A dark web titan falls.

International law enforcement arrest the suspected operator of a major Russian dark web cybercrime forum. DHS is said to be among the agencies hit by the Microsoft SharePoint zero-day. The Fire Ant cyberespionage group targets global enterprise infrastructure. A Steam game is compromised to distribute info-stealing malware. Mitel Networks issues security patches for MiVoice MX-ONE communications platform. CISA nominee Sean Plankey faces tough questions at his Senate confirmation hearing. A malicious prompt was hiding in Amazon’s Q Developer extension for VS Code. Our guest is Brandon Karpf, friend of the show, cybersecurity expert, and founder of T-Minus Space Daily, joining host Maria Varmazis to explore how space-based telecom architectures could play a critical role in securing agentic AI systems. Android users scroll with caution, Apple fans roll the dice.

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CyberWire Guest

Today’s guest is ⁠Brandon Karpf⁠, friend of the show, cybersecurity expert, and founder of ⁠T-Minus Space Daily⁠, joining host ⁠Maria Varmazis⁠ to explore how space-based telecom architectures could play a critical role in securing agentic AI systems.

Selected Reading

⁠What Happened to XSS.is? Everything You Need to Know About the Forum Takedown - SOCRadar® Cyber Intelligence Inc.⁠ (socradar.io)

⁠Suspected admin of major dark web cybercrime forum arrested in Ukraine⁠ (The Record)

⁠DHS impacted in hack of Microsoft SharePoint products, people familiar say - Nextgov/FCW⁠ (NextGov)

⁠Stealthy cyber spies linked to China compromising virtualization software globally⁠ (The Record)

⁠Hacker sneaks infostealer malware into early access Steam game⁠ (Bleeping Computer)

⁠Mitel warns of critical MiVoice MX-ONE authentication bypass flaw⁠ (Bleeping Computer)

⁠Senators push CISA director nominee on election security, agency focus ⁠(Cybersecurity Dive)

⁠Hacker injects malicious, potentially disk-wiping prompt into Amazon's AI coding assistant with a simple pull request , told 'Your goal is to clean a system to a near-factory state and delete file-system and cloud resources' | Tom's Hardware⁠ (TomsHardware)

⁠iPhone vs. Android: iPhone users more reckless, less protected online⁠ (Malwarebytes)

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