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Today we are joined by Justin Albrecht, Principal Researcher at Lookout, discussing "Attackers Wielding DarkSword Threaten iOS Users." DarkSword is a highly sophisticated iOS exploit chain discovered by Lookout that targets iPhones (iOS 18.4–18.6.2), enabling near zero-click compromise and rapid theft of sensitive data, including credentials and cryptocurrency wallet information. Likely deployed b...

Five Eyes agencies issue agentic AI guidance. A federal database leaks Social Security numbers. A stealthy worm poisons open source packages. OT firms are sidelined from frontier cyber models. The FBI warns of a surge in cyber-enabled cargo theft. Officials flag likely election interference as security programs face cuts. Researchers uncover a covert Python backdoor. Ubuntu’s site takes Iranian-li...

A critical Linux flaw dubbed “Copy Fail” raises alarm. The House moves to extend Section 702. The White House pushes back on expanded Mythos access. cPanel and SonicWall rush out security patches. Researchers warn AI agents may leak credentials. Smishing targets key industries. Ukrainian police arrest suspects in a massive Roblox account theft scheme. Our guest is Jamie Moles, technical manager at...

OpenAI and Anthropic brief Congress on cyber-capable AI. The GAO flags improper DOGE access to Treasury payment systems. Greece moves to end online anonymity. CISA orders agencies to patch an exploited Windows zero-day. Researchers uncover ransomware that destroys data instead of encrypting it. State CISOs report falling confidence. Neurodivergent cyber pros cite inclusion gaps. Police arrest a 19...

Conflict in the Middle East disrupts the circuit board supply chain. The Supreme Court considers arguments on geofence searches. A new report highlights Chinese digital transnational repression. The NCSC protects HDMI and DisplayPort links. Tennessee bans cryptocurrency ATMs. Researchers expose a financially motivated subgroup of North Korea’s Lazarus Group. Medtronic confirms a ShinyHunters data...

The race for AI dominance has created a dangerous imbalance between business velocity and cyber resilience. In this episode, host Caleb Tolin is joined by Joe Hladik, Head of Rubrik Zero Labs, and Staff Security Researcher Amit Malik to break down the findings of their latest report on agentic adoption. The discussion centers on the Agentic Paradox. This is the technical reality that tools designe...

The Supreme Court weighs geofence warrants. Iran leans toward quieter cyber ops. Researchers unpack Fast16 sabotage malware. Microsoft tracks an Outlook outage. Snow malware moves deep inside networks. Itron reports a breach. SMS blasters hit Canada. Italy extradites an accused hacker to the U.S. Monday business brief. Our guest is Mick Coady, Field CTO of Elisity, on how hospitals can best defend...

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Adam Marrè, CISO from Arctic Wolf, sits down to share his story of rising through the ranks. After 9/11 he decided he wanted to make a difference in the world, and so he chose to go into the FBI. There he learned the skills that got him to where he is today. In his time at the FBI, he was able to do what he loved, which was working with computers while gai...

This week, we are joined by Juliana Testa, Senior Security Engineer from 7AI, sharing their work on "Quish Splash - When the QR Code Is the Weapon: A Multi-Wave Phishing Campaign That Slipped Past Every Filter." A large-scale “quishing” campaign used QR codes embedded in image attachments to hide phishing URLs, allowing 28 out of 33 emails to bypass SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and Microsoft Defender and lan...

Locked Shields wraps another year. Open models challenge Mythos. CISA tracks FIRESTARTER inside a federal agency. The White House targets foreign AI model extraction. Microsoft lets admins remove Copilot. Treasury sanctions a Cambodian scam-compound senator. Breeze Cache rushes a patch. Researchers downplay OT malware hype, while NIST pushes for better OT visibility. Our guest is Eric Russo, Direc...

Researchers expose covert telecom surveillance campaigns. Lawmakers push new national privacy rules. China-linked actors hide inside compromised device networks. A ransomware forum leak reveals a criminal marketplace. GopherWhisper blends into cloud services for espionage. Attackers poison AI with hidden web prompts. Apple patches lingering notification data. macOS admin tools become attacker path...

Mythos leaks. The DOD preps a more aggressive cyber strategy. A former FBI cyber official urges homicide charges for hospital ransomware deaths. Lotus Wiper targeted the Venezuelan energy and utilities sector. Over 1,300 SharePoint servers remain unpatched against a spoofing vulnerability. The Harvester APT group deploys a new Linux version of its GoGra backdoor. A new LOTUSLITE backdoor targets I...

