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All about that proxy. [Research Saturday]

Today we are joined by Dr. Renée Burton, VP of Threat Intelligence at Infoblox, discussing their work on Lurking Lizard, "Fake Installers, Fake Reviews, Fake Services – Real Proxies, Real." The resear...

19 Sep 25min

The Cisco root route.

Cisco patches a maximum-severity vulnerability in its Identity Services Engine. Court documents describe AI as “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions.” Researchers chain vulnerabilities to...

18 Sep 28min

AI is calling the shots.

AI goes to war. Iranian strikes leave AWS data unrecoverable. OpenAI discloses more model misbehavior. Researchers uncover 16 Wireshark vulnerabilities. TrustSink turns Entra authentication into a pas...

17 Sep 29min

Cybercrime finds its sea legs.

Officials investigate suspected cyberattacks on U.S.-bound oil tankers. Iranian operators deploy Chosen Brick surveillance malware. Ukraine cracks down on scam call centers. Researchers uncover two TP...

16 Sep 29min

Pedal to the AI metal.

The President pushes back on calls to slow AI. Microsoft lays out potential AI safety rules. Lawmakers consider the crypto Clarity Act. Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and Ja...

15 Sep 28min

Bigfoot in the neural network.

NSA preps a major restructuring. Anthropic’s CEO calls for an AI slowdown. China acknowledges AI risks. RubyGems got swarmed by AI agents. A maximum-severity GitLab vulnerability is under active expl...

14 Sep 27min

Space's cybersecurity policy problem. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]

As space becomes increasingly connected and autonomous, effective cybersecurity policy is struggling to keep pace. Host Maria Varmazis and ⁠⁠⁠Dr. Mac McGuire sit down to discuss the limitations of c...

13 Sep 22min

A beast by any other name. [Research Saturday]

Today we are joined by Brigid O Gorman, Senior Intelligence Analyst on Symantec Threat Hunter team, discussing their work on “GodDamn Ransomware: Latest Beast Rebrand Uses Malicious Driver to Disable ...

12 Sep 23min