CyberWire Daily

The SMB slip-up.

CISA warns a Windows SMB privilege escalation flaw is under Active exploitation. Microsoft issues an out of band fix for a WinRE USB input failure. Nation state hackers had long term access to F5. Env...

21 Okt 202528min

The day the cloud got foggy.

An AWS outage sparks speculation. An F5 exposure and breach raise patching and supply-chain concerns. Salt Typhoon breaches a European telecom via a Netscaler flaw. A judge bans NSO Group from Whatsap...

20 Okt 202531min

Kristin Strand: Be firm in your goals. [Consultant] [Career Notes]

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Cybersecurity Associate Consultant at BARR Advisory, Kristin Strand, shares her journey from the military to teaching and now to cybersecurity. Kristin shar...

19 Okt 20257min

Smile for the malware. [Research Saturday]

Eclypsium researchers Jesse Michael and Mickey Shkatov to share their work on "BadCam - Now Weaponizing Linux Webcams." Eclypsium researchers disclosed “BadCam,” a set of vulnerabilities in certain Le...

18 Okt 202528min

Prosper’s not so prosperous week.

Prosper data breach reportedly affected more than 17 million accounts. Microsoft revokes certificates used in Rhysida ransomware operation. Threat actors exploit Cisco flaw to deploy Linux rootkits. E...

17 Okt 202526min

When hackers go BIG in cyber espionage.

F5 discloses long-term breach tied to nation-state actors. PowerSchool hacker receives a four-year prison sentence. Senator scrutinizes Cisco critical firewall vulnerabilities. Phishing campaign imper...

16 Okt 202526min

Prince of fraud loses crown.

A record-breaking Bitcoin seizure. Patch Tuesday notes. Capita fined for unlawful access to personal data. Unity site skimmed by malicious script. Vietnam Airlines breached potentially exposing 20 mil...

15 Okt 202531min

When GoAnywhere goes wrong.

Fortra confirms an exploitation of the maximum-severity GoAnywhere flaw. Harvard investigates a claim of a breach. Banking Trojan targets Brazilian WhatsApp users. Reduction-in-force hits CISA. SimonM...

14 Okt 202526min