Cybersecurity Today

A rogue cyber weapon drove through Toronto blasting scam texts to thousands of phones. A major U.S. critical infrastructure provider confirms a cyberattack. And researchers reveal that Stuxnet may not have been the first cyber weapon after all.

In today's Cybersecurity Today with David Shipley:

• First known SMS blaster case in Canada uncovered in Toronto • Itron, a major utility technology supplier, discloses cyber intrusion • Researchers say a 2005 malware campaign predates Stuxnet • Venezuela energy sector attack reveals destructive "Lotus Wiper" malware • Why AI-powered attacks may change critical infrastructure risk forever

If you care about cybersecurity, nation-state threats, infrastructure risk, and real-world attacks, this episode is essential listening.

Hosted by David Shipley.

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00:00 Intro 00:36 Toronto SMS Cyber Weapon 05:12 Critical Infrastructure Supplier Hit 09:28 Stuxnet History Rewritten 14:32 Venezuela Energy Sector Attack 19:05 Final Thoughts

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Inside the Vercel Breach: Highlighting OAuth Token Risk

In a special edition of Cybersecurity Today, host Jim Love and guest Jamie Blasco (CTO, Nudge Security) discuss Vercel, a major developer hosting platform, and a breach tied to OAuth grants and shadow AI. Reporting shared by Contrast Security's David Lindner describes how a Context AI employee downloaded Roblox AutoFarm scripts, got infected with an info stealer, and attackers harvested credentials, compromised Context AI, then used an over-permissioned OAuth token from a Vercel employee who had signed up to Context AI with an enterprise account and clicked "allow all," with Vercel working with Mandiant on a breach allegedly being sold for $2 million. The episode emphasizes that MFA may not mitigate OAuth abuse, urges admin-managed consent, continuous inventory and auditing of OAuth grants, and better visibility into risky third-party app access across Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.

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00:00 Special Edition Intro 00:14 Sponsor Message Meter 00:33 Supply Chain Hack Setup 01:16 Breach Seen In Wild 02:36 Meet Jamie Blasko 02:56 Who Is Vercel 04:34 How The Breach Happened 05:58 Context AI And Shadow IT 07:58 OAuth Controls And Audits 09:11 Impact And Open Questions 11:24 Why MFA Falls Short 12:22 Where To Get Help 14:07 Host Takeaways OAuth Risk 14:53 What To Do Next 16:06 Wrap Up And Feedback 16:42 Sponsor Close Meter 17:24 Final Sign Off

Vercel Supply-Chain Breach via AI Tool, Meta Sued Over Scam Ads, and Ransomware Surges with "The Gentleman"

David Shipley covers new details on the Vercel breach, which began when an employee used the third-party AI tool Context AI; after Context AI was breached, attackers leveraged Google OAuth access to pivot into Vercel systems and enumerate unencrypted "non-sensitive" environment variables that contained usable secrets, with a hacker claiming Vercel data and source code and demanding $2M, while Vercel says Next.js and other open-source projects are safe and shares Google OAuth indicators of compromise. The episode also discusses a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging Meta misled users about scam ads and profited from them, noting Meta's claim it removed 159M scam ads and shut down nearly 11M criminal accounts. Finally, it cites ZeroFox data showing ransomware incidents holding steady at 2,059 in Q1 2026 and highlights Check Point research indicating "The Gentleman" has a much larger victim footprint and uses tactics like disabling Defender, re-enabling SMB1, abusing GPO, and targeting VMware environments.

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00:00 Headlines and Sponsor 00:46 Vercel AI Supply Chain Breach 02:50 Meta Sued Over Scam Ads 04:55 Ransomware Numbers Q1 2026 06:46 Gentlemen Crew Exposed 08:56 Wrap Up and Thanks 09:42 Sponsor Message Meter

Microsoft Under Fire, NIST Scales Back NVD, FortiSandbox Critical Bugs, Vercel Breach Claims, Scattered Spider Member Pleads Guilty

Host David Shipley covers five major stories: researcher "Chaotic Eclipse" publicly released Windows exploits—first "Blue Hammer," then "Red Sun," a Microsoft Defender flaw enabling privilege escalation on fully patched Windows 10/11 and Server—amid claims Microsoft mistreated them, highlighting strain on responsible disclosure as vendors face mounting vulnerability volume and AI-driven bug discovery. NIST announced it can no longer fully enrich all CVEs in the National Vulnerability Database, prioritizing only exploited-in-the-wild issues, federal software, and critical software, leaving the rest backlogged. In "FortiWatch," two critical FortiSandbox flaws allow auth bypass and remote command execution; patches are available. Vercel confirmed attackers accessed internal systems and urges customers to review and rotate environment variables amid unverified ShinyHunters ransom claims. Finally, alleged Scattered Spider member Tyler Buchanan pled guilty to an $8M crypto theft case, with reporting describing the group's social engineering tactics and escalating real-world violence tied to cybercrime.

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00:00 Headlines And Sponsor 00:49 Microsoft Bug Drop 03:00 Disclosure System Strain 05:59 NVD Backlog Crisis 08:47 FortiWatch FortiSandbox 11:43 Vercel Breach Fallout 14:43 Scattered Spider Guilty Plea 18:54 Wrap Up And Thanks

Cybersecurity Today Month-in-Review: RSAC AI Hype, Agentic Risks, Mythos Claims, and Real-World Resilience

Jim Love hosts a delayed March month-in-review with panelists David Shipley and Laura Payne, starting with RSAC takeaways: agentic AI everywhere, heightened marketing spectacle, and industry tension as AI becomes the new "cool kid." They discuss the surge of autonomous agents, including OpenClaw-style experimentation leading to stolen tokens and the ease of social-engineering LLMs, plus legal and brand risks of chatbots after the Air Canada precedent. The panel debates Anthropic's source-code leak and "Mythos" messaging, while acknowledging AI tools are finding real zero-days amid massive technical debt and rising exploit speed, raising questions about liability and EU accountability. They highlight a positive case: Stryker Medical's rapid recovery after 80,000 devices were wiped via Intune settings, and note additional incidents targeting healthcare, critical infrastructure PLCs, supply-chain attacks, and longer-term impacts from major source-code thefts.

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00:00 Show Intro Sponsor 00:22 Panel Welcome Setup 01:56 RSAC Vibes Agentic AI 03:19 Conference Hype Booths 06:32 AI Free Fridays Skills 08:12 Marketing Hype Filters 11:38 Agent Networks Gone Wild 16:00 Social Engineering LLMs 19:45 Chatbots Liability Law 23:13 Anthropic Leak Mythos 25:17 AI Code Quality Debate 29:28 Technical Debt Bug Mining 30:40 AI Hacking Era 32:09 Paying Down Tech Debt 32:54 Software Liability Shift 34:24 AI Pen Testing Scale 37:53 Token Costs and Proof 40:08 Canary Traps and Ethics 41:26 Blast Radius Resilience 44:17 Stryker Wipe Recovery 46:52 More Attacks Recap 50:07 Fast Cheap Code Debate 53:26 War Rules and Agents 56:32 Back to Basics Close 01:00:18 Final Thanks Sponsor

WebEx SSO Vulnerability, booking.com Reservation Hijacking Risks, Windows Recall Scrutiny, and AI Vishing-as-a-Service

Host Jim Love reports that Cisco disclosed a critical WebEx vulnerability (CVE-2026-2184) affecting SSO integration with Control Hub; although server-side fixes are applied and no exploitation is seen, SSO customers must update SAML certificate configuration to avoid disruption when the old certificate expires, amid recent Cisco firewall zero-day exploitation (CVE-2026-2131) tied to interlock ransomware. A booking.com breach exposed some customers' reservation data (names, contact and address details, reservation details, and messages) but not payment cards, increasing phishing "reservation hijacking" risk using real itinerary details. Researchers also highlight new concerns with Microsoft's Windows 11 Recall, where data may be intercepted after login via another process, though Microsoft says protections are intended. Finally, an underground $4,000 platform, ATHR, automates phishing/vishing with AI voice agents to steal verification codes and accounts across major services.

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00:00 Top Security Headlines 00:32 Sponsor Message 00:50 WebEx Critical Flaw 02:36 Booking.com Breach Scams 05:20 Windows Recall Weaknesses 08:36 AI Voice Phishing Service 11:24 Wrap Up and Thanks

Android Mirax RAT, North Korea's Friend-Request Hacks, Adobe PDF Zero-Day, and FBI Phishing Takedown | Cybersecurity Today

David Shipley covers multiple trust-based cyber threats: Mirax Android malware pushed via Meta ads posing as free streaming apps, functioning as a remote access trojan and turning infected phones into residential proxies, amid reports of widespread scam advertising on Meta platforms. Researchers link a North Korean APT37 campaign to Facebook friend requests that shift to Messenger and Telegram before delivering a tampered PDF viewer that installs Rock Rat and exfiltrates data via Zoho WorkDrive. Adobe issues an emergency patch for an Acrobat/Reader zero-day where opening a PDF can expose files, seen targeting oil and gas with Russian-language lures. The FBI and Indonesian authorities dismantle the Wall phishing marketplace designed to bypass MFA via session-cookie theft, as similar services quickly rebound. The FBI reports Americans lost nearly $21B to cybercrime in 2025, driven by investment and crypto fraud, with growing AI-enabled scams.

00:00 Headlines And Sponsor 00:57 Mirax Android Proxy Malware 02:47 Meta Scam Ad Machine 05:01 North Korea Friend Request Hack 07:44 Adobe Acrobat Zero Day Patch 10:11 FBI Wall Phishing Kit Takedown 12:28 Why Takedowns And MFA Fall Short 15:02 Cybercrime Losses Hit $21B 18:16 Wrap Up And Thanks 18:55 Meter Sponsor Message

Mythos Sparks Urgent Bank Meetings, AI Shrinks Exploit Windows, CEO Phishing Beats MFA + Crypto Fraud Bust

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Host David Shipley covers urgent meetings among U.S., Canadian, and U.K. financial leaders after Anthropic's Mythos announcement, with regulators and major banks assessing potential systemic risk; Mythos is described as capable of finding and chaining zero-days and is limited to a preview program (Project Glasswing) with select critical infrastructure and tech firms. The episode highlights how fast vulnerabilities are now exploited, citing a critical Marimo flaw patched in 0.2.3.0 that attackers probed within 9 hours and research showing AI can generate exploits from CVEs in 10–15 minutes. It then details "Venom," an invitation-only phishing-as-a-service targeting executives via QR codes to hijack sessions and register new devices, and Microsoft's warning about Storm-2755 redirecting Canadian paychecks by stealing M365 session cookies and altering direct-deposit details. Finally, Operation Atlantic is summarized: authorities identified 20,000 crypto-fraud victims, froze $12M, and linked $45M in stolen crypto tied to approval phishing.

00:00 Headlines and Sponsor 00:57 Mythos Shakes Finance 04:58 AI Exploit Window Collapses 08:11 Venom Targets Executives 11:54 Payroll Redirect Scam 14:35 Crypto Fraud Takedown 16:47 Wrap Up and Thanks 18:04 Sponsor Outro

AI-Powered AppSec, OWASP Origins, and Anthropic's "Mythos" Model: Jeff Williams on What Changes Next

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Jim hosts Jeff Williams (Contrast Security co-founder/CTO and former OWASP global chair) for a wide-ranging discussion that begins with Anthropic's new "Mythos" model, described as powerful for finding zero-day vulnerabilities, and expands into how AppSec must evolve. Williams explains Contrast's runtime instrumentation approach, recounts OWASP's early days, the creation of WebGoat and the OWASP Top 10, and notes that many common vulnerabilities persist despite years of maturity models. They debate open source versus commercial security scrutiny, the likely high cost and scalability limits of advanced AI vulnerability discovery, and why finding more bugs matters only if remediation improves too. Williams argues for AI-powered "software factories" with feedback loops, assurance evidence, and runtime monitoring, and flags the EU Product Liability Directive treating software as a product with no-fault liability for security defects, including those from embedded open source.

00:00 AppSec Stuck in Ruts 00:42 Show Intro and Sponsor 01:40 What Contrast Security Does 02:35 OWASP Origins and WebGoat 04:33 Why the Top 10 Persists 06:28 Mythos Model Overview 08:05 Open Source Scrutiny Myth 11:31 Cost and Adoption Barriers 15:04 Finding vs Fixing Bugs 15:55 AI Code Quality Reality 17:46 AI Powered Software Factory 23:11 Building with AI in Practice 25:18 AppSec Metrics and New Approaches 26:42 Staying Optimistic as a CISO 28:00 EU Product Liability Shift 32:13 Bug Bounties in an AI World 34:06 Wrap Up and Outro