CyberWire Daily

Signed, sealed, exploitable. [Research Saturday]

Dustin Childs, Head of Threat Awareness at Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, joins to discuss their work on "ZDI-23-1527 and ZDI-23-1528: The Potential Impact of Overly Permissive SAS Tokens on PC Mana...

21 Jun 202516min

A blast from the breached past.

An historic data breach that wasn’t. Aflac says it stopped a ransomware attack. Cloudflare thwarts a record breaking DDoS attack. Mocha Manakin combines clever social engineering with custom-built mal...

20 Jun 202525min

Juneteenth: Reflecting, belonging, and owning your seat at the table. [Special Edition]

We put together an open conversation between our podcast hosts, CyberWire Daily's Dave Bittner, T-Minus Space Daily’s Maria Varmazis, and CISO Perspectives podcast’s Kim Jones. Their conversation goes...

19 Jun 202535min

Typhoon on the line.

Viasat confirms it was breached by Salt Typhoon. Microsoft’s June 2025 security update giveth, and Microsoft’s June 2025 security update taketh away. Local privilege escalation flaws grant root access...

18 Jun 202522min

Can’t DOGE the inquiry.

A House oversight committee requests DOGE documents from Microsoft. Predatory Sparrow claims a cyberattack on an Iranian bank. Microsoft says data that happens in Europe will stay in Europe. A complex...

17 Jun 202527min

Darknet drug marketplace closed for business.

International law enforcement takes down a darknet drug marketplace. The Washington Post is investigating a cyberattack targeting several journalists' email accounts. Anubis ransomware adds destructiv...

16 Jun 202531min

Mark Nunnikhoven: Providing clarity about security. [Cloud strategy]

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Distinguished Cloud Strategist at Lacework, Mark Nunnikhoven, has gone from taking technology to its limits for his own understanding to providing clarity ab...

15 Jun 20258min

Hiding in plain sight with vibe coding.

This week, Dave is joined by ⁠Ziv Karliner⁠, ⁠Pillar Security⁠’s Co-Founder and CTO, sharing details on their work on "New Vulnerability in GitHub Copilot and Cursor: How Hackers Can Weaponize Code Ag...

14 Jun 202521min