around who can leverage the greatest satellite capabilities. Host Maria Varmazis met with Yasrine Ibnyahya, VP of technology investments and partnerships at Viasat, to discuss Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA) Reference Architecture. Ibnyahya discusses how evolving architecture has continued to build on earlier work utilizing multiple waveform technologies, greater interoperability, and incorporating more satellite payloads. Key Sources: MSSA Reference Architecture 2.0 Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to our free Signals and Space Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our Sunday newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space. Subscribe at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/signals-and-space⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Is there a topic or person you’d like to hear on our show? You can send your questions and feedback to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠space@n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also fill our our audience survey: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJYCN2P ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing is a production of N2K CyberWire. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠N2K⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is your nexus for discovery and connection for people, technology, and ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn how at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by ⁠Subhajeet Singha⁠, Senior Security Researcher at ⁠Acronis⁠ Threat Research Unit, discussing their work on "Red Heron exploits Gitea n-day flaw in multinational campaign, exposing new Linux rootkit." A Chinese-speaking threat actor tracked as Red Heron exploited a critical Gitea remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2026-60004, within days of its public disclosure, compromising organizations across five countries and stealing source code, credentials, and sensitive infrastructure data. The campaign involved deploying persistent backdoors and a newly identified Linux implant called JITTERLY, which contains an undocumented rootkit, SIXZUT, capable of hiding files, processes, and network connections while protecting the malware from removal. Acronis assesses with moderate confidence that Red Heron operates within a PRC-linked context, highlighting how quickly attackers can weaponize newly disclosed vulnerabilities and turn exposed development platforms into gateways for broader network compromise. The research and executive brief can be found here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Red Heron exploits Gitea n-day flaw in multinational campaign, exposing new Linux rootkit⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Binance suffers a record-breaking cryptocurrency heist. Attackers exploit a critical GitLab flaw. Russian disinformation targets U.S. elections. Treasury sanctions North Korean IT worker operations. A cyberattack halts Polymarket trading. GCHQ loses track of thousands of storage devices. An abandoned Mac app leaves security risks behind. Japan Airlines reports a third-party breach. An AI-powered command-and-control framework emerges in the wild. Our guest is Josh Devon, Co-founder & CEO of Sondera, winner of the 9th annual DataTribe Challenge. We bid farewell to the captain who inspired a generation of innovators.  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. CyberWire Guest Today Josh Devon, Co-founder & CEO of Sondera and winner of the 9th annual DataTribe Challenge, is discussing their win. Selected Reading CISA says max severity GitLab flaw now exploited in the wild (Bleeping Computer) Covert Russian Group Targets James Talarico With Baseless Claims in Texas Senate Race (The New York Times) US sanctions Russians, North Koreans for laundering IT worker earnings (The Record) Polymarket confirms cyberattack on third-party provider after outages (The Record) Britain’s spy agency doesn’t know where thousands of its memory sticks are (POLITICO) Old 'Popcorn Time' App Left Hundreds of Thousands of Macs at Risk (MacRumors) Japan Airlines warns of data breach as country grapples with multiple cyber incidents (The Record) NIK C2: The new AI-enabled command-and-control framework (Cisco Talos) How North Korean hackers pulled off the biggest crypto heist in history (Metacurity) Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ Captain and Professor X on ‘X-Men,’ Dies at 86 (The New York Times) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

DHS suffers a massive data leak. Researchers reveal Volt Typhoon’s sophisticated methods. Cisco patches a firewall zero-day. A suspected coordinated supply chain attack targets public GitHub repositories. Online scams overtake phishing. NIST shares post-quantum cryptography guidance. CISA warns a VMware ESXi vulnerability is under active exploitation. The Federal Election Commission takes systems offline. A Ukrainian national gets prison time for ransomware operations. Our guest is Yonald Chery, CTO from Technology Advancement Center (TAC), discussing securing operational technology in our critical infrastructure. Bitcoin mining gets you in hot water.  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. CyberWire Guest On today’s Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Yonald Chery, CTO from Technology Advancement Center (TAC), discussing securing operational technology in our critical infrastructure takes more than traditional I.T. cybersecurity skills. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agents (WIRED) Silent Train: Volt Typhoon’s Sophisticated Infection Chain into US Targets Exposed (Zero Day) New Cisco firewall zero-day exploited to crash SSL VPN devices (Bleeping Computer) Attackers turn GitHub issues into supply chain campaign against 61 public repos in less than an hour (The Register) Online Scam Volumes Double to Overtake Phishing (Infosecurity Magazine) NIST Publishes Guidance to Meet Federal Post-Quantum Deadlines (Infosecurity Magazine) Chinese Hackers Quietly Used Low-Severity ESXi Logging Flaw as Zero-Day (SecurityWeek) FEC takes down electronic filing platform after attempted hack (Nextgov) Ukrainian Nefilim and Hive Affiliate Artem Stryzhak Jailed for 70 Months (Hackread) Heatbit Says Your Water Heater Should Be Mining Bitcoin, and Now It Can (Gizmodo) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Senators accuse the White House of illegally withholding a secret surveillance court ruling. A suspected surveillance operation targets Starlink users. Attackers probe vulnerable Oracle E-Business Suite systems. The FBI shuts down a bulletproof hosting provider. Tailworm targets Tailscale. Ohio’s Auditor of State investigates a cyberattack. A suspected ransomware attack disrupts Israel’s largest vehicle importer. Norway raises their cyber risk level to high. Our guest is Amy Blackshaw, Senior Vice President of Product Marketing for Identity at Palo Alto Networks, discussing AI exploits and identity containment. AI science needs a spam filter.  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. CyberWire Guest Today on our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Amy Blackshaw, Senior Vice President of Product Marketing for Identity at Palo Alto Networks, discussing "The three-month clock: Neutralizing frontier AI exploits through identity containment." If you enjoyed this conversation, check out the full interview here. Selected Reading The US Government Is Hiding a Secret Court Ruling About How It Spies on Americans (WIRED) EXCLUSIVE: Alleged Israeli spy company heavily targeted Starlink users, sources say (Reuters) How Cosmos 2612 Ran Down ICEYE-X36 in October 2026 (KeepTrack) Hackers now scanning systems for recently-patched Oracle flaw (Bleeping Computer) FBI seizes ‘bulletproof’ hosting site accused of facilitating child abuse, money laundering (The Record) Tailscale Rushes Patches After Uncoordinated Disclosure of 'Tailworm' Flaws (SecurityWeek) State official: Auditor of State's Office targeted in overseas cyberattack (News 5 Cleveland) Colmobil cyberattack exposes vulnerabilities in Israel’s connected-car ecosystem (Ctech) NSM hever det nasjonale cyberrisikonivået til HØYT (NSM) The maths bust-up fuelling fears that AI is undermining science (BBC News) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show.   Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. CyberWire GuestSelected ReadingWant to hear your company in the show? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CISA unveils its 2030 cyber strategy. PHP2Shell exploits are in the wild. HHS preserves healthcare security requirements. Microsoft offers buyouts amid its AI spending spree. A cyberattack disrupts New Mexico hospitals. Google’s Finnish data center plans hit an environmental roadblock. Blue Initiative tracks maritime vulnerabilities. A Chinese national faces charges in a $37 million cryptocurrency scam. Our guest is Cal Al-Dhubaib, host of the new Authorized Intelligence podcast. Anthropic’s prospectus includes an existential disclaimer.  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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Cal Al-Dhubaib, host of Authorized Intelligence, sharing his vision and some highlights of the new show joining the N2K CyberWire network. If you want to learn more, listen to the trailer here. Selected Reading CISA lays out plan to push cyber adversaries out of US critical infrastructure (Help Net Security) CISA confirms PHP2Shell vulnerabilities now exploited in attacks (Bleeping Computer) HHS Retreats on Plan to Scrap EHR Security, Privacy Regs (BankInfo Security) Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts as AI leads to efficiency push (CNBC) Cybersecurity Issue Forces a Major New Mexico Hospital to Divert Patients and Close Clinics (SecurityWeek) ‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre (The Guardian) Maritime Coalition Launches Free Vulnerability Database for Ship and Port Systems (SecurityWeek) Authorities extradite Chinese national for alleged $37M investment scam (CyberScoop) Risks Spelled Out for Anthropic Investors Include Possible Harms From Runaway AI (SecurityWeek) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

A cybersecurity startup claims to have accessed sensitive internal documents at Anthropic. The Pentagon spins up covert technology programs. AI developers get a crash course in key management. A ransomware recovery executive faces federal fraud charges. Two men are accused of using AI generated phone calls to scam bank customers. Stadia RAT rises from the StealC ashes. Researchers extract sensitive information using USB power-management signals. Patching what matters…matters. Monday business briefing. Tim Starks from CyberScoop is discussing targeted ads as a security risk. Championship rings come with a catch.  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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing targeted ads as a security risk. Selected Reading It took just 12 hours for an AI start-up founded by ex-DOGE staffers to break into Anthropic (Washington Post) The Pentagon is quietly building an elite new tech sabotage agency (POLITICO) Popular AI tool LiteLLM says unrevoked key allowed hackers to target users (The Record) Cybersecurity CEO Indicted for Allegedly Scamming Millions From Ransomware Victims (ProPublica) Dutch Police Arrest Two Over NFC Relay Attacks That Drained $400,000+ From Bank Accounts (SecurityWeek) StealC Malware Returns as Stadia RAT After Operation Endgame Takedown (Hackread) SPECTER Attack Uses USB Power Signals to Leak Data From Air-Gapped PCs (Hackread) The Real Jump Scare Isn’t the Attacker; It’s The Vulnerabilities You’re Focusing On (Qualys) Proofpoint to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion. (N2K Pro Business Briefing) Knicks sent employees fake offer of championship rings in phishing test: Report (Ars Technica) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

The Ukraine has experienced a second major outage of its Starshield services reigniting questions about relying on a single private provider for critical national security services. Host Maria Varmazis sits down Dave Bittner and Brandon Karpf to discuss the recent incident where Ukraine lost Starshield coverage. They explore how the growing role of private satellite companies in warfare creates challenges for establishing operational accountability and impacts US alliances. Key Sources: ⁠Musk ordered Starlink slowdown that blindsided Ukraine. Starlink access in Ukraine a decision for Musk, not White House, Rubio says. Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to our free Signals and Space Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our Sunday newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space. Subscribe at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/signals-and-space⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Is there a topic or person you’d like to hear on our show? You can send your questions and feedback to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠space@n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also fill our our audience survey: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJYCN2P ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing is a production of N2K CyberWire. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠N2K⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is your nexus for discovery and connection for people, technology, and ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn how at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have Damon Rouse, Threat Intelligence from Lumen's Black Lotus Labs, discussing their work on "The infrastructure quartermaster: inside a China-nexus state enablement model." Black Lotus Labs identified a China-nexus cyber infrastructure provider, dubbed a “quartermaster,” that supplies reconnaissance, proxy routing, and obfuscation services to Chinese cyber espionage actors. Its interconnected systems, including QScan and Fast Labyrinth, help identify high-value targets, conceal malicious traffic, and support potential exploitation of government, military, research, and critical infrastructure networks. Researchers warn that this shared infrastructure makes traditional IP-based defenses less effective and recommend following CISA and NCSC guidance, reducing external attack surfaces, and keeping routers, firewalls, and IoT devices updated. The research and executive brief can be found here: The infrastructure quartermaster: inside a China-nexus state enablement model Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Attackers target critical PHP flaws, and former CISA director Chris Krebs weighs in on AI’s role in the vulnerability surge. Railway confirms a cyberattack. HPE patches critical ArubaOS flaws. Quest Diagnostics investigates a disruptive intrusion. Capcom reports a data breach. China-linked hackers put AI-powered attacks on autopilot. And researchers uncover a Microsoft 365 campaign that hijacks authentication tokens to bypass MFA. Our guest is Anudeep Parhar, COO at Entrust, sharing his thoughts on AI kill switches. eMudra throws in the certificate towel.  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. CyberWire Guest Today, we are joined by Anudeep Parhar, COO at Entrust, sharing his thoughts on "If you need the AI kill switch, it's already too late." Selected Reading Mirai Botnet Operators Join PHP2Shell Attacks as ASLR Bypass Exploits Emerge (SecurityWeek) 426 Android and iOS Apps Linked to PHP2Shell Backend Risks (Hackread) Chris Krebs on AI discovering cyber vulnerabilities: It'll get worse before it gets better (CNBC) Developer platform Railway urges 'all users' to revoke secret keys after cyberattack (TechCrunch) HPE patches eight max severity RCE and auth bypass AOS flaws (Bleeping Computer) Quest Diagnostics warns of potential data theft after attack on lab service system (The Record)  Gaming Giant Capcom Confirms Data Breach Exposed Users' Personal Information (Infosecurity Magazine) China APT Uses AI Pentest Tool Artex in ConnectWise Attacks (SecurityWeek) M365 Token Spray and Replay Campaign Compromises Business Email Accounts (Huntress) eMudhra to Exit global SSL/TLS Certificate Business (eMudhra) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Amazon spots PHP exploits before disclosure. GitLab patches a critical flaw. Meta faces a $25 billion penalty. Autonomous AI agents power new cyberattacks. Hackers breach a Japanese cloud provider. CyberCartel unleashes AI against Latin American banks. Tor exit nodes are hijacked. OpenAI coding agents disable security monitoring. Interpol dismantles thousands of cybercrime networks across Africa. Our guest is Danny Manimbo, ISO and AI Practice Leader at Schellman, explaining why companies waiting for AI regulatory clarity may already be behind. Spotify hits the skip button on AI slop.  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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Danny Manimbo, ISO & AI Practice Leader at Schellman, discussing why companies waiting for AI regulatory clarity are already behind. If you enjoyed this conversation, check out the full interview on Caveat. Selected Reading Amazon Threat Intelligence identifies PHP2Shell exploitation prior to public disclosure in MadPot (AWS Security Blog) GitLab warns of new max severity code execution vulnerability (Bleeping Computer) Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case (CNBC) CrowdStrike Uncovers New Agentic AI Campaigns (CrowdStrike) Japan's Onamae Desktop Cloud hacked, up to 27,000 servers affected (Bleeping Computer) CARLIY0S: CyberCartel's AI Attacks on Latin American Banks (Straiker) 333 Tor exit nodes hijacked to intercept SSH traffic and retrieve plaintext email (Ars Technica) Suppressing misalignment monitoring alerts and disabling misalignment monitoring (OpenAI Alignment) Authorities disrupt nearly 11,000 cybercrime networks in Africa (Bleeping Computer) One Year In: Putting Human Artistry First on Spotify (Spotify) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Critical PHP flaws threaten millions of websites. Weak certificates from an Indian authority spark a global security scramble. Investigators probe a U.S. consulting executive’s alleged ties to ShinyHunters. SafePay ransomware hits at least 600 critical infrastructure organizations. Researchers find troubling security biases in Chinese AI-generated code. A $10 million initiative bolsters cybersecurity for small U.S. utilities. An American pleads guilty to stealing from thousands of servicemembers and veterans. Leo Scott, Managing Director of DataTribe, is talking about their upcoming Cyber Innovation Conference and the 9th annual DataTribe Challenge. Two pallets of GPUs never make it to baggage claim.  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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Leo Scott, Managing Director of DataTribe, talking about their upcoming Cyber Innovation Conference and the 9th annual DataTribe Challenge. Selected Reading PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently (Ars Technica) The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs  (Ars Technica) Feds Suspect Ransom Negotiator Ran ShinyHunters Extortion Site (Krebs on Security) SafePay Has Compromised 600 Critical Infrastructure Victims Worldwide, CISA Warns (Infosecurity Magazine) China Defends DeepSeek After US Ban of Its AI From Government Systems (SecurityWeek) Chinese AI Model Writes More Hackable Code When Told It's for US Contractor (SecurityWeek) Accenture, Dragos, and SANS Institute Launch Foundation to Strengthen Cyber Defenses for Under-Resourced U.S. Utilities (Dragos) Philippines-based American pleads guilty to running expansive fraud scheme targeting US servicemembers (CyberScoop) Nvidia RTX 5090 shipment worth $470,000 goes missing in Brazilian airport — two pallets disappear, distributor seeks explanations but met with zero answers (Tom's Hardware) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

