CISA shrinks while threats grow.

CISA braces for widespread staffing cuts. Russian hackers target a Western military mission in Ukraine. China acknowledges Volt Typhoon. The U.S. signs on to global spyware restrictions. A lab supporting Planned Parenthood confirms a data breach. Threat actors steal metadata from unsecured Amazon EC2 instances. A critical WordPress plugin vulnerability is under active exploitation. A new analysis details a critical unauthenticated remote code execution flaw affecting Ivanti products. Joining us today is Johannes Ullrich, Dean of Research at SANS Technology Institute, with his take on "Vibe Security." Does AI understand, and does that ultimately matter? 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 Joining us today is Johannes Ullrich, Dean of Research at SANS Technology Institute, discussing "Vibe Security," similar to “Vibe Coding” where security teams overly rely on AI to do their job. Selected Reading Trump administration planning major workforce cuts at CISA (The Record) Cybersecurity industry falls silent as Trump turns ire on SentinelOne (Reuters) Russian hackers attack Western military mission using malicious drive (Bleeping Computer) China Admitted to US That It Conducted Volt Typhoon Attacks: Report (SecurityWeek) US to sign Pall Mall pact aimed at countering spyware abuses (The Record) US lab testing provider exposed health data of 1.6 million people (Bleeping Computer) Amazon EC2 instance metadata targeted in SSRF attacks (SC Media) Vulnerability in OttoKit WordPress Plugin Exploited in the Wild (SecurityWeek) Ivanti 0-day RCE Vulnerability Exploitation Details Disclosed (Cyber Security News) Experts Debate: Do AI Chatbots Truly Understand? (IEEE Spectrum) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices