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August 11, 2026Episode 321 hr 6 min

OpenClaw Cancels a Stranger's Gym Reservation - 2026-08-10

This episode explores an AI agent that canceled someone else’s gym reservation, the growing offensive and defensive roles of AI, and a sharp rise in ransomware attacks. The panel also discusses privacy concerns surrounding Meta smart glasses, new passkey-theft and MFA-bypass research, the Snowflake hacker’s guilty plea, backdoors in ZBT-Link routers, compromised cameras aboard UK Navy drones, reports of AI models hacking real targets, and research into the reliability of AI-generated security patches. Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurity Chat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis 🔴live-chat Chapters (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — The Old Jerks (08:30) - OpenClaw Cancels a Stranger's Gym Reservation - 2026-08-10 (12:00) - Story # 1: OpenClaw cancels another person’s gym reservation (27:43) - Story # 2: Ransomware attacks surge 20% amid the AI distraction (39:08) - Story # 3: Backlash grows against Meta’s AI smart glasses (46:28) - Story # 4: Passkey theft and MFA-bypass research (49:19) - Story # 5: Canadian Snowflake hacker pleads guilty (51:16) - Story # 6: ZBT-Link routers found with a China-linked backdoor (53:06) - Story # 7: UK Navy drone cameras reportedly transmitted data to China (56:19) - Story # 8: Meta reports AI models hacking real targets (01:02:44) - Story # 9: AI-generated security patches succeed only about half the time Links Story # 1: OpenClaw cancels another person’s gym reservation Story # 2: Ransomware attacks surge 20% amid the AI distraction Story # 3: Backlash grows against Meta’s AI smart glasses Story # 4: Passkey theft and MFA-bypass research Story # 5: Canadian Snowflake hacker pleads guilty Story # 6: ZBT-Link routers found with a China-linked backdoor Story # 7: UK Navy drone cameras reportedly transmitted data to China Story # 8: Meta reports AI models hacking real targets Story # 9: AI-generated security patches succeed only about half the time Infosec: Age of AI Summit Creators & Guests Wade Wells - Host Ralph May - Host John Strand - Host Bronwen Aker - Host Corey Ham - Host Ryan Poirier - Producer Kip Boyle - Guest Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. Click here to view the episode transcript. 🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summits https://poweredbybhis.com Brought to you by: Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com ☯️ Introducing BHIS Fusion Penetration Testing https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/fusion-penetration-testing/ Antisyphon Training https://www.antisyphontraining.com/ Active Countermeasures https://www.activecountermeasures.com Wild West Hackin Fest https://wildwesthackinfest.com

August 5, 2026Episode 311 hr 6 min

Iranian Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Systems - 2026-08-03

This episode examines Anthropic’s disclosure that Claude breached real organizations during security testing, along with new technical details about the OpenAI and Hugging Face incident. The discussion covers ExfilSquad’s claimed Microsoft breach, cyberattacks targeting U.S. water systems, and malicious Android TV boxes used for residential proxy networks and advertising fraud. The hosts also explore Google’s Android age-verification plans, Chrome protections against hijacking extensions, Microsoft Teams impersonation attacks deploying Chaos ransomware, and Bank of America’s acquisition of MDSec. Additional topics include the GrapheneOS duress-password court case, a DEF CON prediction market, continued Kali365 phishing activity, and credential-stuffing attacks against Chick-fil-A loyalty accounts. Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurity Chat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis 🔴live-chat Chapters (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Zuckers (03:43) - Iranian Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Systems - 2026-08-03 (07:00) - Story # 1: Anthropic’s Claude Breaches Companies During Security Testing (11:35) - Story # 2: Hugging Face Publishes Technical Details of the OpenAI Incident (13:37) - Story # 3: ExfilSquad Claims a Microsoft Cloud Breach (19:34) - Story # 4: Iranian Cyberattacks Target U.S. Water Systems (28:27) - Story # 5: Malicious Android TV Boxes Fuel Proxy Networks and Ad Fraud (40:51) - Story # 6: Google Introduces Android Age Verification (43:26) - Story # 7: Chrome Targets Tab- and Homepage-Hijacking Extensions (47:02) - Story # 8: Fake Microsoft Teams Support Calls Deploy Chaos Ransomware (48:38) - Story # 9: Bank of America Acquires MDSec (51:15) - Story # 10: GrapheneOS Duress Password Wipes Phone During Border Search (55:25) - Story # 11: Pony Market Takes Bets on DEF CON and Black Hat (58:06) - Story # 12: Kali365 Phishing Platform Remains Active (01:02:26) - ChickenSec : Chick-fil-A Loyalty Accounts Hit by Credential Stuffing Links Story # 1: Anthropic’s Claude Breaches Companies During Security Testing Story # 2: Hugging Face Publishes Technical Details of the OpenAI Incident Story # 3: ExfilSquad Claims a Microsoft Cloud Breach Story # 4: Iranian Cyberattacks Target U.S. Water Systems Story # 5: Malicious Android TV Boxes Fuel Proxy Networks and Ad Fraud Story # 6: Google Introduces Android Age Verification Story # 7: Chrome Targets Tab- and Homepage-Hijacking Extensions Story # 8: Fake Microsoft Teams Support Calls Deploy Chaos Ransomware Story # 9: Bank of America Acquires MDSec Story # 10: GrapheneOS Duress Password Wipes Phone During Border Search Story # 11: Pony Market Takes Bets on DEF CON and Black Hat Story # 12: Kali365 Phishing Platform Remains Active ChickenSec : Chick-fil-A Loyalty Accounts Hit by Credential Stuffing Infosec: Age of AI Summit DEATHcon - November 13 - 14, 2026 - Univeristy of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park Way San Diego, California 92110 Creators & Guests Ralph May - Host Wade Wells - Host Bronwen Aker - Host Corey Ham - Host Nick Ascoli - Guest Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. Click here to view the episode transcript. 🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summits https://poweredbybhis.com Brought to you by: Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com ☯️ Introducing BHIS Fusion Penetration Testing https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/fusion-penetration-testing/ Antisyphon Training https://www.antisyphontraining.com/ Active Countermeasures https://www.activecountermeasures.com Wild West Hackin Fest https://wildwesthackinfest.com

July 28, 2026Episode 301 hr 4 min

OpenAI accidentally Hacked Hugging Face - 2026-07-27

This week, the crew digs into one of the biggest AI security stories of the year: how an OpenAI autonomous agent accidentally compromised a Hugging Face environment during testing and what the incident reveals about the growing risks of agentic AI. They examine how AI models behave in offensive security scenarios, discuss emerging attack surfaces around MCPs and AI agents, explore the challenges of AI red teaming, and debate what organizations should be doing today to secure AI-powered workflows. The episode also covers AI safety initiatives, model behavior, and where defensive security is struggling to keep pace with rapidly evolving AI capabilities. Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurity Chat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis 🔴event-live-chat Chapters (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Sol with a Goal (06:33) - OpenAI accidentally Hacked Hugging Face - 2026-07-27 (09:18) - Story #1 - OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system (18:33) - Story #2 - Lapsus is shutting down (24:21) - Story #3 - AgentForger, Part 1: ChatGPT Cross-Site Agent Forgery (31:47) - Story #4 - Beyond the Terminal: Offensive Security Evals for Embodied Reasoning (44:00) - Story #5 - EXPLOIT BROKERS PAY $500,000 FOR A WORDPRESS RCE. I FOUND ONE WITH GPT5.6 SOL ULTRA AND $25 (52:43) - Story #6 - DNS Poisoning Tactics Expand to Hospitality Wi-Fi (55:51) - Ads and Mike at the AI Summit (59:54) - Story #7 - Golden Chickens Resurfaces With Four New Malware Families and Modular Implants Links Story #1 - OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system Story #2 - Lapsus is shutting down Story #3 - AgentForger, Part 1: ChatGPT Cross-Site Agent Forgery AgentForger, Part 2: The Autonomous Insider Story #4 - Beyond the Terminal: Offensive Security Evals for Embodied Reasoning Story #5 - EXPLOIT BROKERS PAY $500,000 FOR A WORDPRESS RCE. I FOUND ONE WITH GPT5.6 SOL ULTRA AND $25 Story #6 - DNS Poisoning Tactics Expand to Hospitality Wi-Fi Ads and Mike at the AI Summit Story #7 - Golden Chickens Resurfaces With Four New Malware Families and Modular Implants Creators & Guests Ads Dawson - Guest Mike Takahashi - Guest Corey Ham - Host John Strand - Host Bronwen Aker - Host Hayden Covington - Host Ralph May - Host Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. Click here to view the episode transcript. 🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summits https://poweredbybhis.com Brought to you by: Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com ☯️ Introducing BHIS Fusion Penetration Testing https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/fusion-penetration-testing/ Antisyphon Training https://www.antisyphontraining.com/ Active Countermeasures https://www.activecountermeasures.com Wild West Hackin Fest https://wildwesthackinfest.com

July 21, 2026Episode 291 hr 11 min

Initiative Gold Eagle - 2026-07-20

This week, the team discusses the White House's Initiative Gold Eagle and its implications for cybersecurity information sharing, an unexpectedly positive development involving Flock Safety, and the latest wave of AI news. The conversation also explores evolving AI model capabilities, security guardrails, open-weight Chinese models, and how AI is changing offensive and defensive security. Along the way, the hosts examine recent vulnerability research, industry reactions, and other cybersecurity headlines from the week. Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurity Chat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis 🔴live-chat Chapters (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — The Two Jokes (01:58) - Initiative Gold Eagle - 2026-07-20 (12:24) - Story #1 - White House Launches Gold Eagle Initiative for Unprecedented Cybersecurity Vulnerability Coordination (18:58) - Story #2 - Microsoft Reins in RoguePlanet Zero-Day Threat (21:48) - Story #3 - Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too (27:45) - Story #4 - Security incident disclosure — July 2026 (33:38) - Story #5 - Chinese AI has leveled up, and brought renewed focus on the open weight model shift (44:25) - Story #6 - LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy (47:24) - Story #7 - Inside Pegasus: The evolution of the world’s most notorious spyware system (48:38) - Story #8a - WP2SHELL: PRE AUTHENTICATION RCE IN WORDPRESS CORE (51:49) - Story #8b - Cloudflare WAF protects WordPress applications from two high-severity vulnerabilities (53:20) - Story #9 - Cyberattack threatens utterly critical infrastructure in Japan: KFC (58:10) - Paul’s Workshop (01:00:29) - Sign up for the AI Summit to see Matt’s talk (01:02:45) - Bronwen’s Workshop (01:07:10) - Wild West Hackin’ Fest (01:07:25) - DeathCon (01:09:08) - PostShow Banter - Retirement Funds Links Story #1 - White House Launches Gold Eagle Initiative for Unprecedented Cybersecurity Vulnerability Coordination Story #2 - Microsoft Reins in RoguePlanet Zero-Day Threat Story #3 - Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too Story #4 - [Huggingface] Security incident disclosure — July 2026 Story #5 - Chinese AI has leveled up, and brought renewed focus on the open weight model shift Story #6 - LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy Story #7 - Inside Pegasus: The evolution of the world’s most notorious spyware system Story #8a - WP2SHELL: PRE AUTHENTICATION RCE IN WORDPRESS CORE Story #8b - Cloudflare WAF protects WordPress applications from two high-severity vulnerabilities Story #9 - Cyberattack threatens utterly critical infrastructure in Japan: KFC Paul’s Workshop Sign up for the AI Summit to see Matt’s talk Bronwen’s Workshop Wild West Hackin’ Fest DeathCon Creators & Guests Corey Ham - Host Ralph May - Host John Strand - Host Paul Clark - Guest Wade Wells - Host Meagan Bentley - Producer Bronwen Aker - Host Matt Franz - Guest Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. Click here to view the episode transcript. 🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summits https://poweredbybhis.com Brought to you by: Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com ☯️ Introducing BHIS Fusion Penetration Testing https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/fusion-penetration-testing/ Antisyphon Training https://www.antisyphontraining.com/ Active Countermeasures https://www.activecountermeasures.com Wild West Hackin Fest https://wildwesthackinfest.com