A Google Cloud outage disrupts UK banks. DHS bans DeepSeek. Shape-shifting ransomware targets Macs. Bank of America hires an army to patch AI-discovered flaws. Canada looks to bypass the U.S. with a transatlantic cable. A contractor breach exposes California student data. Cybersecurity hiring slumps, but AI skills are booming. Researchers expose the Silent Ransom Group’s playbook. A suspected Qilin ransomware operator takes a vacation straight into custody. Our guest is Roman Arutyunov, Co-Founder of Xage Security, discussing the next era of Zero Trust. A hotel phishing scheme gets a chilly reception.  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. CyberWire Guest Today on our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Roman Arutyunov, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Xage Security, discussing the next era of Zero Trust is about actions, not just access. If you enjoyed this conversation, check out the full interview here. Selected Reading Google Cloud services down in UK; banks, public sector report issues (Reuters) US banning Chinese AI DeepSeek from government agency IT systems (Reuters) Heartbreaker 💔 (Objective-See) Bank of America hired 1,000 contractors to patch software flaws exposed by Anthropic's Mythos (CNBC) Norwegian undersea cable builder pitches 2,800-mile transatlantic data link between Canada and Europe to bypass the US — Canadian majority partner sought to help fund and build new $620 million fiber connection to reduce reliance on American routes (Tom's Hardware) One Compromised Login Exposed Millions of California Students' Records (SecurityWeek) US Cybersecurity Job Postings Fall 26% as AI Security Engineer Demand Soars (SecurityWeek) Behind the Help Desk Call: Insights from the Leaked Chats of an IT-Impersonation Extortion Crew (GuidePoint Security) Police arrest Qilin ransomware suspect on holiday, as links made to Synnovis hack that contributed to patient's death (Bitdefender) Nearly 480,000 Phishing Emails Traced to Computer Hidden Behind Hotel Fridge (Hackread) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

State election officials question CISA’s commitment to election security. Stolen credentials force ConnectWise to suspend cloud services. Fake calendar invites steal Microsoft logins. Temu settles Texas privacy allegations. Toronto police arrest seven in a cryptocurrency kidnapping case. The G7 sounds the alarm on quantum threats. Monday business briefing. Ben Yelin, sits down with Kevin Tian, CEO and Co-Founder of Doppel, to share how AI is changing the threat landscape for sports organizations. MapQuest puts surveillance on the map.  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. CyberWire Guest Today Ben Yelin, from the University of Maryland Center for Cyber, Health, and Hazard Strategies, and co-host of Caveat sits down with Kevin Tian, CEO and Co-Founder of Doppel, sharing how AI is changing the threat landscape for sports organizations and why the team is expanding its investment in social engineering defense. Selected Reading This Cybersecurity Agency Is Supposed to Protect U.S. Elections. Officials Fear It’s Been Compromised by Trump. (ProPublica) FBI and CISA Warn of AI-Written Phishing Before the 2026 Midterms (Technology.org) Attackers Abuse Stolen ConnectWise Application Credentials to Target Microsoft 365 (SecurityAffairs) Fake Calendar Invites Target 40,000 Firms in Microsoft Credential Theft (Hackread) Chinese online retailer Temu agrees to data privacy curbs to settle Texas lawsuit (Reuters) Toronto Police Arrest Seven Men, Seize More Than 2,700 Rounds of Ammunition Following Violent Abduction Investigation (Toronto Police Service) G7 Urges Fast-Track on Quantum-Safe Cybersecurity Rules (Infosecurity Magazine) Harmonic Security secures $50 million in a Series B round. (N2K Pro Business Briefing) MapQuest now lets you locate nearby surveillance cameras, like Flock (This Week in Security) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

On this special edition podcast, Dave Bittner is joined by John Kindervag and Dr Chase Cunningham to discuss the principles of zero trust, cyber resilience, and how AI is transforming cybersecurity strategies. They explore practical frameworks, misconceptions, and the future of security in a machine-speed world. John is the author of "Cyber Resilience at Machine Speed: The Zero Trust Model for the AI Era," and Chase is one of the book's contributors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Through Executive Orders, the Trump administration is looking ensure that America's space capabilities have the workforce and technological innovation needed for success. Host Maria Varmazis sits down with Producer Ethan Cook to continue their conversation as they look at more space-related Executive Orders. While the previous episode looked at the orders that laid out the administration's broad space goals, this conversation looks at the orders that look to advance America's workforce and technical capabilities. Key Sources: ESTABLISHING THE UNITED STATES SPACE ACADEMY. USHERING IN THE NEXT FRONTIER OF QUANTUM INNOVATION. Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to our free Signals and Space Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our Sunday newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space. Subscribe at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/signals-and-space⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Is there a topic or person you’d like to hear on our show? You can send your questions and feedback to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠space@n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also fill our our audience survey: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJYCN2P ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing is a production of N2K CyberWire. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠N2K⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is your nexus for discovery and connection for people, technology, and ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn how at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Lisichkin, AI Security Researcher from Pillar Security, discussing their work on "A WIF Of Fresh Access, How a GitHub Issue on Gemini-CLI Led to GCP Project Compromise." Researchers at Pillar Security uncovered a vulnerability in Google’s Gemini CLI workflows that could allow an attacker to turn a malicious GitHub issue into remote code execution and gain elevated access to a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) project. The exploit chain combined a misconfigured tool allowlist that allowed unrestricted command execution with exposed Workload Identity Federation credentials and overly broad service account permissions, potentially enabling attackers to impersonate privileged accounts. Google promptly addressed the issues by tightening tool restrictions, blocking the agent’s access to credential files, and limiting service account impersonation permissions, highlighting the risks of connecting AI agents to untrusted input and sensitive infrastructure. The research and executive brief can be found here: ⁠A WIF Of Fresh Access: How a GitHub Issue on Gemini-CLI Led to GCP Project Compromise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chinese spies exploit a BeyondTrust zero-day. Atlassian faces active attacks. Rogue AI agents breach Indian networks. Ransomware gangs turn to threats of violence. A cyber incident disrupts U.S. bankruptcy courts. F5 and Juniper push critical patches. Japanese companies suffer a wave of breaches. Google brings AI-powered scam protection to Android. Our guest is Nick Jackson, Global Director of Cyber Security Services at Bitdefender, sharing how the UK are thinking about AI regulation. Braille meets brains.  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. CyberWire Guest Nick Jackson, Global Director of Cyber Security Services at Bitdefender, is sharing how the UK government and private industry are thinking about AI regulation. Selected Reading Suspected Chinese espionage attackers abusing BeyondTrust IT support zero-day (Beyond Trust) U.S. CISA adds Atlassian flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (SecurityAffairs) After OpenAI's Australia hack, India's cyber agency says AI agents breached systems (The Hindu) Hackers Target 60 Indian Banking and UPI Apps With New GhostBat Android Malware (Cyber Security News) Ransomware Gangs Increasingly Turn to Threats of Physical Violence to Extort Payments (Infosecurity Magazine) BAE Systems Security Incident Stalls Notices From US Bankruptcy Courts (SecurityWeek) F5, Juniper Networks Patch Critical Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek) More Japanese Firms Disclose Details of Data Breaches (Nippon) Android gets AI defenses against messaging scams, fake calls (Bleeping Computer) Computers Made of Human Brain Tissue Identify Braille Letters In Breakthrough (404 Media) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

An OpenAI engineer faces charges over an alleged covert recording device. Attackers exploit a PAN-OS firewall flaw and an Ivanti zero-day. Aoki infostealer hunts AI credentials. Researchers uncover critical weaknesses in an AI gateway. CikaBika Bot turns Discord into a command center. Online ads deliver mercenary spyware without a click. Microsoft disrupts a massive Chinese-language phishing operation. And INTERPOL leads an international crackdown on child sexual abuse material. Character.ai runs out of tokens.  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. CyberWire Guest Today, we are featuring Kieran Human, Lead Cybersecurity Engineer at ThreatLocker, who guested on Hacking Humans with Maria Varmazis and Joe Carrigan this week. Tune in to listen to their full conversation here and join the crew including Dave Bittner every Thursday on your favorite podcast app. Selected Reading Office of Public Affairs | Saudi National Arrested for Installing Surreptitious Audio Recording Device at OpenAI (US Department of Justice) Attackers exploit Palo Alto PAN-OS flaw for root access as CISA orders three-day fix (CSO Online) CISA Warns of Hackers Exploiting Ivanti Connect Secure Zero-Day to Steal Credentials (Cyber Security News) New Aoki Infostealer Targets AI Coding Assistant Credentials (Infosecurity Magazine) Warning Over High-Risk Vulnerabilities in Widely Used LLM Gateway Tool (Infosecurity Magazine) CikaBika Bot RAT Uses Discord for C&C (SecurityWeek) AdFection: How mercenary spyware invades victims’ devices through targeted advertising (CyberScoop) Police arrests 95 suspects in international CSAM crackdown action (Bleeping Computer) Character.ai Bankruptcy Is First AI Bubble Domino to Fall (404 Media) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Patch Tuesday brings a record-breaking haul of fixes. Ivanti warns of an exploited VPN zero-day. An international crackdown targets West African scam compounds. A cyberattack stops work on a major European tunnel. Perceived Starshield speed limits disrupt Ukrainian drone operations. Canonical battles a sustained DDoS attack. Anthropic warns of self-replicating AI worms. The FTC accuses cybersecurity firms of exploiting sextortion victims. Microsoft and partners disrupt a major cybercrime marketplace. Rob T. Lee, from SANS, and Lynn Dohm, from WiCyS, are sharing a preview of the SANS 2026 Difference Maker Awards. Taking a Patch Tuesday snow day. 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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Rob T. Lee, Chief of Research and Chief AI Officer at SANS, and Lynn Dohm, Executive Director at WiCyS, sharing a preview of the SANS 2026 Difference Maker Awards. Selected Reading Patch Tuesday Microsoft October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 1,411 flaws, 3 zero-days (Bleeping Computer)  Adobe Patches 140 Vulnerabilities Across 10 Products (SecurityWeek) SAP warns of maximum severity OAuth2 SSRF security flaw (Bleeping Computer) Ivanti Zero-Day Chain Gave Attackers Root Access to Fully Patched VPN (SecurityWeek) West African scam compounds raided, more than 100 suspected trafficking victims ‘rescued’ (The Record) Cyberattack halts Denmark-Germany tunnel construction (UA NEWS) Starlink restrictions affecting Ukraine's front line operations, Kyiv says (BBC)  Canonical Hit by Second DDoS Attack in 2026, Public Websites Disrupted (SecurityAffairs) Small AI Models Could Soon Self-Replicate on IoT Devices, Anthropic Warns (SecurityWeek) FTC says ‘sextortion’ protection companies deceived customers about services (CyberScoop) An Important Update About Grace Hopper Celebration (AnitaB.org)  Disrupting the service economy behind transnational cybercrime operations (Microsoft) Fifth of CISOs Take Time Off to Avoid Patch Tuesday (Infosecurity Magazine) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

French supermarkets lose their cool in a refrigeration cyberattack. Anthropic pulls the plug on AI agents behaving badly. A Canadian ransomware negotiator is arrested in the FBI’s ShinyHunters investigation. XWorm expands its surveillance capabilities. A Dutch grocery giant suffers a cyberattack. Leaked files reveal Luna Moth’s playbook. Monday business brief. Our guest is Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing how major rules for federal contractors handling sensitive data are nearing the finish line. Six digits sink Danish security. 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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing how major rules for federal contractors handling sensitive data are nearing the finish line. Selected Reading Ukraine strikes third Yandex data center, disrupting digital services across Russia (The Record) Cyberattack Hits Hundreds of Supermarket Refrigeration Systems in France (The New York Times) DoD confirms ‘refrigeration disruption’ at military commissaries (MilitaryTimes) Anthropic takes risky AI tests offline after models breach govt sites (Bleeping Computer) Shock and surprise after FBI arrests Canadian cybersecurity expert in ShinyHunters hacking case (CBC News) XWorm RAT Evolves Into Surveillance Platform (SecurityWeek) Cyberattack Prompts Ahold Delhaize to Disconnect Systems (SecurityWeek) Luna Moth Leaks Shed Light on Ransomware Group's Inner Workings (Infosecurity Magazine) Armadin has raised $255.5 million in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel (N2K Pro Business Briefing) '123456' password linked to Denmark data breach affecting 8.8M people (The Register) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Please enjoy this Special Edition podcast while our team is out observing Indigenous Peoples' Day in the United States. In this episode, Dave Bittner joins Maria Varmazis to explore the evolution of public-private partnerships in cybersecurity over the past decade. Together, they discuss key incidents, trust-building, and the future challenges posed by AI and geopolitical shifts. Join Maria and Dave as they discuss: The definition and importance of public-private partnerships in cybersecurity. Evolution of collaboration from episodic to institutionalized. Impact of major incidents like Colonial Pipeline on policy and trust. The role of information sharing and trust-building mechanisms. The influence of AI and automation on future cybersecurity strategies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since taking office, the Trump administration has signed a series of Executive Orders that aims to boost the US's space presence. Host Maria Varmazis sits down with Producer Ethan Cook to dive into two recent Executive Orders signed by President Trump. These two orders look to significantly grow the US's space capabilities removing regulatory hurdles, encouraging innovation, and growing commercial investments. Key Sources: ENSURING AMERICAN SPACE SUPERIORITY. ENABLING COMPETITION IN THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to our free Signals and Space Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our Sunday newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space. Subscribe at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/signals-and-space⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Is there a topic or person you’d like to hear on our show? You can send your questions and feedback to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠space@n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also fill our our audience survey: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJYCN2P ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing is a production of N2K CyberWire. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠N2K⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is your nexus for discovery and connection for people, technology, and ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn how at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Meyers, Head of Counter Adversary Operations at CrowdStrike, is discussing their work on "PhantomRaven, An LLM-Generated Information Stealer Developed for Bug Bounty Hunting." PhantomRaven, a JavaScript-based information stealer distributed through malicious npm packages by a financially motivated threat actor posing as a bug bounty hunter. The malware targets system information and continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) environment variables, likely seeking credentials, with analysis suggesting its code was generated using a large language model. The report explores how AI-generated tools may lower the barrier to cybercrime and outlines steps organizations can take to mitigate risks, including restricting package installation scripts, using private npm registries, and monitoring dependencies. The research and executive brief can be found here: PhantomRaven: An LLM-Generated Information Stealer Developed for Bug Bounty Hunting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An international coalition disrupts Chinese state-backed hacking operations. Officials dismantle cybercrime centers in Ghana. Anthropic launches initiatives aimed at quicker remediation. A maximum-severity SonicWall vulnerability is under active exploitation. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act remains in legislative limbo. Ransomware spikes. Attackers exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in AhsayCBS backup software. Midnight Mimosa targets cheap Android device firmware. Prosecutors saddle a money mule. Maria Varmazis joins Dave to continue our CyberWire’s 10th anniversary celebration with a conversation about public-private partnerships. Open AI does the math.  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. CyberWire Guest Maria Varmazis⁠ and ⁠Dave Bittner⁠ continue the CyberWire Daily’s 10th anniversary celebration with a conversation about public-private partnerships and law enforcement operations over the last decade. Selected Reading International coalition seizes tools used by cyber firm behind Flax Typhoon (The Record) FBI announces over 130 arrests in Ghana during Operation Blackout targeting overseas cyber scam compounds (Digital Watch Observatory) Ghana Rejects FBI-Led Claims Over Operation Blackout Cybercrime Raids (TechAfrica News) Anthropic Fast-Tracks AI Bug Reports to OSS Maintainers, Taps 11 Firms for OT Security (SecurityWeek) Max severity SonicWall SMA1000 flaw now exploited in attacks (Bleeping Computer) Cyber information-sharing law stuck in Senate stalemate (Roll Call) Q3 2026 Sets New Record for Ransomware Attacks (Infosecurity Magazine) Unpatched AhsayCBS Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild (SecurityWeek) Pre-Baked Firmware Malware Hits Budget Android Devices in 150+ Countries (SecurityWeek) Man admits to running network of 15,000 money mules for cybercriminals (Bleeping Computer) ‘Breathtaking,’ ‘Devastating’: Mathematics Reels After New OpenAI Release (The New York Times) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our ⁠brief listener survey⁠. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at ⁠sponsor.thecyberwire.com⁠. 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

An OT cyber coalition urges CISA to establish baseline security requirements. Another OpenAI safety worker resigns. Maryland lawmakers seek funding for Cyber Command’s mental health initiatives. Hackers compromised country-code domain registries for TLS certs. The FBI and French authorities shut down alleged CSAM AI deepfake websites. Ransomware recovery firm CEO indicted for secretly paying attackers. MATCHBOIL keeps simmering. Apollo software pioneer Margaret Hamilton dies. On today’s Industry Voices Sanjay Jeyakumar, Co-Founder of Abnormal AI, discusses why AI agents are challenging traditional security models. And how do I hack thee? Let me count the ways.  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. CyberWire Guest On today’s Industry Voices, we are joined by Sanjay Jeyakumar, Co-Founder of Abnormal AI, discussing why AI agents are challenging traditional security models. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading OT Coalition Urges CISA to Mandate Federal OT Security (Infosecurity Magazine) ‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit (The New York Times) Lawmakers seek $11M for Cyber Command after summer suicides (The Banner) Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large services (Ars Technica) FBI, French authorities seize deepfake CSAM-for-sale websites (CyberScoop) Ransomware recovery CEO charged over secret ransom payments (Bleeping Computer) MATCHBOIL: New tricks, same old evil intentions (ESET)  Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90 (MIT News) Poetry is the new AI security threat as PoeLLM malware infects 3K+ servers (The Register) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

SonicWall issues emergency patches. European wind and solar sites are exposed online. South Korea warns of AI-powered attacks on banks. Maria Varmazis unpacks the EU’s new Space Threat Response Architecture. Google patches dozens of high-severity Chrome flaws. Researchers uncover an SSRF vulnerability in Harbor. AI reshapes vulnerability management. Wikimedia says OpenAI agents repeatedly broke its rules. Pwn2Own kicks off in Ireland. Our guest is Derek Holt, CEO of Digital.ai, who says AI has killed the cybersecurity response window. VIN there, done that. 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.CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Derek Holt, CEO of Digital.ai, sharing his views on how AI has killed the cybersecurity response window.  Selected Reading SonicWall warns of max severity SSRF flaw in SMA1000 gateways (Bleeping Computer) Thousands of European wind and solar power systems exposed online, Dutch researchers say (Reuters) South Korea's Lee says AI appears to have been used in bank hacks (Reuters) The new EU Space Threat Response Architecture explained (EEAS) Chrome 155 Update Patches 247 Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek) SSRF in Harbor Webhooks: Any User Can Reach the Server’s Cloud Credentials (OX Security) AI is turning offensive security into a continuous necessity (CSO Online) Wikimedia Foundation: OpenAI agents tried to edit pages and compromise notes tool (The Record) Ethical hackers have already found 32 zero days in various products at Pwn2Own Ireland (Infosecurity Magazine) Connected Cars Talk to Google and Ad Trackers While Seven Car Apps Hand Over the Owner's VIN (HackingPassion.com) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Military cyber personnel face pay cuts. A critical RCE threatens banking and government authentication systems. Dell patches a critical update flaw. A missed patch costs Accenture an FBI contract. Hackers hijack a fashion retailer’s push notifications. Insurers brace for rogue AI claims. Hackers breach a supertanker’s propulsion system. Denmark suffers a massive population data breach. And Japan extradites a suspected Qilin ransomware operator. Our guest is Steve Ryan, Founder and CEO of Trinity Cyber, on surviving first contact from a Frontier AI-enabled cyber threat. There’s no honor among Gentlemen.  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. CyberWire Guest On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Steve Ryan, Founder and CEO of Trinity Cyber, talking about surviving first contact from a Frontier AI-enabled cyber threat. If you enjoyed this conversation, check out the full interview here. Selected Reading The Pentagon’s new cyber mastery incentive model promised a ‘new era.’ Troops are bracing for pay cuts. (DefenseScoop) Critical CVE-2026-18397: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Thales SConnect Threatens SWIFT Banking and Government Authentication Systems (Rescana) Dell Urges Customers to Patch Critical DSU Flaw That Can Give Attackers Root Access (Security Affairs) FBI Drops Accenture Contractor After Sensitive Data Breach (Security Affairs) Asos customers receive ‘hack’ notification threatening to leak data (The Guardian) Insurance claims to test Altman and Amodei liability for ‘rogue’ AI (Financial Times) Hackers Breached Propulsion System of US-Bound Oil Tanker (Bloomberg) 8.8 Million Impacted by Data Breach at Denmark’s Central Person Register (SecurityWeek) World's Largest Ransomware Group Qilin Member Arrested in Japan (The Chosun Daily) Ransomware Affiliate Double-Crosses RaaS Operator to Steal Victim Funds (Infosecurity Magazine) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

The President launches a new federal AI task force. South Korea investigates financial sector data leaks. AI slop overwhelms a Google bug bounty program. Citrix patches an exploited zero-day. Stealthy malware hides inside Asian email security appliances. Apple tightens macOS privacy around AI agents. Attackers exploit a critical Rejetto File Server flaw. The Senate advances healthcare cybersecurity legislation. Monday business briefing. Our guest is Jared Shepard, CEO of Hypori, with insights on how the military is adopting AI technologies. A real good password…isnt’. 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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Jared Shepard, CEO of Hypori, sharing how he sees the military and DoW adopting AI technologies. Selected Reading Trump names national intelligence director Jay Clayton to lead a new federal AI task force (AP News) South Korean president orders probe into data leaks across financial industry (Reuters) Google freezes open-source bug bounty program amid flood of invalid AI slop submissions — product flaw submissions halted until 2027 as maintainers drown in hallucinations (Tom's Hardware) Citrix patches NetScaler SAML zero-day exploited in attacks (Bleeping Computer) New Linux malware mimics network edge appliances to evade detection (SC Media) Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents (Ars Technica) Exploitation Hits Rejetto HFS Vulnerability Discovered by AI (SecurityWeek) Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Healthcare Cybersecurity (SecurityWeek) Island raises $400 million in a Series F round. (N2K Pro Business Briefing) CISO thought he had a 'r3@lg00dp@$$w0rd' but forgot to patch (The Register) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

As space infrastructure expands, so too does the need for cybersecurity expertise beyond securing traditional spacecraft. Host Maria Varmazis speaks with ⁠Milenk Starcevic⁠, Head of Cybersecurity at ⁠Vision Space⁠, and ⁠Andrzej “Andy” Olchawa⁠, Senior Cybersecurity Engineer also at Vision Space, about the growing space cybersecurity field. They discuss the role of compliance and auditing, how cybersecurity professional can develop space-specific skills, and how emerging capabilities are expanding the attack surface. Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to our free Signals and Space Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our Sunday newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space. Subscribe at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/signals-and-space⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Key Sources: ⁠The Spacecraft Hacker's Handbook.⁠ Space cybersecurity starts on the ground. Hack the Box. Is there a topic or person you’d like to hear on our show? You can send your questions and feedback to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠space@n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also fill our our audience survey: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJYCN2P ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing is a production of N2K CyberWire. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠N2K⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is your nexus for discovery and connection for people, technology, and ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn how at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Jean-Pierre Mouton, Senior Threat Intelligence Consultant at GuidePoint Security, discussing their work on "How Play Achieves Encryption." Play ransomware, also known as PlayCrypt, continues to target organizations across multiple sectors using a consistent double-extortion playbook that combines data theft with widespread encryption. A recent investigation details how the group gained access through a SonicWall VPN, moved laterally using tools such as Mimikatz and PsExec, exfiltrated sensitive data, and used the victim’s own SentinelOne uninstallation utility to disable endpoint protection. The findings highlight several behavioral indicators defenders can monitor, including tool staging through SYSVOL and SystemBC for command and control, event log clearing, and suspicious WinSCP activity. The research and executive brief can be found here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠How Play Achieves Encryption Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OpenAI fires safety researchers for mishandling sensitive information. CISA looks to secure the next 250. Dell patches six critical flaws, while attackers exploit a FortiMail zero-day. Warlock ransomware expands its reach, and Star Blizzard scales up its phishing. Researchers map maritime GPS spoofing. An alleged Iranian hacker is extradited to the U.S., and law enforcement takes down KillSec. Our guests are John Kindervag and Dr. Chase Cunningham, discussing their new book "Cyber Resilience at Machine Speed: The Zero Trust Model for the AI Era". Clippy’s back, and this time he wants your wallet.  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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by John Kindervag, along with Dr. Chase Cunningham, discussing their book "Cyber Resilience at Machine Speed: The Zero Trust Model for the AI Era". Selected Reading Disinformation, Defense and Democracy: A Look as This Year’s Election Security (Security Magazine) CISA launches ‘Securing the Next 250’ campaign to strengthen critical infrastructure cybersecurity and resilience (Industrial Cyber) Dell asks admins to patch max severity CSM flaws as soon as possible (Bleeping Computer) Fortinet warns of critical FortiMail flaw exploited in zero-day attacks (Bleeping Computer) Chinese ransomware group Warlock targets Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries (SC Media) Russian FSB-linked hackers scale up phishing attacks against Ukraine supporters (The Record) 367,000-Ship Study Finds Global GPS Spoofing, Red Sea Activity Before Grounding (Hackread) In Rare Move, Alleged Iranian State Hacker Extradited to US (SecurityWeek) Police Target KillSec Ransomware Group with Arrests and Seizures (Infosecurity Magazine) Crypto Scammers Hijack Microsoft's Official X Account  (SecurityWeek) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

A Pentagon breach exposes data on millions. ShinyHunters goes dark. MI5 warns universities about Chinese espionage. AI agents find creative ways around their guardrails. A fake Zoom installer delivers macOS malware. Cisco patches an actively exploited SD-WAN flaw. OpenAI disrupts a “distillation attack.” Cyber Command confronts operator burnout. Treasury targets alleged ATM jackpotters. Our guest is Etay Maor, Vice President of Threat Intelligence at Cato Networks, with a reminder that your network isn't a recycling bin. Prophecy as a service. 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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Etay Maor, Vice President of Threat Intelligence at Cato Networks, sharing his views on how your network isn't a recycling bin. Selected Reading Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach (TechCrunch) ShinyHunters website goes offline after FBI deadline expires (Reuters) MI5 Warns Over 100 Academics Helped China's Espionage Plans (Infosecurity Magazine) Rogue Agents Investigation (Asymmetric Security) CloudSyncD: macOS backdoor hidden in a fake Zoom installer (Jamf) Cisco Patches Exploited Catalyst SD-WAN Zero-Day Vulnerability (SecurityWeek) Irony alert: OpenAI whines that Chinese model stole its special IP that it stole from everybody else (The Register) After reports on suicide deaths, Pentagon puts Cyber Command on notice (The Record) Treasury Blacklists Most-Wanted ATM Malware Developer and His Network (SecurityWeek) Chatbots as oracles: How AI is giving new life to the ancient practice of seeking answers from inscrutable sources (The Conversation) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

AI companies sign a voluntary accord aimed at addressing safety concerns. Cybercriminals abuse the CustomGPT feature as part of a ClickFix campaign. The FBI is urging members of ShinyHunters to come forward. A fraud campaign turns stolen credentials into job scams. Maria Varmazis joins us for her space cyber story. The WaterISAC confronts persistent weaknesses. AI gives SOC teams more time at the expense of training. Two U.S. Air Force members get federal prison time over a business email compromise scheme. Our guest is Dan Ohlemeier, Senior Solutions Architect for Ready1 at Semperis, discussing crisis orchestration. That is one big pile of technical debt. 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. CyberWire Guest On today’s Industry Voices we are joined by Dan Ohlemeier, Senior Solutions Architect for Ready1 at Semperis, discussing crisis orchestration: the unsung hero of successful cyber incident response. If you enjoyed this conversation, tune into the full interview here. Selected Reading Trump says top tech firms have signed accord to 'self-police' AI development (NPR) OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models (The New York Times) OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack (WIRED) Attackers Combine ChatGPT Feature Abuse With ClickFix to Deliver Trojan Malware (Infosecurity Magazine) ShinyHunters Defiant After FBI Calls on Members to Come Forward (SecurityWeek) From EDU Account Takeover to Job Scam Abuse: West African Fraud Actors Target Universities (Proofpoint) SpaceX's Starship returns early to Earth after reaching orbit for the first time (AP News)  WaterISAC reckons with range of threats after summer of cyberattacks (CyberScoop) AI Boosts SOC Analyst Capacity but Limits Skill Development (Infosecurity Magazine) US Air Force members given over 6 years in prison for cyber theft of more than $2 million (The Record) AI Finds a Way: The Jurassic Park Problem (Securonix) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

OpenAI holds back its newest model over safety concerns. Kiteworks lifts its precautionary shutdown. Apple patches an exploited zero-day. Japanese rail operators disclose cyberattacks. An Anthropic authentication flaw opens the door to account takeover. Thousands of Supabase databases leak data. NeedyMantis targets telecoms and governments. A Vietnamese national faces charges in a multimillion-dollar crypto laundering scheme. James Winebrenner, CEO of Elisity, is sharing barriers to compliance and challenges for manufacturers as the EU Cyber Resilience Act is implemented. If you’re hoping for credit, be careful what you share. 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. CyberWire Guest James Winebrenner, CEO of Elisity, is sharing barriers to compliance and challenges for manufacturers as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (EU CRA) is implemented. Selected Reading OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns (The New York Times) Florida asks for order to halt ChatGPT development (Axios) Kiteworks Urges Customers to Restart Systems After Shutdown Notice (Infosecurity Magazine) Apple patches CoreGraphics zero-day flaw exploited in attacks (Bleeping Computer) Japanese Railway Operators Hit with Weekend Cyber Attacks (Infosecurity Magazine) Cycode Uncovers Account Takeover in Anthropic's MCP Python SDK (Cycode) Everything Everywhere: Systemic Data Exposure in Supabase Apps (UpGuard) Daemon Tools Hackers' NeedyMantis Malware Dissected by Microsoft (SecurityWeek) Vietnamese man charged in $16 million 'pig butchering' crypto scam (Bleeping Computer) Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (The New York Times) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

The U.S. and China agree on an AI safety channel. Some states say CISA’s election security plan comes too late. Citrix patches critical zero-days under active exploitation. AI agents probed government websites in unexpected and concerning ways. ShinyHunters launches a new campaign against Oracle PeopleSoft customers. A New Mexico jury finds Meta misled state residents. Business briefing. Tim Starks from CyberScoop shares insights on multiple issues facing CISA. Who’s ready for algorithmic holiday shopping?  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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Tim Starks from CyberScoop who is sharing insights on multiple issues facing CISA. Selected Reading China and US Agree to Establish AI Safety Channel and Continue Trade and Military Talks (SecurityWeek) 40 days to midterms, election officials say new US cyber plan comes too late (TwinCities Pioneer Press) Citrix Patches Critical Zero Days Under Active Exploitation (Infosecurity Magazine) OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites (The New York Times) OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian AI probe (Reuters) Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents (Axios) Google Warns of ShinyHunters' Fresh Oracle PeopleSoft Campaign (SecurityWeek) Meta misled users about Facebook data practices, New Mexico jury finds (Reuters) Cyera has secured a $400 million Series G extension from Goldman Sachs. (N2K Pro Business Briefing) Consumer AI use a boon for the holidays as AI traffic doubles (Yahoo Finance) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

