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Gemini 4 enters the ring, MI5 flags research ties, Custom GPTs deliver malware

Gemini 4 starts with cybersecurity MI5 flags Chinese research funding Custom GPTs steer users into ClickFix attacks Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.co

Star Blizzard, Cloudflare CA, GPT-6.1 scuttled

Microsoft details new Star Blizzard and NeedyMantis activity Cloudflare to become a public certificate authority Safety concerns scuttle GPT-6.1 Get the show notes

GPT-6 Astra goes off script, ShinyHunters suspect arrested, Nvidia corrals rogue AI agents

GPT-6 Astra goes off script in attack simulations Dutch police arrest "reformed" hacker in ShinyHunters probe Nvidia builds a browser for AI agents Get the show not

New SharePoint exploit, Australian OpenAI hack developments, Kiteworks urges stoppage

Another Microsoft SharePoint flaw now exploited Details and doubts emerge regarding OpenAI hack of Australian Health portal Kiteworks urges customers to stop using pl

The Department of Know: NCSC's AI "inconvenient truth," automated payment skimming, CISA's CVE plan

Read all the stories at CISOSeries.com. This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Dmitriy Sokolovskiy, senior vice president, informatio

OpenAI hacks Australia health, Astrana Health breached, TeamCity flaw exploited

OpenAI program hacks Australia's government health portal Astrana Health suffers data breach Ransomware gangs exploiting TeamCity flaw Get the show notes here: http

ShinyHunters peeks at FBI assignments, WordPress flaw wastes no time, Pentagon's cyber appetite grows

ShinyHunters peeks at FBI assignments WordPress flaw wastes no time Pentagon's cyber appetite grows Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-ne

CAIRN framework, Muse zero-day, BigDiskBuster

Cisco releases open-source CAIRN framework Muse zero-day opens the door to account takeovers Microsoft can't wake up from Nightmare Eclipse Get the show notes here:

ShinyHunters hijacks Clop, fake LastPass kills security tools, trusted npm release carries malware

ShinyHunters hijacks Clop's own leak site Fake LastPass installers kill security tools Trusted npm release carries GHAPPIER malware Huge thanks to our episode spons

OpenAI Codex sandbox escape, President proposes AI Force, Cyber Command suicides

Researchers escape OpenAI Codex sandbox to run commands on host AI Force proposed to monitor technology Congress eyes new support for Cyber Command after recent suici

The Department of Know: Passkeys phished, Cisco hits root, nuclear red lines for AI

Read the full stories at CISOSeries.com. This week's Department of Know is hosted by Sarah Lane, with guests Jason Thomas, senior director of technology security, gover

Nuclear-style AI safeguards, AI legislation shelved, CISA's decoy guidance

Nuclear-style safeguards proposed for AI risks Key lawmaker suggests action on AI safety legislation will wait until 2027 CISA releases cyber decoy guidance for infra

Flock gets plucked, OpenAI agents arrived even earlier, inside China's AI spy shop

Flock gets plucked OpenAI agents arrived early China's AI spy shop Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-september-17-2026/ Huge than

Cisco zero-day goes straight to root, BambooToken branches into Linux, CenterPoint breach claim hits 7M+

Cisco zero-day goes straight to root BambooToken branches into Linux CenterPoint breach claim hits 7M+ Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity

China hits fast-forward on AI security, Hacking Cat shows its claws, Vite servers spill cloud secrets

China hits fast-forward on AI security Hacking Cat shows its claws Vite servers spill cloud secrets Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-ne

Passkey phishing attack, Anthropic's blockbuster report, airline cybersecurity loophole

Attackers use passkey phishing to hijack Microsoft cloud accounts Anthropic blockbuster report reveals sophisticated hacks Airlines compliance with new cybersecurity

The Department of Know: Liquid drained, CISA urges change, agentic whistleblowers

Read the full stories at CISOSeries.com This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Alexandra Landegger, global head of cyber strategy & t

NetScaler vulnerability exploited, AdaptHealth suffers breach, new Android malware

Critical NetScaler vulnerability exploited in attacks AdaptHealth data breach impacts 4.1 million people MantaxOtax Android malware delivers ransomware and spyware to

Fortinet auth holes, China distills AI, Mythos vulnerability

Fortinet plugs two critical auth holes US says China is distilling AI at scale Mythos vulnerability hits human bottleneck Get the show notes here: https://cisoserie

Florida DMV breach, zero-click WeChat worm, AI whistleblowers

ShinyHunters claimed it breached Florida DMV Zero-click WeChat worm spreads over incoming calls AI cheaters and whistleblowers emerge Get the show notes here: https