NetNut gets cracked.
Show notes
The FBI disrupts a major residential proxy service. Attackers exploit Fortinet firewalls to target UK officials. European lawmakers call for a spyware investigation. A new macOS infostealer masquerades as a clipboard manager. Prompt injection campaigns targeting AI agents through malicious websites and SEO poisoning. Researchers trick Claude into remote code execution. AI’s strain on the power grid is complicated. Monday business briefing. Our guest is Gabi Reish, VP Product, Threat Intelligence & Exposure Management at Bitsight, sharing insights on how cybercriminal activity is shifting. Anime and AI meet adolescent antics.
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Today we are joined by Gabi Reish, VP Product, Threat Intelligence & Exposure Management at Bitsight, sharing insights on how cybercriminal activity is shifting. You can learn more here.
Selected Reading
FBI Seizes NetNut Domains as Google Disrupts 2M Device Proxy Network (HackRead)
Russian hackers steal government logins (The Telegraph)
Lawmaker Probing Pegasus Spyware Infected Using Same Malware (BankInfo Security)
PamStealer: a Rust-based macOS infostealer that validates credentials through PAM (Jamf)
Prompt Injection Attacks Trick AI Agents Into Making Crypto Payments (SecurityWeek)
Red teamers turned Claude Desktop into a double agent to do their evil bidding (The Register)
How Data Centers Grid Instability Threatens Reliability (IEEE Spectrum)
Quantifind has secured $200 million in a funding round led by Summit Partners. (N2K Pro Business Briefing)
Japanese teen arrested for cyberattack that unsubscribed over 46,000 anime accounts (The Straits Times)
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