On this special edition podcast, N2K CyberWire's Dave Bittner spoke with Camille Stewart Gloster⁠. Camille is the author of The Insider You Built: How Organizations Stay in Control of Autonomous AI Agents, and founder of⁠ CAS Strategies⁠. Dave and Camille discuss her new book and the broader questions it raises about AI agents. Listen in as Camille Stewart Gloster discusses the implications of autonomous AI agents, focusing on authority, accountability, and risk management in organizations. She emphasizes the importance of understanding and controlling AI behavior to maximize value and mitigate risks. You can learn more about "The Insider You Built” ⁠here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Though spacecraft are important, space cybersecurity extends well beyond these assets touching ground stations, mission-control assets, and other critical components. Host Maria Varmazis speaks with Milenk Starcevic, cybersecurity lead at Vision Space, and Andrzej “Andy” Olchawa, a space-focused offensive security professional, about the broader space cybersecurity attack surface. By considering all aspects of a space mission, both in orbit and on the ground, cybersecurity professionals can better understand where vulnerabilities exist and what measures can be taken to reduce risk. Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to our free Signals and Space Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our Sunday newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space. Subscribe at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/signals-and-space⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Is there a topic or person you’d like to hear on our show? You can send your questions and feedback to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠space@n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also fill our our audience survey: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJYCN2P ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing is a production of N2K CyberWire. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠N2K⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is your nexus for discovery and connection for people, technology, and ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn how at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Ensar Seker, VP of Research and CISO at SOCRadar, discussing their work on "Exposing AnonyMousKIT: AI-Powered PhaaS Supply Chain." An investigation into AnonyMousKIT reveals an AI-powered Phishing-as-a-Service platform designed to steal Apple credentials and disable Activation Lock on stolen devices. The platform uses email, SMS, WhatsApp, and AI-driven voice calls to impersonate Apple Support, with researchers uncovering a broader ecosystem spanning 506 domains, 168 storefront brands, and 30 backend installations. Despite its sophisticated social-engineering capabilities, basic coding flaws exposed extensive operational logs and revealed the shared infrastructure, developer activity, and reseller network behind the criminal operation. The research and executive brief can be found here: ⁠Exposing AnonyMousKIT: AI-Powered PhaaS Supply Chain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kiteworks urges customers pull the plug on vulnerable servers. CISA lays out its election security plan. Known vulnerabilities linger unpatched. Big AI labs consider a new standards body. Questions surround claims of an OpenAI Medicare hack. File notifications become a privacy leak. SectopRAT hides in audio software. A new Android banking trojan takes control. An attacker puts open-source AI agents to work hacking hundreds of organizations. A Rydox cybercrime marketplace operator pleads guilty. Our guest is Todd Thorsen, CISO of CrashPlan, with ways to prepare for and react to critical infrastructure campaigns. Americans give AI the side-eye. 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. CyberWire Guest Todd Thorsen, CISO of CrashPlan, discusses ways to prepare for and react to critical infrastructure campaigns, and how AI is contributing to a bigger and more disruptive attack surface. Selected Reading Imminent Zero-Day Attack: KiteWorks Urges Customers to Shut Down Servers (Heise) CISA Election Security Plan Flags Patching Barriers, Voter Database Attacks (SecurityWeek) Only 26% of Detected CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Were Fully Remediated (Hackread) Google, OpenAI, Anthropic Plan Frontier AI Standards Body (GovInfo Security) Doubts grow over claims OpenAI agent hacked Australian Medicare portal (The Record) Windows, Linux, Android File Notification Systems Leak User Activity (SecurityWeek) SectopRAT Abuses Legitimate Audio Software Files to Steal PC Data (Hackread) RemControl Banking Trojan Gives Attackers Remote Control of Android Devices (Infosecurity Magazine) Crook used three open source agents to break into a Fortune 500 hospitality company, a major US airline and 25+ other orgs (The Register) Kosovar Owner of Rydox Marketplace Pleads Guilty in US Court (SecurityWeek) Americans Fear AI Will Make the World Worse, Love It Anyway (404 Media) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Researchers find a new way to weaken RSA. ShinyHunters allegedly exposes sensitive FBI details. CISA and the FBI warn of third-party ICS risks. An OpenAI agent hacks an Australian government portal. SolarWinds patches critical flaws. A placeholder domain delivers ClickFix. Digital forensics executives face charges over alleged Russian ties. ENISA maps Europe’s cyber threats. The U.S. and China have very different ideas about AI safety. Our guest is Kurt Dusek, Technical Product Advisor at Appdome, sharing thoughts on segregation of duties and AI agents. Women in tech have their say.  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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Kurt Dusek, Technical Product Advisor at Appdome, sharing thoughts on "Segregation of duties was built for humans. What happens when the workers are AI agents?" Selected Reading There's a new way to break RSA that's faster than anything we've seen before (Ars Technica) Stolen FBI data reveals employees’ roles in intelligence and surveillance (Nextgov/FCW) CISA, FBI warn critical infrastructure operators of third-party ICS risks, urge least privilege and remote access controls (Industrial Cyber) OpenAI Agent Hacks Australian Medicare Portal (Infosecurity Magazine) SolarWinds Patches Critical RCE Flaws in Observability Self-Hosted (SecurityWeek) Placeholder domain used in dev docs now serves ClickFix attacks (Bleeping Computer) Phone Hacking Software Firm Hid Russian Ownership, Say Feds (GovInfo Security) Exploring the evolution of the cyber threat landscape: How dependencies weaken our digital resilience (ENISA) Opinion | The U.S. and China Are Far Apart on A.I. Safety (The New York Times) We Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let Loose (WIRED) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

ShinyHunters claims to have breached FBI systems. CLOSEDQUORUM malware delegates command-and-control decisions to commercial LLMs. An IT error erases 11 years of hospital maternity data. F5 patches a critical BIG-IP APM zero-day. Ransomware activity remains high. Microsoft disrupts the EvilTokens cybercrime platform. Researchers turn Claude Code’s normal workflow against itself. Pundits propose an AI Assurance Compact. A Ryuk ransomware gang member gets two years prison time. Our guest is Jen Sovada, General Manager of Public Sector at Claroty, on Project Watershed 250 and the challenges facing U.S. water utilities. Meta’s Muse mettles with messages. 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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Jen Sovada, General Manager, Public Sector at Claroty, on what Project Watershed 250 can reveal about the cybersecurity challenges facing U.S. water utilities. Selected Reading ‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees (404 Media) The Closed Quorum: Inside the first reported autonomous AI C2 implant (Cisco Talos) IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records (Ars Technica) F5 patches BIG-IP APM zero-day flaw exploited in RCE attacks (Bleeping Computer) UK launches its first 'space squadron' to counter hostile threats (The National) Ransomware Attacks Reach Record High for 2026 (Infosecurity Magazine) Disrupting EvilTokens: The AI Chatbot Built for Cybercrime (Microsoft On the Issues) Fable to Haiku: How a Malicious Repo Tricked Claude Code Into Running Malware (Straiker) The President has called for AI leadership. Here’s the mission (CyberScoop) Ryuk ransomware member sentenced to 24 months in prison (Bleeping Computer) Meta’s New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To (Inc.) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

CISA rides out a Cyber Storm. The EU struggles to share cyber threat information. Nightmare Eclipse drops another Defender zero-day. TASK#STOMP steals business documents. North Korean operatives fake their way through job interviews. A genetics lab pays $700,000 over a phishing breach. A zero-day in Meta’s Muse AI assistant opens the door to privilege hijacking. Marc Woolward, Senior Advisor to Humanix and former CTO for Goldman Sachs, discussing social engineering and vishing attacks. Infiltrating Team PCP. 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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Marc Woolward, former CTO for Goldman Sachs and Senior Advisor to Humanix, discussing social engineering/vishing attacks and how ShinyHunters continues to use this method on other industries. Selected Reading CISA’s Cyber Storm X tests cybersecurity preparedness across transportation, water and wastewater sectors (Industrial Cyber) Another worry for water systems: infostealer exposure (CyberScoop) Poor data sharing undermining EU cyber defences, auditors say (Reuters) New TASK#STOMP Windows Backdoor Enables Continuous Document Theft (Hackread) New Windows Defender zero-day blocks Microsoft antivirus updates (Bleeping Computer) Japan Dismantles First North Korean Laptop Farm as US and Allies Detail Wider Scheme (SecurityWeek) Ambry Genetics Pays $700K HIPAA Fine in Phishing Breach (GovInfo Security) Meta Muse AI app flaw lets local malware redirect dictation traffic (The Register) An Undercover Google Analyst Infiltrated a Notorious Supply-Chain Hacking Gang (WIRED) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Google confirms unauthorized access by Gemini. AI’s growing power outpaces its defenses. Hackers target Colorado water utilities. Georgia weighs voting-system security. ShinyHunters hijacks Clop’s leak site. FamousSparrow spies across Latin America. CrowdSec loses source code. New npm malware slips past supply-chain defenses. Monday business briefing. Our guest is Matt Fredrikson, CEO of Gray Swan AI, discussing OpenAI's Astra. A new app warns Glassholes to ZuckOff.  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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Matt Fredrikson, Carnegie Mellon University Associate Professor and CEO of Gray Swan AI, discussing OpenAI's Astra and real industry risks. Selected Reading Google says Gemini breached three companies during security test (The Record) Hackers who broke into OpenAI warn the AI industry has a security problem (Washington Post) Colorado Water Utilities Hit by Cyberattacks Targeting OT Systems (Security Week) Lawmakers mull cybersecurity concerns as they prepare for overhaul of Georgia’s voting system (Cobb Courier) Clop gets a taste of its own medicine after ShinyHunters hijack leak site (The Register) China-Linked FamousSparrow Deploys SparroWocky Backdoor in Latin America (Hackread) CrowdSec Confirms Source Code Stolen in Supply Chain Attack (Security Week) Malicious npm packages evade install-script defenses at runtime (Bleeping Computer) Physical AI security company Exein lands $270 million. (N2K Networks) ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You (WIRED) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

In this Special Edition episode, Maria Varmazis⁠ and ⁠Dave Bittner⁠ from N2K Cyberwire get back together to reflect on the past decade of critical infrastructure attacks, evolving threats, and lessons learned from incidents like the Ukraine power grid attack and Colonial Pipeline ransomware. They discuss how these events have shaped current cybersecurity practices and the importance of resilience and preparedness. Join Maria and Dave as they discuss: The critical infrastructure evolution over the past 10 years. Notable cyber attacks including the Ukraine power grid, NotPetya, and the Colonial Pipeline. The shift from traditional ransomware attacks to attacks on infrastructure. The emergence of space and satellite communications as targets. Lessons learned and the future outlook for cybersecurity resilience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Space infrastructure has become an increasingly important part of everyday life, which has also made it an increasingly attractive target for exploitation. Host Maria Varmazis and Sean MacKirdy, Area Vice President for the National Security vertical at Elastic Government Solutions, sit down to discuss how space stakeholders need to reevaluate their approach to securing space systems. As space systems continue to grow more important, malicious actors are going to look to target them more often. By adopting a stronger universal framework and a consistent way to interpret data across all spacecraft, space cybersecurity practitioners will be able to standardize their practices and create more effective and timely responses. Key Sources: SPARTA v4.0 Maria Varmazis interviews Brandon Bailey about Space Attack Research and Tactic Analysis, or SPARTA matrix. Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to our free Signals and Space Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our Sunday newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space. Subscribe at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/signals-and-space⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Is there a topic or person you’d like to hear on our show? You can send your questions and feedback to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠space@n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also fill our our audience survey: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJYCN2P ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing is a production of N2K CyberWire. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠N2K⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is your nexus for discovery and connection for people, technology, and ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn how at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Dr. Renée Burton, VP of Threat Intelligence at Infoblox, discussing their work on Lurking Lizard, "Fake Installers, Fake Reviews, Fake Services – Real Proxies, Real." The research uncovers Lurking Lizard, a threat actor that has operated since at least 2022 by using fake software installers, VPNs, and lookalike domains to secretly turn victims’ devices into residential proxy nodes. Researchers identified more than 230 related domains and connected seemingly separate campaigns—including fake 7-Zip, downloader tools, and WireVPN—through shared infrastructure, tracking URLs, deployment patterns, and APIs. The investigation suggests the actor runs an end-to-end proxy operation, recruiting compromised devices and then monetizing their bandwidth through proxy services and fake review sites, with WireVPN appearing to be the latest evolution of the campaign. The research and executive brief can be found here: Fake Installers, Fake Reviews, Fake Services - Real Proxies, Real Victims Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cisco patches a maximum-severity vulnerability in its Identity Services Engine. Court documents describe AI as “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions.” Researchers chain vulnerabilities to take over employee ChatGPT accounts. Microsoft and Check Point patch vulnerabilities. Manufacturing remains ransomware’s favorite target. Hackers compromise a Japanese image-sharing service. The Settra ransomware group leverages remote management software. An Australian think-tank warns of Chinese AI-enabled surveillance in Venezuela. Maria Varmazis joins me for a look back at ten years of critical infrastructure exploits. Everything you wanted to know about AI but were afraid to prompt. 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. CyberWire Guest Dave Bittner and Maria Varmazis reflect on the past decade of critical infrastructure attacks, looking at major incidents like the Ukraine power grid attack and Colonial Pipeline and the lessons they’ve taught the industry about resilience and preparedness. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to tune in this Sunday for a special edition of the show, where Dave and Maria continue the conversation. Selected Reading Cisco drops another exploited zero-day, this time a perfect 10 (The Register) ‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft (404 Media) AI-Built Exploit and Sign-In Flaw Opened Path to Internal OpenAI Code (SecurityWeek) Microsoft Patches 18 Vulnerabilities in AI, Cloud Products (SecurityWeek) New Check Point flaw lets hackers execute code with root privileges (Bleeping Computer) Manufacturing Accounts for 22% of all Ransomware Victims (Infosecurity Magazine) 23 Million User Records Compromised in Gyazo Data Breach (SecurityWeek) Ready, Settra, Go: New Settra Ransomware Variant Deploys MeshAgent RMM (Huntress) USA’s Venezuela takeover comes with bonus exposure to Chinese AI surveillance tech (The Register) Will A.I. Kill Us? Can It Hack My Bank Account? Your A.I. Questions Answered (New York Times) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

AI goes to war. Iranian strikes leave AWS data unrecoverable. OpenAI discloses more model misbehavior. Researchers uncover 16 Wireshark vulnerabilities. TrustSink turns Entra authentication into a password trap. RatHat raids Android credentials. The FBI takes down a DDoS-for-hire service. A data broker loses its domains. U.S. Cyber Command names a new AI chief. Ethan Cook is joining Dave Bittner and Ben Yelin to discuss the industry-proposed and administration-opposed AI slowdown. CISA’s field of schemes.  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. CyberWire Guest Today, Ethan Cook, N2K’s lead analyst, joins Dave Bittner and Ben Yelin for a discussion about the industry-proposed and administration-opposed AI slowdown, exploring the policy debate and what it could mean for the future of AI. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview on Caveat here. Selected Reading The era of AI warfare has arrived (Financial Times) Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data (Ars Technica) OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior (The New York Times) AISLE Discovers 16 CVEs in Wireshark, the World’s Most Popular Network Protocol Analyzer (AISLE) TrustSink: How a Rogue External MFA Provider Steals Passwords (Varonis) RatHat: AI-Powered Mobile Threat is Here for Your Credentials & Bank Accounts (Zimperium) US takes down NightmareStresser DDoS-for-hire platform (Bleeping Computer) Data Broker Radaris Loses Domains in Privacy Fight (Krebs on Security) Former NGA Executive Ronzelle Green Named USCYBERCOM Chief AI Officer (ExecutiveGov) CISA releases Cyber Decoys guide detailing tripwires, honeytokens to strengthen critical infrastructure detection and response (Industrial Cyber) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Officials investigate suspected cyberattacks on U.S.-bound oil tankers. Iranian operators deploy Chosen Brick surveillance malware. Ukraine cracks down on scam call centers. Researchers uncover two TP-Link camera zero-days. Maria Varmazis looks at weapons in space. CenterPoint Energy reports a data breach. Spain records its first breach caused by an autonomous AI agent. PhantomRaven targets developers through malicious npm packages. Illicit casinos provide cover for cybercrime. A New York healthcare provider exposes patient data. Our guest is Chad Thunberg, CISO at Yubico, on how real crypto-agility still needs a hardware root of trust. Hackers do a little Flock picking. 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. CyberWire Guest Today Chad Thunberg, CISO at Yubico, discusses how software-only encryption is only half the answer: real crypto-agility still needs a hardware root of trust, not just a software patch. Selected Reading Coast Guard, FBI investigating after 2 oil tankers bound for US hit with cyberattacks (ABC News) US, UK, Dutch Agencies Expose Iranian ‘Chosen Brick’ Surveillance Malware (SecurityWeek) Ukraine moves to crack down on scam call centers after corruption scandal (The Record) Zero-Day Flaw in TP-Link Cameras Enables Covert Eavesdropping (Infosecurity Magazine) CenterPoint Energy Discloses Data Breach Following Dark Web Claims of 7.5 Million Records Stolen (Beyond Machines) Spain gets its first taste of AI-aided cyber attack (The Register) PhantomRaven: An LLM-Generated Information Stealer Developed for Bug Bounty Hunting (CrowdStrike) How Money Laundering, Scams, and Espionage Hide in a Web Full of Casino Garbage (Infoblox) 280,000 Impacted by Premier Medical Group Data Breach (SecurityWeek) Meink: Space Force has deployed space control weapons to orbit (DefenseScoop) Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works (WIRED) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

The President pushes back on calls to slow AI. Microsoft lays out potential AI safety rules. Lawmakers consider the crypto Clarity Act. Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and Japan’s Digital Agency suffer data breaches. Phishing campaigns grow increasingly difficult for email security tools to spot. New York seizes a dozen AI deepfake domains. Alleged Black Axe cybercriminals face charges. Our guest is Camille Stewart Gloster, former U.S. Deputy Cyber Director and author of the new book "The Insider You Built: How Organizations Stay in Control of Autonomous AI Agents." AI meets the long arm of the old law.  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. CyberWire Guest Today we’re joined by Camille Stewart Gloster, author of The Insider You Built: How Organizations Stay in Control of Autonomous AI Agents, and founder of CAS Strategies. We’ll discuss her new book and the broader questions it raises about AI agents. You can learn more about "The Insider You Built” here. Selected Reading Trump pushes back on Anthropic CEO's call for an AI slowdown (SC Media) Microsoft AI Code of Conduct Sets Cyberattack Boundaries, Chain of Command, Safety Constraints (SecurityWeek) Microsoft releases emergency Windows updates to fix RDS failures (Bleeping Computer) This bill could reshape crypto in America -- and it's sparking a major battle (NPR) Florida Department of Highway Safety hacked by international criminal group (WPTV) 240,000 Hit by Data Breach at Japan’s Digital Agency (SecurityWeek) VBSpam comparative review - Q3 (Virus Bulletin) New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites (404 Media) Suspected Black Axe gang leaders face cybercrime charges in the US (Bleeping Computer) Ex-FTC boss Khan urges Uncle Sam to break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent (The Register) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

NSA preps a major restructuring. Anthropic’s CEO calls for an AI slowdown. China acknowledges AI risks. RubyGems got swarmed by AI agents.  A maximum-severity GitLab vulnerability is under active exploitation. Direct Send abuse makes phishing emails appear legit. A British fintech firm leaks sensitive customer info. LinkedIn wins a legal dispute over browser extension scanning. Monday business briefing. Our guest is Tim Starks, senior reporter at CyberScoop, sharing government leaders’ outlook for cybersecurity and AI at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit. Finding Bigfoot in the neural network. 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. CyberWire Guest We are joined by Tim Starks, senior reporter at CyberScoop, sharing government leaders’ outlook for cybersecurity and AI at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit. You can read Tim’s coverage here.  Selected Reading National Security Agency launches historic restructuring (The Washington Post) Anthropic CEO Calls for an AI Slowdown. Is It Possible? (SecurityAffairs) China’s spy agency warns of AI risk to national security (Financial Times) OpenAI Agent Swarm Hacks RubyGems Package Manager (Infosecurity Magazine) CISA: Hackers now exploit max severity GitLab flaw in attacks (Bleeping Computer) Direct Send: How Attackers Weaponize Your Infrastructure Against You (KnowBe4) Revolut discloses data breach exposing financial info, passports (Bleeping Computer) LinkedIn beats "BrowserGate" lawsuits over scanning users' Chrome extensions (Ars Technica) NVIDIA to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. (N2K Pro Business Briefing) Sentient AI's Bigfoot Era Could Arrive at Any Moment (Gizmodo) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show.   Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

As space becomes increasingly connected and autonomous, effective cybersecurity policy is struggling to keep pace. Host Maria Varmazis and ⁠⁠⁠Dr. Mac McGuire sit down to discuss the limitations of current approaches for managing space cyber risks and what the industry is lacking. The two discuss how the space incidents have the potential to significant impact astronauts by disrupting oxygen systems, thermal regulation, and telemetry. Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to our free Signals and Space Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our Sunday newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space. Subscribe at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/signals-and-space⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Is there a topic or person you’d like to hear on our show? You can send your questions and feedback to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠space@n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also fill our our audience survey: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJYCN2P ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing is a production of N2K CyberWire. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠N2K⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is your nexus for discovery and connection for people, technology, and ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn how at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Brigid O Gorman, Senior Intelligence Analyst on Symantec Threat Hunter team, discussing their work on “GodDamn Ransomware: Latest Beast Rebrand Uses Malicious Driver to Disable Defenses." GodDamn ransomware, the latest rebrand from the Hyadina group behind Monster and Beast, is using increasingly sophisticated techniques to evade defenses. In a recent attack, the threat actors used AnyDesk for remote access, a broad credential-harvesting toolkit, and the PoisonX malicious kernel driver to disable endpoint security before deploying the ransomware. The activity highlights Hyadina’s continued development of its ransomware operations and an escalation in its defense-evasion capabilities. The research and executive brief can be found here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠GodDamn Ransomware: Latest Beast Rebrand Uses Malicious Driver to Disable Defenses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WeWorm has China’s attention. Calls for an AI slowdown continue. OpenAI calls for mandatory AI regulation. Anthropic disrupts Russian cyberespionage. The EU’s 24 hour reporting requirement goes into effect. GitLab and Check Point patch critical vulnerabilities. IDScan confirms theft of IDs. Microsoft tracks a cloud intrusion campaign. Our guest is Kevin E. Greene, Chief Cybersecurity Technologist, Public Sector at BeyondTrust, discussing the role of privilege disruption in cyber resiliency. Watch what you say.  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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Kevin E Greene, Chief Cybersecurity Technologist, Public Sector at BeyondTrust, discussing the role of privilege disruption in cyber resiliency. Selected Reading For China, a Mock A.I. Attack on WeChat Signals a Dangerous New Era (The New York Times) This Is Really Bad (The New York Times) OpenAI Calls for Mandatory National AI Safety Rules (BankInfo Security) Anthropic caught Russia-linked spies using Claude in hacking operations (The Record) EU's Cyber Resilience Act starts the 24-hour vulnerability clock (The Register) GitLab urges users to patch max severity path traversal flaw (Bleeping Computer) Check Point Patches Critical VPN Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek) ID verification giant IDScan confirms data breach with more than 150 million driver's licenses stolen (TechCrunch) Passkey-themed social engineering leads to identity and cloud compromise (Microsoft Security Blog) Watch out: Apple timepiece can grab snippets of conversation without both speakers' consent (The Register) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show.   Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

The FBI lays out its new Cyber Strategy. CISA plans a federal cyber overhaul. Anthropic discloses another unauthorized AI intrusion. Treasury sanctions a Chinese-language cybercrime marketplace. Another Microsoft Defender zero-day emerges. Gigabud banking malware gets stealthier. Chinese espionage groups deploy the BlueMoon exploit kit. Lawmakers target hack-for-hire firms. A U.S. designation forces an Italian technology collective to shut down. Ben Yelin discusses how private AI chatbot conversations are increasingly being used as evidence in court cases. When proofs meet prompts.  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. CyberWire Guest Dave Bittner sits down with Caveat cohost and University of Maryland Center for Cyber, Health, and Hazard Strategies expert Ben Yelin to discuss how private AI chatbot conversations are increasingly being used as evidence in criminal and civil court cases, raising new questions about privacy, legal protections, and what users should expect from their supposedly private AI interactions. Want to hear the full conversation? Be sure to check out Caveat for the full discussion and more on the latest issues in privacy, surveillance, cybersecurity law, and policy. Selected Reading FBI Publishes First-Ever Cyber Strategy, With Focus on Disrupting Threat Actors (Infosecurity Magazine) CISA Unveils Plan for Follow-On Integrated Cyber Assessment Support Contract (GovCon Wire) Widened Scan Turns Up Fourth Rogue Claude Cyber Incident (SecurityWeek) US sanctions Xinbi Guarantee over cyber scams and money laundering (Metacurity) New 'ShieldCrash' Zero-Day Exploit Targets Microsoft Defender (SecurityWeek) Gigabud banking trojan uses app cloning to evade fraud detection (SC Media) Novel Blue Moon kit targeting Chrome and Windows reflects new reality of AI-driven exploits (The Register) Group of bipartisan lawmakers ask US government to ban several hack-for-hire firms (TechCrunch) Italian tech collective Autistici/Inventati shuts down after US terrorist designation (The Record) OpenAI Navier-Stokes Proof: $1 Million AI Math Controversy Explained (The CyberSec Guru) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Patch Tuesday is a doozy. The Feds warn China-based AI companies are distilling U.S. AI models. A new ClickFix campaign goes straight for the browser. Smart TVs get nosy. Hackers gift themselves a $47 million bug bounty. An Ohio man gets 15 years in federal prison for cyberstalking and sextortion. Andy Hornegold, Chief Security Technologist from Intruder, discusses what makes up a reliable AI pentests and the benefits and risks that come with AI-enabled security. Putting AI at the head of the class.  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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Andy Hornegold, Chief Security Technologist from Intruder, discussing what makes up a reliable AI pentests and the benefits and risks that come with AI-enabled security. Selected Reading Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes 966 Vulnerabilities, Including 2 Exploited 0-Days (Hackread) Ivanti Patches Critical Flaws Across Enterprise Security Products (SecurityWeek) Chrome 153 Patches Seventh Zero-Day of 2026 (SecurityWeek) Adobe Patches Over 170 Vulnerabilities, Including Commerce Zero-Day (SecurityWeek) ICS Patch Tuesday: Schneider Electric, Siemens Fix Critical Flaws (SecurityWeek) CISA, NSA and FBI Warn Chinese AI Firms Are Targeting U.S. AI Models at Industrial Scale (HSToday) Europe's push for space sovereignty. (N2K Networks) History for European spaceflight: Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight (Isar Aerospace) ClickFix moves into the browser: Cryptocurrency theft with Google-hosted C2 (Talos Intelligence) LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby (The Verge) 'White hat' hackers take $47 million bounty after $320 million crypto theft (The Record) Man gets 15 years for extorting women with AI-generated porn videos (Bleeping Computer) Alpha School’s AI teaching model is expanding. Does it work? (Scientific American) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Researchers build a self-propagating attack against WeChat. Threat actors move toward multi-agent AI frameworks. N-able issues an emergency patch for a maximum-severity bug under active exploitation. MikroTik patches multiple RouterOS vulnerabilities. China accesses restricted American technology through subsidiaries and overseas partners. An active phishing campaign abuses legitimate Google services to make malicious links appear trustworthy. Australians may soon be able to disable the algorithm. Monday business briefing. Jason Lancaster, Chief Investigations Officer at SpyCloud, discusses how AI is affecting shifting cybercrime from traditional investigations to agentic AI at scale. Electromagnetic eavesdropping gets personal. 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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Jason Lancaster, Chief Investigations Officer at SpyCloud, discussing how AI is affecting shifting cybercrime from traditional investigations to agentic AI at scale. Selected Reading A.I. Models Built a Computer Worm That Could Rapidly Hack WeChat Accounts (The New York Times) Hackers build AI frameworks for widescale credential theft (Bleeping Computer) N-able Issues Emergency Hotfix for Maximum-Severity Unauthenticated RCE in N-central (Beyond Machines) MikroTik Patches Critical Flaws Chained to Hack Routers (SecurityWeek) How a Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giant Kept Buying America’s Best A.I. Chips (The New York Times) Bypassing the Gatekeepers: How a Global Phishing Campaign Turns Google's Infrastructure into a Trust Proxy (KnowBe4) ‘Global reckoning for big tech’: Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms (The Guardian) Socure raises $156 million and acquires agentic AI platform Fravity. (N2K Pro Business Briefing) New attack eavesdrops on headphone audio from 30 meters away (CyberInsider) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

In this Special Episode, Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner are joined by friend of the show, Brandon Karpf, to unpack a new bipartisan congressional investigation into the lingering presence of Chinese state-owned telecommunications companies inside U.S. internet infrastructure. The House Select Committee on China says China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom remain deeply embedded in American networks even after federal regulators denied or revoked their authority to provide certain telecommunications services over national security concerns. The investigation found that restrictions imposed by the FCC limited what the companies could sell, but did not necessarily remove their equipment, network connections, or commercial relationships from the U.S. internet ecosystem. Links to stories: Stranger Pings: Chinese Telecom Companies Infiltrate U.S. Infrastructure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The accurate timing data from spacecraft has become an invaluable tool for nearly every critical infrastructure sector and a greater target for malicious actors. Host Maria Varmazis and ⁠Andy Davis⁠, Global Research Director at the NCC Group, discuss the importance of timing in space. The two look at how timing systems have continued to grow more important in everyday life and why attackers have begun to increasingly exploit these critical services. Key sources: GPS: A backbone for critical infrastructure. Spoofing ships, jamming drones: how GPS manipulation confuses and compromises. Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to our free Signals and Space Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our Sunday newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space. Subscribe at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/signals-and-space⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Is there a topic or person you’d like to hear on our show? You can send your questions and feedback to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠space@n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also fill our our audience survey: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJYCN2P ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing is a production of N2K CyberWire. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠N2K⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is your nexus for discovery and connection for people, technology, and ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn how at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ismael Valenzuela, Vice President of Labs, Threat Research and Intelligence at Arctic Wolf, sits down with Dave to discuss their work tracking Anubis. Arctic Wolf Labs details a series of 2026 Anubis ransomware intrusions, revealing affiliates using stolen VPN credentials and exploiting CitrixBleed 2 to gain initial access. Attackers then blended into legitimate IT activity by deploying RMM tools, using RDP and PsExec for lateral movement, stealing credentials, and establishing tunnels and proxies for persistence and exfiltration. The research highlights a repeatable attack chain defenders can disrupt before encryption, from suspicious remote access and unauthorized RMM deployment to credential theft, security-tool tampering, and ransomware execution. The research and executive brief can be found here: ⁠From CitrixBleed 2 to Cloudflared: The Tools and Techniques Behind Anubis Ransomware Attacks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The G7 and CISA prepare for the quantum threat. Nightmare Eclipse drops a CrowdStrike zero-day. The White House’s offensive hacking plan raises legal questions. CISA offers a playbook for communicating through cyber incidents. OpenAI puts a billion dollars behind AI-powered defense. Researchers uncover a serious PostgreSQL flaw. Google patches an exploited Chrome zero-day. Broadcom fixes VMware vulnerabilities. Attackers target a WordPress plugin flaw. Lawmakers tell license plate surveillance cameras to “Flock off.”  Our guest is Kevin Gosschalk, Founder and CEO of Arkose Labs, discussing his new book, After Bots, which questions the old assumption that automated traffic is inherently malicious. Camouflage for the algorithmic age.  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. CyberWire Guest Kevin Gosschalk, Founder and CEO of Arkose Labs, joins us to discuss his new book, After Bots, and why the old assumption that automated traffic is inherently malicious no longer works. Selected Reading G7 urges organizations to prepare for quantum cyber threats (The Record) Analysts: Trump Cyber Program Could Cost Firms Legal Shields (BankInfo Security) Communicating Under Pressure: Best Practices for Service Providers (IC3) OpenAI Pledges $1bn to Bring its AI Cybersecurity Tools to Essential S (Infosecurity Magazine) 12-Year-Old PostgreSQL Vulnerability Enables Database, Server Takeover (SecurityWeek) Google warns of new Chrome zero-day flaw exploited in attacks (Bleeping Computer) VMware Workstation and Fusion Updates Patch Critical Vulnerability (SecurityWeek) Critical Elementor Pro flaw exploited to take over WordPress sites (Bleeping Computer) Flock Cameras Face Removal Nationwide Under New Bill (Newsweek) Prolific Microsoft 0-day hunter drops CrowdStrike Falcon exploit PoC (The Register)  This 'Digital Camouflage' Shirt Confuses AI-Powered Surveillance Cameras (404 Media) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

