Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News

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June 23, 2026Rickrolling the FIFA World Cup - 2026-06-22
This week’s episode covers a series of cybersecurity stories, including a researcher’s discovery of vulnerabilities in FIFA’s World Cup platform that could have enabled unauthorized administrative access and even the ability to alter live broadcasts. The team also discusses the risks of large-scale identity verification data exposure, supply chain attacks impacting the scientific research community, ongoing fallout from Broadcom’s VMware acquisition, and legal challenges from major organizations facing rising VMware costs. Along the way, the hosts share commentary on AI-related security concerns, access control failures, and the broader impact of vendor decisions on enterprise security.
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Chapters
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — There's always more suppply chain
(04:52) - Rickrolling the FIFA World Cup - 2026-06-22
(07:59) - Story #1 - Texas Government Data Breach Exposes 3 Million Driver’s License Records
(10:56) - Story #2 - I Could've Rickrolled the Entire FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID.
(21:00) - Story #3 - FortiBleed: 75,000 Fortinet Firewalls Compromised: Global Enterprises Exposed – Claim Your Ethical Disclosure
(23:58) - Story #4a - Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
(25:44) - Story #4b - CVSS Is Officially Dead: What CISA's BOD 26-04 Means for Everyone
(37:19) - Story #5 - Mini Shai-Hulud, Miasma, and Hades Worms Target Bioinformatics and MCP Developers via Malicious PyPI Wheels
(43:56) - Story #6 - FBI disrupts massive AI-powered phishing service using a million URLs
(46:12) - Story #7 - Splunk Enterprise Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks Days After Disclosure
(47:12) - Story #8 - AI models that can take down governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns
(48:44) - Story #9 - ANTHROPIC’S MYTHOS AI BROKE INTO ALMOST ALL NSA CLASSIFIED SYSTEMS IN HOURS
(58:45) - Story #10 - Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom’s “abusive conduct”

Links
Story #1 - Texas Government Data Breach Exposes 3 Million Driver’s License Records
Story #2 - I Could've Rickrolled the Entire FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID.
Story #3 - FortiBleed: 75,000 Fortinet Firewalls Compromised: Global Enterprises Exposed – Claim Your Ethical Disclosure
Story #4a - Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
Story #4b - CVSS Is Officially Dead: What CISA's BOD 26-04 Means for Everyone
Story #5 - Mini Shai-Hulud, Miasma, and Hades Worms Target Bioinformatics and MCP Developers via Malicious PyPI Wheels
Story #6 - FBI disrupts massive AI-powered phishing service using a million URLs
Story #7 - Splunk Enterprise Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks Days After Disclosure
Story #8 - AI models that can take down governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns
Story #9 - ANTHROPIC’S MYTHOS AI BROKE INTO ALMOST ALL NSA CLASSIFIED SYSTEMS IN HOURS
Story #10 - Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom’s “abusive conduct”
Creators & Guests
Andy Pettit "Nerf" - Guest

Michael "Shecky" Kavka - Guest

Ryan Poirier - Producer

Corey Ham - Host

Ralph May - Host

John Strand - Host

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1h 7min
June 16, 2026U.S. Government Effectively Bans Fable 5 and Mythos 5 - 2026-06-15
This episode dives into the fallout from new restrictions on Anthropic’s cybersecurity-focused AI models, Mythos and Fable, and the debate over whether government pressure has effectively blocked security researchers from using advanced AI for vulnerability discovery and code analysis. The panel discusses AI “jailbreaking” claims, export-control comparisons, the impact on penetration testing and bug hunting, and how AI is accelerating vulnerability research. Other topics include responsible disclosure challenges, the growing volume of AI-assisted security findings, and what these developments mean for researchers, vendors, and the future of offensive security.
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Chapters
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — A Banned Phrase
(04:56) - U.S. Government Effectively Bans Fable 5 and Mythos 5 - 2026-06-15
(06:29) - Story #1 - Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
(21:15) - Story #2 - ServiceNow discloses security incident exposing customer data
(41:45) - Story #3 - Introducing Claude Corps
(52:11) - Story #4 - SHINYHUNTERS HITS 100+ UNIVERSITIES WITH ORACLE ZERO-DAY
(52:39) - Story #5 - Arch Linux AUR Hit By Another Wave Of Now More Sophisticated Malware Attack
(59:00) - Story # - This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers

