Confidential or compromised?

The Trump campaign claims its email systems were breached by Iranian hackers. A Nashville man is arrested as part of an alleged North Korean IT worker hiring scam. At Defcon, researchers reveal significant vulnerabilities in Google’s Quick Share. Ransomware attacks hit an Australian gold mining company as well as multiple U.S. local governments. GPS spoofing is a matter of time. Cisco readies another round of layoffs. Nearly 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States have been shared on a hacking forum. Our own Rick Howard speaks with Mark Ryland, Director of Amazon Security, about formal verification.  A hacker hacks the hackers.

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CyberWire Guest

On today’s guest slot, N2K’s CSO Rick Howard speaks with Mark Ryland, Director of Amazon Security at AWS, about formal verification, which is logical proofs about correctness of systems, at AWS re:Inforce. Rick and Mark caught up at AWS re:Inforce 2024. 

Selected Reading

Experts warn of election disruptions after Trump says campaign was hacked (Washington Post)

Nashville man arrested for running “laptop farm” to get jobs for North Koreans (Ars Technica)

Google Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Quick Share After Researchers' Warning (Hackread)

Australian gold mining company Evolution Mining announces ransomware attack (The Record)

GPS spoofers 'hack time' on commercial airlines, researchers say (Reuters)

Exclusive: Cisco to lay off thousands more in second job cut this year (Reuters)

Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers (Bleeping Computer)

Local gov’ts in Texas, Florida hit with ransomware as cyber leaders question best path forward (The Record)

Simple Coding Errors Lead to Major Ransomware Takedown (Cybersecurity News)

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