Socks pulled, patches pushed.

Europol dismantles the SocksEscort proxy service. Cyber operations highlight imbalance in the war in Iran. Google rushes Chrome zero-day patches. Veeam fixes critical backup flaws. A former incident responder faces ransomware charges. Thomson Reuters staff push back on an ICE contract. Attackers abuse backup tools for data theft. CISA flags a critical n8n vulnerability. Maria Varmazis is joined by Jack R. Bialik, engineer and author, to discuss the hidden risks of a fully-digital society, and talk about his book "In Lost in Time: Our Forgotten and Vanishing Knowledge." A Phony photo fuels a phantom flight fiasco. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest N2K CyberWire’s Maria Varmazis is joined by Jack R. Bialik, engineer and author, to discuss the hidden risks of a fully-digital society, and talk about his book "In Lost in Time: Our Forgotten and Vanishing Knowledge." Selected Reading Europol and international partners disrupt ‘SocksEscort’ proxy service - Joint operation targeted malicious proxy service exploiting residential routers worldwide (Europol) War in Iran – asymmetry in cyberspace (IISS) Google fixes two new Chrome zero-days exploited in attacks (Bleeping Computer)  Veeam warns of critical flaws exposing backup servers to RCE attacks (Bleeping Computer) Former Employee of Cybersecurity Companies Charged in ALPHV (BlackCat) Ransomware Extortion Case (TechNadu) They Don’t Want Their Company’s Surveillance Tool Used by ICE (The New York Times) Data Exfiltration and Threat Actor Infrastructure Exposed (Huntress) CISA adds n8n RCE flaw to list of known exploited vulnerabilities (SC Media) Cyber National Mission Force to get new commander amid broader leadership turnover (The Record) AI Used to Promote Non-Existent Evacuation Flights From the Middle East (Bellingcat) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show.  Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc.