UN Security Council looks at North Korean cybercrime. Notes on PsiXBot and BITTER APT. The state of spearphishing. Election security. A final look back at Black Hat and Def Con.

A private route to public risk.

Poland’s CERT describes winter cyberattack against heat-and-power plant. Russian military hackers target Ukrainian IT workers in fake recruitment scheme. Chinese IP connections spark security review i...

11 Aug 20min

Now with extra vulnerabilities.

Researchers find that only a quarter of AI-generated patches are fully successful. Ransomware attacks exploit critical N-able flaw. Atlassian fixes critical flaw in Rovo AI. LexisNexis disables some s...

10 Aug 27min

Designing space systems for the AI era. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]

As commercial space activity accelerates, satellite manufacturers are rethinking how spacecraft are designed, built, and secured. In this week's episode, host Maria Varmazis sits down with Jason Robe...

9 Aug 22min

A little help from your search engine. [Research Saturday]

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 identi...

8 Aug 19min

Ring around the ransom.

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 N...

7 Aug 24min

AI without adult supervision.

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 ne...

6 Aug 25min

SAFE and sound.

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 ...

5 Aug 35min

NPM? Not my problem.

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 app...

4 Aug 29min