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Cyberwar shadows the US Israel attack on Iran. Hackers hijack Pakistani news broadcasts. President Trump orders all federal agencies to stop using AI technology from Anthropic. The Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act clears a hurdle. A new RAT streamlines double extortion attacks against Windows systems. CISA updates warnings on a zero-day targeting Ivanti Connect Secure devices. A North Korea-linked group targets air-gapped systems. Monday business breakdown. On our Afternoon Cyber Tea segment from Microsoft Security, host Ann Johnson speaks with Rob Suárez, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, about cybersecurity in healthcare. Tim Starks from CyberScoop has the latest goings on at CISA. Microsoft says the slop stops here. 

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CyberWire Guest

Today we are joined by Tim Starks from CyberScoop as he is discussing ongoing challenges at CISA. If you are interested in this topic, you can learn more here.

Afternoon Cyber Tea

On our Afternoon Cyber Tea segment from Microsoft Security, host Ann Johnson speaks with Rob Suárez, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, about cybersecurity in healthcare. You can hear the full conversation here, and catch new episodes of Afternoon Cyber Tea every other Tuesday on your favorite podcast app.

Selected Reading

US-Israel and Iran Trade Cyberattacks: Pro-West Hacks Cause Disruption as Tehran Retaliates (SecurityWeek)

Western Cybersecurity Experts Brace for Iranian Reprisal (BankInfo Security)

Pakistan’s Top News Channels Hacked and Hijacked With Anti-Military Messages (Hackread)

Anthropic confirms Claude is down in a worldwide outage (Bleeping Computer)

Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff (New York Times)

OpenAI Will Deploy AI in US Military Classified Networks (GovInfo Security)

Senate Health Cyber Bill Clears Committee Hurdle (GovInfo Security)

Double whammy: Steaelite RAT bundles data theft, ransomware (The Register)

CISA warns that RESURGE malware can be dormant on Ivanti devices (Bleeping Computer)

North Korean APT Targets Air-Gapped Systems in Recent Campaign (SecurityWeek)

Astelia secures $35 million in combined seed and Series A funding. (N2K Pro Business Briefing)

Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash (Windows Latest)

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