Making cybercrime more difficult.

The FBI lays out its new Cyber Strategy. CISA plans a federal cyber overhaul. Anthropic discloses another unauthorized AI intrusion. Treasury sanctions a Chinese-language cybercrime marketplace. Another Microsoft Defender zero-day emerges. Gigabud banking malware gets stealthier. Chinese espionage groups deploy the BlueMoon exploit kit. Lawmakers target hack-for-hire firms. A U.S. designation forces an Italian technology collective to shut down. Ben Yelin discusses how private AI chatbot conversations are increasingly being used as evidence in court cases. When proofs meet prompts. 

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Dave Bittner sits down with Caveat cohost and University of Maryland Center for Cyber, Health, and Hazard Strategies expert Ben Yelin to discuss how private AI chatbot conversations are increasingly being used as evidence in criminal and civil court cases, raising new questions about privacy, legal protections, and what users should expect from their supposedly private AI interactions.

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Selected Reading

FBI Publishes First-Ever Cyber Strategy, With Focus on Disrupting Threat Actors (Infosecurity Magazine)

CISA Unveils Plan for Follow-On Integrated Cyber Assessment Support Contract (GovCon Wire)

Widened Scan Turns Up Fourth Rogue Claude Cyber Incident (SecurityWeek)

US sanctions Xinbi Guarantee over cyber scams and money laundering (Metacurity)

New 'ShieldCrash' Zero-Day Exploit Targets Microsoft Defender (SecurityWeek)