Global Frequency - 4 May 2025
LLMs want to be free, cyber is the new cyber, and deep fakes are here to stay.
Missed seeing folks at RSA, but was excited to make new acquaintances at Off Shore Alert Miami. This week on the Global Frequency...
Researchers discover Apple Airplay vulnerability that is going to have a very long tail given deployment in home and auto devices. (Read More)
Canadian electric utility hit with cyber attack. (Read More)
M&S breach continues to have huge impact on operations. (Read More)
UK retailers in the cyber crosshairs as another large retailer suffers attack. (Read More)
Meta's celebrity AI chatbots will role play sexual encounters with minors. (Read More)
How Russia recruited prisoners to go to war. (Read More)
Interesting universal LLM bypass mode. Will likely be fixed soon. (Read More)
Compromised online brokerage accounts are being used to drive up the price of penny stocks. (Read More)
Congress progresses on bill to target deep fake and revenge porn sites. (Read More)
Russian cyberattackers take down Dutch municipal websites. (Read More)
France points to Russia as responsible for a decade's worth of cyber attacks. (Read More)
We've entered a new era of deep fake fraud. (Read More)
Sentinel One detects new Chinese cyber espionage operation. (Read More)
Future of State Department cyber bureau in flux. (Read More)
China's uses cyber competitions to advance internal capability. (Read More)
How North Korea is landing jobs with false or borrowed identities. (Read More)
Defense contractors Raytheon and Nightwing pay $8.4m over cybersecurity false claims made. (Read More)
Huione Group blacklisted over role in money laundering associated with multi-billion dollar fraud ecosystem. (Read More)
Iran's two year cyber compromise of Middle East critical infrastructure revealed. (Read More)
Tech plus human factors at Newark Air Traffic Control lead to delays and cancelled routes. (Read More)
Fact or Fiction:
"Midnight Black" by Mark Greaney is the 14th installment of the Gray Man series and takes Six deep into Russia for a quasi rogue operation. Greaney is easily in the top five of action/espionage writers of the modern era and I've been committed to this series since book one. For those looking for great summer reads, you won't find anything better than the Gray Man series and Midnight Black is no exception. (Amazon Link)
Quote of the Week:
"Disruption without memory is just noise."