Risky Bulletin: Hacker breaches Hungary's State Treasury
Summary
This Risky Bulletin covers a hacker breach of Hungary’s state treasury and data theft from Liechtenstein’s business register. It details Iranian cyberattacks on US water systems, Russia’s mandate for 40 pre-installed smartphone apps, and a major CoinKite crypto wallet bug. The episode also highlights an NPM worm, AI-generated fake CVEs, and new US bans on Chinese telecom equipment.
Topics discussed
Introduction and headlines overview
Hungary state treasury breach by Bite2Breach
Data breaches in Liechtenstein and Switzerland
UK investment body exposes official data
Iranian cyber attacks on US water systems
CoinKite cold card wallet vulnerability
Beacon CRM breach affecting UK charities
Russia mandates apps and bans VPNs
Chinese telcos and equipment bans in US
White House AI model evaluation framework
Chain drop worm spreads across NPM
QuickFox VPN backdoor compromise
OpenAI bans Cambodian scam centre accounts
SMS blasting arrest in Hong Kong
AI use in cybercrime and malicious links
Enable N-Central zero-day patch
AI scanner gets CVEs for hallucinated bugs
Microsoft reduces NuGet API key lifetime
Samsung bans proxy apps on smart TVs
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