CyberWire Daily

Sep 17, 202629m#2638

AI goes to war. Iranian strikes leave AWS data unrecoverable. OpenAI discloses more model misbehavior. Researchers uncover 16 Wireshark vulnerabilities. TrustSink turns Entra authentication into a password trap. RatHat r

Sep 16, 202629m#2637

Officials investigate suspected cyberattacks on U.S.-bound oil tankers. Iranian operators deploy Chosen Brick surveillance malware. Ukraine cracks down on scam call centers. Researchers uncover two TP-Link camera zero-da

Sep 15, 202628m#2636

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 Safety and Motor Vehicles and Japan’s Digital Agency

Sep 14, 202627m#2635

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 vulnerability is under active exploitation. Direct Send

Sep 13, 202622m#724

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 discuss the limitations of current approaches for

Sep 12, 202623m#441

Today we are joined by Brigid O Gorman , Senior Intelligence Analyst on Symantec Threat Hunter team, discussing their work on “GodDamn Ransomware: Latest Beast Rebrand Uses Malicious Driver to Disable Defenses." GodDamn

Sep 11, 202629m#2634

WeWorm has China’s attention. Calls for an AI slowdown continue. OpenAI calls for mandatory AI regulation. Anthropic disrupts Russian cyberespionage. The EU’s 24 hour reporting requirement goes into effect. GitLab and Ch

Sep 10, 202628m#2633

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 cybercrime marketplace. Another Microsoft Defende

Sep 9, 202630m#2632

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. Hackers gift themselves a $47 million bug bounty.

Sep 8, 202630m#2631

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 bug under active exploitation. MikroTik patches mul

Sep 7, 202638m#105

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 lingering presence of Chinese state-owned telecom

Sep 6, 202623m#723

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 Maria Varmazis and ⁠ Andy Davis⁠ , Global Research Di

Sep 5, 202619m#440

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 details a series of 2026 Anubis ransomware intrusi

Sep 4, 202631m#2630

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 offers a playbook for communicating through cyber inci

Sep 3, 202624m#2629

A watchdog challenges the Trump administration’s secret frontier AI reviews. METR discloses two cyberattacks. Leaked documents reveal a Russian cyber training pipeline. Rogue ScreenConnect clients spread malware like a w

Sep 2, 202630m#2628

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 decades-old botnet. AI hallucinations fuel “slop squatti

Sep 1, 202627m#2627

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 security. CISA adopts a risk-based approach to pat

Aug 31, 202627m#2626

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 targets trusted network infrastructure. Claude Code g

Aug 30, 202624m#104

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 landscape, attribution changes, and the future of cyber e

Aug 29, 202623m#439

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 evolved: Attackers are using stolen AI compute

Aug 28, 202629m#2625

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. OpenAI rallies a global cyber defense push as its o

Aug 27, 202631m#2624

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 Navy tells sailors to lock down social media. The

Aug 26, 202632m#2623

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. Attackers exploit a critical Gitea flaw, while ma

Aug 25, 202628m#2622

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 powerful open-weight model. A new phishing toolkit depl

Aug 24, 202630m#2621

Polymarket traders win big on U.S. military insider information. Slovakia deactivates speed cameras with Russian backdoors. TikTok pays $400 million to settle kids' privacy allegations. Hackers infect Android-based car s