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The daily cybersecurity news and analysis industry leaders depend on. Published each weekday, the program also includes interviews with a wide spectrum of experts from industry, academia, and research organizations all over the world.

  1. 7 HR AGO

    Watch out for cybercrime frequent flyers.

    Drone strikes hit a key chip supply chain. China-linked hackers target Southeast Asian militaries. Attackers race ahead with AI. ShinyHunters claim a massive Telus breach. Microsoft issues a hotpatch. Malware turns up on Steam. Fileless attacks grow. Airline miles become cybercrime currency. Monday business breakdown. Tim Starks from CyberScoop unpacks the Stryker attack and the nebulous nature of Iranian cyber activity. AI playmates puzzle preschoolers.  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 Our guest is Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing how the Stryker attack highlights the nebulous nature of Iranian cyber activity amid joint U.S.-Israel conflict. You can read more in Tim’s article here.  Selected Reading Drone strikes halt a third of the world's helium supply, threatening chip production (TechSpot) China-Linked Hackers Hit Asian Militaries in Patient Espionage Operation (SecurityWeek) Attackers are exploiting AI faster than defenders can keep up, new report warns (CyberScoop) Telus Digital confirms breach after hacker claims 1 petabyte data theft (Bleeping Computer) Microsoft releases Windows 11 OOB hotpatch to fix RRAS RCE flaw (Bleeping Computer) The FBI is investigating malware hidden inside games hosted on Steam (TechCrunch) New XWorm 7.1 and Remcos RAT Attacks Abuse Windows Tools to Evade Detection (Hackread) Airline miles become underground currency in loyalty fraud schemes | brief (SC Media) Kevin Mandia-founded Armadin launches with $190 million. (N2K Pro Business Briefing) AI toys for young children need tighter rules, researchers warn (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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    26 min
  2. Christian Lees: It's not always textbook. [CTO] [Career Notes]

    1 DAY AGO · BONUS

    Christian Lees: It's not always textbook. [CTO] [Career Notes]

    Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Christian Lees, CTO at Resecurity, shares his story and insight on coming into the cybersecurity world. He considers himself a late bloomer because he did not go to college until he was 23. He wasn’t sure of what he wanted to do, and a family friend gave him a computer and the rest was history, he says. He fell in love with computers and started working at different companies trying to get ahead. He says it's not always textbook, and sometimes you just need to cut your teeth on something to get where you're going. Throughout his journey, he was constantly questioning whether he made the right decision, and in the end he says you have to be willing to "define friction points in it, you may join security field, not knowing what you're gonna do, but by being that curious person and breaking things and putting it back together, you'll find the right way and just never stop being curious." We thank Christian for sharing his story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    10 min

  3. 2 DAYS AGO

    Your AI sidekick might be a spy. [Research Saturday]

    This week, we are joined by Or Eshed, Co-Founder and CEO from LayerX Security, discussing their work on "How We Discovered A Campaign of 16 Malicious Extensions Built to Steal ChatGPT Accounts." Researchers uncovered a coordinated campaign of 16 malicious browser extensions posing as ChatGPT productivity tools while secretly stealing user accounts. The extensions intercept ChatGPT session authentication tokens and send them to attacker-controlled servers, allowing threat actors to impersonate users and access their conversations, files, and connected services like Google Drive or Slack. The findings highlight how AI-focused browser extensions are creating a new attack surface, emphasizing the need for organizations to closely monitor and restrict third-party AI tools. The research can be found here: ⁠⁠⁠How We Discovered A Campaign of 16 Malicious Extensions Built to Steal ChatGPT Accounts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    23 min

  4. 3 DAYS AGO

    Socks pulled, patches pushed.

    Europol dismantles the SocksEscort proxy service. Cyber operations highlight imbalance in the war in Iran. Google rushes Chrome zero-day patches. Veeam fixes critical backup flaws. A former incident responder faces ransomware charges. Thomson Reuters staff push back on an ICE contract. Attackers abuse backup tools for data theft. CISA flags a critical n8n vulnerability. Maria Varmazis is joined by Jack R. Bialik, engineer and author, to discuss the hidden risks of a fully-digital society, and talk about his book "In Lost in Time: Our Forgotten and Vanishing Knowledge." A Phony photo fuels a phantom flight fiasco. 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 N2K CyberWire’s Maria Varmazis is joined by Jack R. Bialik, engineer and author, to discuss the hidden risks of a fully-digital society, and talk about his book "In Lost in Time: Our Forgotten and Vanishing Knowledge." Selected Reading Europol and international partners disrupt ‘SocksEscort’ proxy service - Joint operation targeted malicious proxy service exploiting residential routers worldwide (Europol) War in Iran – asymmetry in cyberspace (IISS) Google fixes two new Chrome zero-days exploited in attacks (Bleeping Computer)  Veeam warns of critical flaws exposing backup servers to RCE attacks (Bleeping Computer) Former Employee of Cybersecurity Companies Charged in ALPHV (BlackCat) Ransomware Extortion Case (TechNadu) They Don’t Want Their Company’s Surveillance Tool Used by ICE (The New York Times) Data Exfiltration and Threat Actor Infrastructure Exposed (Huntress) CISA adds n8n RCE flaw to list of known exploited vulnerabilities (SC Media) Cyber National Mission Force to get new commander amid broader leadership turnover (The Record) AI Used to Promote Non-Existent Evacuation Flights From the Middle East (Bellingcat) 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    31 min
  5. Is the role of the CISO adding to the confusion? [CISOP]

    3 DAYS AGO

    Is the role of the CISO adding to the confusion? [CISOP]

    Show Notes: As cybersecurity has matured, the field has become more formalized within businesses with CISOs leading the way. However, despite the value of the CISO and its widespread adoption, the role has continued to lose agency with other board members. In this episode of CISO Perspectives, host ⁠Kim Jones⁠ sits down with Patty Ryan, the CISO at QuidelOrtho, to assess the value of the role. Throughout the conversation, Patty and Kim will discuss the challenges facing CISOs, why the role has lost its agency, and what can be done to reverse the current trajectory. Want more CISO Perspectives?: Check out a companion ⁠⁠blog post⁠⁠ by our very own Ethan Cook, where he breaks down key insights, shares behind-the-scenes context, and highlights research that complements this episode. It’s the perfect follow-up if you’re curious about the cyber talent crunch and how we can reshape the ecosystem for future professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    45 min

  6. 4 DAYS AGO

    Oops, those were the FBI files.

    Iran threatens tech firms as hackers strike Stryker. The EU advances efforts toward digital sovereignty. A foreign hacker stumbles upon the FBI’s Epstein files. DOGE used ChatGPT to cull humanities grants. Meta claims increased efforts against scams. A Wisconsin ambulance provider discloses a data breach. CISA shortens the patch deadline for a critical SolarWinds vulnerability. We preview this year’s RSAC 2026 Innovation Sandbox with Cecilia Marinier and Paul Kocher. Dangerous digital diets miss the mark.  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 share a RSAC 2026 Conference innovation preview with Cecilia Marinier and Innovation Sandbox judge Paul Kocher talking about this year's Top 10 Finalists. Selected Reading Iran-linked hackers claim responsibility for attack on US medical device maker Stryker (Reuters) 'Legitimate targets': Iran issues warning to US tech firms including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia (The Times of India) Iranian trolls are flooding social media with pro-Tehran, anti-war propaganda (MS Now) Commission announces €75 million EURO-3C Project to build a federated Telco-Edge-Cloud infrastructure for digital sovereignty (European Commission) Hacker broke into FBI and compromised Epstein files, report says (TechCrunch) When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities (The New York Times) Meta says it culled millions of scam ads amid accusations that it profits from them (The Record) Bell Ambulance Ransomware Attack Impacts Over 237,000 Individuals (Beyond Machines) CISA Mandates Emergency Patching for SolarWinds Web Help Desk Vulnerabilities (Beyond Machines) AI Chatbots Are Giving Teens Absolutely Terrible Diet Advice, Study Warns (Gizmodo) 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    28 min
  7. AI as Tradecraft: How Threat Actors Are Operationalizing AI [Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast]

