Microsoft warns of a high-severity vulnerability in Exchange Server hybrid deployments. A Dutch airline and a French telecom report data breaches. Researchers reveal new HTTP request smuggling variants. An Israeli spyware maker may have rebranded to evade U.S. sanctions. CyberArk patches critical vulnerabilities in its secrets management platform. The Akira gang use a legit Intel CPU tuning driver to disable Microsoft Defender. ChatGPT Connectors are shown vulnerable to indirect prompt injection. Researchers expose new details about the VexTrio cybercrime network. SonicWall says a recent SSLVPN-related cyber activity is not due to a zero-day. Ryan Whelan from Accenture is our man on the street at Black Hat. Do androids dream of concierge duty?

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CyberWire Guest

We continue our coverage from the floor at Black Hat USA 2025 with another edition of Man on the Street. This time, we’re catching up with Ryan Whelan, Managing Director and Global Head of Cyber Intelligence at Accenture, to hear what’s buzzing at the conference.

Selected Reading

Microsoft warns of high-severity flaw in hybrid Exchange deployments (Bleeping Computer)

KLM suffers cyber breach affecting six million passengers (IO+)

Cyberattack hits France’s third-largest mobile operator, millions of customers affected (The Record)

New HTTP Request Smuggling Attacks Impacted CDNs, Major Orgs, Millions of Websites (SecurityWeek)

Candiru Spyware Infrastructure Uncovered (BankInfoSecurity)

Enterprise Secrets Exposed by CyberArk Conjur Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek)

Akira ransomware abuses CPU tuning tool to disable Microsoft Defender (Bleeping Computer)

A Single Poisoned Document Could Leak ‘Secret’ Data Via ChatGPT (WIRED)

Researchers Expose Infrastructure Behind Cybercrime Network VexTrio (Infosecurity Magazine)

Gen 7 and newer SonicWall Firewalls – SSLVPN Recent Threat Activity (SonicWall)

Want a Different Kind of Work Trip? Try a Robot Hotel (WIRED)

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