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Closing cracks before hackers do.

Patch Tuesday. Google sues a “phishing-as-a-service” network linked to global SMS scams, and launches “private ai compute.” Hyundai notifies vehicle owners of a data breach. Amazon launches a bug bou...

12 Nov 202531min

Transitioning from service to civilian life. [T-Minus Deep Space]

Lieutenant Rob Sarver and Alex Gendzier are the authors of Warrior to Civilian: The Field Manual for the Hero's Journey, the definitive guide to transition to civilian life for veterans and their spou...

11 Nov 202530min

Rebooting the government, one cyber law at a time.

Ending the government shutdown revives an expired cybersecurity law. The DoD finalizes a new model for building U.S. military cyber forces. A North Korean APT exploits Google accounts for full device ...

10 Nov 202529min

Michael DeBolt: From acting to cyber. [Intelligence] [Career Notes]

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Chief intelligence officer at Intel 471, Michael shares his story where he started as an actor and quickly changed over to intelligence and what the transiti...

9 Nov 20257min

A fine pearl gone rusty. [Research Saturday]

Tal Peleg, Senior Product Manager, and Coby Abrams, Cyber Security Researcher of Varonis, discussing their work and findings on Rusty Pearl - Remote Code Execution in Postgres Instances. The flaw coul...

8 Nov 202523min

Legislating in the shadow of hackers.

The CBO was hacked by a suspected foreign actor. Experts worry Trump’s budget cuts weaken U.S. cyber defenses. Regulation shapes expectations. ClickFix evolves on macOS. Notorious cybercrime groups fo...

7 Nov 202521min

The role of AI in Zero Trust. [CyberWire-X]

Zero Trust has been top of mind for years, but how is AI changing what that actually looks like in practice? In this episode of CyberWire-X, Dave Bittner is joined by Deepen Desai, Chief Security Offi...

6 Nov 202523min

Stomping out critical bugs.

Cisco patches critical vulnerabilities in its Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX) software. CISA lays off 54 employees despite a federal court order halting workforce reductions. Gootloader malware ...

6 Nov 202523min