The FBI disrupts a multi-million-dollar phishing ring. A North Korea-linked supply chain attack hits OpenAI. Developers face a Slack phishing campaign. A critical Python notebook flaw is exploited in hours. ShinyHunters target Rockstar Games. A Japanese shipping firm reports a breach. Tracking the cybersecurity winners and losers in Trump’s 2027 budget, plus a claimed cyberattack on UAE infrastructure. Business breakdown. Our guest is Justin Kohler, Chief Product Officer at SpecterOps, discussin...
Apr 13, 2026•29 min•Season 11Ep. 2529
Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Mark Logan, CEO of One Identity, sits down to share his story, explaining how he fit into different roles growing up in different companies. Mark has nearly two decades of C-Suite experience at an array of different organizations, finally landing on his current position as the CEO at One Identity. Sharing his different roles, he also gives a quote from Steve Jobs, saying "it's not what I say yes to, it's what I say no to." He believes that's a key area f...
Apr 12, 2026•2 min•Season 3Ep. 116
What does a modern cyberattack really look like from the inside? In this CyberWire-X episode, Dave Bittner speaks with John Anthony Smith , Founder and Chief Security Officer of Fenix24 . This conversation takes us step by step as an attacker breaks into a target environment – probing for weaknesses, exploiting entry points, escalating privileges, and moving laterally until they reach their objective. While the attack unfolds, listeners are privy to a behind-the-scenes commentary that reveals th...
Apr 12, 2026•1 min•Ep. 55
Today we are joined by Selena Larson , Threat Researcher from Proofpoint research team and co-host of Only Malware in the Building , talking about their work on "(Don't) TrustConnect: It's a RAT in an RMM hat." Proofpoint uncovered TrustConnect, a malware-as-a-service platform posing as a legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool, but actually functioning as a remote access trojan (RAT) sold to cybercriminals for $300/month. The operation used a fake business website, legitimate-loo...
Apr 11, 2026•3 min•Season 10Ep. 420
The Treasury Secretary and Fed Chair summon bankers over AI concerns. A hacker claims more than 10 petabytes stolen from China’s National Supercomputing Center. Recalibrating the quantum timeline. Researchers demo prompt injection against Apple Intelligence. Payroll Pirates target Canadians. Gmail gets end-to-end encryption on mobile devices. A Chrome update fixes critical vulnerabilities. A Pennsylvania cop admits creating more than 3,000 AI-generated pornographic deepfakes. Our guest is Henry ...
Apr 10, 2026•23 min•Season 11Ep. 2528
Iran-linked hackers signal cyberattacks will continue despite the cease-fire. Microsoft restores access after suspending open-source developer accounts. John Deere settles its right-to-repair fight. A suspected Adobe Reader zero-day surfaces. Palo Alto Networks and SonicWall patch high-severity flaws. New macOS malware targets crypto wallets. A threat cluster abuses live chat to bypass MFA. CISA orders urgent Ivanti patching. Researchers track a stealthy DDoS-for-hire botnet. Our guest is Edgard...
Apr 09, 2026•28 min•Season 11Ep. 2527
Federal agencies warn Iranian-linked hackers are probing U.S. critical infrastructure, while the DOJ disrupts a Russian router hijacking campaign. Cyberattacks hit Minnesota government systems and force a Massachusetts hospital to divert ambulances. Anthropic limits access to its new AI bug-hunting model, hackers leak terabytes of LAPD data, and researchers warn of a rise in AI recommendation poisoning. Our guest is Benny Czarny, Founder and CEO of OPSWAT, discussing his book "Cybersecurity Upsi...
Apr 08, 2026•24 min•Season 11Ep. 2526
CISA faces a $700 million budget cut. Russian and Iranian cyber cooperation raises concerns. New BPFDoor variants emerge. Cybercrime losses climb again. Researchers advance a GPU Rowhammer attack. Northern Ireland schools go offline after a breach. An alleged hacker-for-hire faces U.S. charges. And German police name the suspected REvil mastermind. Our guest is John Anthony Smith, Founder and Chief Security Officer at Fenix24, explaining why more technology hasn't made us more secure. A frustrat...
