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🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The Trump campaign claims its email systems were breached by Iranian hackers. A Nashville man is arrested as part of an alleged North Korean IT worker hiring scam. At Defcon, researchers reveal significant vulnerabilities in Google’s Quick Share. Ransomware attacks hit an Australian gold mining company as well as multiple U.S. local governments. GPS spoofing is a matter of time. Cisco readies another round of layoffs. Nearly 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States have been shared on a hacking forum. Our own Rick Howard speaks with Mark Ryland, Director of Amazon Security, about formal verification. A hacker hacks the hackers. 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 On today’s guest slot, N2K’s CSO Rick Howard speaks with Mark Ryland, Director of Amazon Security at AWS, about formal verification, which is logical proofs about correctness of systems, at AWS re:Inforce. Rick and Mark caught up at AWS re:Inforce 2024. Selected Reading Experts warn of election disruptions after Trump says campaign was hacked (Washington Post) Nashville man arrested for running “laptop farm” to get jobs for North Koreans (Ars Technica) Google Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Quick Share After Researchers' Warning (Hackread) Australian gold mining company Evolution Mining announces ransomware attack (The Record) GPS spoofers 'hack time' on commercial airlines, researchers say (Reuters) Exclusive: Cisco to lay off thousands more in second job cut this year (Reuters) Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers (Bleeping Computer) Local gov’ts in Texas, Florida hit with ransomware as cyber leaders question best path forward (The Record) Simple Coding Errors Lead to Major Ransomware Takedown (Cybersecurity News) 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. The Trump campaign claims its email systems were breached by Iranian hackers.
0:58.0	A Nashville man is arrested as part of an alleged North Korean IT worker hiring scam.
1:03.2	At Defcon, researchers reveal significant vulnerabilities
1:06.3	in Google's QuickShare,
1:08.1	Ransomware hits an Australian gold mining company,
1:11.0	as well as multiple US.S. local governments.
1:13.4	GPS spoofing is a matter of time.
1:16.3	Cisco readies another round of layoffs.
1:18.6	Nearly 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the US have been shared on a hacking
1:24.2	forum.
1:25.2	Our own Rick Howard speaks with Mark Ryland, director of Amazon Security at AWS about formal
1:30.8	verification. And a hacker hacks the hackers. It's Monday, August 12, 2024. I'm Dave Bitner and this is your CyberWire Intel briefing. Thanks for joining us here today. It is great to have you with us. Concerns about foreign
2:16.6	interference in the US presidential election resurfaced after the Trump campaign claimed
2:22.3	its email systems were breached by Iranian hackers.
2:26.2	The breach was reportedly tied to the release of a confidential internal document about
2:31.2	Vice Presidential candidate J. candidate JD Vance.
2:34.5	News outlets receive the document from an anonymous sender named Robert, raising alarms
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