The NTLM bug that sees and steals.

Researchers uncover a critical Windows zero-day.  An alleged Ukrainian cyberattack targets one of Russia’s largest banks. Russian group BlueAlpha exploits CloudFlare services. Microsoft flags Chinese hacking group Storm-0227 for targeting critical infrastructure and U.S. government agencies. SonicWall patches high-severity vulnerabilities in its secure access gateway. Atrium Health reports a data breach affecting over half a million individuals. Rockwell Automation discloses four critical vulnerabilities in its Arena software. U.S. authorities arrest an alleged member of the Scattered Spider gang. Our guest is Hugh Thompson, RSAC program committee chair, discussing the 2025 Innovation Sandbox Contest and its new investment component. C3PO gets caught in the crypto mines. 

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CyberWire Guest

Joining Dave today is Hugh Thompson, RSAC program committee chair, discussing the 2025 Innovation Sandbox Contest and its new investment component. Read more details in the press release. 

Selected Reading

New Windows 7 To 11 Warning As Zero-Day With No Official Fix Confirmed (Forbes)

Russian users report Gazprombank outages amid alleged Ukrainian cyberattack (The Record)

BlueAlpha Russian hackers caught abusing CloudFlare services (SC Media)

U.S. org suffered four month intrusion by Chinese hackers (Bleeping Computer)

Microsoft: Another Chinese cyberspy crew targeting US critical orgs 'as of yesterday' (The Register)

SonicWall Patches 6 Vulnerabilities in Secure Access Gateway (SecurityWeek)

Mitel MiCollab zero-day and PoC exploit unveiled (Help Net Security)

Atrium Health Data Breach Impacts 585,000 People (SecurityWeek)

Rockwell Automation Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Execute Remote Code (Cyber Security News)

US arrests Scattered Spider suspect linked to telecom hacks  (Bleeping Computer)

Nebraska Man pleads guilty to $3.5 million cryptojacking scheme (Bleeping Computer)

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