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Making cybercrime more difficult.

The FBI lays out its new Cyber Strategy. CISA plans a federal cyber overhaul. Anthropic discloses another unauthorized AI intrusion. Treasury sanctions a Chinese-language

Clear your calendar, it’s Patch Tuesday.

Patch Tuesday is a doozy. The Feds warn China-based AI companies are distilling U.S. AI models. A new ClickFix campaign goes straight for the browser. Smart TVs get nosy.

Worming its way through WeChat.

Researchers build a self-propagating attack against WeChat. Threat actors move toward multi-agent AI frameworks. N-able issues an emergency patch for a maximum-severity b

This call may be monitored. [Special Edition]

In this Special Episode, Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner are joined by friend of the show, Brandon Karpf, to unpack a new bipartisan congressional investigation into the

When hackers control the clock. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]

The accurate timing data from spacecraft has become an invaluable tool for nearly every critical infrastructure sector and a greater target for malicious actors. Host Ma

RMM-ber this ransomware. [Research Saturday]

Ismael Valenzuela, Vice President of Labs, Threat Research and Intelligence at Arctic Wolf, sits down with Dave to discuss their work tracking Anubis. Arctic Wolf Labs de

What the Flock?

The G7 and CISA prepare for the quantum threat. Nightmare Eclipse drops a CrowdStrike zero-day. The White House’s offensive hacking plan raises legal questions. CISA offe

Who’s watching the AI watchers?

A watchdog challenges the Trump administration’s secret frontier AI reviews. METR discloses two cyberattacks. Leaked documents reveal a Russian cyber training pipeline. R

Drive-by data theft.

Nexus sells driver’s license scans on the dark web. OpenAI says its models have reached a “Critical” capability threshold. International law enforcement disrupts a decade

Nightmare on Windows 11.

Nightmare Eclipse drops a Kaspersky zero-day. The Financial Stability Board warns frontier AI could threaten the global financial system. Anthropic says it has tightened

Let’s kill the kill switch.

Could an AI kill switch create more problems than it solves? A critical Rails flaw is under active attack. Malicious browser extensions steal cryptocurrency. Fire Ant tar

CyberWire Daily at 10: A decade of emerging threat actors and APTs. [Special Edition]

In this episode, Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner from N2K Cyberwire get back together to discuss the evolution of advanced persistent threats (APTs), threat actor landsca

Who let the AI hack? [Research Saturday]

Today we are joined by Crystal Morin, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist, and Michael Clark, Senior Director of Threat Research, at Sysdig, sharing their work on "LLMjacking

The blacklist boomerang.

A judge rules the Trump administration illegally labeled Anthropic a national security risk. The White House moves to keep foreign technology out of U.S. power systems. O

Meta gets a Meta-sized bill.

Meta settles. Australian police arrest two alleged TeamPCP members. The White House moves to shore up water utility cybersecurity. ATF reports a major cyber incident. The

The feds flip the script.

The U.S. disrupts a Chinese hacking operation blamed for intrusions at several sensitive government agencies.  CISA says more than 100 water systems were targeted in July

CISA is running on empty.

Lawmakers request an investigation into cuts at CISA. Threat actors actively exploit a Zimbra Collaboration Suite vulnerability. A Chinese AI lab preps release of a power

The odds were classified.

Polymarket traders win big on U.S. military insider information. Slovakia deactivates speed cameras with Russian backdoors. TikTok pays $400 million to settle kids' priva

Building a secure space internet. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]

As space infrastructure has continued to expand, developing secure space systems has become just as important as launching the spacecraft themselves. In this week's epis

A RAT in the spreadsheet. [Research Saturday]

Today we are joined by Aaron Beardslee, Manager of Threat Research at Securonix, discussing "Analyzing SHEET#CREEP: SHEETCREEP is up again with different config obfuscati