Signals, scams, and a Salesforce snatch.

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🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Russian hackers target Signal and WhatsApp. Permit scammers impersonate local officials. Anthropic sues over a Pentagon blacklist. The White House moves to restore fraud victims. ShinyHunters target Salesforce data. Ericsson reports a breach. macOS users face ClickFix malware. AWS credentials are phished. And CISA warns of an exploited Ivanti flaw. Our guest is Brian Baskin, Threat Researcher at Sublime Security, discussing tax season employee impersonation scams. Who fact-checks the fact-checkers? 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 Our guest today is Brian Baskin, Threat Researcher at Sublime Security, discussing how tax season employee impersonation scams are conducted and what to look out for as we prepare our returns. Selected Reading Russia targets Signal and WhatsApp accounts in cyber campaign (AIVD) FBI warns of phishing attacks impersonating US city, county officials (Bleeping Computer) Anthropic sues Trump administration over Pentagon blacklist (CNBC) White House floats Victims Restoration Program for millions affected by cyber fraud (The Record) CybercrimeHundreds of Salesforce Customers Allegedly Targeted in New Data Theft Campaign (SecurityWeek) Ericsson US discloses data breach after service provider hack (Bleeping Computer) Fake CleanMyMac Site Uses ClickFix Trick to Install SHub Stealer on macOS (Hackread) Behind the console: Active phishing campaign targeting AWS console credentials (Datadog Security Labs) CISA: Recently patched Ivanti EPM flaw now actively exploited (Bleeping Computer) AI fake-news detectors may look accurate but fail in real use, study finds (Tech Xplore) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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.
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0:43.4	See how your organization can prepare today at boozallin.com slash commercial. Russian hackers target signal and WhatsApp, permit scammers impersonate local officials,
1:12.6	anthropic sues over a Pentagon blacklist. The White House moves to restore fraud victims. Shiny hunters target Salesforce data.
1:19.6	Erickson reports a breach. MacOS users face click-fix malware. AWS credentials are fished. Cicill
1:26.7	warns of an exploited of antiflo.
1:28.9	Our guest is Brian Baskin,
1:30.6	threat researcher at Sublime Security,
1:33.1	discussing tax season employee impersonation scams.
1:36.6	And who fact-checks the fact-checkers?
1:39.3	The fact-checkers. It's Tuesday, March 10th, 2020s.
1:54.4	I'm Dave Bittner, and this is your Cyberwire Intel briefing.
2:00.0	Thank you. Intel briefing.
2:14.4	Thanks for joining us here today. It's great as always to have you with us.
2:17.5	Russian state hackers are conducting a global cyber campaign aimed at gaining access to
2:23.3	signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging to government officials, military personnel and other
2:28.9	individuals of interest. Dutch intelligence services MIVD and AIVD confirmed that Dutch government employees
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