AI aint misbehavin, except when it does. Also, privateers and hacktivist auxiliaries get busy.

Published: Oct. 25, 2023, 8:15 p.m.

Teaching AI to misbehave. Ransomware's effect on healthcare downtime. Two reports on the state of cybersecurity in the financial services sector. Possible connections between Hamas and Quds Force. Ukrainian cyber authorities report a rise in privateering Smokeloader attacks. Russian hacktivist auxiliaries strike Czech targets. My conversation with Sherrod DeGrippo, host of The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast. Jay Bhalodia from Microsoft Federal shares insights on multi-cloud security. And Winter Vivern exploits a mail service 0-day.\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/204\n\nSelected reading.\nAI vs. human deceit: Unravelling the new age of phishing tactics (Security Intelligence)\nRansomware attacks on US healthcare organizations cost $20.8bn in 2020 (Comparitech)\xa0\nCyberattack at 5 southwestern Ontario hospitals leaves patients awaiting care (CBC News)\xa0\nState of Security for Financial Services (Swimlane)\nVeracode Reveals Automation and Training Are Key Drivers of Software Security for Financial Services (Business Wire)\nHamas\u2019 online infrastructure reveals ties to Iran APT, researchers say (CSO Online)\xa0\nHamas Application Infrastructure Reveals Possible Overlap With TAG-63 and Iranian Threat Activity | Recorded Future (Recorded Future)\nUkraine cyber officials warn of a \u2018surge\u2019 in Smokeloader attacks on financial, government entities (Record)\xa0\nBloomberg: Russia steps up cyberattacks to disrupt Ukraine\u2019s key services (Euromaidan)\xa0\nPro-Russia group behind today\u2019s mass cyberattack against Czech institutions (Expats.cz)\nWinter Vivern exploits zero-day vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail servers (We Live Security)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices