06-Nov-2025 AWS Missteps, React Native Drama, and Nikkei's Slack Leak

Welcome to Hacked dAily, the FIRST AI-Driven Cybersecurity Podcast by Cytadel Cyber! Get ready for your daily dose of cyber mishaps, zany exploits, and hey, maybe even a chuckle or two—because if you don’t laugh, you may just cry into your keyboard. Today, we explore how a majority of AWS cloud breaches are not grand acts of espionage but rather happy little accidents of misconfigurations and credentials missteps. Proof that when it comes to data security, sometimes we are our own worst enemies. Handy tip: Once you remember your password, maybe also remember to close the door behind you. Next, brace yourself techies, as React Native reveals vulnerabilities scarier than your last production bug. Hackers might as well be handing out invitations to your system’s backdoor party—hoodies mandatory. It’s a coder’s nightmare come true, with IT teams racing to save the day. Over at Nikkei, cyber thieves snatched personal data and 17,000 Slack messages, proving yet again that digital eavesdropping is the new norm. And in a twist that even Kafka would envy, Apache OpenOffice sidesteps the drama, effectively saying "not today, hackers" after a failed ransomware ploy. Closing on a high-note of irony, our spotlight's on Claude Desktop Extensions with classic prompt injection plots—cue theme music for the cybersecurity sitcom of the year. Stay tuned and stay secure, folks! This episode is sponsored by Cytadel Cyber. Specialist in Ransomware Readiness Assessments, Threat Intel-Led Red Teaming, AI DeepFakes, AI Voice Cloning and AI Vishing Simulations. Cyatdel helps you test your cyber resilience against the threats of today, keeping your data secure. Checkout cytadel.co.uk for more information.