    4 DAYS AGO · BONUS

    AI as Tradecraft: How Threat Actors Are Operationalizing AI [Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast]

    In this episode of the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast, host⁠ ⁠⁠Sherrod DeGrippo is joined by Greg Schlomer and Vlad Honyanyy to discuss new research on Jasper Sleet, a North Korean–aligned threat actor incorporating AI into active operations.  The conversation examines how AI is being integrated across the attack lifecycle — from highly tailored phishing lures and fabricated job applicant personas to accelerating malware development and refining operational workflows. Rather than treating AI as a novelty, Jasper Sleet is using it to increase speed, scale, and adaptability while reducing many of the friction points that once slowed campaigns.  They also explore what this shift means for defenders. As AI compresses iteration cycles and lowers barriers to entry, traditional attribution signals evolve, influence operations become more convincing, and defensive teams must tighten the loop between intelligence, detection, and response. This is less about experimentation and more about the operationalization of AI as part of modern tradecraft.  In this episode you’ll learn:       How AI is changing the speed at which cyber operations evolve  Why jailbreaking AI models is often trivial for motivated adversaries   The strategic implications of AI leveling the playing field between threat actors  Some questions we ask:      Is there resistance among experienced malware authors to adopting AI?  Are we seeing fully AI-written malware in the wild?  What stands out about Jasper Sleet’s use of AI?    Resources:   View Greg Schloemer on LinkedIn   View Sherrod DeGrippo on LinkedIn     Related Microsoft Podcasts:                    Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson  The BlueHat Podcast  Uncovering Hidden Risks      Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at microsoft.com/podcasts   Get the latest threat intelligence insights and guidance at Microsoft Security Insider    The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast is produced by Microsoft, Hangar Studios and distributed as part of N2K media network.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    22 min

  8. 4 DAYS AGO · BONUS

    AI as Tradecraft: How Threat Actors Are Operationalizing AI [Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast]

    In this episode of the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast, host⁠ ⁠⁠Sherrod DeGrippo is joined by Greg Schlomer and Vlad H. to discuss new research on Jasper Sleet, a North Korean–aligned threat actor incorporating AI into active operations.  The conversation examines how AI is being integrated across the attack lifecycle — from highly tailored phishing lures and fabricated job applicant personas to accelerating malware development and refining operational workflows. Rather than treating AI as a novelty, Jasper Sleet is using it to increase speed, scale, and adaptability while reducing many of the friction points that once slowed campaigns.  They also explore what this shift means for defenders. As AI compresses iteration cycles and lowers barriers to entry, traditional attribution signals evolve, influence operations become more convincing, and defensive teams must tighten the loop between intelligence, detection, and response. This is less about experimentation and more about the operationalization of AI as part of modern tradecraft.  In this episode you’ll learn:       How AI is changing the speed at which cyber operations evolve  Why jailbreaking AI models is often trivial for motivated adversaries   The strategic implications of AI leveling the playing field between threat actors  Some questions we ask:      Is there resistance among experienced malware authors to adopting AI?  Are we seeing fully AI-written malware in the wild?  What stands out about Jasper Sleet’s use of AI?    Resources:   View Greg Schloemer on LinkedIn   View Sherrod DeGrippo on LinkedIn     Related Microsoft Podcasts:                    Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson  The BlueHat Podcast  Uncovering Hidden Risks      Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at microsoft.com/podcasts   Get the latest threat intelligence insights and guidance at Microsoft Security Insider    The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast is produced by Microsoft, Hangar Studios and distributed as part of N2K media network.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The daily cybersecurity news and analysis industry leaders depend on. Published each weekday, the program also includes interviews with a wide spectrum of experts from industry, academia, and research organizations all over the world.

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