Why Identity Is Central to Attacks

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.

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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.

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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)

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