The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Leadership Changes, Blackouts, Malware, and AI Safety Actions

Weekly cybersecurity roundup: notable items include X tightening restrictions on its Grok AI; the NSA appointing a new deputy director; Iran undergoing a nationwide internet blackout reducing connectivity to ~1%; Endesa disclosing a data breach exposing customer identification, contact, national ID numbers and possible payment data; discovery of the deVixor Android banking RAT that combines credential theft, device surveillance and ransomware capabilities targeting Iranian users via phishing-distributed APKs; and Microsoft’s disruption of the RedVDS cybercrime-as-a-service platform linked to an estimated $40M in U.S. fraud losses. Collectively these events highlight active malware and fraud operations, significant data exposure, and wide-reaching impacts on governance and public stability.