The UK’s NCSC highlights evolving cyberattack techniques used by Chinese state-sponsored actors.A severe cyberattack targets Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. Russian government agencies fall under the spell of CloudSorcerer. CISA looks to Hipcheck Open Source security vulnerabilities. Avast decrypts DoNex ransomware. Neiman Marcus data breach exposes over 31 million customers. Lookout spots GuardZoo spyware. Cybersecurity funding surges. Our guest is Caroline Wong, Chief Strategy Officer at Cobalt, to discuss the state of pentesting and adapting to the impact of AI in cybersecurity. Scalpers Outsmart Ticketmaster’s Rotating Barcodes.

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CyberWire Guest

On our Industry Voices segment, Dave Bittner is joined by Caroline Wong, Chief Strategy Officer at Cobalt, to discuss the state of pentesting and adapting to the impact of AI in cybersecurity. You can learn more about the state of pentesting from Cobalt’s State of Pentesting 2024 report here. 

Selected Reading

The NCSC and partners issue alert about evolving techniques used by China state-sponsored cyber attacks (NCSC)

‘Serious hacker attack’ forces Frankfurt university to shut down IT systems (The Record)

New group exploits public cloud services to spy on Russian agencies, Kaspersky says (The Record)

Continued Progress Towards a Secure Open Source Ecosystem (CISA)

Decrypted: DoNex Ransomware and its Predecessors (Avast Threat Labs)

Neiman Marcus data breach: 31 million email addresses found exposed (Bleeping Computer)

GuardZoo spyware used by Houthis to target military personnel (Help Net Security)

Cybersecurity Funding Surges in Q2 2024: Pinpoint Search Group Report Highlights Year-Over-Year Growth (Pinpoint Search Group)

Scalpers Work With Hackers to Liberate Ticketmaster's ‘Non-Transferable’ Tickets (404 Media)

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