Links
06:30 - Story #1 - Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
21:16 - Story #2 - ServiceNow discloses security incident exposing customer data
41:46 - Story #3 - Introducing Claude Corps
52:12 - Story #4 - SHINYHUNTERS HITS 100+ UNIVERSITIES WITH ORACLE ZERO-DAY
52:40 - Story #5 - Arch Linux AUR Hit By Another Wave Of Now More Sophisticated Malware Attack
59:00 - Story # - This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers

Creators & Guests
Corey Ham - Host

John Strand - Host

Bronwen Aker - Host

Wade Wells - Host

Alex Minster "Belouve" - Guest

Ralph May - Host

Ryan Poirier - Producer

Jason Haddix - Guest

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1h 8min
June 09, 2026Breach Disclosure Lag is Worse Than Ever – 2026-06-08
This episode covers the rising costs and restrictions surrounding AI agents, including token consumption, model access policies, and the growing dependence on AI tools for security work. The hosts discuss Troy Hunt’s retrospective on Have I Been Pwned reaching its 1,000th tracked breach, examining why breach disclosures appear to be slowing and how GDPR and CCPA requirements affect notification practices. Additional topics include password and email hygiene, the value of breach-notification services, AI infrastructure and data center costs, and new research mapping AI-enabled cyber threats to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

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Chapters
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Token Love
(05:11) - Breach Disclosure is Lag Worse Than Ever – 2026-06-08
(11:25) - Story #1 - Anthropic ‘plants’ engineers at NSA despite facing ban by Pentagon
(20:59) - Story #2 - A new service branch could be joining the U.S. Armed Forces family
(25:47) - Story #3 - Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity
(31:11) - Story #4 - The Quiet Numbers Station: Decoding Nineteen Years of GPS Cryptography
(37:21) - Story #5 - 1,000 Data Breaches Later, the Disclosure Lag is Worse Than Ever
(43:23) - Story #6 - Mapping AI-enabled cyber threats: Insights from the LLM ATT&CK Navigator
(48:00) - Story #7 - Anthropic confidentially files IPO prospectus with SEC, prepping Wall Street for landmark AI deal
(01:02:26) - Story #8 - Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal
(01:03:29) - Story #9 - Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated
(01:04:57) - ANTI-CAST : RF Attacks Every InfoSec Pro Should Know with Paul Clark
(01:05:54) - Workshop: Build Your Own AI Security Agent
(01:06:43) - Training: Agentic AI for Threat Hunting
(01:07:16) - Training: Cyber Threat Intelligence 101 2-Day Version
(01:08:58) - ANTI-CAST: Prompt Engineering 201: The Context Stack w/ Bronwen Aker

Links
Story #1 - Anthropic ‘plants’ engineers at NSA despite facing ban by Pentagon
Story #2 - A new service branch could be joining the U.S. Armed Forces family
Story #3 - Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity
Story #4 - The Quiet Numbers Station: Decoding Nineteen Years of GPS Cryptography
Story #5 - Russia Has Been Jamming GPS from Space Since 2019
Story #6 - Mapping AI-enabled cyber threats: Insights from the LLM AT&T&CK Navigator
Story #7 - Anthropic confidentially files IPO prospectus with SEC, prepping Wall Street for landmark AI deal
Story #8 - Microsoft Wants to ‘Make People Addicted’ to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal
Story #9 - Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated
ANTI-CAST : RF Attacks Every InfoSec Pro Should Know with Paul Clark
Workshop: Build Your Own AI Security Agent
Workshop: Intro to SDR Hacking: Capture, Decode, Take Over
Training: Agentic AI for Threat Hunting
Training: Cyber Threat Intelligence 101 2-Day Version
ANTI-CAST: Prompt Engineering 201: The Context Stack w/ Bronwen Aker
Creators & Guests
John Strand - Host

Ralph May - Host

Corey Ham - Host

Bronwen Aker - Host

Faan Rossouw - Guest

Ryan Poirier - Producer

Paul Clark - Guest

Wade Wells - Host

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1h 10min
June 03, 2026Anti-Tech Extremism - 2026-06-01
This episode covers a Wired report on the rise of “anti-tech extremism” and growing public opposition to AI infrastructure projects, including debates over data centers, resource consumption, local communities, and government responses. The hosts also discuss AI coding assistants, model safety restrictions, and the evolving capabilities of large language models. Additional topics include Anthropic’s reported IPO plans and valuation, AI’s impact on the tech industry, and a conversation with David Bianco about AI-generated threat-hunting datasets and cybersecurity training.
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Chapters
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Solving this thing
(03:52) - Anti-Tech Extremism - 2026-06-01
(08:08) - Threat Hunter Summit | June 17th 2026
(12:11) - Story # 1: US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows
(20:54) - Story # 2: Anthropic files for its IPO
(23:35) - Story # 3: FBI: Hackers Sending Operatives in Person to Insert USB Drives and Steal Data
(29:41) - Story # 4: Microsoft Defender can now automatically isolate hacked endpoints
(30:45) - Story # 5: Microsoft's GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits because company 'ruined their life'
(36:54) - Story # 6: Cyber Force? Senator pushes to create service branch under the Army
(42:10) - Story # 7: Are you ready? Anthropic preparing to release Mythos publicly
(46:38) - Story # 8: Defense at AI speed: Microsoft’s new multi-model agentic security system tops leading industry benchmark
(49:12) - Story # 9: Attackers Use LLM Agent for Post-Exploitation After Marimo CVE-2026-39987 Exploit
(50:43) - Story # 10: Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
(56:02) - Story # 11: Kali365 phishing kit bypasses MFA and steals Microsoft logins
(58:02) - Story # 12: Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled
(01:01:13) - Story # 13: United flight returns midair after Bluetooth device name reportedly sparks security scare
(01:03:49) - Story # 14: Inside the Charter data breach: hackers leak 13M+ customer data
(01:04:37) - Introducing EvidenceForge: Synthetic security logs that don’t look (as) fake
(01:10:04) - Threat Hunter Summit | June 17th 2026
(01:10:57) - Anti-Cast : How Hackers Attack CI/CD Pipelines w/ Phil Miller
(01:11:36) - Cyber Threat Intelligence 101 2-Day Version
(01:11:57) - Ralph's Practical Physical Exploitation Training & Tool Bundle

Links
00:00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Solving this thing
00:03:52 - Anti-Tech Extremism - 2026-06-01
00:08:08 - Threat Hunter Summit | June 17th 2026
00:12:11 - Story # 1: US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows
00:20:54 - Story # 2: Anthropic files for its IPO
00:23:36 - Story # 3: FBI: Hackers Sending Operatives in Person to Insert USB Drives and Steal Data
00:29:41 - Story # 4: Microsoft Defender can now automatically isolate hacked endpoints
00:30:46 - Story # 5: Microsoft’s GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits because company ‘ruined their life’
00:36:54 - Story # 6: Cyber Force? Senator pushes to create service branch under the Army
00:42:11 - Story # 7: Are you ready? Anthropic preparing to release Mythos publicly
00:46:39 - Story # 8: Defense at AI speed: Microsoft’s new multi-model agentic security system tops leading industry benchmark
00:49:12 - Story # 9: Attackers Use LLM Agent for Post-Exploitation After Marimo CVE-2026-39987 Exploit
00:50:44 - Story # 10: Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
00:56:03 - Story # 11: Kali365 phishing kit bypasses MFA and steals Microsoft logins
00:58:02 - Story # 12: Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled
01:01:13 - Story # 13: United flight returns midair after Bluetooth device name reportedly sparks security scare
01:03:50 - Story # 14: Inside the Charter data breach: hackers leak 13M+ customer data
01:04:38 - Introducing EvidenceForge: Synthetic security logs that don’t look (as) fake
01:10:05 - Threat Hunter Summit | June 17th 2026
01:10:57 - Anti-Cast : How Hackers Attack CI/CD Pipelines w/ Phil Miller
01:11:37 - Cyber Threat Intelligence 101 2-Day Version
01:11:58 - Ralph’s Practical Physical Exploitation Training & Tool Bundle
Creators & Guests
Corey Ham - Host

