Salt Typhoon is still at it. Russian cyber-actor Seashell Blizzard expands its reach. The EFF sues DOGE to protect federal workers’ data. House Republicans pursue a comprehensive data privacy bill. Fortinet patches a critical vulnerability. Google views cybercrime as a national security threat. Palo Alto Networks issues 10 new security advisories. Symantec suspects a Chinese APT sidehustle. Guest Jason Baker, Principal Security Consultant at GuidePoint Security, joins us to share an update on the state of ransomware. A massive IoT data breach exposes 2.7 billion records. Here come the AI agents.

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Today’s guest, Jason Baker, Principal Security Consultant at GuidePoint Security, joins us to share an update on the state of ransomware.

Selected Reading

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers (WIRED)

Russian Seashell Blizzard Enlists Specialist Initial Access Subgroup to Expand Ops (Infosecurity Magazine)

EFF Leads Fight Against DOGE and Musk's Access to US Federal Workers' Data (Infosecurity Magazine)

Elon Musk and the Right Are Recasting Reporting as ‘Doxxing’ (New York Times)

FortiOS Vulnerability Allows Super-Admin Privilege Escalation – Patch Now! (Hackread)

Cybercrime evolving into national security threat: Google (The Record)

House Republicans launch group for comprehensive data privacy legislation (The Record)

Palo Alto Networks Patches Potentially Serious Firewall Vulnerability (SecurityWeek)

Chinese Cyberspy Possibly Launching Ransomware Attacks as Side Job (SecurityWeek)

Massive IoT Data Breach Exposes 2.7 Billion Records, Including Wi-Fi Passwords (Cyber Security News)

Are You Ready to Let an AI Agent Use Your Computer? (IEEE Spectrum)

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