Using AI to sniff out opposition.

CyberWire Daily

N2K Networks, Inc.

Daily News, Tech News, News, Technology

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Is DOGE using AI to monitor federal employees? Google’s latest Android update addresses two zero-days. Scattered Spider continues its phishing and malware campaigns. Ransomware’s grip is slipping. ToddyCat exploits a critical flaw in ESET products. Oracle privately confirms a legacy system breach. Over 5,000 Ivanti Connect Secure appliances remain exposed online to a critical remote code execution vulnerability. CISA confirms active exploitation of a critical vulnerability in CrushFTP. In our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Matt Radolec, VP of Incident Response at Varonis, on turning to gamers to to Build Resilient Cyber Teams. AI outphishes human red teams. 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 In our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Matt Radolec, VP of Incident Response, Cloud Operations & SE EU from Varonis, as he is discussing research on “From Gamer to Leader: How to Build Resilient Cyber Teams.” Catch Matt’s keynote at RSAC 2025 on April 30th. Selected Reading Exclusive: Musk's DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say (Reuters) Tariff Wars: The Technology Impact (BankInfo Security) Google Patched Android 0-Day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild (Cyber Security News) Scattered Spider adds new phishing kit, malware to its web (The Register) Ransomware Underground Faces Declining Relevance (BankInfo Security) ESET Vulnerability Exploited for Stealthy Malware Execution (SecurityWeek) Oracle Confirms that Hackers Broke Systems & Stole Client Login Credentials (Cyber Security News) Exploited Vulnerability Puts 5,000 Ivanti VPN Appliances at Risk (SecurityWeek) CISA Warns of CrushFTP Vulnerability Exploitation in the Wild (Infosecurity Magazine) AI Outsmarts Human Red Teams in Phishing Tests (GovInfo Security) 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. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to the Cyberwire Network, powered by N2K.
0:09.7	Secure access is crucial for U.S. public sector missions, ensuring that only authorized users can access certain systems,
0:22.1	networks, or data. Are your defenses ready?
0:25.2	Cisco's security service edge delivers comprehensive protection for your network and users.
0:31.1	Experience the power of zero trust and secure your workforce wherever they are.
0:36.1	Elevate your security strategy by visiting
0:38.3	Cisco.com slash go.s.
0:42.1	That's C-I-S-C-O-com
0:45.1	slash geo-slash-S-E.
0:48.1	Thank you. Is Doge using AI to monitor federal employees?
1:07.0	Google's latest Android update addresses two zero days. Scattered Spider continues its
1:12.9	fishing and malware campaigns. Ransomware's grip is slipping. Toddy Cat exploits a critical
1:18.7	flaw in ESET products. Oracle privately confirms a legacy system breach. Over 5,000 Avanti
1:25.4	Connect secure appliances remain exposed online to a critical remote code
1:29.7	execution vulnerability. Sisa confirms active exploitation of a critical vulnerability in Crush
1:35.2	FTP. In our industry voices segment, we're joined by Matt Radeleck, VP of Incident Response
1:41.3	at Veronis, on turning to gamers to build resilient cyber teams and AI outfish's
1:48.1	human red teams.
2:04.8	It's Tuesday, April 8th, 2025.
2:25.4	I'm Dave Bittner, and this is your Cyberwire Intel briefing. Thanks for joining us here today. It's great to have you with us.
2:34.5	The Trump administration's use of Elon Musk's Doge team continues to raise serious cybersecurity and transparency concerns.
2:41.7	According to a Reuters exclusive, Doge is reportedly using AI to monitor federal employee communications for perceived disloyalty to Trump or Musk, including scanning platforms like Microsoft
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from N2K Networks, Inc., and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of N2K Networks, Inc. and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.