Episodes
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Worming its way through WeChat.
AI is dramatically accelerating the discovery and exploitation of software vulnerabilities, enabling rapid development of complex cyberattacks.
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This call may be monitored. [Special Edition]
Chinese state-owned telecom companies like China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom remain embedded in U.S. networks despite regulatory restrictions.
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When hackers control the clock. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]
Time is a highly trusted but vulnerable input in modern systems, making its security crucial.
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RMM-ber this ransomware. [Research Saturday]
The most critical intelligence in cybersecurity is recognizing attack patterns and behaviors across incidents to identify commonalities.
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What the Flock?
The threat of quantum computing to current encryption standards necessitates proactive migration to quantum-resistant cryptography, with global efforts aiming for significant progress by 2035.
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Who’s watching the AI watchers?
AI model evaluation and oversight remain shrouded in secrecy, raising concerns about accountability.
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Drive-by data theft.
AI is transforming cybersecurity, offering powerful defensive tools like Astra but also enabling new attack vectors such as slop squatting and AI-enhanced malware.
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Nightmare on Windows 11.
AI-driven security tools are becoming more sophisticated and require rigorous governance, including visibility, guardrails, and monitoring, to prevent misuse or unintended harm.
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Let’s kill the kill switch.
The proposed AI Kill Switch Act faces strong debate over potential vulnerabilities and the risk of undermining system resilience, emphasizing the need for thorough security standards.
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CyberWire Daily at 10: A decade of emerging threat actors and APTs. [Special Edition]
Public attribution of cyber threats has dramatically increased over the last decade, with many governments and organizations now openly naming threat groups.
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Who let the AI hack? [Research Saturday]
Attackers are evolving from simple resource theft to developing autonomous offensive tools using stolen AI compute.
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The blacklist boomerang.
The rapid expansion of AI in business environments significantly elevates cybersecurity risks, demanding more agile and proactive security strategies.
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Meta gets a Meta-sized bill.
AI proliferation presents increasing risks to security, privacy, and organizational resilience.
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The feds flip the script.
Comprehensive asset inventory and proactive vulnerability management are essential for securing modern infrastructure.
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CISA is running on empty.
Cybersecurity workforce reductions at CISA threaten the agency’s ability to respond effectively to evolving threats, underscoring the need for strategic staffing and funding.
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The odds were classified.
AI is rapidly transforming cybersecurity, both as a tool for defense and a vector for sophisticated attacks.
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Building a secure space internet. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]
Securing space infrastructure is as critical as launching spacecraft, especially with the increasing reliance on orbital assets.
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A RAT in the spreadsheet. [Research Saturday]
Shell Creep is an advanced malware campaign exploiting Google Sheets as a stealthy command-and-control channel, posing detection challenges.
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The guest nobody invited.
Cyber vulnerabilities are rapidly evolving, with high-impact flaws in widely used platforms like TrueConf, Node.js, and Apple devices requiring urgent patches.
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The robots have gone bananas.
AI is dramatically transforming cybersecurity, enabling faster and more comprehensive vulnerability assessments, but challenges in reliability and consistency remain.
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