Silicon Valley Bank as phishbait. An “attack superhighway.” Unauthorized software in the workplace. YoroTrooper, a new cyberespionage threat actor. Hacktivists game, too. How crime pays.

Expect phishing, BEC scams, and other social engineering to use Silicon Valley Bank lures. An "attack superhighway." Unauthorized software in the workplace. A new cyberespionage group emerges. Squad up (but not IRL). Ben Yelin unpacks the FBI director’s recent admission of purchasing location data. Ann Johnson from Afternoon Cyber Tea speaks with Jason Barnett from HCA Healthcare about cyber resilience. And, not that you’d consider a life of crime, but what are the gangs paying cyber criminals, nowadays?

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