Cybersecurity Headlines

UK's state investments agency suffers data breach
CISA tells utilities to remove internet-exposed PLCs following Minnesota attacks
Anthropic says its AI hacked real-world companies in three incidents
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This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Janet Heins, CISO, ChenMed, and Derek Fisher, Director of the Cyber Defense and Information Assurance Program, Temple University.
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A finance worker joined a video call with their CFO and wired $25 million to attackers.

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Semiconductor firm Analog Devices discloses data breach
Copilot for Word POC copies hidden prompts into new documents
Microsoft Teams vishing attacks lead to Chaos ransomware attacks
Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-analog-devices-breach-copilot-ai-worm-teams-ransomware-vishing/
Huge thanks to our sponsor, Pindrop

A finance worker joined a video call with their CFO and wired $25 million to attackers.
 
This isn't fiction—it happened. Deepfake video. AI voice. Completely convincing.
 
It could be happening in your meetings right now. Pindrop Pulse for Meetings can detect deepfake impersonation before the damage is done. Go to pindrop.com and start verifying.

OpenAI agent's escape reaches a Modal customer
Hackers hit Minnesota water systems
Fake Russian companies, real stolen money
Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-openai-agent-reaches-modal-minnesota-water-systems-hacked-fake-russian-companies-steal-real-money/
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Thousands of server BMCs leak password hashes
Claude finds flaws in encryption
Google gives old threat actors new names
Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-leaky-bmcs-claude-finds-encryption-flaws-googles-new-names/ 
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