One tap, total access: Pegasus exploits unveiled.
Nov 15, 2024•42 min•Ep 2191•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
Unredacted court filings from WhatsApp’s 2019 lawsuit against NSO Group reveal the scope of spyware infections. Glove Stealer can bypass App-Bound Encryption in Chromium-based browsers. Researchers uncover a new zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiManager. Rapid7 detects an updated version of LodaRAT. CISA warns of active exploitation of Palo Alto Networks’ Expedition tool. Misconfigured Microsoft Power Pages accounts expose sensitive data. Iranian state hackers mimic North Koreans in fake job scams. Australia warns its critical infrastructure providers about state sponsored embedded malware. An especially cruel cybercriminal gets ten years in the slammer. Guest Ambuj Kumar, Co-founder and CEO of Simbian, joins us to discuss how AI Agents may change the cyber landscape. We’re countin’ down the top ten least secure passwords.
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Guest Ambuj Kumar, Co-founder and CEO of Simbian, joins us to discuss how AI Agents are going to change the cyber landscape.
Selected Reading
1,400 Pegasus spyware infections detailed in WhatsApp’s lawsuit filings (The Record)
Glove Stealer Malware Bypasses Chrome's App-Bound Encryption (SecurityWeek)
watchTowr Finds New Zero-Day Vulnerability in Fortinet Products ( Infosecurity Magazine)
LodaRAT: Established malware, new victim patterns (Rapid7 Blog)
CISA Warns of Two More Palo Alto Expedition Flaws Exploited in Attacks (SecurityWeek)
Microsoft Power Pages misconfigs exposing sensitive data (The Register)
Iranian Threat Actors Mimic North Korean Job Scam Techniques (BankInfo Security)
Hackers Lurking in Critical Infrastructure to Wage Attacks (BankInfo Security)
Cybercriminal devoid of boundaries gets 10-year prison sentence (The Register)
Top 200 Most Common Passwords (NordPass)
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