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🗓️ 15 August 2024

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Microsoft urges users to patch a critical TCP/IP remote code execution vulnerability. Texas sues GM over the privacy of location and driving data. Google says Iran’s APT42 is responsible for recent phishing attacks targeting presidential campaigns. Doppelgänger struggles to sustain its operations. Sophos X-Ops examines the Mad Liberator extortion gang. Fortra researchers document a potential Blue Screen of Death vulnerability on Windows. China’s Green Cicada Network creates over 5,000 AI-controlled inauthentic X(Twitter) accounts. Kim Dotcom is being extradited to the United States. Our guest is Rui Ribeiro, CEO at JScrambler, to discuss how the extensive use of first and third-party JavaScript is a blessing and a curse. Wireless shifting can really grind your gears. 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 Today’s guest Rui Ribeiro, JScrambler's CEO, joins us to discuss how the extensive use of first and third-party JavaScript is both a blessing and a curse. Selected Reading Zero-click Windows TCP/IP RCE impacts all systems with IPv6 enabled, patch now (Bleeping Computer) Texas sues General Motors over car data tracking (POLITICO) Google: Iranian Group APT42 Behind Trump, Biden Hack Attempts (Security Boulevard) Doppelgänger operation rushes to secure itself amid ongoing detections, German agency says (The Record) Palo Alto Networks Patches Unauthenticated Command Execution Flaw in Cortex XSOAR (SecurityWeek) A new extortion crew, Mad Liberator, emerges on the scene (The Register) Beware, Windows users. Newly-spotted CVE-2024-6768 vulnerability can cause blue screen (MSPoweruser) CyberCX Unmasks China-linked AI Disinformation Capability on X (Cyber CX) Kim Dotcom is being Megauploaded to the US for trial (The Verge) Want to Win a Bike Race? Hack Your Rival’s Wireless Shifters (WIRED) 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

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1:05.6	supporter of this podcast. Microsoft urges users to patch a critical TCPIP remote code execution vulnerability, Texas sues GM
1:26.2	over the privacy of location and driving data.
1:29.2	Google says Iran's APT 42 is responsible for recent fishing attacks targeting presidential campaigns.
1:36.0	Doppelganger struggles to sustain its operations.
1:39.4	Sofos Exops examines the Mad Liberator extortion gang.
1:43.4	Portra researchers document a potential blue screen of death vulnerability on Windows.
1:48.4	China's green cakeda network creates over 5,000 AI-controlled inauthentic ex-twitter accounts.
1:55.1	Kim.com is being extradited to the United States.
1:58.9	Our guest is Rui Rubiero, CEO at J Scramrambler to discuss how the extensive use of first and
2:05.1	third-party JavaScript is a blessing and a curse, and wireless shifting can really
2:10.8	grind your gears.
2:13.0	It's Thursday, August 15,
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