Intro

A major student engagement platform falls victim to the ClickFix social engineering attack. Google settles privacy allegations with Texas for over one point three billion dollars. Stores across the UK face empty shelves due to an ongoing cyberattack. Ascension Health reports that over 437,000 patients were affected by a third-party data breach. A critical zero-day vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver is being actively exploited. Researchers uncover two major cybersecurity threats targeting IT admins and cloud systems. U.S. prosecutors charge three Russians and one Kazakhstani in connection with the takedown of two major botnets. A new tool disables Microsoft Defender by tricking Windows into thinking a legitimate antivirus is installed. Tim Starks, Senior Reporter from CyberScoop, discusses congressional reactions to White House budget cut proposals for CISA. Fair use faces limits in generative AI.

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CyberWire Guest

We welcome back Tim Starks, Senior Reporter from CyberScoop, discussing congressional reactions to White House budget cut proposals for CISA. You can find background information in these articles: 

• House appropriators have reservations — or worse — about proposed CISA cuts⁠

• ⁠Sen. Murphy: Trump administration has ‘illegally gutted funding for cybersecurity⁠’

Selected Reading

iClicker website compromised with fake ClickFix CAPTCHA installing malware (BeyondMachines.net)

Google Agrees to $1.3 Billion Settlement in Texas Privacy Lawsuits (SecurityWeek)

Fears 'hackers still in the system' leave Co-op shelves running empty across UK (The Record)

437,000 Impacted by Ascension Health Data Breach (SecurityWeek)

SAP NetWeaver Vulnerability Exploited in Wild by Chinese Hackers (Cyber Security News)

New SEO Poisoning Campaign Targeting IT Admins With Malware (Hackread)

Three Russians, one Kazakhstani charged in takedown of Anyproxy and 5socks botnets (The Record)

Defendnot — A New Tool That Disables Windows Defender by Posing as an Antivirus Solution (Cyber Security News)

Five Takeaways from the Copyright Office’s Controversial New AI Report (Copyright Lately) 

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