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Aug 2023
30m 58s

China accuses the US of cyberespionage. ...

N2K Networks
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China accuses the US of installing backdoors in a Wuhan lab. NetScaler backdoors are found. A Phishing scam targets executives. LinkedIn sees a surge in account hijacking. Raccoon Stealer gets an update. Cryptocurrency recovery scams. We kick off our new Learning Layer segment with N2K’s Sam Meisenberg. And a Moscow court fines Reddit and Wikipedia, for unwe ... Show More
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Today
Leaky chats collide with shifting security standards.
A popular chatbot exposes millions of private user messages. The White House rescinds Biden-era federal software security guidance. A senior Secret Service official urges more scrutiny of domain registration. The President’s NSA pick champions section 702. France looks to reduce ... Show More
25m 16s
Yesterday
Proxy wars and open doors.
Google dismantles a huge residential proxy network. Did the FBI take down the notorious RAMP cybercrime forum? A long running North Korea backed cyber operation has splintered into three specialized threat groups. U.S. military cyber operators carried out a covert operation to di ... Show More
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When the Director uses the wrong chat window.
CISA’s interim director uploaded sensitive government material into the public version of ChatGPT. The cyberattack on Poland’s power grid compromised roughly 30 energy facilities. The EU and India sign a new partnership that includes expanded cyber cooperation. Meta rolls out enh ... Show More
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