CyberWire Daily

The patch pile reaches new heights.

Patch Tuesday goes big. Congress looks to harden critical infrastructure. A new Windows zero-day drops. Mobile AI creates security blind spots. AI agents fall for phishing. Browser extensions expose millions. Spammers hide behind Google Cloud Storage. CISA crowns its cyber champions. Our guest is Joe Sykora, CEO from Coro, discussing the MSP space and how to address it. Relentless robocalls retreat.

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A checkmark for trust, a payload for theft.

Miasma malware meddles with Microsoft. SAP fixes critical flaws, Google patches an exploited Chrome zero-day, CanisterWorm spreads through npm, Mac users face a new malvertising threat, France investigates a breach of its secure messaging platform, insurers rethink AI risk, the FBI launches a Most Wanted Fraudsters list, and a U.S. citizen admits to spying for China. Our guest is Steve Winterfeld, Advisory CISO from Akamai, discussing how AI-powered bots are driving financial services attacks. Unpacking a million dollar hotel fee.

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Meta’s recovery plan needed recovery.

Meta exposes 20,000 Instagram accounts through a support tool bug. CISA warns of active attacks on SolarWinds Serv-U. WordPress sites face takeover through a widely used plugin. A new Gafgyt variant broadens its reach. Pink extortionists steal cloud data with vishing and legitimate tools. Plus, allegations against IBM and AT&T, a dark web drug dealer gets 26 years, and the Monday business brief. Tim Starks from CyberScoop discusses the ongoing debate over staffing and budget cuts at CISA. NATO lets Ukraine play the bad guy.

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The NSA gets an AI upgrade.

Anthropic brings Mythos to the NSA. A Palantir executive emerges as a possible CISA pick. A Linux flaw is under active attack. Minecraft malware goes commercial. An npm package gets caught in the Miasma worm campaign. Researchers document the first AI-driven container escape. A browser supply-chain compromise and a university breach with unexpected victims. Our guest is Ashu Savani, Co-Founder at TryHackMe, discussing building high performing SOC & IR teams. The web becomes machine majority.

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Not every headhunter is hiring.

The Five Eyes issue a rare joint warning on China. Jen Easterly weighs in on Trump’s AI EO. Researchers warn everyday notifications can become AI attack vectors. IronWorm is a sophisticated Rust-based infostealer targeting software developers. Cisco patches a critical vulnerability in its Unified Communications Manager platform. Anthropic maps AI-enabled cyber activity to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Authorities dismantle an online counterfeit identity marketplace. Our guest is Jason Kikta, CTO from Automox, discussing AI vulnerabilities, real risk, and the speed problem. An extortion crew is forced to open a customer support ticket.

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