Who’s watching the AI watchers?

A watchdog challenges the Trump administration’s secret frontier AI reviews. METR discloses two cyberattacks. Leaked documents reveal a Russian cyber training pipeline. Rogue ScreenConnect clients spread malware like a worm. A breach exposes appellate court records across the U.S. and Canada. Spring Ring impersonates IT support on Microsoft Teams. Plex urges users to patch, and Cisco warns of unpatched Secure Email flaws. Our guest is Rob van der Veer, Chief AI Officer at Software Improvement Group, discussing how we are not keeping up with the AI attack surface. Robocall report cards. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Rob van der Veer, Chief AI Officer at Software Improvement Group, discussing how we are not keeping up with AI attack surface. Selected Reading Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing (Ars Technica) Attacker stole a METR API key, used $600K worth of credits, and no one noticed for weeks (The Register) 2,000 Leaked Documents Reveal How Russia Turns Engineering Students Into GRU Cyber Operators (Security Affairs) Rogue ScreenConnect Installations Across Unrelated Hosts Suggest Worm-Like Activity (Huntress) A breach at Thomson Reuters reached appellate courts in twelve US jurisdictions (Thenextweb) Spring Ring Vishing Attack Uses Fake IT Calls on Microsoft Teams to Install Malware (Hackread) Plex warns users to patch security vulnerabilities immediately (Bleeping Computer) Cisco Warns of Unpatched Secure Email Flaws, Patches Critical Switch Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek) The FCC wants consumers to rate their telecom’s anti-robocall protections (CyberScoop) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc.