This week we discuss an attempted kidnapping and ransom of the parents of someone connected to a multi million dollar theft, stolen prompts and responses from Muah.ai's "companions", and how much attention should be paying low severity alerts?

Article 1 - Lamborghini Carjackers Lured by $243M Cyberheist

Article 2 - AI girlfriend site breached, user fantasies stolen

Article 3 - Have you been keeping up with your low confidence detections?

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Does the T-Mobile Consent Decree mean that the government is going to get more involved in breaches? Additionally, Kia closes a gap in it's dealership API which allowed researchers to geolocate and lock/unlock cars. Finally, we briefly discuss a new method attackers are monetizing AWS credentials... it's not pretty.

Article 1 - T-Mobile US to cough up $31.5M after that long string of security SNAFUs
Supporting Articles:
The Cost of Doing Business
T-Mobile hit with $60M fine over data security violations
T-Mobile to take $400M hit from hacking settlement
T-Mobile Consent Decree

Article 2 - Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate
Supporting Articles:
Plate to VIN
Car Companies Know When You Speed. Then They Sell That Data

Article 3 - A Single Cloud Compromise Can Feed an Army of AI Sex Bots

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Spoiler alert - Not in the way the mass media is discussing it, and it's doing a disservice to aspiring security analysts and engineers.

Supporting Articles:
Packed. Crowded. Bursting. Crammed. Glutted. Jammed. Teeming. Saturated. Chock-full. Jam-packed. Brimming. Overflowing.

Fungible Tokens

Let’s get real: there is no such thing as “gatekeeping” in cybersecurity

The ghost jobs haunting your career search

Are We Now Living in a Parasite Culture?

Is there really an information security jobs crisis?

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 279

Global cybersecurity workforce growth flatlines, stalling at 5.5M pros

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