Illicit Crypto Flows into Major Exchanges

The Pentagon is spending millions on AI hacking. The New York Times investigates illicit crypto funds. Researchers uncover widespread remote code execution flaws in AI inference engines. Police in India arrest CCTV hackers. Payroll Pirates use Google Ads to steal credentials and redirect salaries. A  large-scale brand impersonation campaign delivers Gh0st RAT to Chinese-speaking users.A bitcoin mining company CEO gets scammed. Monday biz brief. On our Industry Voices segment with our Knowledge Partner SpecterOps, Chief Technology Officer Jared Atkinson is discussing Attack Path Management: Identities in Transit. Bitcoin big wigs learn to bite through plastic.

Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.

Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn.

CyberWire Guest

On our Industry Voices segment with our Knowledge Partner SpecterOps, Chief Technology Officer Jared Atkinson is discussing Attack Path Management: Identities in Transit. Hear more from Jared here.

Cyber Things podcast

Something strange has landed in all the cool podcast apps…

Cyber Things is a new three-part series from Armis that decodes real-world cyber threats through the lens of a certain Hawkins-based sci-fi phenomenon.

Just in time for the show’s final season, Rebecca Cradick leads us through a world where fiction meets cybersecurity.

Because sometimes the scariest villains aren’t in the Upside Down — they’re online.

You can check out Cyber Things on your favorite podcast app and on our website. On the site, you will find the trailer and Episode 1: The Unseen World available today!

Selected Reading

The Pentagon Is Spending Millions On AI Hacking From Startup Twenty (Forbes)

The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’ (The New York Times)

The Coin Laundry, a global cryptocurrency investigation (International Consortium of Investigative Journalism)

"ShadowMQ" exploit pattern reported in major AI frameworks, enables remote code execution (Beyond Machines)

Gujarat: Hackers steal maternity ward CCTV videos in India cybercrime racket (BBC News)

Payroll Pirates: One Network, Hundreds of Targets (Check Point)

Digital Doppelgangers: Anatomy of Evolving Impersonation Campaigns Distributing Gh0st RAT (Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks)

Inside a Wild Bitcoin Heist: Five-Star Hotels, Cash-Stuffed Envelopes, and Vanishing Funds (WIRED)

UK prosecutors seize £4.11M in crypto from Twitter mega-hack culprit (The Register)

Tenzai emerges from stealth with $75 million in seed funding led by Greylock Partners.  (N2K Pro)

How to Not Get Kidnapped for Your Bitcoin (The New York Times)

Share your feedback.

What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show.

Want to hear your company in the show?

N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com.

The CyberWire is a production of N2K networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices