Court puts the ‘spy’ in spyware.
Dec 23, 2024•36 min•Ep 2215•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
A federal judge finds NSO Group liable for hacking WhatsApp. China accuses the U.S. government of cyberattacks. The UK’s Operation Destabilise uncovers a vast criminal network. An alleged LockBit developer says he did it for the money. Apache releases a security update for their Tomcat web server. Siemens issues a security advisory for their User Management Component. Italy’s data protection authority fines OpenAI $15.6 million. Researchers demonstrate a method to bypass the latest Wi-Fi security protocol. Apple sends potential spyware victims to a nonprofit for help. Our guest is Sven Krasser, CrowdStrike's Senior Vice President Data Science and Chief Scientist, talking about balancing AI and human intervention. Hackers supersize their McDonald’s delivery orders.
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CyberWire Guest
Today, our guest is Sven Krasser, CrowdStrike's Senior Vice President Data Science and Chief Scientist, talking about balancing AI and human intervention.
Selected Reading
Judge rules NSO Group is liable for spyware hacks targeting 1,400 WhatsApp user devices (Recorded Future)
Chinese cyber center points finger at U.S. over alleged cyberattacks to steal trade secrets (CyberScoop)
Inside Operation Destabilise: How a ransomware investigation linked Russian money laundering and street-level drug dealing (Recorded Future)
Suspected LockBit dev faces extradition to the US (The Register)
Apache fixes remote code execution bypass in Tomcat web server (Bleeping Computer)
Siemens Warn of Critical Vulnerability in UMC (GovInfoSecurity)
Italy's Privacy Watchdog Fines OpenAI for ChatGPT's Violations in Collecting Users Personal Data (SecurityWeek)
WPA3 Network Password Bypassed via MITM Attack & Social Engineering (CyberSecurityNews.com)
Apple Warns Users Of iPhone Spyware Attacks—What You Need To Know (Forbes)
McDonald’s Delivery App Vulnerability Let Anyone Place an Order for Just $0.01 (CyberSecurityNews.com)
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