A watchdog challenges the Trump administration’s secret frontier AI reviews. METR discloses two cyberattacks. Leaked documents reveal a Russian cyber training pipeline. Rogue ScreenConnect clients spread malware like a worm. A breach exposes appellate court records across the U.S. and Canada. Spring Ring impersonates IT support on Microsoft Teams. Plex urges users to patch, and Cisco warns of unpatched Secure Email flaws. Our guest is Rob van der Veer, Chief AI Officer at Software Improvement Group, discussing how we are not keeping up with the AI attack surface. Robocall report cards.  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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Rob van der Veer, Chief AI Officer at Software Improvement Group, discussing how we are not keeping up with AI attack surface. Selected Reading Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing (Ars Technica) Attacker stole a METR API key, used $600K worth of credits, and no one noticed for weeks (The Register) 2,000 Leaked Documents Reveal How Russia Turns Engineering Students Into GRU Cyber Operators (Security Affairs) Rogue ScreenConnect Installations Across Unrelated Hosts Suggest Worm-Like Activity (Huntress) A breach at Thomson Reuters reached appellate courts in twelve US jurisdictions (Thenextweb) Spring Ring Vishing Attack Uses Fake IT Calls on Microsoft Teams to Install Malware (Hackread) Plex warns users to patch security vulnerabilities immediately (Bleeping Computer) Cisco Warns of Unpatched Secure Email Flaws, Patches Critical Switch Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek) The FCC wants consumers to rate their telecom’s anti-robocall protections (CyberScoop) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Nexus sells driver’s license scans on the dark web. OpenAI says its models have reached a “Critical” capability threshold. International law enforcement disrupts a decades-old botnet. AI hallucinations fuel “slop squatting.” Plus, urgent patches for Cleo Harmony and Virtualizor, a Texas healthcare breach, and a Russian national accused of targeting thousands of freelancers with remote-access malware. Maria Varmazis shares the latest space-cyber news. Our guest is Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at Threat Locker, talking about protecting against AI in the workplace. AI threatens the government’s bug supply. 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. CyberWire Guest On today’s Industry Voices we are joined by Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at Threat Locker, talking about protecting against AI in the workplace. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses (Krebs on Security) OpenAI’s Astra Becomes First Model to Cross Critical Cybersecurity Threshold (SecurityWeek) Sality botnet infrastructure dismantled in joint global takedown (Bleeping Computer) Crooks Are Learning to Love AI Hallucinations (IEEE Spectrum) MSSA Reference Architecture 2.0 (Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA)) Exploit Published for Fresh Cleo Harmony Vulnerability (SecurityWeek) Malicious Virtualizor Update Served via BGP Hijacking (SecurityWeek) Nutex Health Says Patient Data Stolen, Hackers Threaten Leak (Infosecurity Magazine) US charges Russian for infecting 80,000 freelancers with malware (Bleeping Computer) How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools (TechCrunch) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Nightmare Eclipse drops a Kaspersky zero-day. The Financial Stability Board warns frontier AI could threaten the global financial system. Anthropic says it has tightened security. CISA adopts a risk-based approach to patching. A new Windows infostealer hides in fake AI models. A critical vulnerability in JFrog Artifactory is kneedeep in active exploitation. North Korean workers are still landing U.S. jobs. A classic NSA codebreaking machine. Our guest is Heather Ceylan, CISO at Box, discussing if AI becomes agentic, governance could become a resilience issue. A robot vacuum sucks up evidence.  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. CyberWire Guest Today on our Industry Voices, we are joined by Heather Ceylan, CISO at Box, discussing as AI becomes agentic, governance becomes a resilience issue. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading Chaotic Eclipse Releases Kaspersky Zero-Day HardBreacher (SecurityAffairs) Financial Stability Board Sounds the Alarm Over Frontier AI Risks (Infosecurity Magazine) Unit 42 warns AI has shifted balance of power from defenders to attackers (CyberScoop) Improving our alignment and security practices (Anthropic) CISA vulnerability directive designed to ‘buy back time’ against hackers (Federal News Network) RevStealer malware spread through fake Claude Opus 5 download (SC Media) Critical JFrog Artifactory Vulnerability Reportedly Exploited in the Wild (SecurityWeek) North Korea-linked IT Workers Are Getting Hired Inside Western Companies (SecurityAffairs) IBM Built the Cold War's Most Powerful Code Breaker for the NSA (IEEE Spectrum) Man uses robot vacuum to covertly record his wife's affair, wins divorce settlement but gets sentenced to prison for making an illegal recording — Husband lands behind bars after counter-suit over privacy rights (Tom's Hardware) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Could an AI kill switch create more problems than it solves? A critical Rails flaw is under active attack. Malicious browser extensions steal cryptocurrency. Fire Ant targets trusted network infrastructure. Claude Code gets tricked into running attacker-controlled code. MyChart phishing scams spread malware. Two alleged sextortionists face U.S. charges. A former DIA insider walks into an FBI sting. Monday business briefing. Our guest is Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing a controversial retail security bill. Getting local with Nigerian scammers. 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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Tim Starks from CyberScoop as he is discussing a controversial retail security bill. Selected Reading The AI Kill Switch Act is repeating the Clipper Chip’s mistakes (CyberScoop) Critical Ruby on Rails Vulnerability in Attackers' Crosshairs (SecurityWeek) Chrome Web Store extensions caught stealing crypto, browser data (Bleeping Computer) China-linked Fire Ant Hides Inside Trusted Infrastructure (SecurityAffairs) Researcher shows how Claude Code can be tricked simply by asking it to summarize a website (The Register) Fake MyChart emails can show alarming test results, trick patients into installing malware (WMAR) Nigerians extradited to US for sextortion, deaths of two teens (Bleeping Computer) US government snitch-finder pleads guilty to leaking state secrets to foreign spies (The Register) AI safety and security company Alice raises $140 million. (N2K Pro Business Briefing) How Cyber Sleuths Tracked a Nigerian Scammer to His Doorstep (404 media) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

In this episode, Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner from N2K Cyberwire get back together to discuss the evolution of advanced persistent threats (APTs), threat actor landscape, attribution changes, and the future of cyber espionage over the past decade. Join Dave and Maria as they explore how geopolitical factors, organizational professionalism, and emerging technologies like AI are shaping cybersecurity threats. Together, they talk about: The shift in attribution practices over the last 10 years. The role of nation states and organized crime in cyber threats. The impact of AI and emerging technologies on cyber warfare. The challenges of naming and shaming threat groups. The professionalization and organizational evolution of APT groups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Crystal Morin, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist, and Michael Clark, Senior Director of Threat Research, at Sysdig, sharing their work on "LLMjacking evolved: Attackers are using stolen AI compute to build offensive agentic tools." The Sysdig Threat Research Team observed an attacker abusing an exposed, unauthenticated Ollama server as the “brain” for an automated offensive security tool. The AI-powered framework can fingerprint services, identify vulnerabilities, craft exploits, extract credentials, and orchestrate attacks toward command execution, with researchers capturing the tool while it was still under active development. The activity highlights how LLMjacking is evolving from simply stealing AI compute for profit into using stolen model capacity to build increasingly autonomous offensive capabilities. The research and executive brief can be found here: LLMjacking evolved: Attackers are using stolen AI compute to build offensive agentic tools Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A judge rules the Trump administration illegally labeled Anthropic a national security risk. The White House moves to keep foreign technology out of U.S. power systems. OpenAI rallies a global cyber defense push as its own AI agents exploit a Linux vulnerability. Researchers uncover a new speculative-execution attack and hidden implants in Chinese-made routers. A fake voicemail campaign slips past email defenses. PaperCut faces an exploited zero-day. And ServiceNow patches three maximum-severity flaws in its AI Platform. Maria Varmazis and I look back at a decade of emerging threat actors and APTs. NSA sends out a covert save-the-date. 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. CyberWire Guest Today, as we continue celebrating the CyberWire Daily’s 10th anniversary, Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner look back at a decade of emerging threat actors and APTs. Enjoyed the conversation? Be sure to tune in Sunday for a special edition featuring the full discussion. Selected Reading Trump Administration’s Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Illegal, Judge Rules (The New York Times) White House bans foreign-made equipment for power generation over cyber backdoor concerns (The Record) Tech, Cybersecurity Giants Unite Behind OpenAI-Led Cyber Defense Pledge (SecurityWeek) A call for collective action on cyber defense (OpenAI) New type of attack can slip past the defenses in your computer’s processor (MIT News) Fake Voicemail SVG Attachments Fuel Large-Scale Phishing Campaign (Infosecurity Magazine) OpenAI Agents Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw on Company’s Own Systems (SecurityWeek) Hundreds of AI agents went rogue in OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack (POLITICO)  PaperCut Releases Emergency Patch for Exploited Zero-Day (SecurityWeek) ServiceNow warns of three max severity security vulnerabilities (Bleeping Computer) Chinese Implants in the Supply Chain (VulnCheck) Exclusive: NSA to host a hacker reunion in bid to rebuild secretive unit (The Record) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Meta settles. Australian police arrest two alleged TeamPCP members. The White House moves to shore up water utility cybersecurity. ATF reports a major cyber incident. The Navy tells sailors to lock down social media. The FBI warns of a prolific Chinese hacking operation. Bill Gates sounds the alarm on AI. A purported think tank tries to influence chatbot answers. And attackers focus less on individual vulnerabilities and more on the vendors behind them. Our guest is Tim Springston, Principal Product Manager at Semperis, on achieving hybrid identity resilience in the age of agentic AI. Meta pumps the brakes on going AI native.  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. CyberWire Guest On today’s industry voices segment, we are joined by Tim Springston, Principal Product Manager at Semperis, discussing how to achieve hybrid identity resilience in the age of agentic AI. If you enjoyed this conversation, check out the full interview here. Selected Reading Meta agrees to pay $18 billion to settle US lawsuits over children's social media addiction (Reuters) Two Alleged ‘TeamPCP’ Hackers Arrested in Australia (Krebs on Security) White House to unveil program to protect water systems against hackers (POLITICO) DOJ firearms agency says hackers breached system containing investigation targets (The Record) US Navy tells sailors and their families: scrub your social media, enemies are watching (Bitdefender) Chinese Hacker Group QTFY Uses Custom-Built Platforms to Target US Infrastructure, FBI Warns (Infosecurity Magazine) Bill Gates diagnoses problems with AI, but an expert questions his prescription (ABC News) Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda (The Guardian) SentinelOne and Tenable Find Cyber Attackers Routinely Target Edge-Device Vendor Ecosystems Rather Than Individual Vulnerabilities (SentinelOne) AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions” (Ars Technica) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

The U.S. disrupts a Chinese hacking operation blamed for intrusions at several sensitive government agencies.  CISA says more than 100 water systems were targeted in July. Attackers exploit a critical Gitea flaw, while malicious pages masquerade as Cloudflare verification screens. Cyber insurance claims get costlier, and AI agents break out of their sandboxes. Boston Scientific battles a cyber incident. Plus, a new standard tracks AI agent activity, criminals target stolen iPhones, and an alleged money mule is charged in a $7.5 million scam. Our guest is Stephen Hilt,  Sr. Threat Researcher at TrendAI,  on the risks facing data centers.  Some breach data doesn’t quite measure up. 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. CyberWire Guest On today’s Industry Voices, we are joined by Stephen Hilt,  Sr. Threat Researcher at TrendAI discussing the cybersecurity risks facing data centers and the thousands of internet-exposed industrial control systems that could leave them vulnerable to attack. And if you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here.  If you’d like to hear more on this topic from TrendAI, you can check out this recent episode of the AI Security Brief podcast that focuses on data center security. Guest Mark Houpt, CISO at DataBank, joined hosts Johnny Hand and Dustin Childs to explain why securing the AI era starts with protecting the physical data centers that power it—and why proven security fundamentals still matter against rapidly evolving threats. AI Security Brief podcast publishes every other Thursday on the N2K CyberWire network. Subscribe today! Selected Reading China-sponsored hacking platforms seized by US, Justice Department says (Reuters)   CISA: Over 100 Internet-Exposed Water Systems Targeted in July Cyberattacks (SecurityWeek) Hackers now exploit critical Gitea flaw in code injection attacks (Bleeping Computer) Hackers abuse npm mirrors to host phishing redirect pages (Bleeping Computer) Average Cyber Insurance Losses Increase Despite Fewer Claims (Infosecurity Magazine) VMs won't contain cyber-capable agents (Trail of Bits) Boston Scientific hit by cyberattack, global operations affected (Reuters) Linux Foundation Introduces TRACE Standard for AI Runtime Evidence (Infosecurity Magazine) AnonyMousKIT PhaaS uses voice AI agents to phish iPhone passcodes (Bleeping Computer) Indian man who fled US arrested on charges he helped scammers siphon $7.5 million from the elderly (The Record) Trump signs memo to help drastically boost US commercial space launches (Reuters)  A Cautionary Tale About Data Breach Claims, Verification and Carhartt (Troy Hunt) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Lawmakers request an investigation into cuts at CISA. Threat actors actively exploit a Zimbra Collaboration Suite vulnerability. A Chinese AI lab preps release of a powerful open-weight model. A new phishing toolkit deploys attacker-controlled passkeys. Using audio hardware to fingerprint browsers. A DDoS attack knocks Norwegian government services offline. CISA orders patching of a critical Oracle vulnerability. Taiwanese prosecutors charge nine people over the alleged illegal export of high-end AI servers to mainland China. Operation Jackal IV cracks down on West African cybercrime networks. On our Industry Voices segment, Christy Wyatt, CEO from Absolute Security, discusses "Cyber Resilience: The Emerging Category." AI music hits a sour note down under. 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. CyberWire Guest Today on our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Christy Wyatt, CEO from Absolute Security, discussing "Cyber Resilience: The Emerging Category." If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading Lawmakers call for investigation into impact of CISA staffing cuts (The Record) Hackers breached over 270 Zimbra servers in ongoing attacks (Bleeping Computer) By Opening a Model, a Chinese A.I. Lab May Test the World’s Cybersecurity (NY Times) iAuthFlow v2: The $10,000 Phishing Toolkit That Survives Your Password Reset (SecurityAffairs) AliExpress was silently running audio in your browser to fingerprint and track your device (TechSpot) Large DDoS attack knocks Norwegian public services offline (The Record) U.S. CISA adds maximum-severity Oracle flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (SecurityAffairs) Taiwan Charges 9 Over Illegal AI Server Exports to China, Including Nvidia and Super Micro Staff (SecurityWeek) Police arrests dozens of suspects in global cybercrime crackdown (Bleeping Computer) Songs created by AI banned from Australia's music charts (BBC News) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Polymarket traders win big on U.S. military insider information. Slovakia deactivates speed cameras with Russian backdoors. TikTok pays $400 million to settle kids' privacy allegations. Hackers infect Android-based car systems with botnet malware. CISA orders quick patching of an actively exploited Zimbra Collaboration Suite vulnerability. SynkLoader malware is built for stealthy access to corporate networks. Dutch authorities fine Uber over $900 million over automated hiring practices. An ATM jackpotter gets a record prison sentence. Monday business briefing. A privacy promise loses face.  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. CyberWire Guest On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Mark Beare, General Manager at Malwarebytes Consumer Business from Black Hat to look at protecting your family in the age of AI. If you enjoyed this conversation, check out the full interview here. Selected Reading More than 150 Polymarket wallets may have traded on military secrets, research finds (Reuters) Slovakia discovers Russian backdoors in 279 new traffic cameras — SMS-triggered shell access and passwordless live feeds found in EU-funded rollout (Tom's Hardware) TikTok Settles U.S. Child Privacy Case for $400 Million (Security Affairs) Hackers infecting Android car systems to build proxy botnet (The Record) CISA orders urgent patching of actively exploited Zimbra flaw (Bleeping Computer) SynkLoader: when you throw in everything but the kitchen sink (Expel) Uber Fined Nearly $1 Billion by Dutch Regulators Over Automated Suspensions of Driver Accounts (SecurityWeek) Venezuelan Gets Record Federal Prison Term for ATM Jackpotting (SecurityWeek) Fortinet has acquired San Francisco-based AI security company Virtue AI. (N2K Pro Business Briefing) Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People’s Faces (WIRED) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

