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Cloud platform Vercel confirms a data breach. Microsoft releases emergency updates to fix Windows Server restart loops. Bluesky gets DDoSed. Insurers keep close watch on an AI hiring discrimination suit. Cybersecurity workforce turnover rises. Scammers abuse Apple’s email notification system. A Scattered Spider member pleads guilty to SMS phishing and cryptocurrency theft. Monday business brief. Our guest is Melissa K. Smith, SVP, Global Strategic Partnerships and Initiatives at SentinelOne, discussing building a unified defense through strategic partnerships. A budget beacon briefly betrays a boat’s bearing. 

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Today on our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Melissa K. Smith, SVP, Global Strategic Partnerships and Initiatives at SentinelOne discussing building a unified defense through strategic partnerships. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here.

Selected Reading

Vercel confirms breach as hackers claim to be selling stolen data (Bleeping Computer)

Microsoft releases emergency updates to fix Windows Server issues (Bleeping Computer)

Bluesky Disrupted by Sophisticated DDoS Attack (SecurityWeek)

Who is liable when artificial intelligence makes mistakes? (Financial Times)

Insurance carriers quietly back away from covering AI outputs (CSO Online)

Compensation vs. Burnout: The New Retention Calculus for Cybersecurity Leaders (Security Boulevard)

Watch out, hackers are abusing Apple account notifications to distribute malware, steal money and data (TechRadar)

British Scattered Spider Hacker Pleads Guilty in the US (SecurityWeek)

Business Briefing for 04.15.26 (CyberWire Pro)

Dutch navy frigate tracked by mailing it a Bluetooth tracker (The Register)

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Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes.

Jaya Baloo, a Chief Information Security Officer from Avast sits down to share her story, sharing how she got into the technology field at a younger age with being introduced to computers and games on her PS 24. She started off going to college for political science and after not knowing what to do after that, she got her first start in cybersecurity. After falling in love with cybersecurity she kept moving up the ranks in different organizations before finding herself at Avast. She shares that at Avast she leans on her team quite a bit and you should never be afraid to bounce ideas off of your teammates. She says "The best ideas come from like bouncing ideas off of each other, sharing within the group and then if I can't figure it out myself, that's why I hire these amazing individuals it's to help me figure it out." We thank Jaya for sharing her story.
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Today we are joined by Dr. Darren Williams, Founder and CEO of BlackFog, to discuss his team's work on "Steaelite RAT Enables Double Extortion Attacks from a Single Panel." A new remote access trojan, Steaelite, is being marketed on underground forums as an all-in-one platform that combines remote access, credential theft, surveillance, and ransomware deployment through a single browser-based dashboard.

Unlike traditional cybercrime toolchains, it merges data exfiltration and ransomware capabilities into one interface, with automated credential harvesting beginning as soon as a victim is infected. The tool signals a growing shift toward streamlined “double extortion” attacks, where data theft and encryption happen within the same system—raising the stakes for defenders to stop threats before data is exfiltrated.

The research and executive brief can be found here:

Steaelite RAT Enables Double Extortion Attacks from a Single Panel

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The House extends Section 702, for now. Mythos raises fresh cyber risk concerns. CISA warns of reduced capacity. ZionSiphon targets Israeli water systems. Operation PowerOFF hits DDoS-for-hire networks. CISA flags an actively exploited ActiveMQ flaw. WordPress plugin supply chain attacks spread. China tests deep-sea cable-cutting tech. Our guest is Arvind Nithrakashyap, CTO and Co-Founder of Rubrik, discussing AI as the next frontier. Tim Starks from CyberScoop takes us Inside the FBI’s recent router takedown. A DraftKings data dealer meets his downfall. 

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Industry Voices

On today’s Industry Voices segment, we are joined by ⁠Arvind Nithrakashyap⁠, CTO and Co-Founder of ⁠Rubrik⁠, discussing AI as the next frontier. If you enjoyed this conversation, check out the full interview here. 

CyberWire Guest

Today we have ⁠Tim Starks⁠ from ⁠CyberScoop⁠ discussing Inside the FBI’s router takedown that cut off APT28’s ‘tremendous access’. 

Selected Reading

⁠House extends surveillance powers for 10 days⁠ (NPR)

⁠White House Works to Give US Agencies Anthropic Mythos AI⁠ (Bloomberg)

⁠Lawmakers Gathered Quietly to Talk About AI. Angst and Fears of ‘Destruction’ Followed⁠ (SecurityWeek)

⁠How Anthropic Discovered Mythos AI Was Too Dangerous For Release⁠ (Bloomberg)

⁠CISA Warns of 'Detrimental Capacity Impacts' Amid Shutdown⁠ (BankInfo Security)

⁠New ZionSiphon Malware Discovered Targeting Israeli Water Systems⁠ (Hackread)

⁠Europol-supported global operation targets over 75 000 users engaged in DDoS attacks⁠ (Europol)

⁠CISA flags Apache ActiveMQ flaw as actively exploited in attacks⁠ (Bleeping Computer)

⁠30+ WordPress plugins bought on Flippa and backdoored in supply chain attack⁠ (TNW)

⁠New undersea cable cutter risks Internet’s backbone⁠ (Ars Technica)

⁠Man gets 30 months for selling thousands of hacked DraftKings accounts⁠ (Bleeping Computer)

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NIST struggles with an NVD backlog. Cisco and Splunk ship critical patches. Researchers flag a systemic flaw in Anthropic’s MCP. ShinyHunters leak 13.5 million McGraw Hill accounts. Cargo theft goes cyber. A Tennessee hospital breach hits 337,000 patients. Two Americans are sentenced in a North Korean fake-IT-worker scheme. Our guest is Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker, describing security gaps addressed by zero trust. OpenAI lets security teams take off the training wheels. 

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CyberWire Guest

On today’s Industry Voices segment we are joined by Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker, security gaps addressed by zero trust. If you enjoyed this conversation check out the full interview here.

Selected Reading

NIST Drops NVD Enrichment for Pre-March 2026 Vulnerabilities (Infosecurity Magazine)

Cisco says critical Webex Services flaw requires customer action (Bleeping Computer)

Splunk Enterprise Update Patches Code Execution Vulnerability (SecurityWeek)

Systemic Flaw in MCP Protocol Could Expose 150 Million Downloads (Infosecurity Magazine)

Data breach at edtech giant McGraw Hill affects 13.5 million accounts (Bleeping Computer)

Freight Hacker Wields Code-Signing Service to Evade Defenses (GovInfo Security)

Data Breach at Tennessee Hospital Affects 337,000 (SecurityWeek)

US nationals behind DPRK IT worker 'laptop farm' sent to prison (Bleeping Computer)

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 Cyber And It's Built Specifically for Defenders (TechGlow)

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