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🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The White House unveils its plan for global AI dominance. Microsoft warns that recent SharePoint server exploitation may extend to ransomware. A phishing campaign targeting the U.S. Department of Education’s grants portal. The FBI issues a warning about “The Com” cybercriminal group. SonicWall urges users to patch a critical vulnerability. A new supply chain attack has compromised several popular NPM packages. Joe Carrigan, co-host of the Hacking Humans podcast, joins to discuss how scammers are exploiting misconfigured point-of-sale terminals. Japanese police release a free decryption tool for Phobos ransomware. AI takes the wheel and drives right off a cliff. 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 Joe Carrigan, co-host of the Hacking Humans podcast, joins to discuss how scammers are exploiting misconfigured point-of-sale terminals, highlighting severe vulnerabilities that small businesses often overlook. If you want to hear more from Joe, head over to the Hacking Humans page. Selected Reading From Tech Podcasts to Policy: Trump's New AI Plan Leans Heavily on Silicon Valley Industry Ideas (SecurityWeek) Hackers hit more than 400 organizations in Microsoft SharePoint hacks (Axios) Microsoft says some SharePoint server hackers now using ransomware (Reuters) Hackers Clone U.S. Department of Education's Grant Site in Credential Theft Campaign (TechNadu) Copilot Vision on Windows 11 sends data to Microsoft servers (The Register) FBI: Thousands of people involved in 'The Com' targeting victims with ransomware, swatting (The Record) SonicWall urges admins to patch critical RCE flaw in SMA 100 devices (Bleeping Computer) High-Value NPM Developers Compromised in New Phishing Campaign (SecurityWeek) Free decryptor for victims of Phobos ransomware released (Fortra) 'I destroyed months of your work in seconds' says AI coding tool after deleting a dev's entire database during a code freeze: 'I panicked instead of thinking' (PC Gamer) 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	CISOs and CIOs know machine identities now outnumber humans by more than 80 to 1,
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0:50.0	Thank you. The White House.
1:07.4	The White House unveils its plan for global AI dominance.
1:12.3	Microsoft warns that recent SharePoint server exploitation may extend to ransomware.
1:18.3	A fishing campaign targets the U.S. Department of Education's grants portal. The FBI issues a warning about the commas cybercriminal group. Sonic Wall urges users to patch a critical vulnerability.
1:24.3	A new supply chain attack has compromised several popular NPM packages. My Hacking Humans co-host Joe Kerrigan joins us to discuss how scammers are exploiting misconfigured point-of-sale terminals. Japanese police release a free decryption tool for the Phobos ransomware, and AI takes the wheel and drives right off a cliff.
2:00.0	It's Thursday, July 24th, 2025.
2:03.3	I'm Dave Bittner, and this is your Cyberwire Intel briefing.
2:21.7	Thanks for joining us here today.
2:23.8	It's great as always to have you with us.
2:29.9	President Donald Trump yesterday unveiled a sweeping AI action plan aimed at achieving U.S. global dominance in artificial intelligence.
2:34.2	The plan calls for slashing environmental regulations to aimed at achieving U.S. global dominance in artificial intelligence.
2:40.4	The plan calls for slashing environmental regulations to fast-track data center construction and boost exports of U.S.-made AI technologies.
2:45.1	It aligns closely with Silicon Valley venture capitalists who backed Trump's campaign.
2:50.8	Key goals include deregulation, discouraging woke AI, and requiring government contractors to use
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