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The guardrails go to court.

AI companies sign a voluntary accord aimed at addressing safety concerns. Cybercriminals abuse the CustomGPT feature as part of a ClickFix campaign. The FBI is urging mem

Astra, la vista, baby.

OpenAI holds back its newest model over safety concerns. Kiteworks lifts its precautionary shutdown. Apple patches an exploited zero-day. Japanese rail operators disclose

The AI hotline.

The U.S. and China agree on an AI safety channel. Some states say CISA’s election security plan comes too late. Citrix patches critical zero-days under active exploitatio

Space cybersecurity starts on the ground. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]

Though spacecraft are important, space cybersecurity extends well beyond these assets touching ground stations, mission-control assets, and other critical components. Ho

The Insider You Built with author Camille Stewart Gloster. [Special Edition]

On this special edition podcast, N2K CyberWire's Dave Bittner spoke with Camille Stewart Gloster⁠. Camille is the author of The Insider You Built: How Organizations Stay

An apple a day, a phish away. [Research Saturday]

Today we are joined by Ensar Seker, VP of Research and CISO at SOCRadar, discussing their work on "Exposing AnonyMousKIT: AI-Powered PhaaS Supply Chain." An investigation

Shut it down before they do.

Kiteworks urges customers pull the plug on vulnerable servers. CISA lays out its election security plan. Known vulnerabilities linger unpatched. Big AI labs consider a ne

No factoring necessary.

Researchers find a new way to weaken RSA. ShinyHunters allegedly exposes sensitive FBI details. CISA and the FBI warn of third-party ICS risks. An OpenAI agent hacks an A

The hunters go after the bureau.

ShinyHunters claims to have breached FBI systems. CLOSEDQUORUM malware delegates command-and-control decisions to commercial LLMs. An IT error erases 11 years of hospital

Storm clouds over the waterworks.

CISA rides out a Cyber Storm. The EU struggles to share cyber threat information. Nightmare Eclipse drops another Defender zero-day. TASK#STOMP steals business documents.

A very real-world AI test.

Google confirms unauthorized access by Gemini. AI’s growing power outpaces its defenses. Hackers target Colorado water utilities. Georgia weighs voting-system security. S

Defending Space as Critical Infrastructure. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]

Space infrastructure has become an increasingly important part of everyday life, which has also made it an increasingly attractive target for exploitation. Host Maria Va

CyberWire Daily at 10: Critical infrastructure attacks over the last 10 years. [Special Edition]

In this Special Edition episode, Maria Varmazis⁠ and ⁠Dave Bittner⁠ from N2K Cyberwire get back together to reflect on the past decade of critical infrastructure attacks,

All about that proxy. [Research Saturday]

Today we are joined by Dr. Renée Burton, VP of Threat Intelligence at Infoblox, discussing their work on Lurking Lizard, "Fake Installers, Fake Reviews, Fake Services – R

The Cisco root route.

Cisco patches a maximum-severity vulnerability in its Identity Services Engine. Court documents describe AI as “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions.” Resear

AI is calling the shots.

AI goes to war. Iranian strikes leave AWS data unrecoverable. OpenAI discloses more model misbehavior. Researchers uncover 16 Wireshark vulnerabilities. TrustSink turns E

Cybercrime finds its sea legs.

Officials investigate suspected cyberattacks on U.S.-bound oil tankers. Iranian operators deploy Chosen Brick surveillance malware. Ukraine cracks down on scam call cente

Pedal to the AI metal.

The President pushes back on calls to slow AI. Microsoft lays out potential AI safety rules. Lawmakers consider the crypto Clarity Act. Florida’s Department of Highway Sa

Bigfoot in the neural network.

NSA preps a major restructuring. Anthropic’s CEO calls for an AI slowdown. China acknowledges AI risks. RubyGems got swarmed by AI agents.  A maximum-severity GitLab vuln

Space's cybersecurity policy problem. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]

As space becomes increasingly connected and autonomous, effective cybersecurity policy is struggling to keep pace. Host Maria Varmazis and ⁠⁠⁠Dr. Mac McGuire sit down to