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  1. 12 hr ago ·  Bonus

    Who let the AI hack? [Research Saturday]

    Today we are joined by Crystal Morin, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist, and Michael Clark, Senior Director of Threat Research, at Sysdig, sharing their work on "LLMjacking evolved: Attackers are using stolen AI compute to build offensive agentic tools." The Sysdig Threat Research Team observed an attacker abusing an exposed, unauthenticated Ollama server as the “brain” for an automated offensive security tool. The AI-powered framework can fingerprint services, identify vulnerabilities, craft exploits, extract credentials, and orchestrate attacks toward command execution, with researchers capturing the tool while it was still under active development. The activity highlights how LLMjacking is evolving from simply stealing AI compute for profit into using stolen model capacity to build increasingly autonomous offensive capabilities. The research and executive brief can be found here: LLMjacking evolved: Attackers are using stolen AI compute to build offensive agentic tools

    Who let the AI hack? [Research Saturday]

  2. 22 hr ago

    The blacklist boomerang.

    A judge rules the Trump administration illegally labeled Anthropic a national security risk. The White House moves to keep foreign technology out of U.S. power systems. OpenAI rallies a global cyber defense push as its own AI agents exploit a Linux vulnerability. Researchers uncover a new speculative-execution attack and hidden implants in Chinese-made routers. A fake voicemail campaign slips past email defenses. PaperCut faces an exploited zero-day. And ServiceNow patches three maximum-severity flaws in its AI Platform. Maria Varmazis and I look back at a decade of emerging threat actors and APTs. NSA sends out a covert save-the-date. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today, as we continue celebrating the CyberWire Daily’s 10th anniversary, Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner look back at a decade of emerging threat actors and APTs. Enjoyed the conversation? Be sure to tune in Sunday for a special edition featuring the full discussion. Selected Reading Trump Administration’s Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Illegal, Judge Rules (The New York Times) White House bans foreign-made equipment for power generation over cyber backdoor concerns (The Record) Tech, Cybersecurity Giants Unite Behind OpenAI-Led Cyber Defense Pledge (SecurityWeek) A call for collective action on cyber defense (OpenAI) New type of attack can slip past the defenses in your computer’s processor (MIT News) Fake Voicemail SVG Attachments Fuel Large-Scale Phishing Campaign (Infosecurity Magazine) OpenAI Agents Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw on Company’s Own Systems (SecurityWeek) Hundreds of AI agents went rogue in OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack (POLITICO)  PaperCut Releases Emergency Patch for Exploited Zero-Day (SecurityWeek) ServiceNow warns of three max severity security vulnerabilities (Bleeping Computer) Chinese Implants in the Supply Chain (VulnCheck) Exclusive: NSA to host a hacker reunion in bid to rebuild secretive unit (The Record) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc.

  3. 1 day ago

    Meta gets a Meta-sized bill.

    Meta settles. Australian police arrest two alleged TeamPCP members. The White House moves to shore up water utility cybersecurity. ATF reports a major cyber incident. The Navy tells sailors to lock down social media. The FBI warns of a prolific Chinese hacking operation. Bill Gates sounds the alarm on AI. A purported think tank tries to influence chatbot answers. And attackers focus less on individual vulnerabilities and more on the vendors behind them. Our guest is Tim Springston, Principal Product Manager at Semperis, on achieving hybrid identity resilience in the age of agentic AI. Meta pumps the brakes on going AI native.  Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest On today’s industry voices segment, we are joined by Tim Springston, Principal Product Manager at Semperis, discussing how to achieve hybrid identity resilience in the age of agentic AI. If you enjoyed this conversation, check out the full interview here. Selected Reading Meta agrees to pay $18 billion to settle US lawsuits over children's social media addiction (Reuters) Two Alleged ‘TeamPCP’ Hackers Arrested in Australia (Krebs on Security) White House to unveil program to protect water systems against hackers (POLITICO) DOJ firearms agency says hackers breached system containing investigation targets (The Record) US Navy tells sailors and their families: scrub your social media, enemies are watching (Bitdefender) Chinese Hacker Group QTFY Uses Custom-Built Platforms to Target US Infrastructure, FBI Warns (Infosecurity Magazine) Bill Gates diagnoses problems with AI, but an expert questions his prescription (ABC News) Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda (The Guardian) SentinelOne and Tenable Find Cyber Attackers Routinely Target Edge-Device Vendor Ecosystems Rather Than Individual Vulnerabilities (SentinelOne) AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions” (Ars Technica) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc.