Apr 07, 2026•29 min•Season 11Ep. 2525
Fortinet releases an emergency update for a critical vulnerability. A major outage disrupts Russian banking apps. A new report highlights critical skills gaps. CyberCorp scholars struggle to secure jobs. Scammers use QR codes in fake traffic violation schemes. A proposed lawsuit accuses Perplexity of oversharing users’ AI transcripts. Cambodia outlaws scam centers. Scammers impersonate Harvard IT staff. With “wrench attack” threats of violence, life imitates art. Kevin Magee from Microsoft for S...
Apr 06, 2026•35 min•Season 11Ep. 2524
Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Anjali Hansen, a Senior Privacy Counselor from Noname Security shares her story as she climbed through the ranks to get to where she is today. When Anjali started, she wanted to do international law. She started working for the International Trade Commission after law school, where she was able to gain most of her experience and real world abilities. Working with online fraud and abuse, she shares, concerned her, because it felt like governments could no...
Apr 05, 2026•2 min•Season 3Ep. 115
This week, we are joined by Santiago Pontiroli , Threat Intelligence Research Lead from Acronis TRU team, discussing their work on "New year, new sector: Transparent Tribe targets India’s startup ecosystem." The Acronis Threat Research Unit uncovered a new campaign by Transparent Tribe showing the group has expanded beyond traditional government and defense targets to India’s startup ecosystem, especially cybersecurity and OSINT-focused firms. The attackers use startup-themed lures delivered via...
Apr 04, 2026•19 min•Season 10Ep. 419
Cloud data centers come under fire in wartime. A massive dark web intelligence database is exposed. Chinese hackers exploit a video conferencing zero-day. The intelligence community rolls out cyber modernization plans. React2Shell attacks spread at scale. Iowa sues UnitedHealth over the Change Healthcare breach. France moves to bar kids from social media. Researchers warn about hidden risks in power regulation. An insider extortion plot locks admins out of hundreds of servers. Our guest Brandon ...
Apr 03, 2026•31 min•Season 11Ep. 2523
A fake WhatsApp spreads spyware. The State Department pushes embassies to counter influence ops. Cisco patches critical bugs. CrystalRAT hits Telegram. A Texas hospital breach affects 250,000. HHS reshuffles IT oversight. China-linked spies target Europe. EvilTokens hijacks Microsoft accounts. Ransomware hits a North Dakota water plant. Sumedh Thakar, President and CEO of Qualys, discusses how cybersecurity is shifting toward managing real business risk. Tales of a tortoise's termination have be...
Apr 02, 2026•30 min•Season 11Ep. 2522
Iran’s cyber campaign continues. North Korea targets the axios NPM package. Cisco suffers a Trivy-related breach. Claude’s code leak unveils broad capabilities. The DOD’s zero-trust efforts are slow-going. A proposed class action suit accuses Perplexity of oversharing. Google patches another Chrome zero-day. The FBI warns against using foreign-developed mobile apps. Christy Wyatt, CEO from Absolute Security, discussing why cyber risk is now a business continuity problem. A city circulates camera...
Apr 01, 2026•30 min•Season 11Ep. 2521
Iranian-linked hackers warn of possible “irreparable” attacks on U.S. water systems. CISA pushes urgent fixes for a critical Citrix flaw. The Dutch Finance Ministry takes systems offline after a breach. Space Force may scrap next-gen GPS control software. Attackers exploit a Fortinet server bug. Lloyds exposes customer transaction data. AI and regulation reshape cyber careers. The FTC settles with a dating app over data sharing. Sam Rubin, SVP, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Consulting and Threat In...
Mar 31, 2026•27 min•Season 11Ep. 2520
Please enjoy this encore of CISO Perspectives. In the season finale of CISOP, Kim Jones is joined by N2K’s own Ethan Cook to reflect on the conversations that shaped this season. Together, they revisit standout moments from Kim’s interviews, unpacking their significance and getting Ethan’s fresh perspective on the cybersecurity workforce challenge—as someone viewing the industry from the outside. Since the mid-season reflection, Kim has explored a wide range of workforce issues, including skills...
Mar 31, 2026•55 min•Season 16Ep. 132
Iran-linked hackers claim a breach of the FBI director’s personal email. ShinyHunters hit the European Commission. F5 and Citrix warn of actively exploited flaws. A WordPress plugin exposes hundreds of thousands of sites. Infinity Stealer targets macOS users. A Russian APT adopts a new iOS exploit kit. Treasury weighs a cyber insurance backstop. DHS clears suspended CISA staff. Our guest is Brian Long, CEO and Co-Founder of Adaptive Security, discussing deepfake job hires and the new identity at...
Mar 30, 2026•26 min•Season 11Ep. 2519
Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. David Nosibor, Product Lead for SafeCyber at UL Solutions, started his career in a unique way by not letting himself be pigeonholed. Within his company, David was able to grow to the position he is in now and says that his position feels like a lot of roles tied into one. He says that on any given day he is tackling all sorts of elements, such as marketing, operations, working with the engineering team, figuring out ways to acquire customers, retain them...
Mar 29, 2026•26 min•Season 3Ep. 114
In this special edition of CyberWire Daily’s 10th anniversary series, N2K CyberWire's Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner discuss the biggest breaches over the past 10 years. The foundational 2014 Sony hack kicks off our conversation, then Maria and Dave highlight: the 2015 OPM breach, which exposed sensitive security-clearance data and was attributed to long-term access by China amid outdated government systems and security 2017’s WannaCry and NotPetya's global disruption and Equifax's ongoing fall...
Mar 29, 2026•28 min•Season 11Ep. 95
Omer Ninburg , CTO of Novee Security , joins us on this episode of Research Saturday to discuss their work on "From PDF to Pwn: Scalable 0day Discovery in PDF Engines and Services Using Multi-Agent LLMs." Historically, Portable Document Formats – the immutable, localized PDF – was once considered a “safe” component inside enterprise environments. That is no longer the case. To demonstrate how PDF services and engines can be exploited, the team at Novee used their proprietary, multi-agent LLM sys...
Mar 28, 2026•21 min•Season 10Ep. 418
CISA warns of actively exploited Langflow vulnerability. CISA flags critical PTC Windchill vulnerability. Phishing activity surges amid war in Iran. Google moves up their post-quantum timeline. Alleged RedLine infostealer developer faces thirty years in a US prison. Bearlyfy hacktivists launch disruptive ransomware campaign in Russia. FCC moves to crack down on robocallers and foreign call centers. Anti-piracy group takes down AnimePlay streaming platform. N2K’s Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner a...
Mar 27, 2026•28 min•Season 11Ep. 2518
As the emphasis on improving cybersecurity has continued to grow, so has the number of vendors offering a range of cybersecurity services. However, despite the value many of these vendors bring, the relationship between vendors and clients has become strained. In this episode, Kim explores this relationship, offering his thoughts on this relationship and what both sides can do to better to improve this dynamic. Want more CISO Perspectives? Check out a companion blog post by our very own Eth...
Mar 27, 2026•15 min•Season 16Ep. 131
RSAC wraps. CISA warns shutdown furloughs are weakening cyber defenses. China-linked actors burrow into global telecom infrastructure. Iran’s Pay2Key resurfaces. India probes suspected Pakistan-linked CCTV spying. Florida suspends a firm over offshore medical data exposure. Cisco patches fresh flaws. Russian police arrest the alleged LeakBase operator. Intern Kevin files his latest man-on-the street report. Google gets grabby with your homepage. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in...
