Is DOGE a cyberattack against America? The White House plans to nominate a new national cyber director. Patch Tuesday updates. Ivanti discloses a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. The GAO  identifies cybersecurity gaps in the U.S. Coast Guard’s efforts to secure the Maritime Transportation System. An Arizona woman pleads guilty to running a laptop farm for North Korea. A notorious swatter gets a prison sentence. Our guests are  Gianna Whitver and Maria Velasquez, co-hosts of the Breaking Through in Cybersecurity Marketing podcast. Plague-themed phishing tests take it too far.

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Today, we welcome Gianna Whitver and Maria Velasquez, co-hosts of the Breaking Through in Cybersecurity Marketing podcast, sharing their plans for 2025. You can listen to new episodes of Breaking Through in Cybersecurity Marketing every Wednesday airing on the N2K CyberWire network and wherever you get your podcasts. 

Selected Reading

DOGE's Cyberattack Against America (Foreign Policy)

Trump plans to nominate GOP insider Sean Cairncross as national cyber director (The Record)

Microsoft Fixes Another Two Actively Exploited Zero-Days (Infosecurity Magazine)

Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel, AMD, Nvidia Fix High-Severity Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek)

ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Addressed by Schneider Electric, Siemens (SecurityWeek)

Ivanti Connect Secure Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Execute Code Remotely (Cyber Security News)

GAO Tells Coast Guard to Improve Cybersecurity of Maritime Transportation System (SecurityWeek)

Arizona woman pleads guilty to running laptop farm for N. Korean IT workers, faces 9-year sentence (The Record)

California Teenager Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Nationwide Swatting Spree (US Department of Justice)

Phishing Tests, the Bane of Work Life, Are Getting Meaner (Wall Street Journal) 

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