China embraces open AI models, then worries it’s become a national security risk. The cyberattack on Minnesota water systems proves larger than first reported. CISA updates its SBOM guidance. AI supercharges dangling DNS attacks. Researchers uncover a self-propagating Copilot worm. A critical Rails flaw demands urgent patching. Mac users are lured into installing malware through fake Claude guides. Amazon links a string of NPM compromises to North Korea. And Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism. Ben Yelin j...
China embraces open AI models, then worries it’s become a national security risk. The cyberattack on Minnesota water systems proves larger than first reported. CISA updates its SBOM guidance. AI supercharges dangling DNS attacks. Researchers uncover a self-propagating Copilot worm. A critical Rails flaw demands urgent patching. Mac users are lured into installing malware through fake Claude guides. Amazon links a string of NPM compromises to North Korea. And Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism. Ben Yelin joins us with a border search case that’s breaking new ground. Don’t bite the North Korean hand that feeds you.
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Today we are joined by Ben Yelin from University of Maryland Center for Cyber Health and Hazard Strategies talking about a border search case that’s breaking new ground. If you enjoyed this conversation, check out Ben on the Caveat podcast here.
Selected Reading
As China’s A.I. Gets Stronger, It Poses New Risks to Beijing (New York Times)
Minnesota Water Utilities Suffer ‘Coordinated Cyber Attack’ (GovTech)
CISA Updates Software Bill of Materials Guidance to Strengthen Supply Chain Security (HSToday)
‘DangleGeddon’: AI Could Weaponize Forgotten DNS Records at Global Scale (SecurityWeek)
Word worm crawls into Copilot, spreads chaos (The Register)
Possible arbitrary file read and remote code execution in Active Storage variant processing (GitHub)
Fake Claude Install Guide Leads to MacSync Stealer and RAT: What We Pulled From the Attacker's Servers (Huntress)
Amazon identifies North Korean hacker group behind open-source supply chain attacks (AWS Security Blog)
Russia accuses Telegram CEO Pavel Durov of aiding terrorism in its latest digital crackdown (AP News)
North Korea's elite hackers turned on their own government — and got caught (Bitdefender)
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