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Anthropic reports China-linked hackers used Claude AI in an automated espionage campaign. Google reconsiders its upcoming “Developer Verification” policy for Android. AT&T customers affected by two data breaches in 2024 can now file claims. Nearly 10,000 Washington Post employees were affected by a data breach. ASUS and Imunify360 patch critical flaws. DoorDash discloses a data breach. Checkout.com donates the ransom to researchers. Kraken ransomware benchmarks systems before encryption. Mike Arrowsmith, Chief Trust Officer of NinjaOne, shares his thoughts on how cyber may be heading for its California fire insurance moment. AI ChatBot toys behave badly. 

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Mike Arrowsmith, Chief Trust Officer of NinjaOne, is sharing his thoughts on how cyber insurance is heading for its California fire insurance moment.

Selected Reading

Anthropic Says Chinese Hackers Used Its A.I. in Online Attack (The New York Times)

Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous (Ars Technica)

Google backpedals on new Android developer registration rules (Bleeping Computer)

AT&T data breach settlement to pay thousands to claimants. Who is eligible, how to apply (El Paso Times)

Washington Post Says Nearly 10,000 Employees Impacted by Oracle Hack (SecurityWeek)

ASUS warns of critical auth bypass flaw in DSL series routers (Bleeping Computer)

Imunify360 Vulnerability Could Expose Millions of Sites to Hacking (SecurityWeek)

DoorDash hit by new data breach in October exposing user information (Bleeping Computer)

Protecting our Merchants: Standing up to Extortion (Checkout.com)

Kraken ransomware benchmarks systems for optimal encryption choice (Bleeping Computer)

AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches (Futurism)

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Operation Endgame expands global takedowns. The U.S. is creating a Scam Center Strike Force. Microsoft rolls out its delayed “Prevent screen capture” feature for Teams. Proton Pass patches a clickjacking flaw. Researchers uncover previously undisclosed zero-day flaws in both Citrix and Cisco Identity Services Engine. Android-based digital picture frames contain multiple critical vulnerabilities. Lumma Stealer rebounds after last month’s doxxing campaign. Our guest is Garrett Hoffman, Senior Manager of Cloud Security Engineering from Adobe, talking about achieving cloud security at scale. X marks the spot… where your passkey stops working. 

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On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Garrett Hoffman, Senior Manager of Cloud Security Engineering from Adobe, talking about achieving cloud security at scale. You can hear the full conversation with Garrett here.

Selected Reading

End of the game for cybercrime infrastructure: 1025 servers taken down - Operation Endgame’s latest phase targeted the infostealer Rhadamanthys, Remote Access Trojan VenomRAT, and the botnet Elysium (Europol)

US announces ‘strike force’ to counter Southeast Asian cyber scams, sanctions Myanmar armed group (The Record)

Microsoft rolls out screen capture prevention for Teams users (Bleeping Computer)

Proton Pass patches DOM-based clickjacking zero-day vulnerability (Cyberinsider)

Amazon discovers APT exploiting Cisco and Citrix zero-days (AWS Security Blog)

CISA warns feds to fully patch actively exploited Cisco flaws (Bleeping Computer)

Popular Android-based photo frames download malware on boot (Bleeping Computer)

Increase in Lumma Stealer Activity Coincides with Use of Adaptive Browser Fingerprinting Tactics (Trend Micro)

Elon Musk's X botched its security key switchover, locking users out (TechCrunch)

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Patch Tuesday. Google sues a “phishing-as-a-service” network linked to global SMS scams, and launches “private ai compute.” Hyundai notifies vehicle owners of a data breach.  Amazon launches a bug bounty program for its AI models. The Rhadamanthys infostealer operation has been disrupted. An initial access broker is set to plead guilty in U.S. federal court. Our guest is Bob Maley, CSO from Black Kite, discussing a new AI assessment framework. “Bitcoin Queen’s” $7.3 billion crypto laundering empire collapses.

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On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Bob Maley, CSO from Black Kite, discussing a new AI assessment framework. You can hear Bob’s full conversation here.

Selected Reading

Microsoft Fixes Windows Kernel Zero Day in November Patch Tuesday (Infosecurity Magazine)

Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Over 60 Vulnerabilities Patched by Intel (SecurityWeek)

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

Adobe Patches 29 Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek)

High-Severity Vulnerabilities Patched by Ivanti and Zoom (SecurityWeek)

Google launches a lawsuit targeting text message scammers (NPR)

Private AI Compute: our next step in building private and helpful AI (Google)

Hyundai confirms security breach after hackers access sensitive data (CBT News)

Amazon rolls out AI bug bounty program (CyberScoop)

Rhadamanthys infostealer disrupted as cybercriminals lose server access (Bleeping Computer)

Russian hacker admits helping Yanluowang ransomware infect companies (Bitdefender)

$7.3B crypto laundering: ‘Bitcoin Queen’ sentenced to 11 Years in UK (Security Affairs)

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Fraud has always been a consistent challenge. As the world has continued to become increasingly interconnected and as new technologies have become widely available, threat actors have continued to evolve their tactics.

