CyberWire Daily

Grappling with a ransomware attack.

Blue Yonder continues to grapple with ransomware attack. AI-powered scams surge this shopping season. Gaming engine exploited to deliver malware. Chinese hackers ride the router wave. TikTok’s beauty filter ban. Redefining cybersecurity education for the future. On our Industry Voices segment, Dave sits down with Damon Fleury, SpyCloud’s Chief Product Officer to discuss defending against what criminals know about you and the role of holistic digital identity in cyber defense. And when do cyber criminals start their holiday scheming?

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Taking aim at cybercrime.

Smashing cybercrime syndicates. CyberVolk goes global. Tech troubles mostly resolved. A malware web weaved by Salt Typhoon targets global sectors. Love at first exploit. Ransomware attack on Blue Yonder brews trouble. Google faces a UK court battle. Lateral moves and lost data. I sit down with Clemence Poirer, Senior Cyberdefense Researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich | Space Cybersecurity to discuss cybersecurity attacks in space. And finally, a Cybersecurity sales pitch goes rogue.

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Novel attacks and creative phishing angles.

APT28 uses a novel technique to breach organizations via nearby WiFi networks. Your Apple ID is (not) suspended. UK highlighting Russian threats at NATO Cyber Defence Conference. US senators request an audit of TSA's facial recognition technology. Supply chain software company sustains ransomware attack. Critical QNAP vulnerability could allow remote code execution. Outdated Avast Anti-Rootkit driver exploited. No more internet rabbit holes for China. Guest Lesley Carhart from Dragos on "The Shifting Landscape of OT Incident Response." Stop & Shop turns cyber oops into coffee and cookies.

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A not so BASIC farewell.

META details its efforts against pig butchering. The Salt Typhoon attack on major U.S. telecoms sparks interest from Congress. Microsoft dismantles 240 domains linked to the ONNX phishing-as-a-service platform. A major U.S. gambling and lottery provider suffers a cyberattack. Hackers exploit newly patched zero-days in Palo Alto Networks firewalls. Researchers say Fortinet VPN servers lack sufficient logging. A pilot program looks to improve security for small U.S. water utilities. Bitdefender warns of scammers using Black Friday-themed spam emails. Our guest is DataDome’s CEO and Co-founder, Benjamin Fabre, discussing how "Fake Accounts Threaten Black Friday Gaming Sales." A fond farewell for a true cyber innovator.

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No more spinach for PopeyeTools.

The feds take down the PopeyeTools cybercrime market. Five alleged Scattered Spider members have been charged. CISA warns of critical vulnerabilities in VMware’s vCenter Server. Global AI experts convene to discuss safety. MITRE updates its list of Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses. US and Australian agencies warn critical infrastructure organizations about evolving tactics by the BianLian ransomware group. A new report looks at rising threats to the U.S. manufacturing industry. Researchers at ESET uncover the WolfsBane Linux backdoor. A pair of malicious Python packages impersonating ChatGPT went undetected for over a year. A data breach at a French hospital compromised the medical records of 750,000 patients. On our Industry Voices segment, guest Avihai Ben-Yossef, Cymulate’s Co-Founder and CTO, joins us to discuss "The Evolution and Outlook of Exposure Management." AI Pimping is the scourge of Instagram.

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