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Fortinet patches a critical flaw in its FortiWeb web application firewall. Hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in Wing FTP Server. U.S. Cyber Command’s fiscal 2026 budget includes a new AI project. Czechia’s cybersecurity agency has issued a formal warning about Chinese AI company DeepSeek. The DoNot APT group targets Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mexico’s former president is under investigation for alleged bribes to secure spyware contracts. The FBI seizes a major Nintendo Switch piracy site. CISA releases 13 ICS advisories. A retired US Army lieutenant colonel pleads guilty to oversharing classified information on a dating app. Our guest is Catherine Woneis, VP of Product at Fingerprint, to discuss how bots are being used to facilitate music royalty fraud. A federal judge is not impressed with a crypto-thief’s lack of restitution.

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CyberWire Guest

Today we are joined by Catherine Woneis, VP of Product at Fingerprint, to discuss how bots are being used to facilitate music royalty fraud and how companies can protect themselves.

Selected Reading

Critical SQL injection vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb enables unauthenticated remote code execution (Beyond Machines)

Critical Wing FTCritical Wing FTP Server Vulnerability Exploited - SecurityWeekP Server Vulnerability Exploited (SecurityWeek)

Cyber Command creates new AI program in fiscal 2026 budget (DefenseScoop)

DeepSeek a threat to national security, warns Czech cyber agency (The Record)

Indian Cyber Espionage Group Targets Italian Government (Infosecurity Magazine)

Former Mexican president investigated over allegedly taking bribes from spyware industry (The Record)

Major Nintendo Switch Piracy Website Seized By FBI (Kotaku)

CISA Releases Thirteen Industrial Control Systems Advisories (CISA)

Lovestruck US Air Force worker admits leaking secrets on dating app (The Register)

Crypto Scammer Truglia Gets 12 Years Prison, Up From 18 Months (Bloomberg)

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