They really are watching what we watch.

An FTC report confirms online surveillance and privacy concerns. Ukraine bans Telegram for state and security officials. Sensitive customer data from India’s largest health insurer is leaked. German law enforcement shuts down multiple cryptocurrency exchange services. HZ RAT sets its sights on macOS systems. Stolen VPN passwords remain a growing threat. Law enforcement dismantles the iServer phishing-as-a-service platform. Today’s guest is Steve Blank, co-founder of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford University, talking with N2K's Brandon Karpf about national security and the dilemma of technology disruption. CISA’s boss pushes for accountability. 

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CyberWire Guest

Today’s guest is Steve Blank, co-founder of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford University, talking with N2K's Brandon Karpf about national security and the dilemma of technology disruption. For some background, you can check out Steve’s article “Why Large Organizations Struggle With Disruption, and What to Do About It.”

To listen to Brandon and Steve’s full conversation, check out our Special Edition series that will run over the next two Sundays in our CyberWire Daily podcast feed. 

Selected Reading

FTC Staff Report Finds Large Social Media and Video Streaming Companies Have Engaged in Vast Surveillance of Users with Lax Privacy Controls and Inadequate Safeguards for Kids and Teens (Federal Trade Commission)

Ukraine bans Telegram on state and military devices (The Record)

Hacker selling 7 TB of Star Health Insurance’s customer data using Telegram (CSO Online)

German Government Shuts Down 47 Exchanges, Says They're Tied To ‘Illegal Activity’ (CoinDesk)

New MacOS Malware Let Attackers Control The Device Remotely (Cyber Security News)

More Than Two Million Stolen VPN Passwords Discovered (Security Boulevard)

High-risk vulnerabilities in common enterprise technologies (Rapid7 Blog)

Law Enforcement Dismantles Phishing Platform Used for Unlocking Stolen Phones (SecurityWeek)

Insecure software makers are the real cyber villains – CISA (The Register) 

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