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🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The FBI warns of Kimsuky quishing. Singapore warns of a critical vulnerability in Advantech IoT management platforms. Russia’s Fancy Bear targets energy research, defense collaboration, and government communications. Malaysia and Indonesia suspend access to X. Researchers warn a large-scale fraud operation is using AI-generated personas to trap mobile users in a social engineering scam. BreachForums gets breached. The NSA names a new Deputy Director. Monday Biz Brief. Our guest is Sasha Ingber, host of the International Spy Museum's SpyCast podcast. The commuter who hacked his scooter. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Sasha Ingber, host of the International Spy Museum's SpyCast podcast, on the return of SpyCast to the N2K CyberWire network. Selected Reading North Korea–linked APT Kimsuky behind quishing attacks, FBI warns (Security Affairs) Advantech patches maximum-severity SQL injection flaw in IoT products (Beyond Machines) Russia's APT28 Targeting Energy Research, Defense Collaboration Entities (SecurityWeek) Malaysia and Indonesia block X over deepfake smut (The Register) New OPCOPRO Scam Uses AI and Fake WhatsApp Groups to Defraud Victim (Hackread) BreachForums hacking forum database leaked, exposing 324,000 accounts (Bleeping Computer) Former NSA insider Kosiba brought back as spy agency’s No. 2 (The Record) Vega raises $120 million in a Series B round led by Accel. Reverse engineering my cloud-connected e-scooter and finding the master key to unlock all scooters (Rasmus Moorats) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Cyberwire Network, powered by N2K.
0:11.4	Most environments trust far more than they should, and attackers know it.
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1:02.4	stop ransomware at the source, and regain control over their environments.
1:07.1	Schedule your demo at Threatlocker.com slash N2K today.
1:26.3	The FBI warns of Kimsuki Quishing.
1:30.3	Singapore warns of a critical vulnerability in Advantec IOT management platforms.
1:35.6	Russia's fancy bear targets energy research, defense collaboration, and government communications.
1:41.4	Malaysia and Indonesia suspend access to X- X Twitter. Researchers warn a large-scale
1:47.5	fraud operation is using AI-generated personas to trap mobile users in the social engineering
1:52.8	scam. Breach forums gets breached. The NSA names a new deputy director. We got our Monday
1:59.5	business brief. Our guest is Sasha Ingber,
2:02.6	host of the International Spy Museum's Spycast podcast,
2:06.7	and the commuter who hacked his scooter.
2:25.6	Music It's Monday, January 12th, 2025.
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