The people's AI?

OpenAI considers an equity plan to share AI wealth with the public. Cisco confirms active exploitation of its unified CM platform. Researchers discover autonomous ransomware. The Vect ransomware operation partners with TeamPCP. The FortiBleed credential-harvesting campaign is linked to ransomware attacks. Veil#Drop stealthily deploys the PureLog Stealer. Scammers target small businesses with fake law enforcement emails. Apple’s Hide My Email feature…doesn’t. An alleged Scattered Spider member is extradited to the United States. Our guest is Ben Yelin, Dave's Caveat cohost, on the Supreme Court’s geofence warrants ruling. Microsoft’s quantum claims leave physicists in two states at once.

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CyberWire Guest

Today we are joined by Ben Yelin from University of Maryland Center for Cyber Health and Hazard Strategies discussing the Supreme Court ruling on geofence warrants. If you enjoyed this conversation, you can check out Ben on Caveat.

Selected Reading

OpenAI in talks to give Trump administration a 5% stake in the company, FT reports (CNN Business)

Cisco finally confirms attackers exploiting Unified CM flaw (Bleeping Computer)

Sysdig Details JADEPUFFER, the First Documented Agentic Ransomware Operation (HackRead)

Vect and TeamPCP partner for ransomware campaigns (Sophos)

FortiBleed Campaign Linked to INC, Lynx Ransomware Attacks (SecurityWeek)

VEIL#DROP: Blogspot-Hosted PowerShell Loader (Secureonix)

Fake Interpol investigation emails target small businesses with r