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Jan 2025
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An MFA outage affects Microsoft 365 Office apps. The Biden administration  introduces new export controls to block adversaries from accessing advanced AI chips. A Dutch university cancels lectures after a cyberattack. Three Russian nationals have been indicted for operating cryptocurrency mixers. Juniper Networks releases security updates for Junos OS. Spain’s largest telecommunications company confirms a data breach. The “Banshee” infostealer leverages a stolen Apple encryption algorithm. Researchers uncover a novel ransomware campaign targeting Amazon S3 buckets. A major data broker suffers a major data breach. Our guest Philippe Humeau, CEO and Founder of CrowdSec, shares the biggest issues currently facing cybersecurity and how open-source cybersecurity platforms combat them. The weirdness of AI. 

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CyberWire Guest

Our guest Philippe Humeau, CEO and Founder of CrowdSec, shares the biggest issues currently facing cybersecurity and how open-source cybersecurity platforms combat them. 


Selected Reading

Microsoft MFA outage blocking access to Microsoft 365 apps (Bleeping Computer)

White House Moves to Restrict AI Chip Exports (GovInfo Security)

New Ransomware Group Uses AI to Develop Nefarious Tools (Infosecurity Magazine)

Cyberattack forces Dutch university to cancel lectures (The Record)

3 Russians Indicted for Operating Blender.io and Sinbad.io Crypto Mixers (Hackread)

Juniper Networks Fixes High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Junos OS (SecurityWeek)

Aviatrix Controller RCE Vulnerability Exploited In The Wild (Cyber Security News) 

Hackers Exploiting YouTube to Spread Malware That Steals Browser Data (GB Hackers)

Banshee 2.0 Malware Steals Apple's Encryption to Hide on Macs (Dark Reading)

A breach of a data broker's trove of location data threatens the privacy of millions (TechCrunch) 

Abusing AWS Native Services: Ransomware Encrypting S3 Buckets with SSE-C (Halcyon) 

AI Mistakes Are Very Different Than Human Mistakes (IEEE Spectrum)


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