About this episode
Iran’s MuddyWater breaches multiple U.S. organizations. The FBI probes a breach of wiretap management systems. A China-linked threat actor targets South American telecoms. Cisco patches critical firewall flaws. CISA flags actively exploited bugs in Hikvision cameras and Rockwell industrial systems. A House committee advances the controversial KIDS online safety bill. The FBI arrests a suspect accused of stealing millions in seized crypto from the U.S. Marshals Service. Ben Yelin and Ethan Cook unpack the dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon. Wikimedia worm wreaks widespread wiki woes.
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CyberWire Guest
Today, we’re bringing you a featured conversation from our Caveat podcast, where Ben Yelin sits down with N2K Lead Analyst Ethan Cook to unpack the fallout between the Pentagon and Anthropic, what led to the deal unraveling, and what it means as the government pivots to a similar AI contracting agreement with OpenAI. You can listen to their full conversation here and catch new episodes of Caveat featuring Dave and Ben every Thursday with special appearances by Ethan.
Selected Reading
Iranian APT Hacked US Airport, Bank, Software Company (SecurityWeek)
Tech Giants, Washington Rally for Anthropic in Pentagon Feud (GovInfo Security)
FBI investigates breach of surveillance and wiretap systems (Bleeping Computer)
Chinese state hackers target telcos with new malware toolkit (Bleeping Computer)
Cisco Patches 48 Firewall Vulnerabilities with Two CVSS 10 Flaws (Hackread)
CISA Flags Hikvision Camera & Rockwell Logix Vulnerabilities as Actively Exploited (SOCRadar)
