Humans extinct: 2040, Okta, Elastic, Bad Bots, Berserk Bear, Siemens, Aaran Leyland.. – SWN #505

Doug White

1. Okta open-sources catalog of Auth0 rules for threat detection
2. Elastic rejects claims of a zero-day RCE flaw in Defend EDR
3. Russia exploited a 7-year old Cisco flaw to target critical infrastructure, FBI warns
4. CISA warns Siemens products affected by third-party privilege escalation bug
5. China cut itself off from the global internet on Wednesday
6. Password Managers Vulnerable to Data Theft via Clickjacking
7. Is this how AI might eliminate humanity?
8. Second Variety by Phillip K. Dick

   Just for fun if you want to read this one. Classic PKD. From 1953.

9. Bank forced to rehire workers after lying about chatbot productivity, union says

Aaran Leyland

1. African Authorities Arrest 1,200 People, Seize Millions, in Massive Cybercrime and Fraud Networks Bust

   INTERPOL press release: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2025/African-authorities-dismantle-massive-cybercrime-and-fraud-networks-recover-millions Kaspersky press release: https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/serengeti-20-kaspersky-supports-interpol-led-action-leading-to-over-1200-arrests?kaspr=c1n7

   BleepingComputer: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-anti-cybercrime-operation-leads-to-over-1-200-arrests-in-africa/ Hendry Adrian blog: https://www.hendryadrian.com/massive-anti-cybercrime-operation-leads-to-over-1200-arrests-in-africa/ The Hacker News: https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/interpol-arrests-1209-cybercriminals.html WRAL / AP: https://www.wral.com/story/large-interpol-cybercrime-crackdown-in-africa-leads-to-the-arrest-of-over-1-200-suspects/22127435/ Star Tribune / AP: https://www.startribune.com/large-interpol-cybercrime-crackdown-in-africa-leads-to-the-arrest-of-over-1200-suspects/601459656 Group‑IB press release: https://www.group-ib.com/media-center/press-releases/operation-serengeti-2-0/ Intelligent CIO Africa: https://www.intelligentcio.com/africa/2025/08/22/group-ib-supports-interpols-operation-serengeti-2-0-leading-to-the-arrest-of-1209-cybercriminals-across-africa/ AML Intelligence: https://www.amlintelligence.com/2025/08/news-1200-arrested-and-97m-seized-in-massive-interpol-africa-anti-fraud-crackdown/ Help Net Security: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/22/interpol-africa-cybercrime-crackdown/ AllAfrica: https://allafrica.com/stories/202508220099.html

   InfoSec Industry: https://infosecindustry.com/ The H.A.C.K.E.R. Project: https://thehackerproject.org/ Africa Legal (LinkedIn): https://gh.linkedin.com/company/legalpsg WBAL audio: https://www.wbal.com/audio

   X posts: https://x.com/P3b7/status/1958860406060888200 https://x.com/theurbanherald/status/1958856160104116608 https://x.com/TweetThreatNews/status/1958854853842592042 https://x.com/InteleModel/status/1958852294981951980 https://x.com/vxunderground/status/1958846185080320323 https://x.com/ekaspersky/status/1958842862335889863 https://x.com/Newtalics/status/1958838414968541571 https://x.com/fishpassenger/status/1958835636968001538 https://x.com/kaspersky/status/1958804992157966542

   Kickoff posts: https://x.com/UPPSentinel/status/1953026720350781541 https://x.com/INTERPOL_Cyber/status/1937764736231440560