Season 10 Episode 2378
Farmers Insurance discloses a data breach affecting over a million people. Agentic AI tools fall for common scams. A new bill in Congress looks to revive letters of marque for the digital age. Cybercriminals target macOS users with the Shamos infostealer. New Android spyware masquerades as antivirus to target Russian business executives. CISA seeks public comments on SBOM updates. A major third party electronics manufacturer reports a ransomware attack. Salesforce patches multiple vulnerabilities in its Tableau products. Over 370,000 user Grok conversations were accidentally indexed by Google. Ben Yelin examines the UK’s decision to drop digital backdoor requirements. WIRED gets duped by an AI author.
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CyberWire Guest
Ben Yelin from University of Maryland Center for Cyber Health and Hazard Strategies joins to discuss the U.K. dropping ‘back door’ demand for Apple user data. Read the article Ben discusses. If you enjoyed this conversation and want to hear more from Ben, check out our Caveat podcast here.
Selected Reading
Farmers Insurance Data Breach Impacts Over 1 Million People (SecurityWeek)
"Scamlexity": When Agentic AI Browsers Get Scammed (Guardio)
Bill would give hackers letters of marque against US enemies (The Register)
Fake macOS help sites push Shamos infostealer via ClickFix technique (Help Net Security)
New Android malware poses as antivirus from Russian intelligence agency (Bleeping Computer)
CISA Requests Public Feedback on Updated SBOM Guidance (SecurityWeek)
Electronics manufacturer Data I/O reports ransomware attack to SEC (The Record)
Salesforce patches multiple flaws in Tableau Server, at least one critical (Beyond Machines)
370,000 Grok AI chats leaked after being indexed on Google (Cyber Daily)
How WIRED Got Rolled by an AI Freelancer (WIRED)
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