Cisco SNMP Vulnerability and Patch Guidance

Fortra flags a critical flaw in its GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution. Cisco patches a critical vulnerability in its IOS and IOS XE software. Cloudflare thwarts yet another record DDoS attack. Rhysida ransomware gang claims the Maryland Transit cyberattack. The new “Obscura” ransomware strain spreads via domain controllers. Retailers’ use of generative AI expands attack surfaces. Researchers expose GitHub Actions misconfigurations with supply chain risk. Mandiant links the new BRICKSTORM backdoor to a China-based espionage campaign. Kansas students push back against an AI monitoring tool. Ben Yelin speaks with Michele Kellerman, Cybersecurity Engineer for Air and Missile Defense at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, discussing Women's health apps and the legal grey zone that they create with HIPAA. Senators push the FTC to regulate your brainwaves.

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Ben Yelin, co-host of Caveat, is speaking with Michele Kellerman, Cybersecurity Engineer for Air and Missile Defense at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, about Women's health apps and the legal grey zone that they create with HIPAA. If you want to hear the full conversation, check it out on Caveat, here.

Selected Reading

Critical CVSS 10 Flaw in GoAnywhere File Transfer Threatens 20,000 Systems (HackRead)

Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Cisco)

Cloudflare mitigates new record-breaking 22.2 Tbps DDoS attack (Bleeping Computer)

Ransomware gang known for government attacks claims Maryland transit incident (The Record)

Obscura, an obscure new ransomware variant (Bleeping Computer)

Threat Labs Report: Retail 2025 (Netskope)

pull_request_nightmare Part 1: Exploiting GitHub Actions for RCE and Supply Chain Attacks (Orca)

China-linked hackers use ‘BRICKSTORM’ backdoor to steal IP (The Record)

AI safety tool sparks student backlash after flagging art as porn, deleting emails (The Washington Post)

Senators introduce bill directing FTC to establish standards for protecting consumers’ neural data (The Record)

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