Ralph May - Host

Shane Hartman - Guest

Wade Wells - Host

Ryan Poirier - Producer

David Bianco - Guest

Phil Miller - Guest

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1h 14min
May 30, 2026GitHub bans vindictive security researcher - 2026-05-26
This episode covers a CISA contractor’s accidental exposure of AWS GovCloud credentials and internal system details on GitHub, the FBI’s efforts to patch vulnerable routers, and a critical NGINX vulnerability with public proof-of-concept code. The team also discusses Microsoft’s handling of a disputed Azure Backup security finding, the challenges of vulnerability disclosure and CVE assignment, and GitHub’s ban of security researcher Nightmare Eclipse following the publication of unpatched Windows vulnerability research.
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Chapters
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Getting to Chili's
(05:45) - GitHub bans vindictive security researcher - 2026-05-26
(07:09) - Story # 1: CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github
(10:45) - Story # 2 - PoC Code Published for Critical NGINX Vulnerability
(12:53) - Story # 3 - Anthropic’s restricted Claude Mythos model may be coming to Claude Code
(16:16) - Story # 4 - The FBI just remotely reset thousands of home and small office routers – and your TP-Link could be on the hitlist
(22:37) - Story # 5 - Drupal to Release Emergency Core Security Updates Amid Fears of Rapid Exploitation
(25:52) - Story # 6 - Microsoft rejects critical Azure vulnerability report, no CVE issued
(28:09) - Story # 7 - GitHub bans vindictive security researcher dropping Windows zero-days: “I will make sure your bones are shattered”
(30:41) - Story # 8a - A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale
(32:16) - Story # 8b - TeamPCP breached GitHub’s internal codebase via poisoned VS Code extension
(35:21) - Story # 10 - Ubiquiti patches three max severity UniFi OS vulnerabilities
(37:51) - Story # 11 - Pizza Hut's AI system caused 'cascading' problems and $100M in damages, franchisee alleges in new suit
(43:55) - Story # 12 - Data Leak at German Hospital
(45:00) - Story # 13 - Microsoft shuts down illegal code-signing operation used by ransomware crims to mask their malware
(47:50) - Story # 14 - Chicken News
(50:07) - Story # 15 - New Windows 'MiniPlasma' zero-day exploit gives SYSTEM access, PoC released
(51:04) - Story # 15b - Might someone pass along that Crowdstrike and Nessus are having a moment?

Links
Story # 1 - CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github
Story # 2 - PoC Code Published for Critical NGINX Vulnerability
Story # 3 - Anthropic’s restricted Claude Mythos model may be coming to Claude Code
Story # 4 - The FBI just remotely reset thousands of home and small office routers – and your TP-Link could be on the hitlist
Story # 5 - Drupal to Release Emergency Core Security Updates Amid Fears of Rapid Exploitation
Story # 6 - Microsoft rejects critical Azure vulnerability report, no CVE issued
Story # 7 - GitHub bans vindictive security researcher dropping Windows zero-days: “I will make sure your bones are shattered”
Story # 8a - A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale
Story # 8b - TeamPCP breached GitHub’s internal codebase via poisoned VS Code extension
Story # 10 - Ubiquiti patches three max severity UniFi OS vulnerabilities
Story # 11 - Pizza Hut’s AI system caused ‘cascading’ problems and $100M in damages, franchisee alleges in new suit
Story # 12 - Data Leak at German Hospital
Story # 13 - Microsoft shuts down illegal code-signing operation used by ransomware crims to mask their malware
Story # 14 - Chicken News
Story # 15 - New Windows ‘MiniPlasma’ zero-day exploit gives SYSTEM access, PoC released
Story # 15b - Might someone pass along that Crowdstrike and Nessus are having a moment?
Creators & Guests
Alethe Denis - Guest

