Google issues an emergency patch for a high-severity Chrome browser flaw. Researchers bypass BitLocker encryption in minutes. A massive Chinese-language black market has shut down. The CFPB cancels plans to curb the sale of personal information by data brokers. A cyberespionage campaign called Operation RoundPress targets vulnerable webmail servers. Google warns that Scattered Spider is now targeting U.S. retail companies. The largest steelmaker in the U.S. shut down operations following a cybersecurity incident. Our guest is Devin Ertel, Chief Information Security Officer at Menlo Security, discussing redefining enterprise security. The long and the short of layoffs.

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CyberWire Guest

On our Industry Voices segment and direct from RSAC 2025, our guest is Devin Ertel, Chief Information Security Officer at Menlo Security, discussing redefining enterprise security. Listen to Devin's interview here.

Selected Reading

Google fixes high severity Chrome flaw with public exploit (Bleeping Computer)

BitLocker Encryption Bypassed in Minutes Using Bitpixie Vulnerability: PoC Released (Cyber Security News)

The Internet’s Biggest-Ever Black Market Just Shut Down Amid a Telegram Purge (WIRED) 

German operation shuts down crypto mixer eXch, seizes millions in assets (The Record)

CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers (WIRED)

EU ruling: tracking-based advertising by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, across Europe has no legal basis (Irish Council for Civil Liberties)

Operation RoundPress targeting high-value webmail servers (We Live Security)

Google says hackers that hit UK retailers now targeting American stores (Reuters)

Cybersecurity incident forces largest US steelmaker to take some operations offline (The Record)

Infosec Layoffs Aren't the Bargain Boards May Think (Dark Reading) 

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