July 15, 2026Episode 281 hr 7 min

OnlyFans Models Are Accidental Blue Team Defenders - 2026-07-13

This week, the team unpacks a wide range of cybersecurity news, including a fraudulent offensive security startup tied to cybercriminals, how leaked OnlyFans content is inadvertently helping defenders identify compromised government websites, and new vishing attacks targeting Microsoft Entra passkey enrollment. They also examine AI prompt injection risks in GitHub workflows, malware campaigns abusing hundreds of GitHub repositories and Go packages, Microsoft's latest identity security developments, and the growing push for online age verification through government-issued IDs and selfies. Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurity Chat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis 🔴live-event-chat Chapters (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — The New Mainframes (05:24) - OnlyFans Models are Accidental Blue Team Defenders - 2026-07-13 (06:23) - Story #1 - Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup (15:37) - Story #2 - OnlyFans Models Are Accidentally Making Hacked Government Websites Disappear (20:37) - Story #3 - Vishing actors target Entra passkey enrollment (32:44) - Story #4 - GitLost: How We Tricked GitHub’s AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos (46:32) - Story #5 - Network of 200 GitHub Repositories Used for Malware Infection (48:13) - Story #6 - Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint (53:53) - Story #7 - EU Reddit Users Must Verify Age With Government ID or Selfie (59:39) - Story #8 - Risky Bulletin: All new cars to include a camera aimed at the driver's face Links Story #1 - Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup Story #2 - OnlyFans Models Are Accidentally Making Hacked Government Websites Disappear Story #3 - Vishing actors target Entra passkey enrollment Story #4 - GitLost: How We Tricked GitHub’s AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos Story #5 - Network of 200 GitHub Repositories Used for Malware Infection Story #6 - Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint Story #7 - EU Reddit Users Must Verify Age With Government ID or Selfie Story #8 - Risky Bulletin: All new cars to include a camera aimed at the driver’s face Creators & Guests John Strand - Host Mishaal Khan - Guest Ralph May - Host Meagan Bentley - Producer Bronwen Aker - Host Wade Wells - Host Doc Blackburn - Guest Jake Hildreth - Guest Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. Click here to view the episode transcript. 🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summits https://poweredbybhis.com Brought to you by: Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com ☯️ Introducing BHIS Fusion Penetration Testing https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/fusion-penetration-testing/ Antisyphon Training https://www.antisyphontraining.com/ Active Countermeasures https://www.activecountermeasures.com Wild West Hackin Fest https://wildwesthackinfest.com

July 7, 2026Episode 271 hr 7 min

Apple's Hide My Email ... Doesn't! – 2026-07-06

This episode of BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News covers the latest cybersecurity headlines, including debate over the economics of AI infrastructure, updates on the Huntress controversy, new details surrounding Scattered Spider, a critical Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability, and reports of a breach involving a DHS information-sharing network. The discussion also examines Apple's legal battles over alternative app stores, the limitations of Apple's Hide My Email feature, a Medtronic breach, firmware security, Palo Alto Networks attribution disputes, and other notable security stories that didn't make the main rundown. Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurity Chat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis 🔴live-chat Chapters (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Ask GPU (02:09) - Story # 0: The memory crisis heads to court as class-action lawsuit filed against Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron (05:15) - Apple's Hide My Email ... Doesn't! – 2026-07-06 (08:38) - Story #1 - These Recent Insider Threat Allegations (12:53) - Story #2a - Alleged Scattered Spider hacker extradited to the United States (16:40) - Story #3 - US Department of Homeland Security says it is probing a cyber breach at information-sharing network (22:20) - Story #5 - Espionage Against the European Parliament (28:33) - Story #6a - Sony Is Going Disc-Free: What It Means for PS6 and Your Wallet (33:35) - Story #6b - Resetting XBOX (38:51) - Story #7 - Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour — macOS, iOS & iPadOS (42:47) - Story #8 - Medtronic notifies customers impacted by ShinyHunters data breach (43:56) - Story #9 - Flipper Zero firmware development continues with community help (55:18) - Story #10 - Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk (59:06) - Fletus’ YouTube Channel (59:42) - Doc’s Upcoming Workshop (01:03:22) - Story #11 - Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses (01:03:56) - Story #12 - Startup sues Palo Alto Networks' Koi Security, saying an AI-hallucinated report falsely linked it to Chinese espionage Links Story # 0: The memory crisis heads to court as class-action lawsuit filed against Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron Story #1 - These Recent Insider Threat Allegations Story #2a - Alleged Scattered Spider hacker extradited to the United States Story #3 - US Department of Homeland Security says it is probing a cyber breach at information-sharing network Story #5 - Espionage Against the European Parliament Story #6a - Sony Is Going Disc-Free: What It Means for PS6 and Your Wallet Story #6b - Resetting XBOX Story #7 - Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour — macOS, iOS & iPadOS Story #8 - Medtronic notifies customers impacted by ShinyHunters data breach Story #9 - Flipper Zero firmware development continues with community help Story #10 - Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk Fletus’ YouTube Channel Doc’s Upcoming Workshop Story #11 - Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses Story #12 - Startup sues Palo Alto Networks’ Koi Security, saying an AI-hallucinated report falsely linked it to Chinese espionage Creators & Guests Corey Ham - Host John Strand - Host Wade Wells - Host Doc Blackburn - Guest Hayden Covington - Host Ralph May - Host Fletus Poston - Guest Ryan Poirier - Producer Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. Click here to view the episode transcript. 🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summits https://poweredbybhis.com Brought to you by: Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com Antisyphon Training https://www.antisyphontraining.com/ Active Countermeasures https://www.activecountermeasures.com Wild West Hackin Fest https://wildwesthackinfest.com

