Cultivating Cybersecurity Talent and AI Missteps

The open source community heads off a major npm supply chain attack. The Treasury Department sanctions cyber scam centers in Myanmar and Cambodia. Scammers abuse iCloud Calendar invites to send callback phishing emails. Researchers discover a new malware variant exploiting exposed Docker APIs. Phishing attacks abuse the Axios user agent and Microsoft’s Direct Send feature. Plex warns users of a data breach.  Researchers flag a surge in scans targeting Cisco ASA devices. CISA delays finalizing its incident reporting rule. The GAO says federal cyber workforce figures are incomplete and unreliable. Our guest is Kevin Magee, Global Director of Cybersecurity Startups at Microsoft Security, discussing cybersecurity education going back to school. AI earns its own Darwin awards. 

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CyberWire Guest

Today we are joined by Kevin Magee, Global Director of Cybersecurity Startups at Microsoft Security discussing cybersecurity education going back to school.

Selected Reading

Hackers hijack npm packages with 2 billion weekly downloads in supply chain attack (Bleeping Computer)

Open Source Community Thwarts Massive npm Supply Chain Attack (Infosecurity Magazine)

US sanctions companies behind cyber scam centers in Cambodia, Myanmar (The Record)

New Apple Warning, This iCloud Calendar Invite Is Actually An Attack (Forbes)

New Docker Malware Strain Spotted Blocking Rivals on Exposed APIs (HackRead)

Axios User Agent Helps Automate Phishing on “Unprecedented Scale” (Infosecurity Magazine)

Plex Urges Password Resets Following Data Breach (SecurityWeek)

Surge in networks scans targeting Cisco ASA devices raise concerns (Bleeping Computer)

CISA pushes final cyber incident reporting rule to May 2026 (CyberScoop)

US government lacks clarity into its infosec workforce (The Register)

AI Darwin Awards launch to celebrate spectacularly bad deployments (The Register)

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