Balancing skepticism with practical defenses

DarkSword targets iPhones for indiscriminate exploitation. Cybercrime and the Iran war. The FBI confirms purchasing commercially available location data. The DHS secretary nominee gets grilled on CISA funding. A Zimbra Collaboration Suite vulnerability is being used in targeted espionage. A new Android malware targets sensitive data stored in user notes. AWS warns of ongoing Interlock ransomware activity. Tracking pixels grab more than they should. Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus from The FAIK Files podcast speak with Hany Farid about the real-world harms of synthetic media. Do Boomers balance breaches better? 

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CyberWire Guest

Today we are joined by Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus, hosts of The FAIK Files podcast, speaking with Hany Farid about the real-world harms of synthetic media.

Last week, the FAIK Files team sat down with Hany Farid -- digital forensics expert, professor at UC Berkeley, and co-founder of Get Real Security ( getrealsecurity.com ) -- to discuss deepfakes, authenticity metadata (C2PA), and forensic deepfake detection approaches.

And here's a link to the youtube video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSpmRb2O7Xc

Selected Reading

Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild (WIRED)

Cybercrime has skyrocketed 245% since the start of the Iran war (The Register)

CISA official says agency has not seen uptick in cyber threats amid Iran war (The Record)

FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says (POLITICO)

DHS nominee Mullin pressed on restoring CISA staffing (The Record)

CISA Adds Exploited Zimbra Collaboration Suite Flaw to Warning List (GB Hackers)

Russian hackers exploit Zimbra flaw to breach Ukrainian maritime agency (The Record)

New ‘Perseus’ Android malware checks user notes for secrets (Bleeping Computer)

AWS Warns Hackers Have Abused Cisco Firewall Zero-Day Since January (Infosecurity Magazine)

The Collection of Commercial Intelligence: TikTok & Meta Ad Pixels (Jscrambler)

Forget Millennials: why those over 65 are the real cyber security pros (The Senior)

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