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The daily cybersecurity news and analysis industry leaders depend on. Published each weekday, the program also includes interviews with a wide spectrum of experts from industry, academia, and research organizations all over the world.
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Today we are joined by Brian Hussey, SVP of Howler Cell Threat Services at Cyderes, discussing their work on "Bad Ads, Worse Binaries: Fake Claude Code Installer Drops Infostealer." Howler Cell identified an SEO poisoning campaign targeting people searching for Claude Code installation guides, using a fake Anthropic pa
Vishing attacks target hedge funds. Metabase Cloud breached by zero-day flaw. Cyberattack disrupts North Carolina Ports operations. The Chinese government has launched a security review of Palo Alto Networks products. US defense supplier breached by phishing attack. Healthcare software provider breach affected 3.8 mill
Meta’s AI models join the sandbox escape club. China’s telecom footprint in the U.S. may be larger than expected. The White House keeps its AI safety playbook under wraps. AI coding tools introduce new GitHub risks. ENISA expands its CVE role. A critical Paperclip flaw enables code execution. Crypto wallet fears fuel p
The White House lays out its AI strategy at Black Hat. Researchers spotlight rogue AI behavior. CISA warns of an actively exploited N-able flaw. TP-Link patches 15 Omada vulnerabilities. Apple fights the UK’s iCloud access order. The AI gray market expands. A Massachusetts healthcare breach hits more than 300,000 peopl
New Shai-Hulud campaign compromises popular npm packages. Easterly says small municipalities shouldn’t have to fend for themselves. Chinese threat groups accelerate exploits. Samsung bans smart TV apps with residential proxies. Hackers breach a Liechtenstein banking database. Swiss government IT agency hit in suspected
Cyberattacks hit U.S. water systems. CISA tackles open source security. China’s surveillance machine is exposed. Hotel Wi-Fi gets riskier. Healthcare and police data spill online. Fake SQLite vulnerabilities fool security databases. Monday business briefing. Our guest is Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing the White
In this special edition, guest Yan Shoshitaishvili, Associate Professor, University of Arizona, joins host Dave Bittner to share a preview of his Black Hat USA 2026 keynote "Vulnerability Research in the Agentic Age." Join Yan and Dave to hear insights on the evolution of vulnerability research, the impact of AI and
As the space ecosystem continues to expand, the sector has become increasingly filled with new suppliers, manufacturers, and operators. However, while this development has led to the introduction of new technologies, it has also greatly expanded space's cyberattack surface. In this week's episode, host Maria Varmazis s
This week, we are joined by Marcus Hutchins, Principal Threat Researcher at Expel, sharing their work on "Not very gentlemanly: Analyzing a zero-day exploit used by The Gentlemen ransomware to disable targets’ EDRs." Researchers examine how the Gentlemen ransomware group used a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability
Anthropic says Claude escaped the sandbox three times, while a judge questions the Pentagon’s blacklist. The EU launches an AI enforcement team, the FTC targets a telehealth firm’s tracking pixels, and a WordPress backdoor is stopped just in time. CareCloud discloses a major data breach, a stealthy cryptominer hides in
China embraces open AI models, then worries it’s become a national security risk. The cyberattack on Minnesota water systems proves larger than first reported. CISA updates its SBOM guidance. AI supercharges dangling DNS attacks. Researchers uncover a self-propagating Copilot worm. A critical Rails flaw demands urgent
The Senate confirms Jay Clayton to lead ODNI. A new CISA framework highlights critical infrastructure isolation capabilities. OpenAI’s rogue agent breached more than just Hugging Face. The average cost of a data breach continues to rise. Indirect prompt injection proves irresistible to cyber criminals. Broadcom patches
A senator targets legacy VPNs. Minnesota water systems come under cyberattack. A 20-year-old flaw exposes 24,000 servers. Microsoft debuts its first cybersecurity AI model. A critical VeloCloud bug is under active attack. The Dysphoria botnet tops 200,000 devices. Apple faces a lawsuit over a fake crypto wallet. Denmar
Hackers target Thailand’s Ministry of Finance with an autonomous AI agent.A new industry alliance hopes to improve AI security. Golden Chickens lay four new malware families. GitHub and PyPI introduce time-based safeguards. SourTrade malvertising builds malware directly inside a victim’s browser. Attackers target crede
As space becomes an increasingly important part of global communications, national security, and critical infrastructure, European governments are confronting a difficulty: How much control do they need over their own space capabilities? In this week’s episode, host Maria Varmazis sits down with producer Ethan Cook
This week, we are joined by Ondrej Kubovič, Security Awareness Specialist from ESET, discussing their work on "FrostyNeighbor: Fresh mischief and digital shenanigans." Ondrej walks us through ESET's latest research into FrostyNeighbor, a long-running Belarus-aligned cyberespionage group that has continued to target Ukr
Laundry Bear snuffles through unpatched Zimbra Collaboration servers. The State Department puts visa restrictions on cybercriminals. Oracle drops a record 1,449 security patches. Researchers disclose a critical vulnerability in OpenAI’s ChatGPT Workspace Agents. A new benchmark evaluates frontier AI model malware rever
Google gets a billion dollar fine from the EU. The White House considers sanctions against Chinese AI developers. The GAO criticizes overlap in cyber reporting regulations. The Feds warn of Iranian agents targeting OT systems. Researchers disclose a high-severity Linux kernel vulnerability. Dolphin X uses AI profiling
GPT escapes the sandbox and hacks Huggingface. SolarWinds patches multiple critical flaws. CISA orders patching of a critical Langflow AI vulnerability. A Paidwork breach affects over 23 million users. A recently patched SharePoint vulnerability is under active exploitation. Oracle patches over 1,400 vulnerabilities. A
Trump's latest AI leader resigns. The Army burns through its AI tokens. Scammers impersonate IC3 personnel.HollowGraph malware uses a compromised Microsoft 365 calendar for C2. Qilin ransomware targets a critical Palo Alto Networks flaw. A North Korean campaign targets Web3 and cryptocurrency professionals through fake
Hugging Face reports an autonomous AI-powered breach. Ernst & Young discloses a client data breach. Attackers are actively exploiting a critical ServiceNow flaw. Ransomware gangs sharpen their tactics against law firms. Capital One open-sources an AI security tool. Text salting fools AI email filters. Hidden gambling a
As space becomes an increasingly critical part of modern infrastructure, governments are reevaluating decades of policy to ensure reliable, secure, and independent access to the systems they are increasingly relying on. In this week’s episode, host Maria Varmazis sits down with producer Ethan Cook to explore Europe's
Lauren Fievisohn, Ph.D, Senior Threat Researcher from Silent Push, is sharing their work on "Meet DriveSurge: A New Threat Actor Using ClickFix and Fake Update Drive-By Attacks in Thousands of Compromised Sites." Silent Push researchers have identified a newly named threat actor, DriveSurge, which has compromised thous
Nightmare Eclipse drops another Windows zero-day. The Gentlemen take the ransomware crown. CISA orders emergency Fortinet patching. Canada’s surveillance bill faces U.S. scrutiny. Meta’s Oversight Board flags AI censorship bias. Commerce tops the cyber target list. An active espionage campaign hits Bangladesh’s militar
CISA warns of active SharePoint attacks. The NSA pushes coordinated vulnerability disclosure. ClickLock Stealer targets macOS. Splunk and Zoom patch critical flaws. Spirals ransomware strikes in under 24 hours. New Windows evasion techniques emerge. LabubaRAT poses as NVIDIA software. 23andMe settles over its 2023 brea