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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.

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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)

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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.

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⁠⁠⁠⁠GodDamn Ransomware: Latest Beast Rebrand Uses Malicious Driver to Disable Defenses