Meta’s recovery plan needed recovery.

Meta exposes 20,000 Instagram accounts through a support tool bug. CISA warns of active attacks on SolarWinds Serv-U. WordPress sites face takeover through a widely used plugin. A new Gafgyt variant broadens its reach. Pink extortionists steal cloud data with vishing and legitimate tools. Plus, allegations against IBM and AT&T, a dark web drug dealer gets 26 years, and the Monday business brief. Tim Starks from CyberScoop discusses the ongoing debate over staffing and budget cuts at CISA. NATO lets Ukraine play the bad guy. 

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We are joined by Tim Starks from CyberScoop, who is discussing the ongoing debate over staffing and budget cuts at CISA, the political battles surrounding the agency's future, and what the Trump administration's plans could mean for U.S. cybersecurity efforts.

Selected Reading

Meta AI Bug Exposes Over 20,000 Instagram Accounts (Infosecurity Magazine)

NSO Group back in Meta's crosshairs after alleged WhatsApp targeting (The Register)

CISA: Patch actively exploited SolarWinds Serv-U DoS vulnerability (CVE-2026-28318) (Help Net Security)

Everest Forms Vulnerability Exploited to Hack WordPress Sites (SecurityWeek)

C0XMO botnet spreads via DD-WRT router flaw, kills rival malware (Bleeping Computer)

New Pink Extortion Group Targets Microsoft 365 Cloud Data Via Vishing Scams (Hackread)

Ex-Threat Intel Exec Accuses IBM and AT&T of Hiding Hacks (GovInfo Security) 

California man sentenced to over 26 years for dark web drug trafficking (SC Media)

AI observability platform Coralogix raises $200 million in a Series F round. (N2K Pro Business Briefing)  

Nato narrowly beats Russia-style enemy in cyber attack simulation (Financial Times)

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