AT&T's not so LOL hack.

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🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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AT&T wireless announces a massive data breach. NATO will build a cyber defense center in Belgium. The White House outlines cybersecurity budget priorities.A popular phone spyware app suffers a major data breach.Some Linksys routers are sending user credentials in the clear. Sysdig describes Crystalray malware. A massive phishing campaign is exploiting Microsoft SharePoint servers. Germany strips Huawei and ZTE from 5G infrastructure. Our guest is Brigid Johnson, Director of AWS Identity, on the importance of identity management. The EU tells X-Twitter to clean up its act or pay the price. 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 At the recent AWS re:Inforce 2024 conference, N2K’s Brandon Karpf spoke with Brigid Johnson, Director of AWS Identity, about the importance of identity and where we need to go. You can watch a replay of Brigid’s session at the event, IAM policy power hour, here. Selected Reading AT&T Details Massive Breach of Customers' Call and Text Logs (Data Breach Today) NATO Set to Build New Cyber Defense Center (Infosecurity Magazine) New Presidential memorandum sets cybersecurity priorities for FY 2026, tasking OMB and ONCD to evaluate submissions (Industrial Cyber) mSpy Data Breach: Millions of Customers’ Data Exposed (GB Hackers) Advance Auto Parts’ Snowflake Breach Hits 2.3 Million People (Infosecurity Magazine) These Linksys routers are likely transmitting cleartext passwords (TechSpot) Known SSH-Snake bites more victims with multiple OSS exploitation (CSO Online) Beware of Phishing Attack that Abuses SharePoint Servers (Cyber Security News) Germany to Strip Huawei From Its 5G Networks (The New York Times) EU threatens Musk’s X with a fine of up to 6% of global turnover (The Record) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. 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.
0:07.0	The IT world used to be simpler. You only had to secure and manage environments that you controlled.
0:20.0	Then came new technologies and new ways to work. Now employees, apps, and networks are everywhere.
0:27.0	This means poor visibility, security gaps, and added risk.
0:31.0	That's why Cloudflare created the first ever connectivity cloud.
0:35.6	Visit Cloud.com to protect your business everywhere you do business. A. A T&T Wireless announces a massive data breach.
0:57.0	NATO will build a cyber defense center in Belgium.
1:00.0	The White House outlines cyber security budget priorities.
1:03.5	A popular phone spyware app suffers a major data breach.
1:07.6	Some lynxis routers are sending user credentials in the clear.
1:11.5	Sisdig describes Crystal Ray malware, a massive fishing campaign is
1:15.8	exploiting Microsoft's SharePoint servers. Germany strips Huawei and ZTE from
1:21.2	5G infrastructure.
1:23.0	Our guest is Bridget Johnson, director of AWS identity
1:26.7	on the importance of identity management.
1:29.0	And the EU tells X Twitter to clean up its act or pay the price.
1:34.0	It's Friday, July 12, 2024.
1:44.0	I'm Dave Bitner and this is your Cyberwire Intel briefing. Happy Friday and thank you for joining us.
2:05.0	Attackers have stolen logs of call and text interactions from nearly every AT&T wireless customer, the company announced.
2:14.0	The data, which covers a six-month period in 2022, was taken from AT&T's account on the
2:20.4	data warehousing platform Snowflake.
2:23.0	AT&T plans to notify around 110 million individuals affected by the breach.
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