The CyBUr Smart Morning News Update

Articles mentioned in this podcast:

1) https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/10/08/ransomware-fixer-claimed-he-could-decrypt-files-allegedly-defrauded-clients-instead/5301831

2) https://cyberscoop.com/fbi-french-authorities-seize-deepfake-csam-websites/

3) https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/outstreaming-taylor-swift-is-easy-with-10k-bots-and-ai-songs-fraudster-admits/

4) https://www.wired.com/story/kernel-panic-old-timey-credit-card-scams/

5) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/asos-links-data-breach-to-social-engineering-attack-credential-theft/

6) https://www.ransomware.live/

Articles mentioned in this episode:

1) https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/dutch-police-arrest-24-year-old.html

2) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-tells-shinyhunters-members-to-turn-themselves-in-after-recent-arrest/

3) https://cybernews.com/security/pentagon-dmdc-data-breach-3-million-affected/

4) https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/30/air-force-members-sentenced-bec-phishing/

5) https://securityaffairs.com/200090/intelligence/oxygen-forensics-a-russian-run-forensics-firm-spent-a-decade-inside-european-police-departments.html

6) https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/09/your-cars-app-could-be-telling-big-tech-who-you-are-and-where-you-go

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Articles mentioned in this episode:

1) https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/09/25/shinyhunters-tells-the-reg-we-hacked-the-fbi-to-protect-our-business/5299250

2) https://cyberscoop.com/cameron-wagenius-att-snowflake-attacks-sentenced/

3) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bitget-resumes-bitcoin-withdrawals-after-3875-million-crypto-heist/

4) https://www.scworld.com/news/was-the-australia-health-portal-incident-a-misconfiguration-error

5) https://securityaffairs.com/199815/ai/openai-agents-accessed-us-government-websites-without-authorization.html

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Articles mentioned in this podcast:

1) https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-guidance-cyber-decoys-critical-infrastructure/

2) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-use-sparrowocky-malware-in-govt-espionage-attacks/

3) https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/17/fbi-nightmarestresser-ddos-for-hire-service-seized/

4) https://securityaffairs.com/199104/apt/one-exploit-chain-two-espionage-campaigns-chrome-and-windows-under-fire.html

5) https://cisomag.com/from-awareness-to-relevance-rethinking-how-we-teach-cybersecurity/

6) https://www.ransomware.live/

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I am bringing back the CyBUr Guy Podcast, this time in audio and video format (available at https://www.youtube.com/@cyburguypodcast).  

In this episode I discuss if AI is going to kill is (unlikely), Flock cameras, and why you should talk to your kids about online risks. 

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Articles mentioned in this podcast:

1) https://apnews.com/article/zohran-mamdani-ai-ban-nyc-schools-647f6a968eea0399521b7934418b1aff

2) https://cyberscoop.com/openai-agents-malicious-rubygems-packages/

3) https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/chatgpt-using-lawyer-punished-for-citing-fake-testimony-from-made-up-witnesses/

4) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/passkey-themed-phishing-attacks-lead-to-microsoft-365-data-theft/

5) https://www.scworld.com/news/anthropic-finds-4th-real-world-attack-by-claude-agent-details-models-biased-reasoning

Give a listen, tell a friend.

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Articles discussed in this episode:

1) https://cyberscoop.com/sonicwall-sma1000-zero-days-actively-exploited/

2) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-build-ai-frameworks-for-widescale-credential-theft/

3) https://www.wired.com/story/meta-failed-to-catch-hundreds-of-ai-child-abuse-ads-some-included-images-of-real-kids/

4) https://www.scworld.com/news/empty-envelope-email-attacks-target-company-leaders

5) https://securityaffairs.com/198628/data-breach/conde-nast-data-of-32-8-million-users-offered-for-sale-after-wired-leak.html

Questions/Thoughts/Comments to [email protected]

Articles mentioned in this episode:

1) https://cyberscoop.com/watershed-250-texas-water-cybersecurity-pilot/

2) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/five-venezuelans-plead-guilty-to-atm-jackpotting-attacks-in-us/

3) https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/threat-actors-dont-want-better-attacks.html

4) https://securityaffairs.com/198166/ai/infostealers-are-hijacking-claude-sessions-and-draining-subscriptions.html

5) https://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/targeted-not-breached-doj-corrects-record-on-major-chinese-cyber-campaign/

Give a listen, tell a friend.

Articles mentioned in the article:

1) https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/27/fbi-seizes-hacking-tools-it-says-china-used-to-attack-nasa-doe-us-senate-and-other-critical-networks/5292742

2) https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/android-malware-hijacks-update-system-car-head-units

3) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/carhartt-data-breach-exposes-information-of-129-million-accounts/

4) https://securityaffairs.com/197878/intelligence/openai-banned-russian-chatgpt-accounts-backing-covert-influence-operation.html

5) https://www.csoonline.com/article/4214535/critical-infrastructures-long-undefended-tail-exposed-by-uk-energy-attack.html

6) https://www.ransomware.live/stats/2026

Articles mentioned in this podcast:

1) https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/25/cisa-slaps-its-tightest-three-day-patching-deadline-on-perfect-10-oracle-flaw/5292107

2) https://cyberscoop.com/ai-healthcare-apps-hipaa-privacy-risks-openai-anthropic/

3) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrests-dozens-of-suspects-in-global-cybercrime-crackdown/

4) https://securityaffairs.com/197713/laws-and-regulations/tiktok-settles-u-s-child-privacy-case-for-400-million.html

5) https://securityaffairs.com/197772/malware/cybercriminals-turn-gta-vi-leaks-into-malware-bait.html

6) https://securityaffairs.com/197734/cyber-warfare-2/uk-power-plant-disabled-for-four-days-by-iran-linked-hackers-concurrent-with-us-water-attacks.html