Intro

The U.S. blood supply is under pressure from a ransomware attack. CrowdStrike shareholders sue the company. There’s a critical vulnerability in Bitdefender’s GravityZone Update Server. BingoMod RAT targets Android users. Hackers use Google Ads to trick users into a fake Google Authenticator app. Western Sydney University confirms a major data breach. Marylands leads the way in gift card scam prevention. NSA is all-in on AI. My guest is David Moulton, host of Palo Alto Networks' podcast Threat Vector. Attention marketers: AI isn’t the buzzword you think it is. 

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CyberWire Guest

David Moulton, host of Palo Alto Networks' podcast Threat Vector and Director of Thought Leadership, discussing the evolution of his show and what we can expect to see coming next. You can catch the latest episode of Threat Vector where David welcomes Palo Alto Networks Founder and CTO Nir Zuk here.

Selected Reading

Ransomware attack on major US blood center prompts hundreds of hospitals to implement shortage protocols (The Record)

CrowdStrike sued by shareholders over global outage (BBC)

Bitdefender Flaw Let Attackers Trigger Server-Side Request Forgery Attacks (GB Hackers)

BingoMod Android RAT Wipes Devices After Stealing Money (SecurityWeek)

Google being impersonated on Google Ads by scammers peddling fake Authenticator (Cybernews)

Western Sydney University reveals full scope of January data breach (Cyber Daily)

Maryland becomes first state to pass law against gift card draining (CBS News)

More than 7,000 NSA analysts are using generative AI tools, director says (Defense One)

Study Finds Consumers Are Actively Turned Off by Products That Use AI (Futurism)

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