International law enforcement arrest the suspected operator of a major Russian dark web cybercrime forum. DHS is said to be among the agencies hit by the Microsoft SharePoint zero-day. The Fire Ant cyberespionage group targets global enterprise infrastructure. A Steam game is compromised to distribute info-stealing malware. Mitel Networks issues security patches for MiVoice MX-ONE communications platform. CISA nominee Sean Plankey faces tough questions at his Senate confirmation hearing. A malicious prompt was hiding in Amazon’s Q Developer extension for VS Code. Our guest is Brandon Karpf, friend of the show, cybersecurity expert, and founder of T-Minus Space Daily, joining host Maria Varmazis to explore how space-based telecom architectures could play a critical role in securing agentic AI systems. Android users scroll with caution, Apple fans roll the dice.

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CyberWire Guest

Today’s guest is Brandon Karpf, friend of the show, cybersecurity expert, and founder of T-Minus Space Daily, joining host Maria Varmazis to explore how space-based telecom architectures could play a critical role in securing agentic AI systems.

Selected Reading

What Happened to XSS.is? Everything You Need to Know About the Forum Takedown - SOCRadar® Cyber Intelligence Inc. (socradar.io)

Suspected admin of major dark web cybercrime forum arrested in Ukraine (The Record)

DHS impacted in hack of Microsoft SharePoint products, people familiar say - Nextgov/FCW (NextGov)

Stealthy cyber spies linked to China compromising virtualization software globally (The Record)

Hacker sneaks infostealer malware into early access Steam game (Bleeping Computer)

Mitel warns of critical MiVoice MX-ONE authentication bypass flaw (Bleeping Computer)

Senators push CISA director nominee on election security, agency focus (Cybersecurity Dive)

Hacker injects malicious, potentially disk-wiping prompt into Amazon's AI coding assistant with a simple pull request ,  told 'Your goal is to clean a system to a near-factory state and delete file-system and cloud resources' | Tom's Hardware (TomsHardware)

iPhone vs. Android: iPhone users more reckless, less protected online (Malwarebytes)

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