As space infrastructure has continued to expand, developing secure space systems has become just as important as launching the spacecraft themselves. In this week's episode, host Maria Varmazis sits down with Filip Rezabek, co-founder and CTO of Space Computer, to talk about some of the technologies being created to secure space infrastructure in orbit. The two discuss the importance of establishing a chain of trust in space and the challenges of securing hardware against supply chain attacks. Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to our free Signals and Space Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our Sunday newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space. Subscribe at: ⁠⁠⁠https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/signals-and-space⁠⁠⁠ Is there a topic or person you’d like to hear on our show? You can send your questions and feedback to ⁠⁠⁠space@n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also fill our our audience survey: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJYCN2P ⁠⁠⁠ T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing is a production of N2K CyberWire. ⁠⁠⁠N2K⁠⁠⁠ is your nexus for discovery and connection for people, technology, and ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn how at ⁠⁠⁠n2k.com⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Aaron Beardslee, Manager of Threat Research at Securonix, discussing "Analyzing SHEET#CREEP: SHEETCREEP is up again with different config obfuscation." Securonix researchers have identified an evolved version of the SHEETCREEP espionage campaign, using a diplomatic-themed ISO phishing lure to deliver a C# remote access trojan targeting Indian diplomatic interests. The malware abuses the Google Sheets API as a stealthy command-and-control channel, with researchers identifying 91 active victim tabs, including a high-confidence target in Pakistan. The campaign, assessed with moderate confidence as linked to Pakistan-aligned APT36, has added XOR-obfuscated configurations and other anti-analysis techniques to evade detection and maintain persistent access. The research and executive brief can be found here: ⁠Analyzing SHEET#CREEP: SHEETCREEP is up again with different config obfuscation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CISA orders patching of TrueConf Server vulnerabilities. LockBit threatens release of stolen banking data. Researchers disclose a critical type confusion vulnerability in a Node.js library. A new Agent Tesla v4 campaign introduces enhanced evasion techniques. A novel malware delivery technique abuses FTP server banners to hide commands. Apple patches a critical image-processing flaw. A North Korean software supply chain attack targets the Rust ecosystem. Latvian officials resign following a major data breach. Defense contractors are confident in compliance, less so in their ability to prove it. Our guest is Patrick Coughlin, Co-Founder and CEO of Savi Security. discussing the free utility he’s developed to protect the sandwich generation from AI-driven scams. When it comes to cyber extortion, who you gonna call?  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. CyberWire Guest Joining us today is Patrick Coughlin, Co-Founder and CEO of Savi Security. Patrick discusses protecting the sandwich generation from AI-driven scams and Scamwise, their free utility built with this purpose in mind. Learn more about Scamwise, a free public utility tool to help consumers quickly determine whether a suspicious message, call, or email is likely a scam, and download Savi’s app. Selected Reading CISA orders feds to patch actively exploited TrueConf Server flaws (Bleeping Computer) US Bank investigates LockBit's claims as ransomware crims set pay-or-leak deadline (The Register) Critical Isolated-vm Vulnerability Leads to RCE on Host (SecurityWeek) New Agent Tesla Malware Variant Boosts Evasion Capabilities (Infosecurity Magazine) Hackers abuse FTP server banners to deliver new Windows malware (Bleeping Computer) Apple plugs image-processing hole ripe for spyware abuse (The Register) North Korean Hackers Tied to Rust Supply Chain Attack (Infosecurity Magazine) Latvian officials resign after cyberattack exposes data on 1.2 million people (The Record) Contractors' CMMC Confidence Rises as Ability to Prove It Falls Behind (SecurityWeek) Ransomware crook poses as recovery firm to steal payments from fellow extortionists (The Register) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Federal agencies warn of an active campaign targeting critical infrastructure. Citrix races to patch critical NetScaler flaws. More than 50,000 exposed Stripe API keys raise fraud concerns. Black Hat and DEF CON attendees are targeted in a new social engineering campaign. Atlassian, Splunk, and Cisco fix hundreds of vulnerabilities. A new Android banking trojan adds an unusual twist. A healthcare breach impacts 3.8 million people. SilkParasite expands cyberespionage in Central Asia. And CISA eyes a major overhaul of federal cyber software procurement. Our guest is Chris Wallis, founder and CEO of Intruder, on how AI agents killed the annual pentest and are reshaping exposure management. AI powered robots find bananas quite appealing.  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. CyberWire Guest On our Industry Voices segment, Intruder’s Founder and CEO Chris Wallis joined Dave at Black Hat to discuss why the annual pentest Is dead and how AI agents are reshaping exposure management. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading NSA, FBI warns of hackers using AI-generated tools in attacks on critical infrastructure technology (The Record) Citrix urges admins to patch new NetScaler flaws as soon as possible (Bleeping Computer) 50,000 Stripe Secrets Leaked in Public Code (SecurityAffairs) Black Hat/DEF CON attendees targeted in malware scheme with Google Doc lure (SC World) Atlassian, Splunk Patch Dozens of Critical, High-Severity Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek) Cisco Patches Critical Crosswork, Secure Workload Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek) New Manic Android malware can exfiltrate data through nearby devices (Bleeping Computer) EHR Vendor Notifying 3.8 Million Patients of Data Theft Hack (GovInfo Security) SilkParasite: Tracking a China-Nexus APT Across Central Asia (Bitdefender) CISA contemplates whether to hire security software buying help (Washington Technology) I Saw the Future of AI in a Robot That Can Learn on the Spot (WIRED) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show.   Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Medusa’s reach grows. Cl0p expands its victim list. The DOJ charges 17 alleged Iranian hackers. CISA sounds the alarm on four exploited vulnerabilities. TWINLOOT hides in plain sight inside Microsoft 365. Maria Varmazis shares the latest from the space-cyber realm as Ukraine strikes Russia’s satellite nerve center. The FDA considers guardrails for AI medical devices. Expired credit cards get an unexpected second life. A disgruntled contractor heads to prison. Dave Bittner sits down with Brian Vecci, Field CTO at Varonis, at Black Hat USA to discuss how AI is calling your security bluff. Highway hijinks meet high-tech hardware. 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. CyberWire Guest At Black Hat USA, Dave Bittner sat down with Brian Vecci, Field CTO at Varonis, as they discussed how AI is calling your security bluff. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading CISA: Medusa ransomware hit over 500 critical infrastructure orgs (Bleeping Computer) US charges Iranians for sprawling hacking campaign on government agencies, universities (The Record) Cl0p Ransomware Group Names Over 40 Victims of PTC Windchill Campaign (SecurityWeek) CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited Microsoft, VMware, Apple Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek) New TWINLOOT Malware Steals Windows Passwords Via Fake Lock Screen (Hackread) Ukraine says it hit Russian rocket centre linked to Starlink-style network (CNBC) FDA Weighing Possible Regs for GenAI Medical Devices (GovInfo Security) Expired credit cards revived by researchers to make unauthorized payments (The Register) Prison for data analyst who tried to extort $2.5 million from his employer (Bitdefender) ‘The Worst I’ve Ever Seen’: Cargo Thefts Have Turned Violent in Pursuit of AI Hardware (WIRED) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show.   Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

A fake consultancy fronts an alleged Chinese spy campaign. Meta heads to court over claims it hooked young users. Researchers crack the mystery behind the French EncroChat hack. CISA warns ransomware gangs are exploiting a Windows flaw. Meet C2Looper, a new Rust-based backdoor. A critical WordPress plugin bug threatens hundreds of thousands of sites. MessiahGPT brings generative AI to cybercrime. A lender discloses a breach affecting 1.2 million people. A Ukrainian developer stands trial in Switzerland over alleged ransomware ties. Our guest is Ev Kontsevoy, CEO at Teleport, discussing how AI agents have nondeterministic behavior. The psychology of the endless scroll.  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. CyberWire Guest On today’s Industry Voices, we are joined by Ev Kontsevoy, CEO at Teleport, discussing how AI agents have nondeterministic behavior. If you enjoyed this conversation, check out the full interview here. Selected Reading A fake website and a deluge of CVs: the Australian firm embroiled in an FBI probe into alleged Chinese espionage (The Guardian) States Seek $200 Billion From Meta Over Child Social Media Addiction Claims (The New York Times) Revealed: Cyber spies used malware from GitHub to hack EncroChat cryptophone network (Computer Weekly) CISA: Windows Task Host flaw now exploited by ransomware gangs (Bleeping Computer) C2Looper Backdoor Uses GitHub for C2 (ThreatLabz) 300,000 WordPress Sites Potentially Exposed to Hacking Due to Form Plugin Flaw (SecurityWeek) MessiahGPT Criminal AI Service Advertised on BreachForums (HackRead) Heights Finance Data Breach Impacts at Least 1.2 Million Individuals (SecurityWeek) Ukrainian software developer faces 12 years in Swiss ransomware trial (The Record from Recorded Future News) Why Can't We Stop Scrolling? (Psychology Today) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Internal policy conflicts hamper U.S. military AI leadership. Clop claims GE, Philips and Shell. Attackers actively probe internet-facing GeoServer instances. “The Hatman” offers millions of alleged employee records for sale. ETSI begins the approval process for European cyber standards. Microsoft is still working on a patch for the ShieldBreak vulnerability. Autonomous AI systems create CPU bottlenecks. Monday business briefing. Our guest is Nick Warner, CEO at Neo.ai, on the shifting landscape around AI and agentic security. AI agents kneecap each other with self-replicating malware. 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. CyberWire Guest On today’s Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Nick Warner, Neo.ai's CEO, discussing the shifting landscape around AI and agentic security. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading The U.S. Military Wants A.I. Dominance. Feuds and China May Thwart It. (The New York Times) Philips and GE investigating Clop ransomware data theft claims (Bleeping Computer) Attackers Probe Critical GeoServer SQL Injection Vulnerability (Hack Read) Crook hawks millions of records allegedly plundered from corporate Azure tenants (The Register) ETSI Proposes 17 Cybersecurity Standards to Support EU CRA (Infosecurity Magazine) Microsoft working on Defender patch for ShieldBreak zero-day (Bleeping Computer) Agentic AI Crunch Creates CPU Comeback (IEEE Spectrum) Corma raises $60 million in seed funding. (N2K) Conflicting Test Goals Pushed Claude Agents to Deploy Self-Replicating Malware (SecurityWeek) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

In this special edition from Black Hat, Dave Bittner sits down with ⁠Clint Gibler⁠, Cyber Lead at ⁠OpenAI⁠, and ⁠Robby Winchester⁠, Chief Global Professional Services Officer at ⁠SpecterOps⁠, to explore how frontier AI models are changing the way defenders approach cybersecurity. The conversation moves beyond the hype to examine responsible AI deployment, AI red teaming, reducing noise in security workflows, and the balance between advanced models and human expertise. They also discuss OpenAI’s Trusted Access for Cyber program and what it takes to give security practitioners access to powerful AI capabilities while managing the risks of misuse. Check out the full video here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As AI products proliferate, they continue to introduce new concerns, which have subtly eroded trust in imagery and content created by space-based infrastructure. In this week's episode, host Maria Varmazis sits down with ⁠⁠⁠Dave Bittner and Brandon Karpf to look at Google's troubled implementation of Nano Banana 2 in Google Earth. The incident raises larger concerns regarding how AI systems are becoming deeper ingrained into everyday life despite their ability to be misused and spread misinformation. Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to our free Signals and Space Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our Sunday newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space. Subscribe at: ⁠⁠https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/signals-and-space⁠⁠ Is there a topic or person you’d like to hear on our show? You can send your questions and feedback to ⁠⁠space@n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also fill our our audience survey: ⁠⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJYCN2P ⁠⁠ T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing is a production of N2K CyberWire. ⁠⁠N2K⁠⁠ is your nexus for discovery and connection for people, technology, and ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn how at ⁠⁠n2k.com⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Ian Goldin, Senior Lead Information Security Engineer, and Mike Horka, Principal Information Security Engineer, from Lumen's Black Lotus Labs, discussing their research entitled "Expanded JDY IoT and SOHO botnet enables rapid vulnerability exploitation." Black Lotus Labs has uncovered a major resurgence of the JDY botnet, a China-nexus reconnaissance network now comprising more than 1,500 compromised SOHO and IoT devices. The botnet uses these devices to conduct targeted scanning and fingerprinting, helping threat actors rapidly identify vulnerable infrastructure—sometimes within hours of a new vulnerability disclosure—and appears to have a particular focus on U.S. military-related networks. The research highlights how compromised routers and IoT devices can be turned into distributed reconnaissance infrastructure that evades traditional IP-based defenses and supports follow-on exploitation. The research and executive brief can be found here: Expanded JDY IoT and SOHO botnet enables rapid vulnerability exploitation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple sends out threat notifications to users targeted by spyware. Trivy, not LiteLLM, was the original source of the 2,500-organization supply chain attack. French tax authority confirms data breach. Chinese hack-for-hire group conducts espionage and cybercrime simultaneously. Ukrainian police shut down 94 scam call centers. Former data analyst jailed for insider extortion plot. New macOS malware spreads via ClickFix. Today we are joined by Tom Kellermann, VP of AI Security at TrendAI, discussing the machine-speed war for financial control. And the glitch in the surveillance matrix. 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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Tom Kellermann, VP of AI Security at TrendAI, discussing the machine-speed war for financial control. If you want to learn more on this topic, check out the article here. You can also check out Tom on the AI Security Brief here. Selected Reading If Apple sends you a push notification alerting you to a spyware attack, take it seriously (TechCrunch) Trivy, Not LiteLLM Behind the 2,500 Org Compromise (SecurityWeek) France investigates tax authority breach after hacker claims 600,000 victims (The Record) Jewelbug: APT Group Runs Espionage and Crypto Fraud Operations Side by Side (Symantec) AmnesiaStealer: a multi-stage Rust-based macOS infostealer that hijacks Chromium browsers (Jamf) Ukraine shuts down 94 fraudulent call centers, seize millions in cash (BleepingComputer) This 'adversarial' pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you (TechCrunch) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

President Trump deputizes private-sector companies to target cybercriminals. The LiteLLM supply-chain attack exposed credentials belonging to thousands of organizations. Data-theft campaign targets misconfigured Salesforce and ServiceNow instances. Hackers deploy AI agents to breach Taiwanese government systems. CISA mandates urgent patch for actively exploited Cisco firewall vulnerability. Nightmare Eclipse publishes yet another Windows zero-day exploit. On our Industry Voices segment, Clint Gibler, Cyber Lead at OpenAI, and Robby Winchester, Chief Global Professional Services Officer at SpecterOps, discuss frontier models and the future of cyber defense. And please do not reply. Seriously. 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. CyberWire Guest Today on our Industry Voices segment, Clint Gibler, Cyber Lead at OpenAI, and Robby Winchester, Chief Global Professional Services Officer at SpecterOps, speak with Dave Bittner at Black Hat about frontier models and the future of cyber defense, including responsible AI deployment, red teaming, reducing security noise, and the evolving role of human expertise in AI-assisted defense. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading Trump turns to private sector in offensive hacking operations memo (CyberScoop) Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack (Ars Technica) "City-Forum" data-theft attacks target Salesforce, ServiceNow portals (BleepingComputer) 'Near-autonomous' AI agents attack Taiwan's nuclear safety agency (The Register) Cisco says software vulnerability could let hackers crash firewalls (Cybersecurity Dive) Microsoft-vendetta hacker has a new zero day that gives system privileges on fully patched Windows (The Register) Sensitive Info Goes Into ‘No Reply’ Emails Constantly. This Guy Sees It All (WIRED) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

