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🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Cisco reveals a phishing related data breach. SonicWall warns users to disable SSLVPN services after reports of ransomware gangs exploiting a likely zero-day. Researchers uncover a stealthy Linux backdoor and new vulnerabilities in Nvidia’s Triton Inference Server. A new malware campaign targets Microsoft 365 users with fake OneDrive emails. The U.S. Treasury warns of rising criminal activity involving cryptocurrency ATMs. Cloudflare accuses an AI startup of using stealthy methods to bypass restrictions on web scraping. A global infostealer campaign compromises over 4,000 victims across 62 countries. Marty Momdjian, General Manager of Ready1 by Semperis, tells us about Operation Blindspot, a tabletop exercise taking place this week at Black Hat. On this week’s Threat Vector segment, host David Moulton speaks with ⁠Nigel Hedges⁠ from ⁠Sigma Healthcare⁠ about how CISOs can shift cybersecurity from a technical problem to a business priority. One hospital’s data ends up in the snack aisle. 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 We are joined by Marty Momdjian, General Manager of Ready1 by Semperis, who is talking about Operation Blindspot, a tabletop exercise simulating a cyberattack against a rural water utility based in Nevada taking place this week at Black Hat USA 2025. Threat Vector Segment On this week’s Threat Vector segment, host David Moulton speaks with ⁠Nigel Hedges⁠, Executive General Manager of Cyber & Risk at ⁠Chemist Warehouse⁠ and ⁠Sigma Healthcare⁠. Nigel shares how CISOs can shift cybersecurity from a technical problem to a business priority. You can listen to the full discussion on Threat Vector here and catch new episodes every Thursday on your favorite podcast app. Selected Reading Cisco discloses data breach impacting Cisco.com user accounts (Bleeping Computer) SonicWall urges admins to disable SSLVPN amid rising attacks (Bleeping Computer) Antivirus vendors fail to spot persistent, nasty, stealthy Linux backdoor (The Register) Nvidia Triton Vulnerabilities Pose Big Risk to AI Models (SecurityWeek) Discord CDN Link Abused to Deliver RAT Disguised as OneDrive File (Hackread) Crypto ATMs fueling criminal activity, Treasury warns (The Record) AI company Perplexity is sneaking to get around blocks on crawlers, Cloudflare alleges (CyberScoop) Python-powered malware grabs 200K passwords, credit cards (The Register) Thai hospital fined 1.2 million baht for data breach via snack bags (DataBreaches.Net) Audience Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. 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.
0:09.7	And now a word from our sponsor, Threat Locker, the powerful zero-trust enterprise solution that stops ransomware in its tracks.
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0:32.6	registry keys, network resources, and other applications they truly need to function.
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0:58.1	Cisco reveals a fishing-related data breach.
1:02.1	Sonic Wall warns users to disable SSL VPN services after reports of ransomware gangs exploiting a likely zero-day.
1:06.3	Researchers uncover a stealthy Linux backdoor and new vulnerabilities
1:10.1	in NVIDIA's Triton inference server.
1:12.9	A new malware campaign targets Microsoft 365 users with fake OneDrive emails.
1:18.2	The U.S. Treasury warns of rising criminal activity involving cryptocurrency ATMs.
1:23.6	Cloudflare accuses an AI startup of using stealthy methods to bypass restrictions on web scraping.
1:30.2	A global info-stealer campaign compromises over 4,000 victims across 62 countries.
1:36.1	Marty Momgin, general manager of Ready 1 by Sempris, joins us to talk about Operation Blindspot,
1:42.4	a tabletop exercise taking place this week at Black Hat.
1:46.0	On this week's Threat Factor segment, David Moulton speaks with Nigel Hedges from Sigma Healthcare
1:50.8	about how Sissos can shift cybersecurity from a technical problem to a business priority.
1:56.7	And one hospital's data ends up in the snack aisle.
2:11.5	Music And one hospital's data ends up in the snack aisle. It's Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
2:14.7	I'm Dave Bittner, and this is your Cyberwire Intel briefing.
2:31.6	Thanks for joining us here today. It's great to have you with us. Cisco has revealed that attackers stole user profile data from Cisco.com via a voice fishing scam targeting an employee. The breach, discovered on July 24th, involved unauthorized access to a third-party cloud CRM system. Exposed data includes names,
2:54.9	organization details, contact info, Cisco user IDs, and account metadata. Cisco emphasized that
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