North Korea’s covert coders caught.

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🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The Feds shut down a covert North Korean IT operation. Google releases an emergency update to fix a new Chrome zero-day. A major U.S. trade show and event marketing firm suffers a data breach. NetScaler patches a pair of critical vulnerabilities. A sophisticated cyber attack targets The Hague. An Iran-linked hacking group threatens to release emails allegedly stolen from aides to President Trump. A ransomware attack exposes sensitive data linked to multiple Swiss federal government offices. The U.S. Treasury Department faces scrutiny after a string of cyberattacks. The FBI’s phone security tips draw fire from Senator Wyden. Tim Starks from CyberScoop describes how ubiquitous surveillance turned deadly. AI proves its pentesting prowess. 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 today by Tim Starks, Senior Reporter from CyberScoop, discussing his story "Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report." Selected Reading US government takes down major North Korean 'remote IT workers' operation (TechCrunch) Google fixes fourth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2025 (Bleeping Computer) NetScaler Critical Security Updates for CVE-2025-6543 and CVE-2025-5777 (NetScaler) International Criminal Court hit with cyber security attack (AP News) Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump aides' emails (Reuters) Swiss government data compromised in ransomware attack on health foundation Radix (Beyond Machines) Trade show management firm Nth Degree hit by data breach, exposing sensitive data (Beyond Machines) A Trio of US Treasury Hacks Exposes a Pattern Making Banks Nervous (Bloomberg) Senator Chides FBI for Weak Advice on Mobile Security (Krebs on Security) The top red teamer in the US is an AI bot (CSO Online) 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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0:42.3	The feds shut down a covert North Korean IT operation.
1:00.5	Google releases an emergency update to fix a new Chrome Zero Day.
1:04.4	A major U.S. trade show and event marketing firm suffers a data breach.
1:08.6	Net scaler patches a pair of critical vulnerabilities. A sophisticated
1:12.2	cyber attack targets the Hague. An Iran-linked hacking group threatens to release emails allegedly
1:17.7	stolen from AIDS to President Trump. A ransomware attack exposes sensitive data linked to multiple
1:23.5	Swiss federal government agencies. The U.S. Treasury Department faces scrutiny after a string of cyber attacks.
1:30.1	The FBI's phone security tips draw fire from Senator Wyden.
1:34.3	Tim Starks from CyberScoop describes how ubiquitous surveillance turned deadly.
1:39.0	And AI proves its pen-testing prowess.
1:53.4	The proves its pen testing prowess. It's Tuesday, July 1st, 2025.
1:56.0	I'm Dave Bittner, and this is your Cyberwire Intel briefing.
2:11.6	Thank you. Dave Bittner and this is your Cyberwire Intel briefing. Thanks for joining us. It is great to have you with us today. It seems impossible that it is already July 1st, but here we are.
2:21.1	The U.S. Department of Justice announced enforcement actions targeting North Korea's covert
2:26.0	IT operations that fund its nuclear program. Authorities arrested Xinjiang Danny Wang, a U.S. citizen,
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