President Trump signs the Take It Down Act into law. A UK grocer logistics firm gets hit by ransomware. Researchers discover trojanized versions of the KeePass password manager. Researchers from CISA and NIST promote a new metric to better predict actively exploited software flaws. A new campaign uses SEO poisoning to deliver Bumblebee malware. A sophisticated phishing campaign is impersonating Zoom meeting invites to steal user credentials. CISA has added six actively exploited vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog. A bipartisan bill aims to strengthen the shrinking federal cybersecurity workforce. Our guest is Chris Novak, Vice President of Global Cybersecurity Solutions at Verizon, sharing insights on their 2025 DBIR. DOGE downsizes, and the UAE recruits.

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CyberWire Guest

Today we are joined by Chris Novak, Vice President of Global Cybersecurity Solutions at Verizon, sharing insights on their 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR).
Selected Reading

Trump signs the Take It Down Act into law |(The Verge)

Supplier to Tesco, Aldi and Lidl hit with ransomware (Computing)

Fake KeePass password manager leads to ESXi ransomware attack (Bleeping Computer)

Vulnerability Exploitation Probability Metric Proposed by NIST, CISA Researchers (Security Week)

Threat Actors Deliver Bumblebee Malware Poisoning Bing SEO (Cybersecurity News)

New Phishing Attack Poses as Zoom Meeting Invites to Steal Login Credentials (GB Hackers)

CISA Adds Six Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog (CISA)

Federal cyber workforce training institute eyed in bipartisan House bill (CyberScoop)

UAE Recruiting US Personnel Displaced by DOGE to Work on AI for its Military (Zetter Sero Day)

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