June 30, 2026Episode 261 hr 6 min

Polymarket's Bad Bet with Third-Party Vendors - 2026-06-29

This week on BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News, the team discusses the Polymarket supply chain compromise that led to the theft of millions from a small number of high-value accounts, emerging phishing campaigns abusing OpenAI invitations and Microsoft 365 device code authentication, and recent Oracle security updates. They also cover convictions tied to the Transport for London and U.S. healthcare intrusions, Google's Android earthquake warning system, concerns over MITRE ATT&CK evaluation methodology, and the ongoing debate surrounding threat intelligence researchers interacting with cybercriminals. Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurity Chat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis 🔴live-chat Chapters (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — The Next Webcast Thing (00:14) - Polymarket's Bad Bet with Third-Party Vendors - 2026-06-29 (03:56) - Story #1 - It's looking like a hot, messy summer for security teams as AI finds countless previously hidden vulns (07:49) - Story #2 - FBI issues urgent Kali365 security warning for Teams, Outlook, OneDrive users (08:55) - Story #3 - heavener: This is what happens when you can't afford EDR licenses (18:50) - Story #4 - Ex-Huntress analyst claims company insider fed info to a ransomware crim. Social media drama ensues (31:59) - Story #5 - I Could've Rickrolled the Entire FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID. (36:14) - Story #6 - CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog (37:09) - Story #7 - Victory! 702 has Expired! (37:43) - Story #8 - Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial (40:52) - Story #9 - Polymarket customers lose $3 million in supply-chain attack (44:56) - Story #10 - Bad cybersecurity by Secret Service agents put US officials at risk, inspector general says (49:31) - Story #11 - How Android Earthquake Alerts System Works (53:47) - Story #12 - Cybersecurity firms targeted by fraudulent OpenAI organization invites (59:34) - Story #13a - The Trojan horse of cybercrime: Weaponizing SaaS notification pipelines (59:59) - Story #13b - Order-tracking app Shop abused to push callback phishing attacks (01:04:29) - Chinese AI vs. Anthropic Mythos | BHIS [In Focus] Links Story #1 - It’s looking like a hot, messy summer for security teams as AI finds countless previously hidden vulns Story #2 - FBI issues urgent Kali365 security warning for Teams, Outlook, OneDrive users Story #3 - heavener: This is what happens when you can’t afford EDR licenses Story #4 - Ex-Huntress analyst claims company insider fed info to a ransomware crim. Social media drama ensues Story #5 - I Could’ve Rickrolled the Entire FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID. Story #6 - CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Story #7 - Victory! 702 has Expired! Story #8 - Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial Story #9 - Polymarket customers lose $3 million in supply-chain attack Story #10 - Bad cybersecurity by Secret Service agents put US officials at risk, inspector general says Story #11 - How Android Earthquake Alerts System Works Story #12 - Cybersecurity firms targeted by fraudulent OpenAI organization invites Story #13a - The Trojan horse of cybercrime: Weaponizing SaaS notification pipelines Story #13b - Order-tracking app Shop abused to push callback phishing attacks Chinese AI vs. Anthropic Mythos | BHIS [In Focus] Creators & Guests John Strand - Host Bronwen Aker - Host Corey Ham - Host Meagan Bentley - Producer Wade Wells - Host Ralph May - Host Hayden Covington - Host Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. Click here to view the episode transcript. 🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summits https://poweredbybhis.com Brought to you by: Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com Antisyphon Training https://www.antisyphontraining.com/ Active Countermeasures https://www.activecountermeasures.com Wild West Hackin Fest https://wildwesthackinfest.com

June 23, 2026Episode 251 hr 6 min

Rickrolling the FIFA World Cup - 2026-06-22

This week’s episode covers a series of cybersecurity stories, including a researcher’s discovery of vulnerabilities in FIFA’s World Cup platform that could have enabled unauthorized administrative access and even the ability to alter live broadcasts. The team also discusses the risks of large-scale identity verification data exposure, supply chain attacks impacting the scientific research community, ongoing fallout from Broadcom’s VMware acquisition, and legal challenges from major organizations facing rising VMware costs. Along the way, the hosts share commentary on AI-related security concerns, access control failures, and the broader impact of vendor decisions on enterprise security. Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurity Chat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis 🔴live-chat Chapters (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — There's always more suppply chain (04:52) - Rickrolling the FIFA World Cup - 2026-06-22 (07:59) - Story #1 - Texas Government Data Breach Exposes 3 Million Driver’s License Records (10:56) - Story #2 - I Could've Rickrolled the Entire FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID. (21:00) - Story #3 - FortiBleed: 75,000 Fortinet Firewalls Compromised: Global Enterprises Exposed – Claim Your Ethical Disclosure (23:58) - Story #4a - Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) (25:44) - Story #4b - CVSS Is Officially Dead: What CISA's BOD 26-04 Means for Everyone (37:19) - Story #5 - Mini Shai-Hulud, Miasma, and Hades Worms Target Bioinformatics and MCP Developers via Malicious PyPI Wheels (43:56) - Story #6 - FBI disrupts massive AI-powered phishing service using a million URLs (46:12) - Story #7 - Splunk Enterprise Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks Days After Disclosure (47:12) - Story #8 - AI models that can take down governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns (48:44) - Story #9 - ANTHROPIC’S MYTHOS AI BROKE INTO ALMOST ALL NSA CLASSIFIED SYSTEMS IN HOURS (58:45) - Story #10 - Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom’s “abusive conduct” Links Story #1 - Texas Government Data Breach Exposes 3 Million Driver’s License Records Story #2 - I Could've Rickrolled the Entire FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID. Story #3 - FortiBleed: 75,000 Fortinet Firewalls Compromised: Global Enterprises Exposed – Claim Your Ethical Disclosure Story #4a - Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) Story #4b - CVSS Is Officially Dead: What CISA's BOD 26-04 Means for Everyone Story #5 - Mini Shai-Hulud, Miasma, and Hades Worms Target Bioinformatics and MCP Developers via Malicious PyPI Wheels Story #6 - FBI disrupts massive AI-powered phishing service using a million URLs Story #7 - Splunk Enterprise Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks Days After Disclosure Story #8 - AI models that can take down governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns Story #9 - ANTHROPIC’S MYTHOS AI BROKE INTO ALMOST ALL NSA CLASSIFIED SYSTEMS IN HOURS Story #10 - Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom’s “abusive conduct” Creators & Guests Andy Pettit "Nerf" - Guest Michael "Shecky" Kavka - Guest Ryan Poirier - Producer Corey Ham - Host Ralph May - Host John Strand - Host Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. Click here to view the episode transcript. 🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summits https://poweredbybhis.com Brought to you by: Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com Antisyphon Training https://www.antisyphontraining.com/ Active Countermeasures https://www.activecountermeasures.com Wild West Hackin Fest https://wildwesthackinfest.com

June 16, 2026Episode 241 hr 7 min

U.S. Government Effectively Bans Fable 5 and Mythos 5 - 2026-06-15

This episode dives into the fallout from new restrictions on Anthropic’s cybersecurity-focused AI models, Mythos and Fable, and the debate over whether government pressure has effectively blocked security researchers from using advanced AI for vulnerability discovery and code analysis. The panel discusses AI “jailbreaking” claims, export-control comparisons, the impact on penetration testing and bug hunting, and how AI is accelerating vulnerability research. Other topics include responsible disclosure challenges, the growing volume of AI-assisted security findings, and what these developments mean for researchers, vendors, and the future of offensive security. Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurity Chat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis 🔴live-chat Chapters (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — A Banned Phrase (04:56) - U.S. Government Effectively Bans Fable 5 and Mythos 5 - 2026-06-15 (06:29) - Story #1 - Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 (21:15) - Story #2 - ServiceNow discloses security incident exposing customer data (41:45) - Story #3 - Introducing Claude Corps (52:11) - Story #4 - SHINYHUNTERS HITS 100+ UNIVERSITIES WITH ORACLE ZERO-DAY (52:39) - Story #5 - Arch Linux AUR Hit By Another Wave Of Now More Sophisticated Malware Attack (59:00) - Story # - This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers Links 06:30 - Story #1 - Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 21:16 - Story #2 - ServiceNow discloses security incident exposing customer data 41:46 - Story #3 - Introducing Claude Corps 52:12 - Story #4 - SHINYHUNTERS HITS 100+ UNIVERSITIES WITH ORACLE ZERO-DAY 52:40 - Story #5 - Arch Linux AUR Hit By Another Wave Of Now More Sophisticated Malware Attack 59:00 - Story # - This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers Creators & Guests Corey Ham - Host John Strand - Host Bronwen Aker - Host Wade Wells - Host Alex Minster "Belouve" - Guest Ralph May - Host Ryan Poirier - Producer Jason Haddix - Guest Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. Click here to view the episode transcript. 🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summits https://poweredbybhis.com Brought to you by: Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com Antisyphon Training https://www.antisyphontraining.com/ Active Countermeasures https://www.activecountermeasures.com Wild West Hackin Fest https://wildwesthackinfest.com

