President Trump fires the head of NSA and Cyber Command. The Health Sector Coordinating Council asks the White House to abandon Biden-era security updates. Senators introduce bipartisan legislation to help fight money laundering. A critical vulnerability has been discovered in the Apache Parquet Java library. The State Bar of Texas reports a ransomware-related data breach. New Android spyware uses a password-protected uninstallation method. A Chinese state-backed threat group exploits a critical Ivanti vulnerability for remote code execution. Today’s guest is Dave Dewalt, Founder and CEO of NightDragon, with the latest trends and outlook from cyber leaders.  Malware masquerades as the tax man.

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CyberWire Guest

Today’s guest is Dave Dewalt, Founder and CEO of NightDragon, sharing 2024 trends and a 2025 outlook.

Selected Reading

Haugh fired from leadership of NSA, Cyber Command (The Record)

Defense Sec Hegseth in Signalgate Pentagon watchdog probe (The Register)

HSCC Urges White House to Shift Gears on Health Cyber Regs (BankInfo Security)

Lawmakers seek to close loophole limiting Secret Service investigations into cyber laundering (The Record)

Critical Apache Parquet RCE Vulnerability Lets Attackers Run Malicious Code (Cyber Security News)

State Bar of Texas Says Personal Information Stolen in Ransomware Attack (SecurityWeek)

New Android Spyware That Asks Password From Users to Uninstall (TechCrunch)

Chinese State Hackers Exploiting Newly Disclosed Ivanti Flaw (Infosecurity Magazine)

Hackers Leveraging URL Shorteners & QR Codes for Tax-Related Phishing Attacks (Microsoft)

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