Cloudy with a chance of outages.

A Google Cloud outage disrupts UK banks. DHS bans DeepSeek. Shape-shifting ransomware targets Macs. Bank of America hires an army to patch AI-discovered flaws. Canada looks to bypass the U.S. with a transatlantic cable. A contractor breach exposes California student data. Cybersecurity hiring slumps, but AI skills are booming. Researchers expose the Silent Ransom Group’s playbook. A suspected Qilin ransomware operator takes a vacation straight into custody. Our guest is Roman Arutyunov, Co-Founder of Xage Security, discussing the next era of Zero Trust. A hotel phishing scheme gets a chilly reception. 

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CyberWire Guest

Today on our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Roman Arutyunov, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Xage Security, discussing the next era of Zero Trust is about actions, not just access. If you enjoyed this conversation, check out the full interview here.

Selected Reading

Google Cloud services down in UK; banks, public sector report issues (Reuters)

US banning Chinese AI DeepSeek from government agency IT systems (Reuters)

Heartbreaker 💔 (Objective-See)

Bank of America hired 1,000 contractors to patch software flaws exposed by Anthropic's Mythos (CNBC)

Norwegian undersea cable builder pitches 2,800-mile transatlantic data link between Canada and Europe to bypass the US — Canadian majority partner sought to help fund and build new $620 million fiber connection to reduce reliance on American routes (Tom's Hardware)

One Compromised Login Exposed Millions of California Students' Records (SecurityWeek)