In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.

* eSentire's Threat Response Unit has observed FakeBat loader being distributed via FakeUpdates, ultimately leading to a LummaC2 infection via a custom-written PaykRunPE provided by the FakeBat Threat Actors.

* CISA is investigating a breach at business intelligence company Sisense and urged all Sisense customers to reset any credentials and secrets that may have been shared with the company.

* CISA has confirmed that Russian government-backed hackers stole emails from several U.S. federal agencies as a result of an ongoing cyberattack at Microsoft.

* Volexity identified a zero-day exploitation of a vulnerability found within the GlobalProtect feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS at one of its network security monitoring customers.