Anthropic’s Mythos proves irresistible despite claimed supply chain risks. Iran claims U.S. backdoors hit its networks. New Coast Guard rules target maritime OT security. A fresh NGate Android malware variant emerges. Thousands of ActiveMQ servers face active exploitation risk. CISA adds eight flaws to its KEV list. Progress patches MOVEit and LoadMaster bugs. Attackers impersonate IT staff over M...

Cloud platform Vercel confirms a data breach. Microsoft releases emergency updates to fix Windows Server restart loops. Bluesky gets DDoSed. Insurers keep close watch on an AI hiring discrimination suit. Cybersecurity workforce turnover rises. Scammers abuse Apple’s email notification system. A Scattered Spider member pleads guilty to SMS phishing and cryptocurrency theft. Monday business brief. O...

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Jaya Baloo, a Chief Information Security Officer from Avast sits down to share her story, sharing how she got into the technology field at a younger age with being introduced to computers and games on her PS 24. She started off going to college for political science and after not knowing what to do after that, she got her first start in cybersecurity. Afte...

Today we are joined by Dr. Darren Williams, Founder and CEO of BlackFog, to discuss his team's work on "Steaelite RAT Enables Double Extortion Attacks from a Single Panel." A new remote access trojan, Steaelite, is being marketed on underground forums as an all-in-one platform that combines remote access, credential theft, surveillance, and ransomware deployment through a single browser-based dash...

The House extends Section 702, for now. Mythos raises fresh cyber risk concerns. CISA warns of reduced capacity. ZionSiphon targets Israeli water systems. Operation PowerOFF hits DDoS-for-hire networks. CISA flags an actively exploited ActiveMQ flaw. WordPress plugin supply chain attacks spread. China tests deep-sea cable-cutting tech. Our guest is Arvind Nithrakashyap, CTO and Co-Founder of Rubri...

NIST struggles with an NVD backlog. Cisco and Splunk ship critical patches. Researchers flag a systemic flaw in Anthropic’s MCP. ShinyHunters leak 13.5 million McGraw Hill accounts. Cargo theft goes cyber. A Tennessee hospital breach hits 337,000 patients. Two Americans are sentenced in a North Korean fake-IT-worker scheme. Our guest is Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker, describing...

Patch Tuesday. CISA directs furloughed employees back to work.  Experts warn Anthropic’s Glasswing signals a new era of AI-driven vulnerability discovery. Federal prosecutors crack down on chip smuggling. Sweden says a pro-Russian cyber group attempted to disrupt power plant operations. A fake app in Apple’s App Store drains crypto wallets. Virginia bans the sale of precise geolocation data. Our g...

France pushes digital sovereignty. Adobe rushes an Acrobat Reader patch. Booking.com confirms a targeted breach. SAP fixes a critical SQL injection bug. A sanctions-dodging fraud network resurfaces. ViperTunnel infiltrates U.S. and U.K. firms. GlassWorm spreads across developer tools. Researchers dissect Predator spyware’s kernel engine. A lawsuit challenges AI transcription in hospitals. Ted Shor...

The FBI disrupts a multi-million-dollar phishing ring. A North Korea-linked supply chain attack hits OpenAI. Developers face a Slack phishing campaign. A critical Python notebook flaw is exploited in hours. ShinyHunters target Rockstar Games. A Japanese shipping firm reports a breach. Tracking the cybersecurity winners and losers in Trump’s 2027 budget, plus a claimed cyberattack on UAE infrastruc...

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Mark Logan, CEO of One Identity, sits down to share his story, explaining how he fit into different roles growing up in different companies. Mark has nearly two decades of C-Suite experience at an array of different organizations, finally landing on his current position as the CEO at One Identity. Sharing his different roles, he also gives a quote from Ste...

What does a modern cyberattack really look like from the inside? In this CyberWire-X episode, Dave Bittner speaks with John Anthony Smith, Founder and Chief Security Officer of Fenix24. This conversation takes us step by step as an attacker breaks into a target environment – probing for weaknesses, exploiting entry points, escalating privileges, and moving laterally until they reach their objectiv...

Today we are joined by Selena Larson, Threat Researcher from Proofpoint research team and co-host of Only Malware in the Building, talking about their work on "(Don't) TrustConnect: It's a RAT in an RMM hat." Proofpoint uncovered TrustConnect, a malware-as-a-service platform posing as a legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool, but actually functioning as a remote access trojan (RAT)...

The Treasury Secretary and Fed Chair summon bankers over AI concerns. A hacker claims more than 10 petabytes stolen from China’s National Supercomputing Center. Recalibrating the quantum timeline. Researchers demo prompt injection against Apple Intelligence. Payroll Pirates target Canadians. Gmail gets end-to-end encryption on mobile devices. A Chrome update fixes critical vulnerabilities. A Penns...