In this episode of CISO Perspectives, host ⁠Kim Jones⁠ sits down with Mel Lanning from the Better Business Bureau to discuss fraud and how it has been evolving in recent years. From exploiting cryptocurrencies to utilizing emerging technologies, Kim and Mel look into how threat actors are changing and refining tactics in the current threat landscape.

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Ending the government shutdown revives an expired cybersecurity law. The DoD finalizes a new model for building U.S. military cyber forces. A North Korean APT exploits Google accounts for full device control. The EU dials back AI protections in response to pressure from Big Tech companies and the U.S. government. Researchers discover a critical vulnerability in the Monsta FTP web-based file management tool. The Landfall espionage campaign targets Samsung Galaxy devices in the Middle East. Five Eyes partners fret eroding cooperation on counterintelligence and counterterrorism. Israeli spyware maker NSO Group names the former U.S. ambassador to Israel as its new executive chairman. Monday Biz Roundup. Tim Starks from CyberScoop discusses uncertainty in the federal Cyber Corp program, The friendly face of digital villainy.

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Today we are joined by Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing uncertainty in the federal Cyber Corp program.

Selected Reading

Cyber information sharing law would get extension under shutdown deal bill (CyberScoop)

Don't call it Cyber Command 2.0: Master plan for digital forces will take years to implement (The Record)

North Korean hackers hijack Google, KakaoTalk accounts to control South Korean phones: Report (The Straits Times)

EU set to water down landmark AI act after Big Tech pressure (The Financial Times)

Monsta FTP Vulnerability Exposed Thousands of Servers to Full Takeover (Hackread)

Newly identified Android spyware appears to be from a commercial vendor (The Record)

F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It (The New York Times)

Seeking to get off US blacklist, spyware firm NSO taps ex-envoy Friedman as chairman (The Times of Israel)

Google's Wiz acquisition clears DOJ's antitrust review. (The Cyberwire)

Tank interview: A hacking kingpin reveals all to the BBC (BBC News)

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Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes.

Chief intelligence officer at Intel 471, Michael shares his story where he started as an actor and quickly changed over to intelligence and what the transition was like for him. Michael grew up wanting to be an actor and even was able to land some acting jobs, after going into the Marine Corps he decided to leave acting behind and start a new path in his journey. He says looking for a purpose really helped to shape him, saying "looking back on it, I feel like my life purpose has really been all about kind of this relentless pursuit of justice" and how the risks in his life has helped to right the wrongs of the world. We thank Michael for sharing his story.

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Tal Peleg, Senior Product Manager, and Coby Abrams, Cyber Security Researcher of Varonis, discussing their work and findings on Rusty Pearl - Remote Code Execution in Postgres Instances. The flaw could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on a database server’s operating system, leading to potential data theft, destruction, or lateral movement across networks.

While the vulnerability existed in PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS and Aurora were not affected, thanks to built-in protections like SELinux and AWS’s automated threat detection. Still, the research underscores the importance of patching and configuration hygiene in managed database environments.

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The CBO was hacked by a suspected foreign actor. Experts worry Trump’s budget cuts weaken U.S. cyber defenses. Regulation shapes expectations. ClickFix evolves on macOS. Notorious cybercrime groups form a new “federated alliance.” Congressional leaders look to counter China’s influence in 6G networks. An EdTech firm pays $5.1 million to settle data breach claims. Nevada did not pay the ransom. Our guest is CEO and Co-Founder Ben Nunez from Evercoast, winner of the 8th Annual DataTribe Challenge. The FBI tries to uncover the archivist.

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Evercoast, winner of the 8th Annual DataTribe Challenge, is redefining Training Data for Embodied AI with enriched 4D spatial data from real-world environments to better train robots. CEO and Co-Founder Ben Nunez joins Dave Bittner to discuss their win and what’s next for the company.

Selected Reading

Congressional Budget Office believed to be hacked by foreign actor (The Washington Post)

Trump budget cuts, agency gutting, leave Americans and economy at greater risk of being hacked, experts warn (CNBC)

The quiet revolution: How regulation is forcing cybersecurity accountability (CyberScoop)

ClickFix Attacks Against macOS Users Evolving (SecurityWeek)

“I Paid Twice” Phishing Campaign Targets Booking.com (Infosecurity Magazine)

Scattered Spider, LAPSUS$, and ShinyHunters form extortion alliance (SC Media)

Congressional leaders want an executive branch strategy on China 6G, tech supply chain (CyberScoop)

Ed tech company fined $5.1 million for poor data security practices leading to hack (The Record)

Nevada government declined to pay ransom, says cyberattack traced to breach in May (The Record)

FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site (404 Media)

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Zero Trust has been top of mind for years, but how is AI changing what that actually looks like in practice? In this episode of CyberWire-X, Dave Bittner is joined by Deepen Desai, Chief Security Officer at Zscaler, to discuss the transformative impact of AI on Zero Trust security frameworks.

The discussion outlines how AI enhances threat prevention, automates data discovery, and improves user experience while addressing the practical financial implications of adopting AI in security. Hear how organizations must embrace AI to stay competitive and secure against evolving threats.

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