The CyberWire Daily Podcast 7.27.26
Ep 2601 | 7.27.26

The world's least private hackers.

Show Notes

Hackers target Thailand’s Ministry of Finance with an autonomous AI agent.A new industry alliance hopes to improve AI security. Golden Chickens lay four new malware families. GitHub and PyPI introduce time-based safeguards. SourTrade malvertising builds malware directly inside a victim’s browser. Attackers target credentials of traveling corporate employees. EDR shutdown is now par for the course for leading ransomware groups. Russian threat actors exploited a Zimbra vulnerability for at least five months before it was patched. Monday business briefing. Our guest is Krishna Sai, CTO at SolarWinds, with security lessons learned from the World Cup. When the feed ends, the fun begins. 

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CyberWire Guest

Today we are joined by Krishna Sai, CTO at SolarWinds, discussing the security risks around the World Cup and how this affects IT teams as they try to manage the growing digital traffic sprawl surrounding the event.

Selected Reading

Hackers used autonomous AI agent to spy on Thailand's finance ministry (The Record)

Nvidia and Tech Giants Launch AI Security Alliance (SecurityWeek)

Golden Chickens malware-as-a-service resurfaces with four new families (SC Media)

GitHub, PyPI add time-based defenses against supply chain attacks (Bleeping Computer)

SourTrade Malvertising Campaign Secretly Builds Malware in the Browser (Infosecurity Magazine)

Hacked Public Wi-Fi Gateways Used to Harvest Corporate Credentials (SecurityWeek)

Ransomware Groups Increasingly Deploy EDR Kill Techniques (Infosecurity Magazine)

TA488 Targets Zimbra Mailservers with Half-Click Exploits IProofpoint)

Endpoint security firm Glow emerges from stealth with $180 million. (N2K Pro Business Briefing)

Being a Luddite Is Fun Again (404 Media)

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