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A senior FBI cyber official warns Salt Typhoon remains an ongoing threat. Data protection authorities issue a joint statement raising serious concerns about AI image creation. A Japanese semiconductor equipment maker confirms a ransomware attack. New number formats seek to reduce AI overhead. A low-skilled Russian-speaking threat actor compromised more than 600 Fortinet FortiGate firewalls. Spanish authorities have arrested four alleged members of Anonymous. CISA tags a pair of Roundcube Webmail flaws. Cybersecurity stocks fell sharply on news of a new security feature in Claude AI. Monday business breakdown. Brandon Karpf, friend of the show discussing sovereignty in space and cyber. Digital disruption drains drumsticks.

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Today Dave sits down with Brandon Karpf, friend of the show, and Maria Varmazis, host of T-Minus, as they are discussing sovereignty in space and cyber.

Selected Reading

FBI: Threats from Salt Typhoon are ‘still very much ongoing’ (CyberScoop)

Joint Statement on AI-Generated Imagery and the Protection of Privacy (International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group (IEWG))

Japanese chip-testing toolmaker Advantest suffers ransomware attack (Help Net Security)

AI's Math Tricks Don't Work for Scientific Computing (IEEE)

Russian Cyber Threat Actor Uses GenAI to Compromise Fortinet Firewalls (Infosecurity Magazine)

Suspected Anonymous members cuffed in Spain over DDoS attack (The Register)

CISA: Recently patched RoundCube flaws now exploited in attacks (Bleeping Computer)

Anthropic Unveils 'Claude Code Security,' Sending Cyber Stocks Lower (Bloomberg)

RSAC Innovation Sandbox finalists secure $5 million each. (N2K Pro Business Briefing)

Cyber attack takes major chicken processor Hazeldenes offline leaving businesses without meat (ABC News)

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In this second installment of our three-part series on ⁠⁠Cyber Coalition 2025⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Maria Varmazis⁠⁠⁠, host of ⁠⁠⁠T-Minus⁠⁠⁠ Space Daily and CyberWire Producer ⁠⁠⁠Liz Stokes,⁠⁠ take listeners inside a single day at NATO’s cyber headquarters in Tallinn, Estonia — focusing on the human side of cyber defense.

Hosted by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence and led by NATO Allied Command Transformation, Cyber Coalition is a defensive-only exercise built around collaboration, coordination, and information sharing across allied nations. This episode highlights how that plays out in practice, from legal teams working through cross-border policy questions to military defenders coordinating with civilian infrastructure partners inside NATO’s secure cyber range.

In case you missed the first episode of this three part series, check it out ⁠here⁠.
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Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes.

Mary Writz, Vice President of Product Strategy at ForgeRock, shares how each career path she has taken has led her to where she is now. Mary describes how she has been a woman working in a male dominated field for most of her career and how she had to take charge, and she had to get the men to take charge with her. She says "I was often leading people, mostly men older than me, potentially smarter than me, more well paid than me. So I had to learn how to think about galvanizing this group to charge forward with me, even though I was a bit of a minority in that way." She also states that she tells herself to always make a positive out of a negative by showing people how you can respond to what's happening with a lot of energy, focus, and care and that's what got her to where she is today.
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Today we have Tomer Bar, VP of Security Research at SafeBreach Labs, discussing their work on "Prince of Persia: A Decade of Iranian Nation-State APT Campaign Activity under the Microscope". In this first installment of SafeBreach’s deep dive into the Iranian-linked APT known as “Prince of Persia,” originally exposed by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, researchers reveal that the group never truly went dark after 2022—but instead evolved.

Led by Tomer, the investigation uncovers new variants of Foudre and Tonnerre malware, expanded campaign scale, active C2 infrastructure through late 2025, and a shift toward Telegram-based command-and-control. The research provides rare, sustained visibility into nearly a decade of Iranian nation-state cyber operations, offering fresh indicators of compromise and insight into how the group continues to refine its tooling, obfuscation, and targeting.

The research can be found here:

Prince of Persia, Part 1: A Decade of Iranian Nation-State APT Campaign Activity under the Microscope

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Dutch authorities warn Russia is escalating hybrid operations across Europe. Ransomware shuts down the University of Mississippi Medical Center. PayPal notifies customers of a data breach. The FBI says ATM jackpotting is on the rise. An FBI confidential informant had a hand in online fentanyl sales. TrustConnect malware masquerades as a legitimate remote monitoring and management tool. Researchers uncover the first Android malware to integrate generative AI. A critical zero-day hits Grandstream VOIP phones. The IRS slashes IT staff and technology executives. Our guest is James Turgal, a 22-year FBI vet and VP of global cyber risk and board relations at Optiv, discussing the latest wave of tax scams and IRS fraud. DOGE dudes deliver DEI deathblows.

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Today we are joined by James Turgal, a 22-year FBI vet and VP of global cyber risk and board relations at Optiv, discussing the latest wave of tax scams and IRS fraud.

Selected Reading

Russia stepping up hybrid attacks, preparing for long standoff with West, Dutch intelligence warns (The Record)

University of Mississippi Medical Center Suffers Cyberattack, Closes All Clinics, Cancels Services (Mississippi Free Press)

PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months (Bleeping Computer)

FBI: Over $20 million stolen in surge of ATM malware attacks in 2025 (Bleeping Computer)

An FBI ‘Asset’ Helped Run a Dark Web Site That Sold Fentanyl-Laced Drugs for Years (WIRED)

(Don't) TrustConnect: It's a RAT in an RMM hat (Proofpoint US)

PromptSpy ushers in the era of Android threats using GenAI (We Live Security)

CVE-2026-2329: Critical Unauthenticated Stack Buffer Overflow in Grandstream GXP1600 VoIP Phones (FIXED) (Rapid 7)

DOGE bites taxman (The Register)

DOGE Bro’s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT ‘Is This DEI?’ (Techdirt)

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