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It’s not every day that we get a pitch for a book with a foreword by Pope Francis and an introduction by former CIA Director David Petraeus. In fact, our producer didn’t believe it at first. But this is a story about a scholar who became a spy without a spy service. That is exactly what Omar Mohammed did after he watched ISIS overrun his beloved city of Mosul in 2014. Day after day, he would risk his life to gather information on the ground and share his findings on social media. Under the name Mosul Eye, he documented torture, executions and the sale of women and girls into sexual slavery. He highlighted key parts of ISIS infrastructure, shared photos and videos, and disclosed the names and locations of victims and perpetrators. Omar’s memoir, Mosul Eye: A Scholar’s Clandestine War Against ISIS, is out now. And for the first time, Omar reveals new personas and internal intelligence documents he stole from ISIS, risky work that helped coalition forces drive the terrorists out of Mosul. This is the first of a two-part series. 
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This week, we are joined by Matt Poto, Associate Triage Analyst at Huntress, discussing their work on "Grand Theft Auto VI Hype Leads to Malware." Threat actors are exploiting the hype surrounding the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA6) by distributing fake leaked game downloads designed to infect unsuspecting gamers.
Huntress identified malicious ISOs promoted through search engine poisoning, gaming forums, torrent sites, and social media that contain multiple types of malware, including remote access trojans (RATs), an infostealer, and ransomware. The malware can steal credentials and personal information, give attackers control of compromised systems, and encrypt or destroy files, with evidence suggesting the campaign may be targeting Russian-speaking gamers. 
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