Daily: The Mirai botnet DDoS attack, its consequences and attribution, with commentary from various observers.

Nightmare on Windows 11.

Nightmare Eclipse drops a Kaspersky zero-day. The Financial Stability Board warns frontier AI could threaten the global financial system. Anthropic says it has tightened security. CISA adopts a risk-b...

1 Sep 27min

Let’s kill the kill switch.

Could an AI kill switch create more problems than it solves? A critical Rails flaw is under active attack. Malicious browser extensions steal cryptocurrency. Fire Ant targets trusted network infrastru...

31 Aug 27min

CyberWire Daily at 10: A decade of emerging threat actors and APTs. [Special Edition]

In this episode, Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner from N2K Cyberwire get back together to discuss the evolution of advanced persistent threats (APTs), threat actor landscape, attribution changes, and ...

30 Aug 24min

Who let the AI hack? [Research Saturday]

Today we are joined by Crystal Morin, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist, and Michael Clark, Senior Director of Threat Research, at Sysdig, sharing their work on "LLMjacking evolved: Attackers are using ...

29 Aug 23min

The blacklist boomerang.

A judge rules the Trump administration illegally labeled Anthropic a national security risk. The White House moves to keep foreign technology out of U.S. power systems. OpenAI rallies a global cyber d...

28 Aug 29min

Meta gets a Meta-sized bill.

Meta settles. Australian police arrest two alleged TeamPCP members. The White House moves to shore up water utility cybersecurity. ATF reports a major cyber incident. The Navy tells sailors to lock do...

27 Aug 31min

The feds flip the script.

The U.S. disrupts a Chinese hacking operation blamed for intrusions at several sensitive government agencies. CISA says more than 100 water systems were targeted in July. Attackers exploit a critical...

26 Aug 32min

CISA is running on empty.

Lawmakers request an investigation into cuts at CISA. Threat actors actively exploit a Zimbra Collaboration Suite vulnerability. A Chinese AI lab preps release of a powerful open-weight model. A new p...

25 Aug 28min