Deep firmware vulnerabilities affect chips from AMD. CISA warns of actively exploited Cisco devices. Solar inverters are found vulnerable to disruption. Iran steps up efforts to interfere with U.S. elections. The UN passes its first global cybercrime treaty. ADT confirms a data breach. A longstanding browser flaw is finally fixed. Crash reports help unlock the truth. Rob Boyce of Accenture shares his thoughts live from Las Vegas at the Black Hat conference. These scammers messed with the wrong guy. 

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CyberWire Guest

We are joined by podcast partner Rob Boyce of Accenture sharing his thoughts as our man on the street from the Black Hat USA 2024.

Selected Reading

‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections (WIRED)

Warnings Issued Over Cisco Device Hacking, Unpatched Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek)

Series Of Solar Power System Vulnerabilities Impacts Millions Of Installations (Cyber Security News)

Microsoft: Iran makes late play to meddle in U.S. elections (CyberScoop)

UN cybercrime treaty passes in unanimous vote (The Record)

ADT confirms data breach after customer info leaked on hacking forum (Bleeping Computer)

It's 2024 and we're just getting round to stopping browsers insecurely accessing 0.0.0.0 (The Register)

Computer Crash Reports Are an Untapped Hacker Gold Mine (WIRED)

USPS Text Scammers Duped His Wife, So He Hacked Their Operation (WIRED)

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