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This episode dives into a series of major cybersecurity stories showing how attackers are abusing trusted platforms, edge infrastructure and autonomous AI systems in increasingly creative ways.We break down the recent OpenAI agent incident involving Australia’s Medicare statistics portal, including…

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This week in cybersecurity, trusted systems are becoming the attack surface. We break down attackers chaining PaperCut vulnerabilities to achieve remote code execution, a newly released CrowdStrike Falcon privilege-escalation exploit, and a sophisticated BGP hijacking attack that redirected legitim…
This week, we break down four major cybersecurity stories shaping the threat landscape in Australia and around the world. We examine how the NDIA defended against the TeamPCP software supply-chain attack, including the risks hidden inside CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions and exposed build credential…
This week, we go deep into four cyber security stories that reveal how attackers are exploiting speed, complexity and hidden system behaviour. We break down new ACSC guidance on defending against AI-enabled cyber attacks, including how AI can accelerate vulnerability discovery, exploit chaining and…
This week, we break down four cyber stories that all come back to one thing: trust. Microsoft has patched 421 vulnerabilities, including a Windows kernel zero-day already exploited by North Korea’s Lazarus Group. Researchers have also found a new way to attack legacy Netlogon authentication, passk…
This week, we go beneath the surface of modern cyber security to look at the hidden systems that control everything else. We break down allegations of backdoor-like functionality in Chinese router firmware, the inner workings of the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation, and a critical class of vulner…
AI Worms, Runaway Claude and Top Gun in Space What happens when an AI assistant treats a malicious document as trusted instructions? What happens when a cybersecurity testing environment accidentally gives an autonomous model access to the real internet? In this episode, we investigate four emergin…
Hackers are exploiting critical vulnerabilities in WordPress, ServiceNow and SonicWall turning trusted websites, cloud platforms and VPN appliances into pathways for administrator access, remote code execution and malware deployment. In this cybersecurity news episode, we break down a WordPress exp…
Microsoft has unleashed a record-breaking Patch Tuesday covering 622 vulnerabilities, a ransomware attack has disrupted production at a Coca-Cola dairy subsidiary, and a new botnet called NadMesh is targeting exposed AI platforms and automation tools. In this episode, we break down the technical co…
Russian state-sponsored hackers are targeting poorly secured routers, Poland’s energy infrastructure has faced an attempted cyberattack attributed to Russia, frontier AI systems are becoming more capable through advanced model harnesses, and ShinyHunters is exploiting Salesforce environments throug…
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