  4. 2 days ago

    The feds flip the script.

    The U.S. disrupts a Chinese hacking operation blamed for intrusions at several sensitive government agencies.  CISA says more than 100 water systems were targeted in July. Attackers exploit a critical Gitea flaw, while malicious pages masquerade as Cloudflare verification screens. Cyber insurance claims get costlier, and AI agents break out of their sandboxes. Boston Scientific battles a cyber incident. Plus, a new standard tracks AI agent activity, criminals target stolen iPhones, and an alleged money mule is charged in a $7.5 million scam. Our guest is Stephen Hilt,  Sr. Threat Researcher at TrendAI,  on the risks facing data centers.  Some breach data doesn’t quite measure up. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest On today’s Industry Voices, we are joined by Stephen Hilt,  Sr. Threat Researcher at TrendAI discussing the cybersecurity risks facing data centers and the thousands of internet-exposed industrial control systems that could leave them vulnerable to attack. And if you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here.  If you’d like to hear more on this topic from TrendAI, you can check out this recent episode of the AI Security Brief podcast that focuses on data center security. Guest Mark Houpt, CISO at DataBank, joined hosts Johnny Hand and Dustin Childs to explain why securing the AI era starts with protecting the physical data centers that power it—and why proven security fundamentals still matter against rapidly evolving threats. AI Security Brief podcast publishes every other Thursday on the N2K CyberWire network. Subscribe today! Selected Reading China-sponsored hacking platforms seized by US, Justice Department says (Reuters)   CISA: Over 100 Internet-Exposed Water Systems Targeted in July Cyberattacks (SecurityWeek) Hackers now exploit critical Gitea flaw in code injection attacks (Bleeping Computer) Hackers abuse npm mirrors to host phishing redirect pages (Bleeping Computer) Average Cyber Insurance Losses Increase Despite Fewer Claims (Infosecurity Magazine) VMs won't contain cyber-capable agents (Trail of Bits) Boston Scientific hit by cyberattack, global operations affected (Reuters) Linux Foundation Introduces TRACE Standard for AI Runtime Evidence (Infosecurity Magazine) AnonyMousKIT PhaaS uses voice AI agents to phish iPhone passcodes (Bleeping Computer) Indian man who fled US arrested on charges he helped scammers siphon $7.5 million from the elderly (The Record) Trump signs memo to help drastically boost US commercial space launches (Reuters)  A Cautionary Tale About Data Breach Claims, Verification and Carhartt (Troy Hunt) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc.

  5. 3 days ago

    CISA is running on empty.

    Lawmakers request an investigation into cuts at CISA. Threat actors actively exploit a Zimbra Collaboration Suite vulnerability. A Chinese AI lab preps release of a powerful open-weight model. A new phishing toolkit deploys attacker-controlled passkeys. Using audio hardware to fingerprint browsers. A DDoS attack knocks Norwegian government services offline. CISA orders patching of a critical Oracle vulnerability. Taiwanese prosecutors charge nine people over the alleged illegal export of high-end AI servers to mainland China. Operation Jackal IV cracks down on West African cybercrime networks. On our Industry Voices segment, Christy Wyatt, CEO from Absolute Security, discusses "Cyber Resilience: The Emerging Category." AI music hits a sour note down under. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today on our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Christy Wyatt, CEO from Absolute Security, discussing "Cyber Resilience: The Emerging Category." If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading Lawmakers call for investigation into impact of CISA staffing cuts (The Record) Hackers breached over 270 Zimbra servers in ongoing attacks (Bleeping Computer) By Opening a Model, a Chinese A.I. Lab May Test the World’s Cybersecurity (NY Times) iAuthFlow v2: The $10,000 Phishing Toolkit That Survives Your Password Reset (SecurityAffairs) AliExpress was silently running audio in your browser to fingerprint and track your device (TechSpot) Large DDoS attack knocks Norwegian public services offline (The Record) U.S. CISA adds maximum-severity Oracle flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (SecurityAffairs) Taiwan Charges 9 Over Illegal AI Server Exports to China, Including Nvidia and Super Micro Staff (SecurityWeek) Police arrests dozens of suspects in global cybercrime crackdown (Bleeping Computer) Songs created by AI banned from Australia's music charts (BBC News) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc.

