Microsoft releases emergency out-of-band (OOB) Windows updates. Trump targets NSA’s leading AI and cyber expert in clearance revocations. A breach may have compromised the privacy of Ohio medical marijuana patients. Cybercriminals exploit an AI website builder to rapidly create phishing sites. Warlock ransomware operators target Microsoft’s SharePoint ToolShell vulnerability. Google and Mozilla patch Chrome and Firefox. European officials report two cyber incidents targeting water infrastructure. A federal appeals court has upheld fines against T-Mobile and Sprint for illegally selling customer location data. Authorities dismantle DDoS powerhouse Rapper Bot. On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Matt Radolec, VP - Incident Response, Cloud Operations, and Sales Engineering at Varonis, speaking about ShinyHunters and the problems with securing Salesforce. Microsoft Copilot gets creative with compliance. 

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On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Matt Radolec, VP - Incident Response, Cloud Operations, and Sales Engineering at Varonis, who is speaking about ShinyHunters and the problems with securing Salesforce. You can hear more from Matt here.

Selected Reading

Microsoft releases emergency updates to fix Windows recovery (Bleeping Computer)

Trump Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Former and Current Officials (The New York Times)

Highly Sensitive Medical Cannabis Patient Data Exposed by Unsecured Database (WIRED)

AI Website Builder Lovable Abused for Phishing and Malware Scams (Hackread)

Warlock Ransomware Hitting Victims Globally Through SharePoint ToolShell Exploit (InfoSecurity Magazine)

High-Severity Vulnerabilities Patched in Chrome, Firefox (SecurityWeek)

Russia-linked European attacks renew concerns over water cybersecurity (CSO Online)

T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal, judges disagree (Ars Technica)

Officials gain control of Rapper Bot DDoS botnet, charge lead developer and administrator (CyberScoop)

Copilot Broke Your Audit Log, but Microsoft Won’t Tell You (Pistachio Blog)

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