Pentagon hits fast-forward on software certs.

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🗓️ 25 April 2025

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The Defense Department is launching a new fast-track software approval process. A popular employee monitoring tool exposes over 21 million real-time screenshots. The U.S. opens a criminal antitrust investigation into router maker TP-Link. A pair of health data breaches affect over six million people. South Korea’s SK Telecom confirms a cyberattack. A critical zero-day puts thousands of SAP applications at potential risk. Researchers raise concerns over AI agents performing unauthorized actions. “Policy Puppetry” can break the safety guardrails of all major generative AI models. New research tallies the high costs of data breaches. A preview of the RSAC Innovation Sandbox with Cecilia Marinier, Vice President at RSAC, and David Chen, Head of Global Technology Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley. Stocking hard drives full of human knowledge, just in case. 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 Cecilia Marinier, Vice President at RSAC, and David Chen, Head of Global Technology Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley, sit down with Dave to discuss the Innovation Sandbox Contest 2025. Selected Reading Acting Pentagon CIO Signing Off on New, Faster Cyber Rules for Contractors (airandspaceforces) Top employee monitoring app leaks 21 million screenshots on thousands of users (TechRadar) Router Maker TP-Link Faces US Criminal Antitrust Investigation (bloomberg) Yale New Haven Health Notifying 5.5 Million of March Hack (bankinfosecurity) Frederick Health data breach impacts nearly 1 million patients (BleepingComputer) Hackers access sensitive SIM card data at South Korea's largest telecoms company (bitdefender) SAP Zero-Day Possibly Exploited by Initial Access Broker (SecurityWeek) Chrome Extension Uses AI Engine to Act Without User Input (Infosecurity Magazine) All Major Gen-AI Models Vulnerable to 'Policy Puppetry' Prompt Injection Attack (SecurityWeek) US Data Breach Lawsuits Total $155M Amid Cybersecurity Failures (Infosecurity Magazine) Sales of Hard Drives for the End of the World Boom Under Trump (404media) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.3	The Defense Department is launching a new fast-track software approval process.
1:13.9	A popular employee monitoring tool exposes over 21 million real-time screenshots.
1:19.7	The U.S. opens a criminal antitrust investigation into router maker TPLink.
1:24.4	A pair of health data breaches affect over 6 million people. South Korea's
1:28.7	SK Telecom confirms a cyber attack. A critical zero-day puts thousands of SAP applications at potential
1:35.4	risk. Researchers raise concerns over AI agents performing unauthorized actions. Policy puppetry
1:42.5	can break the safety guardrails of all major generative AI models.
1:46.8	New research tallies the high costs of data breaches. A preview of the RSAC innovation sandbox with
1:53.5	Cecilia Marignet, Vice President at RSAC, and David Chen, head of Global Technology Investment Banking
1:59.9	at Morgan Stanley,
2:01.4	and stocking hard drives full of human knowledge, just in case.
2:15.7	It's Friday, April 25th, 2025.
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