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Fortinet releases an emergency update for a critical vulnerability. A major outage disrupts Russian banking apps. A new report highlights critical skills gaps. CyberCorp scholars struggle to secure jobs. Scammers use QR codes in fake traffic violation schemes. A proposed lawsuit accuses Perplexity of oversharing users’ AI transcripts. Cambodia outlaws scam centers. Scammers impersonate Harvard IT staff. With “wrench attack” threats of violence, life imitates art. Kevin Magee from Microsoft for Startups describes emerging trends. On Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson, Ann speaks with Allie Mellen about her new book "Code War: How Nations Hack, Spy, and Shape the Digital Battlefield." Users find Copilot’s terms of use highly entertaining.

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Afternoon Cyber Tea

On this segment of Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson, Ann speaks with Allie Mellen about her new book "Code War: How Nations Hack, Spy, and Shape the Digital Battlefield." You can listen to the full conversation here and catch new episodes of Afternoon Cyber Tea every other Tuesday on your favorite podcast app.

Selected Reading

New FortiClient EMS flaw exploited in attacks, emergency patch released (Bleeping Computer)

Major outage hits Russian banking apps, metro payments across regions (The Record)

SANS 2026 report flags cybersecurity skills crisis, putting critical infrastructure and OT sectors at measurable breach risk (Industrial Cyber)

CyberCorps grads consider private sector as fed hiring challenges persist (Federal News Network)

Traffic violation scams switch to QR codes in new phishing texts (Bleeping Computer)

Perplexity's "Incognito Mode" is a "sham," lawsuit says (Ars Technica)

Cambodian parliament passes landmark cybercrime law after scam centre scrutiny (Reuters)

Harvard Warns of Active Cyberattack Impersonating IT Staff and Targeting Affiliates (The Crimson)

Wealthy California crypto holders targeted in violent ‘wrench attacks’ (KTLA)

Security (xkcd)

Censys raises $70 million in a Series D round. (N2K Pro Business Briefing)  

Even Microsoft know Copilot can't be trusted (The Register)

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