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Intro
This chapter reviews recent cybersecurity developments, including major breaches and emerging threats such as phishing and malware campaigns. Experts share their perspectives on evolving practices and preview an upcoming tabletop exercise at a key conference.
Cisco reveals a phishing related data breach. SonicWall warns users to disable SSLVPN services after reports of ransomware gangs exploiting a likely zero-day. Researchers uncover a stealthy Linux backdoor and new vulnerabilities in Nvidia’s Triton Inference Server. A new malware campaign targets Microsoft 365 users with fake OneDrive emails. The U.S. Treasury warns of rising criminal activity involving cryptocurrency ATMs. Cloudflare accuses an AI startup of using stealthy methods to bypass restrictions on web scraping. A global infostealer campaign compromises over 4,000 victims across 62 countries. Marty Momdjian, General Manager of Ready1 by Semperis, tells us about Operation Blindspot, a tabletop exercise taking place this week at Black Hat. On this week’s Threat Vector segment, host David Moulton speaks with Nigel Hedges from Sigma Healthcare about how CISOs can shift cybersecurity from a technical problem to a business priority. One hospital’s data ends up in the snack aisle.
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CyberWire Guest
We are joined by Marty Momdjian, General Manager of Ready1 by Semperis, who is talking about Operation Blindspot, a tabletop exercise simulating a cyberattack against a rural water utility based in Nevada taking place this week at Black Hat USA 2025.
Threat Vector Segment
On this week’s Threat Vector segment, host David Moulton speaks with Nigel Hedges, Executive General Manager of Cyber & Risk at Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare. Nigel shares how CISOs can shift cybersecurity from a technical problem to a business priority. You can listen to the full discussion on Threat Vector here and catch new episodes every Thursday on your favorite podcast app.
Selected Reading
Cisco discloses data breach impacting Cisco.com user accounts (Bleeping Computer)
SonicWall urges admins to disable SSLVPN amid rising attacks (Bleeping Computer)
Antivirus vendors fail to spot persistent, nasty, stealthy Linux backdoor (The Register)
Nvidia Triton Vulnerabilities Pose Big Risk to AI Models (SecurityWeek)
Discord CDN Link Abused to Deliver RAT Disguised as OneDrive File (Hackread)
Crypto ATMs fueling criminal activity, Treasury warns (The Record)
AI company Perplexity is sneaking to get around blocks on crawlers, Cloudflare alleges (CyberScoop)
Python-powered malware grabs 200K passwords, credit cards (The Register)
Thai hospital fined 1.2 million baht for data breach via snack bags (DataBreaches.Net)
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