The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

Articles mentioned in this podcast: 1) https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/10/08/ransomware-fixer-claimed-he-could-decrypt-files-allegedly-defrauded-clients-instead/5301831 2) https://cyberscoop.com/fbi-french-authorities-seize-deepfake-csam-websites/ 3) https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/outstreaming-taylor-swift-is-easy-with-10k-bots-and-ai-songs-fraudster-admits/ 4) https://www.wired.com/story/kernel-panic-old-timey-credit-card-scams/ 5) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/asos-links-data-breach-to-social-engineering-attack-credential-theft/ 6) https://www.ransomware.live/

Articles mentioned in this episode: 1) https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/dutch-police-arrest-24-year-old.html 2) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-tells-shinyhunters-members-to-turn-themselves-in-after-recent-arrest/ 3) https://cybernews.com/security/pentagon-dmdc-data-breach-3-million-affected/ 4) https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/30/air-force-members-sentenced-bec-phishing/ 5) https://securityaffairs.com/200090/intelligence/oxygen-forensics-a-russian-run-forensics-firm-spent-a-decade-inside-european-police-departments.html 6) https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/09/your-cars-app-could-be-telling-big-tech-who-you-are-and-where-you-go Questions/thoughts/comments to [email protected]

Articles mentioned in this episode: 1) https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/09/25/shinyhunters-tells-the-reg-we-hacked-the-fbi-to-protect-our-business/5299250 2) https://cyberscoop.com/cameron-wagenius-att-snowflake-attacks-sentenced/ 3) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bitget-resumes-bitcoin-withdrawals-after-3875-million-crypto-heist/ 4) https://www.scworld.com/news/was-the-australia-health-portal-incident-a-misconfiguration-error 5) https://securityaffairs.com/199815/ai/openai-agents-accessed-us-government-websites-without-authorization.html Questions/Thoughts/Comments to [email protected]

Articles mentioned in this podcast: 1) https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-guidance-cyber-decoys-critical-infrastructure/ 2) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-use-sparrowocky-malware-in-govt-espionage-attacks/ 3) https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/17/fbi-nightmarestresser-ddos-for-hire-service-seized/ 4) https://securityaffairs.com/199104/apt/one-exploit-chain-two-espionage-campaigns-chrome-and-windows-under-fire.html 5) https://cisomag.com/from-awareness-to-relevance-rethinking-how-we-teach-cybersecurity/ 6) https://www.ransomware.live/ Thoughts/questions/comments to [email protected]

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