Corey Ham - Host

Wade Wells - Host

Bronwen Aker - Host

Meagan Bentley - Producer

Hayden Covington - Host

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May 22, 2026Mythos finds a curl vulnerability - 2026-05-18
This episode covers Mythos uncovering a vulnerability in cURL, a recent Google Threat Intelligence report on a zero-day exploit, and the growing impact of AI on capture-the-flag competitions and bug bounty programs. The hosts also discuss the economics of AI platforms like OpenAI, security research trends, and broader concerns around software vulnerabilities, automation, and defensive tooling.
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Chapters
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Token CTFs
(03:18) - Story # 1: Mythos finds a curl vulnerability
(06:36) - Story # 2: Hackers Used AI to Develop First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass for Mass Exploitation
(14:47) - Story # 3: The down fall of bug bounties
(15:34) - Story # 3: Linus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’
(40:52) - Story # 4: Germany to Flood Ukraine’s Front Lines With Hundreds of New GEREON Combat Robots
(43:51) - Story # 4b: Wild Video Shows Delivery Robots Causing Havoc, Getting Obliterated
(49:35) - Story # 5: Windows BitLocker zero-day gives access to protected drives, PoC released
(56:09) - Story # 6: Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform
(58:07) - Story # 7: Celebrities’ and influencers’ private communications exposed in stalkerware data breach
(58:54) - Story # 8: Exclusive: Hackers have breached tank readers at US gas stations; officials suspect Iran is responsible
(01:00:29) - Threat Hunting Summit Talk: Threat Hunting in the Dark: A Practical Approach
(01:04:47) - WEBCAST: Looking at A.I. Wrong with John Strand, BB King and Derek Banks

Links
Story # 1: Mythos finds a curl vulnerability
Story # 2: Hackers Used AI to Develop First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass for Mass Exploitation
Story # 3: The down fall of bug bounties
Story # 3: Linus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’
Story # 4: Germany to Flood Ukraine’s Front Lines With Hundreds of New GEREON Combat Robots
Story # 4b: Wild Video Shows Delivery Robots Causing Havoc, Getting Obliterated
Story # 5: Windows BitLocker zero-day gives access to protected drives, PoC released
Story # 6: Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform
Story # 7: Celebrities’ and influencers’ private communications exposed in stalkerware data breach
Story # 8: Exclusive: Hackers have breached tank readers at US gas stations; officials suspect Iran is responsible
Threat Hunting Summit Talk: Threat Hunting in the Dark: A Practical Approach
WEBCAST: Looking at A.I. Wrong with John Strand, BB King and Derek Banks
Creators & Guests
John Strand - Host

Corey Ham - Host

Wade Wells - Host

Bronwen Aker - Host

Ralph May - Host

Shane Hartman - Guest

Meagan Bentley - Producer

Hayden Covington - Host

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1h 7min
May 12, 2026The Canvas / Instructure Breach – 2026-05-11
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This episode of Talking About News focuses on the reported Canvas/Instructure breach, including discussion around ShinyHunters, transparency concerns, higher education security challenges, and possible attack paths involving phishing and tenant compromise. The team also explores broader cybersecurity trends such as social engineering, ransomware pressure tactics, and the growing role of AI and platform security in modern enterprise environments.
Chapters
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Californian Problems
(02:25) - The Canvas / Instructure Breach – 2026-05-11
(10:23) - Story # 1: Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide
(13:45) - Story # 1b: Security Incident Update & FAQs
(43:14) - Story # 2: Wazuh cluster sync path traversal in decompress_files() enables arbitrary file write and code execution from authenticated cluster peer
(47:34) - Story # 3: Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent.
(52:19) - Story # 4: Trellix source code breach claimed by RansomHouse hackers
(58:12) - Story # 5: Rose Acre Farms Targeted in Alleged Lynx Ransomware Attack - Cybersecurity