We got your Patch Tuesday notes. Attackers target Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability following PoC release. Cyberattack on CEVA Logistics causes ongoing supply chain disruptions. Wesco confirms data breach following extortion claims. Akira ransomware bypasses EDR in Safe Mode. California announces AI cybersecurity fund. N2K’s Lead Analyst Ethan Cook shares about cyber weapons for space. Dave Bittner sits down with Michael Leland, VP and Field CTO at Island, at Black Hat USA to discuss the growing risks of the AI supply chain. And fasten your seatbelts and ignore the fake Wi-Fi. 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. CyberWire Guest On today’s Industry Voices, Dave Bittner sits down with Michael Leland, VP and Field CTO at Island, at Black Hat USA to discuss the growing risks of the AI supply chain, including AgentBaiting, where fake AI Skills and MCP servers were used to deliver malware, and hidden instructions that can influence AI agents. If you enjoyed the conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, August 2026 Security Update Review (Qualys) Shattering the Dream - When a Job Offer Becomes a Zero-Day Attack (Check Point Research) Patch Tuesday August 2026: A zero-day WinSock driver hole under exploit, and a maximum severity SAP vulnerability CSO Online ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Fixed by Siemens, Schneider, Phoenix Contact (SecurityWeek) Hackers leverage new Microsoft SharePoint exploit in attacks (BleepingComputer) The CEVA Logistics data breach is having major knock-on effects across Europe - here's what we know (TechRadar) Wesco confirms security incident after ExfilSquad claims data theft (BleepingComputer) Akira Hits Safe Mode: Ransomware Rebooting Around EDR (Huntress) California Building ‘AI Cyber Defense Fund’ to Protect Critical Infrastructure From Hackers (Gizmodo) Laser weapons for space? US officials see threat, opportunity (BREAKING DEFENSE)  DEF CON dingus suspected of trying to take over Delta in-flight Wi-Fi (The Register) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Poland’s CERT describes winter cyberattack against heat-and-power plant. Russian military hackers target Ukrainian IT workers in fake recruitment scheme. Chinese IP connections spark security review in UK Navy drones. US and South Korea warn of “Gunra” ransomware gang with North Korean ties. OpenAI mandates strict security controls for its new cybersecurity model. Record-breaking DDoS attacks surge in H1 2026. Data-scraping AI extension returns to the Chrome Web Store. Dave Bittner sat down with Stephen Harrison, VP of Product at Abnormal AI at Black Hat USA to discuss "The Identities Your Security Stack Is Ignoring." And no pain, no gain, no authorization. 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. CyberWire Guest Today on our Industry Voices, Dave Bittner sat down with Stephen Harrison, VP of Product at Abnormal AI at Black Hat USA to discuss "The Identities Your Security Stack Is Ignoring." If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading Hackers breached a small Polish energy plant via private APN last year (BleepingComputer) Russian military hackers pose as recruiters to target Ukrainian IT workers (The Record) Cyber vulnerability sweep picks up Royal Navy drones sending data to China (The Register) U.S., South Korean government agencies caution to be on lookout for Gunra ransomware gang (CyberScoop) OpenAI’s Upcoming Astra Model Raises Autonomous Cyberattack Concerns (SecurityWeek) Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report H1 2026 (Cloudflare) Extension Banned for Stealing AI Chats Returns to Chrome Store, Resumes Malicious Activities (SecurityWeek) AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attack (ABC News) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Researchers find that only a quarter of AI-generated patches are fully successful. Ransomware attacks exploit critical N-able flaw. Atlassian fixes critical flaw in Rovo AI. LexisNexis disables some services following suspicious activity. US Senate confirms Adam Cassady as cyber ambassador. Meta ordered to pay an additional $567 million in child safety case. Water sector cyberattacks expand to new states. We got your Monday Business Briefing. On our Industry Voices, Dave Bittner sits down with Mujtaba Hamid, EVP, Product and Strategy at Booz Allen Hamilton at Black Hat discussing AI Speed Cyber Defense. And scammers set sail on The Odyssey. 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. CyberWire Guest Today on our Industry Voices, Dave Bittner sat down with Mujtaba Hamid, EVP, Product and Strategy at Booz Allen Hamilton at Black Hat USA, discussing AI Speed Cyber Defense. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading More than half of AI-generated patches are broken (CyberScoop) China-linked hackers turning popular cybersecurity tool into ransomware launchpad, Microsoft warns (The Record) Critical One-Click Vulnerability in Atlassian's Rovo AI Exposed Enterprise Data (SecurityWeek) LexisNexis shuts down services after suspicious activity on servers (BleepingComputer) US cyber ambassador nominee Cassady confirmed in Senate (The Record) Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million in New Mexico Child Safety Case (New York Times) New Jersey, Alabama Join States Targeted in Water Cyberattacks (Securityweek) Business Breakdown (N2K) ‘Watch The Odyssey for free online’: scam targets film fans with fake streaming sites (The Guardian) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

As commercial space activity accelerates, satellite manufacturers are rethinking how spacecraft are designed, built, and secured. In this week's episode, host Maria Varmazis sits down with Jason Roberson, an Industry Value Expert for Aerospace & Defense at Dassault Systems, to discuss how AI, automation, and digital engineering are transforming the space industry's product lifecycle. From digital twins and AI-assisted design to the future of in-space maintenance, Jason explores how these technologies are accelerating innovation while reshaping manufacturing. At the same time, the conversation examines the growing cybersecurity challenges that accompany this transformation and why building secure-by-design principles into space systems will be critical. Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to our free Signals and Space Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our Sunday newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space. Subscribe at: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/signals-and-space⁠ Is there a topic or person you’d like to hear on our show? You can send your questions and feedback to ⁠space@n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also fill our our audience survey: ⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJYCN2P ⁠ T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing is a production of N2K CyberWire. ⁠N2K⁠ is your nexus for discovery and connection for people, technology, and ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn how at ⁠n2k.com⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Brian Hussey, SVP of Howler Cell Threat Services at Cyderes, discussing their work on "Bad Ads, Worse Binaries: Fake Claude Code Installer Drops Infostealer." Howler Cell identified an SEO poisoning campaign targeting people searching for Claude Code installation guides, using a fake Anthropic page and a ClickFix lure to trick victims into running a malicious MSHTA command. The attack uses a six-stage, largely fileless chain that employs an MP3/HTA polyglot, PowerShell obfuscation, AMSI bypasses, per-victim infrastructure, and in-memory execution to evade detection. The final payload is a .NET infostealer that steals credentials, while Anthropic and the legitimate Claude Code installation process were not compromised. The research and executive brief can be found here: Bad Ads, Worse Binaries: Fake Claude Code Installer Drops Infostealer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vishing attacks target hedge funds. Metabase Cloud breached by zero-day flaw. Cyberattack disrupts North Carolina Ports operations. The Chinese government has launched a security review of Palo Alto Networks products. US defense supplier breached by phishing attack. Healthcare software provider breach affected 3.8 million people. New macOS malware spreads via ClickFix attacks. Microsoft and Apple issue new security updates. Cryptography expert says new AI cryptanalysis results show promise, but not an AES breakthrough. James Turgal, Optiv Security’s vice president, cyber risk, strategy and board relations, is discussing how Iranian operators and their proxies appear to pursue disruption. And a Kentucky Fried Chicken order doxxes Chinese spyware operator. 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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined  by James Turgal, Optiv Security’s vice president, cyber risk, strategy and board relations, discussing how Iranian operators and their proxies appear to pursue disruption by exploiting poorly secured operational technology in sectors such as water, energy, healthcare, and transportation. Selected Reading Hedge fund cyberattacks tied to BlackFile-linked UNC6671 extortion group (BleepingComputer) Multi-Brand Vishing Extortion Targets Financial Services and Enterprise Cloud Environments (GTIG) Cyberattack on North Carolina Ports ‘contained’ as Coast Guard, state officials investigate (The Record) China launches cybersecurity review into Palo Alto Networks products (Reuters) Attacker phished way into US defense supplier's Microsoft 365 account (The Register) Unlimited Technology Systems Data Breach Affects 3.8 Million Patients (HIPAA Journal) Mac Malware Drains Crypto Wallets Via Fake CAPTCHA Scam (Huntress) China-linked LightSpy spyware caught targeting victims in 13 countries, including the US (TechCrunch) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Meta’s AI models join the sandbox escape club. China’s telecom footprint in the U.S. may be larger than expected. The White House keeps its AI safety playbook under wraps. AI coding tools introduce new GitHub risks. ENISA expands its CVE role. A critical Paperclip flaw enables code execution. Crypto wallet fears fuel phishing attacks. Researchers uncover a backdoor in Chinese-made routers. The Snowflake hacker pleads guilty. Our guest is Dustin Childs, Head of Threat Awareness of TrendAI’s Zero Day Initiative, discussing the new Patch Tuesday era. AI takes your word for it.  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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Dustin Childs, Head of Threat Awareness of TrendAI’s Zero Day Initiative, discussing the new Patch Tuesday era. Be sure to check Dustin out on the AI Security Briefing podcast. Selected Reading Meta AI Hacked External Systems During Cybersecurity Testing (SecurityWeek) Chinese telcos maintain deep US presence despite Salt Typhoon links, House committee says (The Record) Secret White House AI Safety Framework Draws Criticism (BankInfo Security) Few Federal Agencies Trust Their Own AI Agent Security (BankInfo Security) Black Hat USA 2026: One GitHub Issue Could Compromise Major AI Coding Workflows (Hackread) ENISA scales up its role in the CVE Program (enisa) Critical Paperclip Flaw Allowed Admin Access, Code Execution (SecurityWeek) COLDCARD security audit phishing attack installs remote access tool (Bleeping Computer) Chinese-made Zbtlink routers have backdoor, researchers say (Reuters) Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking U.S. Cloud Storage Provider and Extorting Its Customers for Millions (US Department of Justice) “I’m Allowed”: Hackers Use Simple Claims to Bypass AI Guardrails (Hackread) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

The White House lays out its AI strategy at Black Hat. Researchers spotlight rogue AI behavior. CISA warns of an actively exploited N-able flaw. TP-Link patches 15 Omada vulnerabilities. Apple fights the UK’s iCloud access order. The AI gray market expands. A Massachusetts healthcare breach hits more than 300,000 people. Lawmakers push to extend protections for OPM breach victims. Our guest is  Cal Al-Dhubaib, Principal Technologist at Rubrik, who wonders if your security team is solving the wrong problem. With elections, don’t trust AI to tell you the whole story. 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. CyberWire Guest On today’s Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Cal Al-Dhubaib, Principal Technologist at Rubrik, talking about how your security team is solving the wrong problem. If you enjoyed the conversation, check out the full interview here. You can also find more information below: Rubrik Agent Cloud landing page Rubrik AI landing page News: Rubrik Launches Rubrik Agent Cloud for Anthropic's Claude Code Selected Reading National cyber director lays out White House plans to secure AI without writing new rules (CyberScoop) Cybersecurity Alliance Drafts SAFE Guidelines for Sharing AI Incident Data (SecurityWeek) AI researchers let models off the leash – then watched as they tried to add malware to a FOSS project (The Register) MSPs urged to patch immediately after N-able issues hotfix for N-central ‘god mode’ flaw (IT Pro) TP-Link patches Omada ZTP flaws allowing hackers to breach networks (BleepingComputer) Apple launches new legal challenge against UK over iCloud access (The Record) Free tokens for sale: How fake signups drive AI fraud (Threat Intelligence) 311,000 Impacted by Brown Health Medical Group-MA Data Breach (SecurityWeek) Lawmakers spring to save ID theft services for OPM breach victims, with expiration looming (CyberScoop) AI is getting better at election facts, but voters shouldn’t rely on it (CyberScoop) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

New Shai-Hulud campaign compromises popular npm packages. Easterly says small municipalities shouldn’t have to fend for themselves. Chinese threat groups accelerate exploits. Samsung bans smart TV apps with residential proxies. Hackers breach a Liechtenstein banking database. Swiss government IT agency hit in suspected SharePoint Attack. Microsoft’s bug bounty program awards record payouts. Researchers expose privilege boundary flaw in AI-driven CI/CD workflows. Roberta Anderson, Air Force veteran and CISO at Onterris is sharing her "Breaking the Firewall" book. And, bug hunting turns into bug sorting.  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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Roberta Anderson, Air Force veteran and CISO at Onterris, sharing her "Breaking the Firewall" book. Selected Reading Keyv and friends compromised in npm supply chain attack (Aikido) Small Towns Shouldn’t Have to Defend America’s Water Supply From Iran (The New York Times) China-Linked Threat Actors Weaponize New Vulnerabilities in Under a Day (Infosecurity Magazine) Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users' internet connections with strangers (TechCrunch) Liechtenstein says hackers access information on 31,000 legal entities (Reuters) Swiss IT agency hacked, 200 accounts compromised, SharePoint vulns suspected (The Record)  Microsoft Bounty Program year in review More than $20 million awarded in our biggest year yet (Microsoft Security Response Center) I'll Just Call You: Agent-to-Agent Privilege Boundary Failures in CI/CD on Google's ADK Repository (Pillar Security)  Apple struggles to keep pace with AI ‘bug’ hunters (Financial Times) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

Cyberattacks hit U.S. water systems. CISA tackles open source security. China’s surveillance machine is exposed. Hotel Wi-Fi gets riskier. Healthcare and police data spill online. Fake SQLite vulnerabilities fool security databases. Monday business briefing. Our guest is Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing the White House's quantum aspirations. AI is the hottest thing on campus. 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. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Tim Starks, Senior Reporter from CyberScoop, discussing the White House's quantum aspirations. Selected Reading Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran (The New York Times) CISA lays out new guidance for using open-source software (Help Net Security) How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners (The New York Times) Microsoft Issues Hotel Wi-Fi Warning For Windows PC Users (Forbes) Exclusive: Partnered Health responds to Inc Ransom data breach claims (Cyber Daily) Security Flaw Placed 30 Years of DNA Evidence at Risk of Hacking (Wall Street Journal) SQLite Critical CVEs or LLM Slop? (JFrog Security Research) Details of 100,000 police staff leaked on the dark web after hack (The Times) ThreatLocker secures $190 million in a Series F round led by Elephant (N2K Pro Business Briefing) At colleges, the AI boom means everyone wants to dabble in computer science (AP News) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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

As the space ecosystem continues to expand, the sector has become increasingly filled with new suppliers, manufacturers, and operators. However, while this development has led to the introduction of new technologies, it has also greatly expanded space's cyberattack surface. In this week's episode, host Maria Varmazis sits down with Jen Sovada, General Manager of Public Sector at Claroty. During the conversation, the two explore how vulnerabilities within the space supply chain can impact mission assurance. They discuss how the expanding space supply chain ecosystem has expanded the attack surface. Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to our free Signals and Space Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our Sunday newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space. Subscribe at: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/signals-and-space Is there a topic or person you’d like to hear on our show? You can send your questions and feedback to space@n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also fill our our audience survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJYCN2P T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing is a production of N2K CyberWire. N2K is your nexus for discovery and connection for people, technology, and ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn how at n2k.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special edition, guest Yan Shoshitaishvili, Associate Professor, University of Arizona, joins host ⁠Dave Bittner⁠ to share a preview of his Black Hat USA 2026 keynote "Vulnerability Research in the Agentic Age." Join Yan and Dave to hear insights on the evolution of vulnerability research, the impact of AI and LLMs on cybersecurity, and the future of human expertise in the field. If you are heading to Black Hat, check out Yan's session on Thursday, August 6 at 9:15 AM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices