Interview: How a Government Shutdown Impacts Cybersecurity

CISA furloughs most of its workforce due to the government shutdown. The U.S. Air Force confirms it is investigating a SharePoint related breach. Google warns of a large-scale extortion campaign targeting executives. Researchers uncover Android spyware campaigns disguised as popular messaging apps. An extortion group claims to have breached Red Hat’s private GitHub repositories. A software provider for recreational vehicle and power sport dealers suffers a ransomware breach. Patchwork APT deploys a new Powershell loader using scheduled tasks for persistence. A Tennessee Senator urges aggressive U.S. action to prepare for a post-quantum future. Cynthia Kaiser,  SVP of Halcyon’s Ransomware Research Center and former Deputy Assistant Director at the FBI’s Cyber Division, joins us with insights on the government shutdown. A Malaysian man pleads guilty to supporting a massive crypto fraud. Protected health info is not a marketing tool. 

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Cynthia Kaiser,  SVP of Halcyon’s Ransomware Research Center and former Deputy Assistant Director at the FBI’s Cyber Division, joins us with insights on the government shutdown.

Selected Reading

Shutdown guts U.S. cybersecurity agency at perilous time (CISA)

Air Force admits SharePoint privacy issue; reports of breach (The Register)

Google warns executives are being targeted for extortion with leaked Oracle data (IT Pro)

Researchers uncover spyware targeting messaging app users in the UAE (The Record)

Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers claim GitHub breach (Bleeping Computer)

766,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Dealership Software Provider Motility (Security Week)

Patchwork APT: Leveraging PowerShell to Create Scheduled Tasks and Deploy Final Payload (GB Hackers)

GOP senator confirms pending White House quantum push, touts legislative alternatives (CyberScoop)

Bitcoin Fixer Convicted for Role in Money Laundering Scheme (Bank Infosecurity)

Nursing Home Fined $182K for Posting Patient Photos Online  (Bank Infosecurity)

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