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Episode Synopsis
March 5th, 2025 Security Briefing with IANS Faculty Jake Williams and Wolfgang GoerlichThis Episode Details: U.S. Pauses Offensive Cyber Ops Against Moscow - The United States has suspended its offensive cyber activities targeting Russia. This decision, authorized by U.S. Defense Secretary, aims to encourage Moscow to engage in negotiations to end the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.DPRK Behind the $1.5B Bybit Heist - The FBI confirmed that the North Korean Lazarus Group (also known as TraderTraitor) was responsible for the recent theft of approximately $1.5 billion in virtual assets from the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit.Copilot Exposes Private GitHub Pages - The AI security firm Lasso has identified GitHub Copilot, an AI coding assistant, was inadvertently exposing private GitHub Pages. So called “zombie repositories" (repositories that were once public and are now private) were retrievable using specific Copilot prompts.With IANS Research, get security expertise at speed. IANS Research is a clear-headed resource for decision making and articulating risk, providing experience-based security insights for Chief Information Security Officers and their teams.Any views or opinions presented in this document are solely those of the Faculty and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of IANS. Although reasonable efforts will be made to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the information contained in our written reports, no liability can be accepted by IANS or our Faculty members for the results of any actions taken by the client in connection with such information, opinions, or advice.
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