Critical Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities affect Kubernetes controllers. Senior Trump administration officials allegedly use unsecured platforms for national security discussions. Even experts like Troy Hunt get phished. Google acknowledges user data loss but doesn’t explain it. Chinese hackers spent four years inside an Asian telecom firm. SnakeKeylogger is a stealthy, multi-stage credential-stealing malware. A cybercrime crackdown results in over 300 arrests across seven African countries. Ben Yelin, Caveat co-host and Program Director, Public Policy & External Affairs at the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security, joins to discuss the Signal national security leak. Pew Research Center figures out how its online polling got slightly forked.
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CyberWire Guest
We are joined by Ben Yelin, Caveat co-host and Program Director, Public Policy & External Affairs at the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security, on the Signal national security leak.
Selected Reading
IngressNightmare: critical Kubernetes vulnerabilities in ingress NGINX controller (Beyond Machines)
Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Ingress NGINX (Wiz)
Ingress-nginx CVE-2025-1974: What You Need to Know (Kubernetes)
Trump administration is reviewing how its national security team sent military plans to a magazine editor (NBC News)
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans (The Atlantic)
How Russian Hackers Are Exploiting Signal 'Linked Devices' Feature for Real-Time Spying (SecurityWeek)
Troy Hunt: A Sneaky Phish Just Grabbed my Mailchimp Mailing List (Troy Hunt)
'Technical issue' at Google deletes some customer data (The Register)
Chinese hackers spent four years inside Asian telco’s networks (The Record)
Multistage Info Stealer SnakeKeylogger Attacking Individuals and Businesses to Steal Logins (Cyber Security News)
Over 300 arrested in international crackdown on cyber scams (The Record)
How a glitch in an online survey replaced the word ‘yes’ with ‘forks’ (Pew Research)
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