The breach wasn't in the model.

A cybersecurity startup claims to have accessed sensitive internal documents at Anthropic. The Pentagon spins up covert technology programs. AI developers get a crash course in key management. A ransomware recovery executive faces federal fraud charges. Two men are accused of using AI generated phone calls to scam bank customers. Stadia RAT rises from the StealC ashes. Researchers extract sensitive information using USB power-management signals. Patching what matters…matters. Monday business briefing. Tim Starks from CyberScoop is discussing targeted ads as a security risk. Championship rings come with a catch. 

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Today we are joined by Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing targeted ads as a security risk.

Selected Reading

It took just 12 hours for an AI start-up founded by ex-DOGE staffers to break into Anthropic (Washington Post)

The Pentagon is quietly building an elite new tech sabotage agency (POLITICO)

Popular AI tool LiteLLM says unrevoked key allowed hackers to target users (The Record)

Cybersecurity CEO Indicted for Allegedly Scamming Millions From Ransomware Victims (ProPublica)

Dutch Police Arrest Two Over NFC Relay Attacks That Drained $400,000+ From Bank Accounts (SecurityWeek)

StealC Malware Returns as Stadia RAT After Operation Endgame Takedown (Hackread)

SPECTER Attack Uses USB Power Signals to Leak Data From Air-Gapped PCs (Hackread)

The Real Jump Scare Isn’t the Attacker; It’s The Vulnerabilities You’re Focusing On (Qualys)

Proofpoint to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion. (N2K Pro Business Briefing)

Knicks sent employees fake offer of championship rings in phishing test: Report (Ars Technica)

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