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🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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UnitedHealth’s CEO testimony before congress reveals details of the massive data breach. Major US mobile carriers are hit with hefty fines for sharing customer data. Muddling Meerkat manipulates DNS. A report from Sophos says ransomware payments skyrocketed this past year. The DOE addresses risks and benefits of AI. LightSpy malware targets macOS. A crucial Kansas City weather and traffic system is disabled by a cyberattack. A Canadian pharmacy chain shuts down temporarily following a cyberattack. Guest Kayla Williams, CISO from Devo, joins us to share CISO insights into the pressure of their roles they feel mounting on them and gives us a look into their plans for RSAC 2024. Pay attention - that AWS meter may be running. 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 Guest Kayla Williams, CISO from Devo, joins us to share CISO insights into the pressure of their roles they feel mounting on them and gives us a look into their plans for RSAC 2024. Selected Reading Change Healthcare hackers broke in using stolen credentials — and no MFA, says UHG CEO (TechCrunch) FCC Fines Carriers $200m For Selling User Location Data (Infosecurity Magazine) Muddling Meerkat hackers manipulate DNS using China’s Great Firewall (Bleeping Computer) Ransom Payments Surge by 500% to an Average of $2m (Infosecurity Magazine) US DOE rolls out initial assessment report on AI benefits and risks for critical energy infrastructure (Industrial Cyber) LightSpy malware has made a comeback, and this time it's coming after your macOS devices (ITPro) Kansas City system providing roadside weather, traffic info taken down by cyberattack (The Record) London Drugs pharmacy chain closes stores after cyberattack (Bleeping Computer) An Empty S3 Bucket Can Make Your AWS Bills Explode (GB Hackers) - kicker How an empty S3 bucket can make your AWS bill explode (Medium) 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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc.

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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. United Health's CEO testimony before Congress reveals details of the massive data breach.
0:59.0	Major U.S. mobile carriers are hit with hefty fines for sharing customer data.
1:03.7	Muddling Meir Cat manipulates DNS.
1:06.5	A report from Sophos says ransomware payments skyrocketed this past year.
1:11.0	The DOE addresses risks and benefits of AI.
1:14.0	Light spy malware targets Mac OS.
1:17.0	A crucial Kansas City weather and traffic system is disabled by a cyber attack.
1:21.0	A Canadian pharmacy change shuts down temporarily following a cyber attack.
1:26.1	Our guest Kayla Williams, chief information security officer from Devo, joins us to share
1:31.0	CISO insights into the pressure of their roles they feel mounting on them
1:35.0	and gives us a look into their plans for RSAC 2024.
1:39.0	And pay attention that AWS meter may be running. It's Tuesday, April 30th, 2024. I'm Dave Bitner and this is your cyberwire intel briefing. United Health CEO Andrew Whitty provided a detailed account of the February ransom attack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare
2:25.0	during a House Subcommittee hearing.
2:27.0	Woody explained that the attack began when hackers used stolen credentials
2:32.0	to access an unprotected Citrix portal used by Change
2:35.9	Healthcare for remote employee access to their internal network.
2:39.9	Critically, this portal did not have multi-factor authentication enabled, a security lapse that
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