“Laundry Bear” airs dirty cyber linen in the Netherlands. AI coding agents are tricked by malicious prompts in a Github MCP vulnerability.Tenable patches critical flaws in Network Monitor on Windows. MathWorks confirms ransomware behind MATLAB outage. Feds audit NVD over vulnerability backlog. FBI warns law firms of evolving Silent Ransom Group tactics. Chinese hackers exploit Cityworks flaw to breach US municipal networks. Everest Ransomware Group leaks Coca-Cola employee data. Nova Scotia Power hit by ransomware. On today’s Threat Vector, David Moulton speaks with his Palo Alto Networks colleagues Tanya Shastri and Navneet Singh about a strategy for secure AI by design. CIA’s secret spy site was… a Star Wars fan page?
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Threat Vector
In this segment of Threat Vector, host David Moulton speaks with Tanya Shastri, SVP of Product Management, and Navneet Singh, VP of Marketing - Network Security, at Palo Alto Networks. They explore what it means to adopt a secure AI by design strategy, giving employees the freedom to innovate with generative AI while maintaining control and reducing risk. You can hear their full discussion on Threat Vector here and catch new episodes every Thursday on your favorite podcast app.
Selected Reading
Dutch intelligence unmasks previously unknown Russian hacking group 'Laundry Bear' (The Record)
GitHub MCP Server Vulnerability Let Attackers Access Private Repositories (Cybersecurity News)
Tenable Network Monitor Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Escalate Privileges (Cybersecurity News)
Ransomware attack on MATLAB dev MathWorks – licensing center still locked down (The Register)
US Government Launches Audit of NIST’s National Vulnerability Database (Infosecurity Magazine)
Law Firms Warned of Silent Ransom Group Attacks (SecurityWeek)
Chinese Hackers Exploit Cityworks Flaw to Target US Local Governments (Infosecurity Magazine)
Everest Ransomware Leaks Coca-Cola Employee Data Online (Hackread)
Nova Scotia Power Suffers Ransomware Attack; 280,000 Customers' Data Compromised (GB Hackers)
The CIA Secretly Ran a Star Wars Fan Site (404 Media)
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