High-stakes sabotage.

Exploding pagers in Lebanon are not a cyberattack. Europol leads an international effort to shut down the encrypted communications app Ghost. Microsoft IDs Russian propaganda groups’ disinformation campaigns. California’s Governor signs bills regulating AI in political ads. A multi-step zero-click macOS Calendar vulnerability is documented. A new phishing campaign targets Apple ID credentials.The US Cyber Ambassador emphasizes deterrence. Our guest is Linda Betz, Executive Vice President of Global Community Engagement at the FS-ISAC, sharing their work on maintaining security support at all levels of cyber maturity. AI tries to out-Buffett Warren Buffett.

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CyberWire Guest

Our guest is Linda Betz, Executive Vice President of Global Community Engagement at the FS-ISAC, sharing their work and the recently-published guide on maintaining security support at all levels of cyber maturity. You can check out their guide “Cyber Fundamentals: Critical baseline security practices for today’s threat landscape” here. 

Selected Reading

Israel Planted Explosives in Pagers Sold to Hezbollah, Officials Say (The New York Times)

Criminal-favored Ghost messaging app busted, owners arrested (Cybernews)

Russians made videos falsely accusing Harris of hit-and-run, Microsoft says (The Washington Post)

California governor signs laws to crack down on election deepfakes created by AI (Associated Press)

Researcher chains multiple old macOS flaws to compromise iCloud with no user interaction (Beyond Machines)

iPhone Users Warned As New Email Password-Stealing Attacks Reported (Forbes)

Deterrence in cyberspace is possible — and ‘urgent’ — amid ‘alarming’ hybrid attacks, State cyber ambassador says (CyberScoop)

New Chatbot ETF Promises to Mimic Warren Buffett, David Tepper (Bloomberg)

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