Google says AI-powered cybercrime has gone industrial scale. Two new Windows zero-days emerge. Signal threatens to leave Canada over lawful access legislation. Pentagon-linked influence operations shift to paid ads. Linux admins scramble to patch a new root-level flaw. FamousSparrow targets Azerbaijan’s energy sector. Cisco announces layoffs despite record revenue. An alleged Dream Market administrator faces cryptocurrency money laundering charges. Our guest is Cynthia Kaiser, SVP of Ransomware Research Center at Halcyon, discussing "Akira Ransomware Attacks in Under an Hour." The surveillance will continue until employee sentiment improves.

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Cynthia Kaiser, SVP of Ransomware Research Center at Halcyon, is discussing "Akira Ransomware Attacks in Under an Hour."

Selected Reading

Adversaries Leverage AI for Vulnerability Exploitation, Augmented Operations, and Initial Access (Google Cloud Blog)

Mystery Microsoft bug leaker keeps the zero-days coming (The Register) 

Signal warns it would pull out of Canada if made to comply with lawful access bill (The Globe and Mail)

Fewer Bots, More Ads: The Pentagon’s Evolving Online Influence Campaigns (Lawfare)

New Fragnesia Linux flaw lets attackers gain root privileges (Bleeping Computer) 

FamousSparrow Targeted Oil and Gas Industry via MS Exchange Server Exploit (Hackread) 

KongTuke hackers now use Microsoft Teams for corporate breaches (Bleeping Computer)

Our Path Forward (Cisco Blogs)

German citizen charged with laundering funds linked to prominent darknet marketplace “Dream Market” (United States Department of Justice)

The Rise of Emotional Surveillance (The Atlantic)

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