DeepSeek blames DDoS for recent outages. Hackers behind last year’s AT&T data breach targeted members of the Trump family, Kamala Harris, and Marco Rubio’s wife.The EU sanctions Russians for cyberattacks against Estonia. ENGlobal confirms personal information was taken in last year’s ransomware attack. CISA issues a critical warning about a SonicWall vulnerability actively exploited. A large-scale phishing campaign exploits users’ trust in PDF files and the USPS. Apple patches a zero-day affecting many of their products. A ransomware attack on an Ohio-based operator of skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities affects over 70,000. President Trump has a tumultuous first week back in office. Our guest is Bogdan Botezatu, Director, Threat Research and Reporting at Bitdefender, to discuss the dark market subculture and its parallels to holiday shopping. A nonprofit aims to clean up the AI industry’s mess. 

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We are joined by Bogdan Botezatu, Director, Threat Research and Reporting at Bitdefender, to discuss the dark market subculture and its parallels to holiday shopping. Check out Bitdefender’s research on the topic here.

Selected Reading

DeepSeek Blames Disruption on Cyberattack as Vulnerabilities Emerge (SecurityWeek)

DeepSeek FAQ (Stratechery)

We tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan (The Guardian) 

Hackers Mined AT&T Breach for Data on Trump's Family, Kamala Harris (404 Media)

European Union Sanctions Russian Nationals for Hacking Estonia (SecurityWeek)

ENGlobal Says Personal Information Accessed in Ransomware Attack (SecurityWeek)

CISA Warns of SonicWall 0-day RCE Vulnerability Exploited in Wild (Cyber Security News)

Hackers Use Malicious PDFs, pose as USPS in Mobile Phishing Scam (Security Boulevard)

Amazon Prime Security Warning As Hackers Strike—What You Need To Know (Forbes) 

Apple plugs exploited security hole in iOS, updates macOS (The Register)

Nursing Home, Rehab Chain Says Hack Affects Nearly 70,000 (GovInfo Security)

A Tumultuous Week for Federal Cybersecurity Efforts (Krebs on Security)

Initiative Aims to Enable Ethical Coding LLMs (IEEE Spectrum)

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