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NSA Names New Deputy Director
Dave details the appointment of Tim Kosiba as NSA deputy director and the leadership context ahead of confirmation hearings.
The FBI warns of Kimsuky quishing. Singapore warns of a critical vulnerability in Advantech IoT management platforms. Russia’s Fancy Bear targets energy research, defense collaboration, and government communications. Malaysia and Indonesia suspend access to X. Researchers warn a large-scale fraud operation is using AI-generated personas to trap mobile users in a social engineering scam. BreachForums gets breached. The NSA names a new Deputy Director. Monday Biz Brief. Our guest is Sasha Ingber, host of the International Spy Museum's SpyCast podcast. The commuter who hacked his scooter.
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CyberWire Guest
Today we are joined by Sasha Ingber, host of the International Spy Museum's SpyCast podcast, on the return of SpyCast to the N2K CyberWire network.
Selected Reading
North Korea–linked APT Kimsuky behind quishing attacks, FBI warns (Security Affairs)
Advantech patches maximum-severity SQL injection flaw in IoT products (Beyond Machines)
Russia's APT28 Targeting Energy Research, Defense Collaboration Entities (SecurityWeek)
Malaysia and Indonesia block X over deepfake smut (The Register)
New OPCOPRO Scam Uses AI and Fake WhatsApp Groups to Defraud Victim (Hackread)
BreachForums hacking forum database leaked, exposing 324,000 accounts (Bleeping Computer)
Former NSA insider Kosiba brought back as spy agency’s No. 2 (The Record)
Vega raises $120 million in a Series B round led by Accel.
Reverse engineering my cloud-connected e-scooter and finding the master key to unlock all scooters (Rasmus Moorats)
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