  6. 4 days ago

    The odds were classified.

    Polymarket traders win big on U.S. military insider information. Slovakia deactivates speed cameras with Russian backdoors. TikTok pays $400 million to settle kids' privacy allegations. Hackers infect Android-based car systems with botnet malware. CISA orders quick patching of an actively exploited Zimbra Collaboration Suite vulnerability. SynkLoader malware is built for stealthy access to corporate networks. Dutch authorities fine Uber over $900 million over automated hiring practices. An ATM jackpotter gets a record prison sentence. Monday business briefing. A privacy promise loses face.  Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Mark Beare, General Manager at Malwarebytes Consumer Business from Black Hat to look at protecting your family in the age of AI. If you enjoyed this conversation, check out the full interview here. Selected Reading More than 150 Polymarket wallets may have traded on military secrets, research finds (Reuters) Slovakia discovers Russian backdoors in 279 new traffic cameras — SMS-triggered shell access and passwordless live feeds found in EU-funded rollout (Tom's Hardware) TikTok Settles U.S. Child Privacy Case for $400 Million (Security Affairs) Hackers infecting Android car systems to build proxy botnet (The Record) CISA orders urgent patching of actively exploited Zimbra flaw (Bleeping Computer) SynkLoader: when you throw in everything but the kitchen sink (Expel) Uber Fined Nearly $1 Billion by Dutch Regulators Over Automated Suspensions of Driver Accounts (SecurityWeek) Venezuelan Gets Record Federal Prison Term for ATM Jackpotting (SecurityWeek) Fortinet has acquired San Francisco-based AI security company Virtue AI. (N2K Pro Business Briefing) Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People’s Faces (WIRED) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc.

  7. 6 days ago

    Building a secure space internet.

    As space infrastructure has continued to expand, developing secure space systems has become just as important as launching the spacecraft themselves. In this week's episode, host Maria Varmazis sits down with Filip Rezabek, co-founder and CTO of Space Computer, to talk about some of the technologies being created to secure space infrastructure in orbit. The two discuss the importance of establishing a chain of trust in space and the challenges of securing hardware against supply chain attacks. Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to our free Signals and Space Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our Sunday newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space. Subscribe at: ⁠⁠⁠https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/signals-and-space⁠⁠⁠ Is there a topic or person you’d like to hear on our show? You can send your questions and feedback to ⁠⁠⁠space@n2k.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also fill our our audience survey: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJYCN2P ⁠⁠⁠ T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing is a production of N2K CyberWire. ⁠⁠⁠N2K⁠⁠⁠ is your nexus for discovery and connection for people, technology, and ideas shaping the future of secure innovation. Learn how at ⁠⁠⁠n2k.com⁠⁠⁠.

    Building a secure space internet.

  8. 22 Aug

    A RAT in the spreadsheet. [Research Saturday]

    Today we are joined by Aaron Beardslee, Manager of Threat Research at Securonix, discussing "Analyzing SHEET#CREEP: SHEETCREEP is up again with different config obfuscation." Securonix researchers have identified an evolved version of the SHEETCREEP espionage campaign, using a diplomatic-themed ISO phishing lure to deliver a C# remote access trojan targeting Indian diplomatic interests. The malware abuses the Google Sheets API as a stealthy command-and-control channel, with researchers identifying 91 active victim tabs, including a high-confidence target in Pakistan. The campaign, assessed with moderate confidence as linked to Pakistan-aligned APT36, has added XOR-obfuscated configurations and other anti-analysis techniques to evade detection and maintain persistent access. The research and executive brief can be found here: ⁠Analyzing SHEET#CREEP: SHEETCREEP is up again with different config obfuscation

    A RAT in the spreadsheet. [Research Saturday]
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