Mar 26, 2026•26 min•Season 11Ep. 2517
The UK’s cyber security chief urges a “full court press” against threats. RSAC highlights. The U.S. State Department has launched a Bureau of Emerging Threats. The TeamPCP cybercriminal group targets an open source library. TP-Link patches multiple router vulnerabilities. A critical vulnerability hits Windchill and FlexPLM platforms. A phishing campaign impersonates Palo Alto Networks recruiters. Malicious Chrome extensions are harvesting users’ conversations with AI tools. Intern Kevin files hi...
Mar 25, 2026•24 min•Season 11Ep. 2516
RSAC spotlights public-private partnership gaps. DarkSword leaks to GitHub. The FCC blocks new foreign-made routers. Citrix patches a critical NetScaler flaw. DOE rolls out an energy-sector cyber strategy. CanisterWorm spreads through npm. Researchers flag suspected KACE SMA exploitation. QualDerm reports a 3.1-million-record breach. A Russian access broker gets 81 months. Intern Kevin checks in from RSAC. Maria Varmazis speaks with Jake Braun, longtime DEF CON organizer and former White House o...
Mar 24, 2026•33 min•Season 11Ep. 2515
Despite being adopted and prioritized by many organizations, cybersecurity still faces a significant challenge where leaders still cannot articulate their needs, and find and develop talent. Rather, organizations oftentimes follow the same strategy many others are utilizing, which involves poaching talent with enticing salaries. In this episode of CISO Perspectives, host Kim Jones sits down with Ed Vasko , the CEO at High Wire Networks , to discuss this approach and the impacts it is having on...
Mar 24, 2026•42 min•Season 16Ep. 130
The White House rolls out its AI legislative framework. The FBI warns Iranian actors are using Telegram for command and control, while Russian operators phish Signal users. Authorities dismantle a massive fake CSAM network, Tycoon 2FA rebounds after disruption, VoidStealer debuts a stealthy Chrome key-theft trick, QNAP patches Pwn2Own flaws, and CISA orders urgent fixes for a critical Cisco firewall bug. Plus, our Monday business breakdown. Brandon Karpf and Maria Varmazis ponder the practicalit...
Mar 23, 2026•32 min•Season 11Ep. 2514
In this special edition of CyberWire Daily’s 10th anniversary series, Maria Varmazis hosts a thoughtful and engaging conversation with N2K CyberWire CEO Peter Kilpe and CyberWire Daily host Dave Bittner, exploring the origin story of the podcast that started it all. From early ambitions to behind-the-scenes turning points, they trace how the show found its voice and evolved from a startup experiment into a trusted cornerstone of the cybersecurity community. Along the way, they share candid anecd...
Mar 22, 2026•39 min•Season 11Ep. 94
Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Roya Gordon, a Security Research Evangelist at ICS cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks, started her career as an intelligence specialist in the U.S. Navy. After her time serving, Roya spent time as a Control Systems Cybersecurity Analyst at the Idaho National Laboratory and then took the role of Cyber Threat Intelligence Manager at Accenture. She shares her story after the NSA accepted her and then quickly diverted, creating a new path for Roya to follow....
Mar 22, 2026•12 min•Season 3Ep. 113
Yuval Avrahami from Wiz joins to share their work on "CodeBreach: Infiltrating the AWS Console Supply Chain and Hijacking AWS GitHub Repositories via CodeBuild." Wiz Research uncovered “CodeBreach,” a critical supply chain vulnerability caused by a subtle misconfiguration in AWS CodeBuild pipelines that allowed attackers to take over key GitHub repositories, including the widely used AWS JavaScript SDK that powers the AWS Console. By exploiting an unanchored regex filter, unauthenticated attacke...
Mar 21, 2026•17 min•Season 10Ep. 417
