The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

Articles mentioned in this episode:
1) https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/08/us-disrupts-chinese-hacking-tools-as-7-govts-warn-of-prc-spies-stealing-sensitive-data-worldwide/5302107
2) https://cyberscoop.com/openai-disrupts-russia-iran-ai-influence-operations/
3) https://cyberscoop.com/openai-disrupts-russia-iran-ai-influence-operations/
4) https://securityaffairs.com/200650/cyber-warfare-2/italys-foreign-ministry-under-cyberattack-as-embassy-sites-come-under-review.html
5) https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/data-breaches/2026/10/asos-breach-update-hackers-stole-customer-details-and-shopping-searches

Articles mentioned in this podcast:
1) https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/10/08/ransomware-fixer-claimed-he-could-decrypt-files-allegedly-defrauded-clients-instead/5301831
2) https://cyberscoop.com/fbi-french-authorities-seize-deepfake-csam-websites/
3) https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/outstreaming-taylor-swift-is-easy-with-10k-bots-and-ai-songs-fraudster-admits/
4) https://www.wired.com/story/kernel-panic-old-timey-credit-card-scams/
5) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/asos-links-data-breach-to-social-engineering-attack-credential-theft/
6) https://www.ransomware.live/

Articles mentioned in this episode:
1) https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/dutch-police-arrest-24-year-old.html
2) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-tells-shinyhunters-members-to-turn-themselves-in-after-recent-arrest/
3) https://cybernews.com/security/pentagon-dmdc-data-breach-3-million-affected/
4) https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/30/air-force-members-sentenced-bec-phishing/
5) https://securityaffairs.com/200090/intelligence/oxygen-forensics-a-russian-run-forensics-firm-spent-a-decade-inside-european-police-departments.html
6) https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/09/your-cars-app-could-be-telling-big-tech-who-you-are-and-where-you-go
Questions/thoughts/comments to darren@thecyburguy.com

Articles mentioned in this episode:
1) https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/09/25/shinyhunters-tells-the-reg-we-hacked-the-fbi-to-protect-our-business/5299250
2) https://cyberscoop.com/cameron-wagenius-att-snowflake-attacks-sentenced/
3) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bitget-resumes-bitcoin-withdrawals-after-3875-million-crypto-heist/
4) https://www.scworld.com/news/was-the-australia-health-portal-incident-a-misconfiguration-error
5) https://securityaffairs.com/199815/ai/openai-agents-accessed-us-government-websites-without-authorization.html
Questions/Thoughts/Comments to darren@thecyburguy.com

Articles mentioned in this podcast:
1) https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-guidance-cyber-decoys-critical-infrastructure/
2) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-use-sparrowocky-malware-in-govt-espionage-attacks/
3) https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/17/fbi-nightmarestresser-ddos-for-hire-service-seized/
4) https://securityaffairs.com/199104/apt/one-exploit-chain-two-espionage-campaigns-chrome-and-windows-under-fire.html
5) https://cisomag.com/from-awareness-to-relevance-rethinking-how-we-teach-cybersecurity/
6) https://www.ransomware.live/
Thoughts/questions/comments to darren@thecyburguy.com