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Stargazer Goblin hosts malicious code repositories on GitHub. Crowdstrike blames buggy validations checks for last week\u2019s major incident. The Breachforums database reveals threat actor OPSEC. Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) was found vulnerable to downgrade attacks. A medical center in the U.S. Virgin Islands is hit with ransomware. Interisle analyzes the phishing landscape. The FTC orders eight companies to explain algorithmic pricing. Meta cracks down on the Nigerian Yahoo Boys. A fake IT worker gets caught in the act. My conversation with Nic Fillingham and Wendy Zenone, co-hosts of Microsoft Security's "The Bluehat Podcast.\u201d Researchers wonder if proving you\u2019re human proves profitable for Google.\xa0\nMiss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you\u2019ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn.\n\nCyberWire Guest\nNic Fillingham and Wendy Zenone, co-hosts of Microsoft Security's "The Bluehat Podcast," talking about what to expect on Bluehat on the N2K media network. You can catch the podcast every other Wednesday. Their latest episode launching today can be found here.\xa0\n\nSelected Reading\nA Hacker \u2018Ghost\u2019 Network Is Quietly Spreading Malware on GitHub (WIRED)\nCrowdStrike blames test software for taking down 8.5 million Windows machines (The Verge)\nBreachForums v1 database leak is an OPSEC test for hackers (Bleeping Computer)\nGoodbye? Attackers Can Bypass 'Windows Hello' Strong Authentication (Dark Reading)\nSchneider Regional Medical Center hit by ransomware attack (Beyond Machines)\nNew phishing report names and shames TLDs, registrars (The Verge)\nFTC Issues Orders to Eight Companies Seeking Information on Surveillance Pricing (FTC)\nMeta bans 63,000 accounts belonging to Nigeria\u2019s sextortionist Yahoo Boys (The Record)\nHow a North Korean Fake IT Worker Tried to Infiltrate Us (KnowBe4)\nForget security \u2013 Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit (The Register)\xa0\n\nShare your feedback.\nWe 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.\xa0\n\nWant to hear your company in the show?\nYou too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here\u2019s our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info.\nThe CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. \xa9 N2K Networks, Inc.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices