Risky Business #837 -- GitHub Actions footgun claims TanStack
May 13, 2026•1 hr 5 min
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Episode description
On this week’s show Patrick Gray, Adam Boileau and James Wilson discuss the week’s cybersecurity news.
They cover:
- Mini Shai-Hulud and the TanStack compromise using Github Actions
- Instructure pays Canvas elearning platform data extortionists
- More Linux privilege escalation 0days!
- CISA helping critical infrastructure operators rearchitect their networks so they work offline
This week’s episode is sponsored by email security platform Sublime Security. Bobby Filar chats with Patrick about how agentic AI is being evaluated by buyers in a marketplace that’s experiencing “AI fatigue”.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
Show notes- ‘Mini Shai-Hulud’ malware compromises hundreds of open-source packages in sprawling supply-chain attack | CyberScoop
- Hardening TanStack After the npm Compromise | TanStack Blog
- Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide – Krebs on Security
- Instructure pays ransom after Canvas incident as Congress announces investigation | The Record from Recorded Future News
- When DNSSEC goes wrong: how we responded to the .de TLD outage
- Adversaries Leverage AI for Vulnerability Exploitation, Augmented Operations, and Initial Access | Google Cloud Blog
- Mythos smythos! How to find 0day with lesser models - Risky Business Media
- GitHub - V4bel/dirtyfrag · GitHub
- retr0.zip
- NVD - CVE-2026-42511
- Flaw in Claude’s Chrome extension allowed ‘any’ other plugin to hijack victims’ AI | CyberScoop
- Ivanti customers confront yet another actively exploited zero-day | CyberScoop
- Palo Alto warns of critical software bug used in firewall attacks | The Record from Recorded Future News
- Where Have All the Complex Windows Malware and Their Analyses Gone?
- Meet Rassvet, Russia’s Answer to Starlink | WIRED
- DOJ says ransomware gang tapped into Russian government databases | TechCrunch
- Iranian government hackers using Chaos ransomware as cover, researchers say | The Record from Recorded Future News
- Foxconn confirms cyberattack impacting North American factories | The Record from Recorded Future News
- New CISA initiative aims for critical infrastructure to operate offline during cyberattacks | The Record from Recorded Future News
- ‘HELLO BOSS’: Inside the Chinese Realtime Deepfake Software Powering Scams Around the World
- How to Disable Google's Gemini in Chrome | WIRED
- FCC pushes ban on security updates for foreign-made routers, drones to 2029 | The Record from Recorded Future News
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