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The episode discusses various cyber threats including Android malware, North Korean hacking tactics, a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe PDF, and a major FBI phishing takedown.

Android Mirax RAT, North Korea's Friend-Request Hacks, Adobe PDF Zero-Day, and FBI Phishing Takedown | Cybersecurity Today David Shipley covers multiple trust-based cyber threats: Mirax Android malware pushed via Meta ads posing as free streaming apps, functioning as a remote access trojan and turning infected phones into residential proxies, amid reports of widespread scam advertising on Meta platforms. Researchers link a North Korean APT37 campaign to Facebook friend requests that shift to Messenger and Telegram before delivering a tampered PDF viewer that installs Rock Rat and exfiltrates data via Zoho WorkDrive. Adobe issues an emergency patch for an Acrobat/Reader zero-day where opening a PDF can expose files, seen targeting oil and gas with Russian-language lures. The FBI and Indonesian authorities dismantle the Wall phishing marketplace designed to bypass MFA via session-cookie theft, as similar services quickly rebound. The FBI reports Americans lost nearly $21B to cybercrime in 2025, driven by investment and crypto fraud, with growing AI-enabled scams. 00:00 Headlines And Sponsor 00:57 Mirax Android Proxy Malware 02:47 Meta Scam Ad Machine 05:01 North Korea Friend…

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Host: David Shipley

Topics covered

• Android Mirax RAT
• North Korea's Friend-Request Hacks
• Adobe PDF Zero-Day
• FBI Phishing Takedown

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• malware
• phishing
• North Korea
• Adobe
• FBI

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Mentioned in this episode

Products: Mirax Android, Meta, APT37, Messenger, Telegram, Rock Rat, Zoho WorkDrive, Acrobat/Reader, Acrobat Zero Day Patch, Mirax Android malware

Places: North Korea's, North Korea

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