June 9, 2026Episode 231 hr 9 min

Breach Disclosure Lag is Worse Than Ever – 2026-06-08

This episode covers the rising costs and restrictions surrounding AI agents, including token consumption, model access policies, and the growing dependence on AI tools for security work. The hosts discuss Troy Hunt’s retrospective on Have I Been Pwned reaching its 1,000th tracked breach, examining why breach disclosures appear to be slowing and how GDPR and CCPA requirements affect notification practices. Additional topics include password and email hygiene, the value of breach-notification services, AI infrastructure and data center costs, and new research mapping AI-enabled cyber threats to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurity Chat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis 🔴live-chat Chapters (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Token Love (05:11) - Breach Disclosure is Lag Worse Than Ever – 2026-06-08 (11:25) - Story #1 - Anthropic ‘plants’ engineers at NSA despite facing ban by Pentagon (20:59) - Story #2 - A new service branch could be joining the U.S. Armed Forces family (25:47) - Story #3 - Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity (31:11) - Story #4 - The Quiet Numbers Station: Decoding Nineteen Years of GPS Cryptography (37:21) - Story #5 - 1,000 Data Breaches Later, the Disclosure Lag is Worse Than Ever (43:23) - Story #6 - Mapping AI-enabled cyber threats: Insights from the LLM ATT&CK Navigator (48:00) - Story #7 - Anthropic confidentially files IPO prospectus with SEC, prepping Wall Street for landmark AI deal (01:02:26) - Story #8 - Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal (01:03:29) - Story #9 - Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated (01:04:57) - ANTI-CAST : RF Attacks Every InfoSec Pro Should Know with Paul Clark (01:05:54) - Workshop: Build Your Own AI Security Agent (01:06:43) - Training: Agentic AI for Threat Hunting (01:07:16) - Training: Cyber Threat Intelligence 101 2-Day Version (01:08:58) - ANTI-CAST: Prompt Engineering 201: The Context Stack w/ Bronwen Aker Links Story #1 - Anthropic ‘plants’ engineers at NSA despite facing ban by Pentagon Story #2 - A new service branch could be joining the U.S. Armed Forces family Story #3 - Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity Story #4 - The Quiet Numbers Station: Decoding Nineteen Years of GPS Cryptography Story #5 - Russia Has Been Jamming GPS from Space Since 2019 Story #6 - Mapping AI-enabled cyber threats: Insights from the LLM AT&T&CK Navigator Story #7 - Anthropic confidentially files IPO prospectus with SEC, prepping Wall Street for landmark AI deal Story #8 - Microsoft Wants to ‘Make People Addicted’ to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal Story #9 - Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated ANTI-CAST : RF Attacks Every InfoSec Pro Should Know with Paul Clark Workshop: Build Your Own AI Security Agent Workshop: Intro to SDR Hacking: Capture, Decode, Take Over Training: Agentic AI for Threat Hunting Training: Cyber Threat Intelligence 101 2-Day Version ANTI-CAST: Prompt Engineering 201: The Context Stack w/ Bronwen Aker Creators & Guests John Strand - Host Ralph May - Host Corey Ham - Host Bronwen Aker - Host Faan Rossouw - Guest Ryan Poirier - Producer Paul Clark - Guest Wade Wells - Host Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. Click here to view the episode transcript. 🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summits https://poweredbybhis.com Brought to you by: Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com Antisyphon Training https://www.antisyphontraining.com/ Active Countermeasures https://www.activecountermeasures.com Wild West Hackin Fest https://wildwesthackinfest.com

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