Risky Bulletin: Cyberattack disrupts Minnesota water utilities
Summary
This Risky Bulletin covers a cyberattack disrupting Minnesota water utilities and a US healthcare provider, alongside Denmark’s backup banking system test. It details arrests of North Korean bank hackers and Hong Kong SMS blasters, plus legal actions against Bahrain for spyware use and Apple over malicious apps. The episode also highlights new Chinese cyber contractors, critical zero-day patches for Arista and JetBrains, and the formation of the OpenSecure AI Alliance to bolster defense tools.
Topics discussed
Intro: Minnesota water, Denmark banking, North Korea hackers
Cyber attacks disrupt US water and healthcare systems
Denmark tests backup banking system for cyber resilience
US Senator urges phase-out of insecure VPN devices
UK court rules Bahrain must face spyware lawsuit
North Korea arrests veterans for bank hacking
Arrests for SMS blasting and smishing scams
Ariana Grande sues hackers; Apple sued over malicious app
New Chinese cyber contractor identified for APT groups
Binance policy changes hinder law enforcement data requests
New botnet infects 200k IoT devices for DDoS
Zero-days in Arista, TeamCity, and JFrog patched
Microsoft AI model and OpenSecure AI Alliance launch
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