Links
Story # 1: Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide
Story # 1b: Security Incident Update & FAQs
Story # 2: Wazuh cluster sync path traversal in decompress_files() enables arbitrary file write and code execution from authenticated cluster peer
Story # 3: Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent.
Story # 4: Trellix source code breach claimed by RansomHouse hackers
Story # 5: Rose Acre Farms Targeted in Alleged Lynx Ransomware Attack - Cybersecurity
Wade's Workshop: Threat Actor Profiling: Know Your Enemy
Alethe Denis' Webcast: How to Build a Bulletproof Pretext
Alethe Denis' Workshop: How to Build Pressure-Proof Pretexts
Creators & Guests
John Strand - Host

Corey Ham - Host

Wade Wells - Host

Ched "cheddar" Wiggins - Guest

Bronwen Aker - Host

Hayden Covington - Host

Ryan Poirier - Producer

Alethe Denis - Guest

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1h 4min
May 11, 2026Utah Bans VPN Age Bypass - 2026-05-04
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This episode covers several major cybersecurity and technology news stories, including Utah’s proposed crackdown on VPNs used to bypass online age-verification systems and the privacy and enforcement concerns surrounding those laws. The hosts also discuss newly disclosed MOVEit Transfer vulnerabilities and patching guidance, software trust and code-signing weaknesses, and broader issues around internet regulation and digital identity verification. Additional discussion touches on AI, science-fiction-inspired technology concepts, relativity and time dilation, and other notable developments from the week in cybersecurity and tech news.
Chapters
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Alien Communications 101
(03:38) - Utah Bans VPN Age Bypass - 2026-05-04
(09:13) - Story #1 - DigiCert Revokes Certificates After Support Portal Hack
(15:25) - Story #2 - Progress warns of critical MOVEit Automation auth bypass flaw
(16:44) - Story #3 - Critical cPanel and WHM bug exploited as a zero-day, PoC now available
(23:33) - Story #4 - Copy Fail
(26:17) - Story #5 - Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue
(33:42) - Story #6 - Elon Musk testifies that xAI trained Grok on OpenAI models
(38:51) - Story #7 - Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checks
(51:23) - Story #8 - Why you should refuse to let your doctor record you
(56:19) - Story #9 - Technique Change Type: How the ATT&CK Object Changed

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Creators & Guests
Corey Ham - Host

Wade Wells - Host

Ralph May - Host

Tim Medin - Guest

Patrick Gorman - Guest

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April 28, 2026NASA Gets Phished by Chinese - 2026-04-27
This episode dives into the economics and competitive dynamics of the AI industry, including discussions on profitability, pricing strategies, monopolization, and the rise of open and distilled models—particularly concerns around Chinese AI competition. The hosts also cover a reported long-running phishing campaign linked to Chinese actors targeting NASA-affiliated researchers and engineers, highlighting how social engineering was used to extract sensitive aerospace information.
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Chapters
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Making More Money than OpenAI
(04:58) - NASA Gets Phished by Chinese - 2026-04-27
(07:22) - Story # 1: ‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty
(13:07) - Story # 2: A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border
(19:59) - Story # 3: Scam messages offering ships safe transit through Hormuz, security firm warns
(24:24) - Story # 4: Apple fixes bug that let the FBI recover deleted Signal messages
(27:49) - Story # 5: Bitwarden CLI Compromised in Ongoing Checkmarx Supply Chain Campaign
(30:28) - Story # 6: cDc communications | CULT OF THE DEAD COW | The Hacktivismo Declaration: Rebooted 2026-04-21
(34:07) - Story # 7: NASA Employees Duped in Chinese Phishing Scheme Targeting U.S. Defense Software
(36:29) - Story # 8: How UNC6692 Employed Social Engineering to Deploy a Custom Malware Suite
(41:34) - Story # 9: Discord group says it accessed Claude Mythos by guessing location
(44:19) - Story # 10: Introducing GPT‑5.5
(46:46) - Story # 11: CERT-In Advisory CIAD-2026-0020
(50:47) - Story # 12: pro j e c t d e a l

