A TraderTraitor's guide to getting away with billions.
The FBI blames North Korea for a record-breaking crypto heist. Hackers hijack air raid alerts in Ukraine and Russia. European supermarket freezers come under attack again. Aur0ra ransomware operators put AI agents to work. Android’s SMS of Death gets a proof-of-concept exploit. Malicious Claude Code extensions infiltrate Cursor’s marketplace. Google offers a quarter-million-dollar bug bounty. ChatGPT faces a wrongful death lawsuit. Monday business briefing. Our guest is Cynthia Kaiser, SVP of Halcyon’s Ransomware Research Center and former Deputy Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, sharing how the AI cybercrime economy is open for business and booming. The secure USB drive that wasn’t. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Cynthia Kaiser, SVP of Halcyon’s Ransomware Research Center and former Deputy Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, shares how the AI cybercrime economy is open for business and booming. Selected Reading FBI Attributes Binance Heist to North Korea’s TraderTraitor (Infosecurity Magazine) Ukraine's air raid alert system hacked, Russian system targeted hours later (Kyiv Independent) News Cybercrime Recorded Future Second wave of suspected cyberattacks hits supermarket freezers across Europe (The Record) AI used in Aur0ra ransomware testing and execution (SOPHOS) New Android SMS of Death exploit can remotely crash unpatched phones (Bleeping Computer) Malicious Claude Code Extension Served in Cursor Supply Chain Attack (SecurityWeek) Google Introduces $250,000 Root-in-Cloud Bug Bounty Reward (SecurityWeek) <a href=
