CyberWire Daily

Leaky chats collide with shifting security standards.

A popular chatbot exposes millions of private user messages. The White House rescinds Biden-era federal software security guidance. A senior Secret Service official urges more scrutiny of domain regis...

30 Jan 25min

Proxy wars and open doors.

Google dismantles a huge residential proxy network. Did the FBI take down the notorious RAMP cybercrime forum? A long running North Korea backed cyber operation has splintered into three specialized t...

29 Jan 30min

When the Director uses the wrong chat window.

CISA’s interim director uploaded sensitive government material into the public version of ChatGPT. The cyberattack on Poland’s power grid compromised roughly 30 energy facilities. The EU and India sig...

28 Jan 25min

“The hackers made me do it,” or did they?

Microsoft rushes an emergency fix for an actively exploited Office zero-day. A suspected cyberattack halts rail service in Spain. The FBI probes Signal chats in Minnesota. The UK moves to overhaul pol...

27 Jan 27min

When encryption meets enforcement.

Microsoft granted the FBI access to laptops encrypted with BitLocker. The EU opens an investigation into Grok’s creation of sexually explicit images. Glimmers of access pierce Iran’s internet blackout...

26 Jan 32min

Lauren Van Wazer: You have to be your own North Star. [CISSP] [Career Notes]

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Lauren Van Wazer, Vice President, Global Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs for Akamai Technologies, shares her story as she followed her own North Star an...

25 Jan 8min

Caught in the funnel. [Research Saturday]

Today we have Andrew Northern, Principal Security Researcher at Censys, discussing "From Evasion to Evidence: Exploiting the Funneling Behavior of Injects". This research explains how modern web malwa...

24 Jan 23min

TikTok lives to scroll another day.

At long last, a TikTok deal. Officials urge lawmakers to keep an eye on the quantum ball. Fortinet confirms active exploitation of a critical authentication bypass flaw. Ireland plans to authorize spy...

23 Jan 30min