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For years, space cybersecurity has been a long sought after goal, but due to operational constraints, it was largely unfeasible.

In this week’s episode, host Maria Varmazis sits down with journalist Shaun Waterman to discuss his recent article “The Newest Space Race is Cyber.” As space has increasingly become a critical infrastructure component, industry leaders and security agencies alike have begun to launch new initiatives to improve capabilities both on the ground and in orbit.

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The Newest Space Race is Cyber.


DHS Wants Satellite Volunteers to Test New Cyber Tools.


Five Teams of Hackers will Compete to Breach US Satellite in Space.

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In large enterprise software companies, vulnerability management teams are facing unprecedented speed and scale as AI accelerates both discovery and exploitation of security issues. In this episode of CyberWire-X, N2K’s Dave Bittner is joined by Adobe’s Daniel Ventura, Senior Manager of the Vulnerability Operations Center, and Sangeeta Arora, Director of Vulnerability Management, to discuss how Adobe is evolving its vulnerability management strategy to keep pace with AI-driven threats. They share real world insights on prioritization, crossteam partnership, and how modern programs can balance speed with meaningful risk reduction.
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Martin Zugec, Technical Solutions Director at Bitdefender, discussing their work on "FamousSparrow APT Targets Azerbaijani Oil and Gas Industry." Bitdefender researchers uncovered a sustained cyber espionage campaign by the China-linked FamousSparrow group targeting an Azerbaijani oil and gas company, highlighting the growing focus on critical energy infrastructure in the South Caucasus. The attackers repeatedly exploited the same vulnerable Microsoft Exchange server over multiple months, deploying evolving versions of Deed RAT and Terndoor malware through sophisticated DLL sideloading techniques designed to evade detection and maintain persistence. The operation underscores FamousSparrow's adaptability and persistence, demonstrating how advanced threat actors continually refine their tooling and return to compromised environments until vulnerabilities are fully remediated and access is cut off.

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FamousSparrow APT Targets Azerbaijani Oil and Gas Industry

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CISA directs agencies to “patch smarter, not harder.” The House fails to extend FISA. Europol pulls over AudiA6. GitHub announces npm security updates. Anthropic rejects Fable 5 jailbreak claims. CISA gives feds three days to patch a critical Ivanti Sentry vulnerability. Google confirms ShinyHunters exploited a critical Oracle PeopleSoft vulnerability. FancyBear shifts part of its infrastructure to compromised edge devices. Pundits push for CyberCorps scholarship budgets. Our guest is Dr. Renée Burton, VP of Threat Intelligence at Infoblox, to discuss scams targeting the World Cup. Amazon drivers sweat through a software update. 

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CyberWire Guest

Today we are joined by Dr. Renée Burton, VP of Threat Intelligence at Infoblox, to discuss the World Cup and fans possibly getting caught out if they use SuperBox to view it.

Selected Reading

CISA directive orders agencies to prioritize vulnerability patching in a new way (CyberScoop)

House votes against extending controversial wiretapping law set to lapse Friday (The Washington Post)

Ransomware gangs cut off from EUR 336 million ‘AudiA6’ crypto laundering pipeline - Europol analysis links the criminal service to over 15 international cybercrime investigations (Europol)

GitHub to Update npm to Thwart Software Supply Chain Attacks (Infosecurity Magazine)

Anthropic Disputes Fable 5 AI Jailbreak (SecurityWeek)

CISA orders feds to patch actively exploited Ivanti flaw by Sunday (Bleeping Computer)

Google Confirms Exploitation of Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day by ShinyHunters (SecurityWeek)

GRU-Linked APT28 Uses MooBot Botnet and Compromised EdgeRouters for Cyber Operations (GB Hackers)

CyberCorps is adapting to AI. The budget isn't keeping up. (CyberScoop)

Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat (404 Media)

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Google faces liability for AI-generated claims. Washington pauses public AI model assessments. Anthropic ships a safer AI model. OpenAI disrupts influence operations. Ransomware operators get a powerful new backdoor. Urgent patches land for Ivanti and Veeam. PyPI supply chain attacks evolve. And a massive data breach triggers a record fine in South Korea. Our guest is Peter Barker, Chief Product Officer at Ping Identity, sharing how identity increasingly becomes the control plane for how work gets done. AI analyzes the FIFA World cup, one cliché at a time. 

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CyberWire Guest

On today’s Industry Voices, we are joined by Peter Barker, Chief Product Officer at Ping Identity, sharing how identity increasingly becomes the control plane for how work gets done across humans, automation, and AI agents. You can read more from Ping Identity here. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here.

Selected Reading

Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers (The Decoder)

White House Reins In AI-Testing Unit as National-Security Concerns Grow (Wall Street Journal)

Anthropic Releases ‘Safe’ Version of Its Mythos A.I. Technology (The New York Times)

PRC-linked influence operations are targeting AI debates in the US (OpenAI)

Technical Analysis of MLTBackdoor (ThreatLabz)

CVE-2026-10520, CVE-2026-10523 - Multiple critical vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Sentry (Rapid7)

Mini Shai-Hulud, Miasma, and Hades Worms Target Bioinformatics and MCP Developers via Malicious PyPI Wheels (Socket)

Veeam Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability in Backup & Replication published: yesterday (Beyond Machines)

‘Amazon.com of South Korea’ Is Fined a Record $409 Million (The New York Times)

The 2026 big soccer tournament, in clichés. (Sinch)

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