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Today

Media server mayday.

38min

Plex urges users to immediately update their Media Server due to an undisclosed security flaw. Cisco warns of a critical remote code execution flaw in their Secure Firewall Management Center software.Rockwell Automation discloses multiple critical and high-severity flaws. Hackers breached a Canadian House of Commons database. Active law enforcement and government email accounts are sold online for

Plex releases urgent security patch.

4h

Norwegian dam sabotage blamed on pro-Russian hackers. New HTTP/2 flaw can be used to launch major DDoS attacks.

Yesterday

It's a Personality Problem

16h

In this week's episode: OpenAI's GPT-5 launch that definitely didn't go according to plan, complete with backlash, safety concerns, and frantic updates; Anthropic's fascinating new research on "persona vectors" - a breakthrough method for monitoring and controlling character traits in language models; A listener tip leads us down a rabbit hole of ChatGPT conversations being indexed by search engin

Dialysis down, data out.

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A ransomware attack exposes personal medical records of VA patients. New joint guidance from CISA and the NSA emphasizes asset inventory and OT taxonomy. The UK government reportedly spent millions to cover up a data breach. Researchers identified two critical flaws in a widely used print orchestration platform. Phishing attacks increasingly rely on personalization. Rooting and jailbreaking framew

Chipmakers pay 15% of their China sales to the US.

1d

US embedding trackers into AI chip shipments.

Ransomware attack exposes medical records of VA patients.

1d

Hacker steals tens of thousands of identity documents from Italian hotels. Two Estonians sentenced for $577 million crypto Ponzi scheme.

Aug 13, 2025

Designing Human-Centered Security Operations

1d

Security analysts are drowning in tools, alerts, and tabs. In this episode of Threat Vector, ⁠David Moulton⁠, Senior Director of Thought Leadership for Unit 42, talks with⁠ Patrick Bayle⁠, SecOps Consulting Manager, and⁠ Liz Pinder⁠, SecOps Consultant, both with deep experience in Security Operations Centers. They explore how constant context switching impacts analyst performance, response time, a

This scam is now in session.

WhatsApp introduces new scam protections

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This week, our hosts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dave Bittner⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Joe Carrigan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Maria Varmazis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (also host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠T-Minus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Space Daily show) are back sharing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. Joe's story is on WhatsApp rolling out new anti-s

Governments go on the offensive

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In this Caveat Policy Deep Dive, our conversation and analysis revolves around cyber operations policy. Throughout this conversation, we break down the global shift where governments are taking a more offensive-oriented cyber mindset. While this trend has been developing over several years, the Trump administration has been looking to dramatically accelerate these efforts since taking office.

Policy Deep Dive: Cyber Operations

1d

In this special policy series, the Caveat team is taking a deep dive into key topic areas that are likely to generate notable conversations and political actions throughout the next administration.

When spies get spied on.

2d

Patch Tuesday. The Matrix Foundation patches high-severity vulnerabilities in its open-source communications protocol. The “Curly COMrades” Russian-aligned APT targets critical infrastructure. Microsoft tells users to ignore new CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) errors. Researchers uncover a malware campaign hiding the NjRat Remote Access Trojan in a fake Minecraft clone. Motorcycle manufactu

SentinelOne to acquire Prompt Security for $250 million.

SentinelOne acquires Prompt Security

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1Kosmos raises $57 million.

Patch Tuesday notes.

2d

New Russian threat actor targets critical infrastructure in Eastern Europe. New ransomware group displays overlaps with China-aligned APT.

Aug 12, 2025

Inside the Ransomware Economy with Dr. Diane Janosek

2d

Ransomware has evolved from one-off attacks to a fully operational criminal economy. Today, cybercrime groups operate with defined roles, shared infrastructure, and a growing reliance on AI to speed up intrusion, encryption, and extortion. Our guest this episode unveils insights from tracking the fraudulent side of the internet. Dr. Diane Janosek, CEO of Janos LLC and former senior executive at th

Kimsuky gets kim-sunk.

Saint Paul hit by Interlock ransomware

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3d

Hackers leak backend data from the North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Kimsuky. A ransomware attack on a Dutch clinical diagnostics lab exposes medical data of nearly half a million women. One of the world’s largest staffing firms suffers a data breach. Saint Paul, Minnesota, confirms the Interlock ransomware gang was behind a July cyberattack. Researchers jailbreak ChatGPT-5. A cyber incid

Inside the Cell-Based SOC, with Steve Deitz, MANTECH

3d

Steve Deitz, President of MANTECH's Federal Civilian Sector joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices. He discusses the growing cyber threat landscape facing federal agencies and introduces MANTECH’s first-of-its-kind “Cell-Based SOC” model, designed to improve efficiency, strengthen defenses, and deliver greater business value in a resource-constrained envi

North Korea's Kimsuky APT reportedly sustains breach.

3d

Threat actors exploit Erlang flaw to target OT networks. Data breach at Dutch medical lab affects more than 485,000 patients.

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