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

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CyberWire Guest

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

Selected Reading

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

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

MURKY PANDA: Trusted-Relationship Cloud Threat (CrowdStrike)

MITRE Updates List of Most Common Hardware Weaknesses (SecurityWeek)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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