Episode 489 of the Smashing Security podcast covers several recent incidents, linked mainly through show-note references. The headline topic is a supply-chain attack on Ledger hardware crypto wallets, with reports of backdoored devices and funds being drained. Ledger reportedly asked sellers across Asia to halt sales and published guidanc…
Hardware hacker Joe Grand found tampered Trezor Model T and Trezor One wallets sold through unauthorized third-party channels (Facebook Marketplace in Canada in 2025, and a TikTok shop in August 2026, shipped from China). The attackers replaced the microcontroller with one running malicious firmware that hands users one of about a dozen p…
This SentinelOne weekly roundup covers three developments. The FBI arrested Edward Dubrovsky, a former CYPFER executive, on conspiracy and extortion charges. Kash Patel described him as a suspected co-conspirator of ShinyHunters, though he has not been officially named as one. The FBI says the group breached more than 140 organizations an…
This weekly recap covers several concurrent incidents. ConnectWise disabled seven application identities and suspended Cloud Backup after unknown actors abused them to compromise Microsoft 365 tenants. China-nexus Armory Castle (UNC5221 / Warp Panda) exploited BeyondTrust Remote Support flaw CVE-2026-102764 (CVSS 9.3) as a zero-day in lat…