This cybersecurity stuff is tougher than...

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In today's podcast, we hear that installing cybersecurity tools to protect elections is tougher than it looks. Information operations continue to pose the most prominent foreign threat to US midterm elections, although there are concerns about voting machine security. Cointracker looks like a trader's tool with a side order of malware. Video embedded in Micr ... Show More

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Nightmare on Windows 11.

Nightmare Eclipse drops a Kaspersky zero-day. The Financial Stability Board warns frontier AI could threaten the global financial system. Anthropic says it has tightened security. CISA adopts a risk-based approach to patching. A new Windows infostealer hides in fake AI models. A ... Show More

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Aug 31

Let’s kill the kill switch.

Could an AI kill switch create more problems than it solves? A critical Rails flaw is under active attack. Malicious browser extensions steal cryptocurrency. Fire Ant targets trusted network infrastructure. Claude Code gets tricked into running attacker-controlled code. MyChart p ... Show More

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Aug 30

CyberWire Daily at 10: A decade of emerging threat actors and APTs. [Special Edition]

In this episode, Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner from N2K Cyberwire get back together to discuss the evolution of advanced persistent threats (APTs), threat actor landscape, attribution changes, and the future of cyber espionage over the past decade. Join Dave and Maria as they e ... Show More

24m 33s

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