AT&T wireless announces a massive data breach. NATO will build a cyber defense center in Belgium. The White House outlines cybersecurity budget priorities.A popular phone spyware app suffers a major data breach.Some Linksys routers are sending user credentials in the clear. Sysdig describes Crystalray malware. A massive phishing campaign is exploiting Microsoft SharePoint servers. Germany strips Huawei and ZTE from 5G infrastructure. Our guest is Brigid Johnson, Director of AWS Identity, on the importance of identity management. The EU tells X-Twitter to clean up its act or pay the price.

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CyberWire Guest

At the recent AWS re:Inforce 2024 conference, N2K’s Brandon Karpf spoke with Brigid Johnson, Director of AWS Identity, about the importance of identity and where we need to go. You can watch a replay of Brigid’s session at the event, IAM policy power hour, here. 

Selected Reading

AT&T Details Massive Breach of Customers' Call and Text Logs (Data Breach Today)

NATO Set to Build New Cyber Defense Center (Infosecurity Magazine)

New Presidential memorandum sets cybersecurity priorities for FY 2026, tasking OMB and ONCD to evaluate submissions (Industrial Cyber)

mSpy Data Breach: Millions of Customers’ Data Exposed (GB Hackers)

Advance Auto Parts’ Snowflake Breach Hits 2.3 Million People (Infosecurity Magazine)

These Linksys routers are likely transmitting cleartext passwords (TechSpot)

Known SSH-Snake bites more victims with multiple OSS exploitation (CSO Online)

Beware of Phishing Attack that Abuses SharePoint Servers (Cyber Security News)

Germany to Strip Huawei From Its 5G Networks (The New York Times)

EU threatens Musk’s X with a fine of up to 6% of global turnover (The Record)

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