Links
Story # 1: ‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty
Story # 2: A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border
Story # 3: Scam messages offering ships safe transit through Hormuz, security firm warns
Story # 4: Apple fixes bug that let the FBI recover deleted Signal messages
Story # 5: Bitwarden CLI Compromised in Ongoing Checkmarx Supply Chain Campaign
Story # 6: cDc communications | CULT OF THE DEAD COW | The Hacktivismo Declaration: Rebooted 2026-04-21
Story # 7: NASA Employees Duped in Chinese Phishing Scheme Targeting U.S. Defense Software
Story # 8: How UNC6692 Employed Social Engineering to Deploy a Custom Malware Suite
Story # 9: Discord group says it accessed Claude Mythos by guessing location
Story # 10: Introducing GPT‑5.5
Story # 11: CERT-In Advisory CIAD-2026-0020
Story # 12: pro j e c t d e a l
Creators & Guests
Aisling nic Lynne "siriciryel" - Guest

Corey Ham - Host

John Strand - Host

Ralph May - Host

Hayden Covington - Host

Wade Wells - Host

Ryan Poirier - Producer

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April 22, 2026Tim Cook Announces Apple CEO Exit - 2026-04-20
This episode covers several major cybersecurity and tech news stories, including a supply chain–related breach at Vercel involving exposed environment variables and compromised third-party AI tooling. The hosts also discuss concerns around AI-driven data risks, including browser extensions and large-scale data collection. Additional topics include a service scraping and republishing Zoom webinar recordings, evolving issues with web cookies and tracking, and industry news such as reports of Apple CEO Tim Cook stepping down.
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Chapters
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Watch Out for the Brownies
(04:35) - Tim Cook Announces Apple CEO Exit - 2026-04-20
(05:57) - Story # 1: Vercel April 2026 security incident
(19:00) - Story # 2: 'Addicted to hacking': Young hacker behind historic breach speaks out for 1st time, before reporting to prison
(27:19) - Story # 3: Mythos And The CVSS Problem No One Wants to Talk About (But We Need To)
(28:49) - Story # 4: Introducing Claude Opus 4.7
(32:14) - Story # 4b: Identity verification on Claude
(36:00) - Story # 5: Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman John Ternus to become Apple CEO
(40:18) - Story # 6: Microsoft faces fresh Windows Recall security concerns
(44:12) - Story # 7: WebinarTV Secretly Scraped Zoom Meetings of Anonymous Recovery Programs
(48:20) - Story # 8: Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit
(51:12) - Story # 9: Little Caesars Wants ChatGPT to Order Your Pizza for You
(53:35) - Story # 10: NIST Updates NVD Operations to Address Record CVE Growth
(01:00:08) - Workshop: Rapid Endpoint Investigations for Linux and Mac
(01:01:20) - Cyber Threat Intelligence 101 2 Day Version
(01:02:24) - ANTI-CAST: How to Break Free from the Cybersecurity Burnout Trap w/ Natalia Samman

Links
Story # 1: Vercel April 2026 security incident
Story # 2: ‘Addicted to hacking’: Young hacker behind historic breach speaks out for 1st time, before reporting to prison
Story # 3: Mythos And The CVSS Problem No One Wants to Talk About (But We Need To)
Story # 4: Introducing Claude Opus 4.7
Story # 4b: Identity verification on Claude
Story # 5: Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman John Ternus to become Apple CEO
Story # 6: Microsoft faces fresh Windows Recall security concerns
Story # 7: WebinarTV Secretly Scraped Zoom Meetings of Anonymous Recovery Programs
Story # 8: Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit
Story # 9: Little Caesars Wants ChatGPT to Order Your Pizza for You
Story # 10: NIST Updates NVD Operations to Address Record CVE Growth
Workshop: Rapid Endpoint Investigations for Linux and Mac
Cyber Threat Intelligence 101 2 Day Version
ANTI-CAST: How to Break Free from the Cybersecurity Burnout Trap w/ Natalia Samman

Creators & Guests
Corey Ham - Host

Ralph May - Host

Patterson Cake - Guest

Wade Wells - Host

Bronwen Aker - Host

Meagan Bentley - Producer

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