Show Notes
Officials investigate suspected cyberattacks on U.S.-bound oil tankers. Iranian operators deploy Chosen Brick surveillance malware. Ukraine cracks down on scam call centers. Researchers uncover two TP-Link camera zero-days. Maria Varmazis looks at weapons in space. CenterPoint Energy reports a data breach. Spain records its first breach caused by an autonomous AI agent. PhantomRaven targets developers through malicious npm packages. Illicit casinos provide cover for cybercrime. A New York healthcare provider exposes patient data. Our guest is Chad Thunberg, CISO at Yubico, on how real crypto-agility still needs a hardware root of trust. Hackers do a little Flock picking.
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CyberWire Guest
Today Chad Thunberg, CISO at Yubico, discusses how software-only encryption is only half the answer: real crypto-agility still needs a hardware root of trust, not just a software patch.
Selected Reading
Coast Guard, FBI investigating after 2 oil tankers bound for US hit with cyberattacks (ABC News)
US, UK, Dutch Agencies Expose Iranian ‘Chosen Brick’ Surveillance Malware (SecurityWeek)
Ukraine moves to crack down on scam call centers after corruption scandal (The Record)
Zero-Day Flaw in TP-Link Cameras Enables Covert Eavesdropping (Infosecurity Magazine)
CenterPoint Energy Discloses Data Breach Following Dark Web Claims of 7.5 Million Records Stolen (Beyond Machines)
Spain gets its first taste of AI-aided cyber attack (The Register)
PhantomRaven: An LLM-Generated Information Stealer Developed for Bug Bounty Hunting (CrowdStrike)
How Money Laundering, Scams, and Espionage Hide in a Web Full of Casino Garbage (Infoblox)
280,000 Impacted by Premier Medical Group Data Breach (SecurityWeek)
Meink: Space Force has deployed space control weapons to orbit (DefenseScoop)
Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works (WIRED)
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