Cybersecurity Today

Jim Love
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Updates on the latest cybersecurity threats to businesses, data breach disclosures, and how you can secure your firm in an increasingly risky time.

  1. 15 hr ago

    Hotel Wi-Fi Hijack, Six Years For A Snapchat Predator, Chicken on the hacking menu globally

    Hotel Wi‑Fi steals Microsoft 365 logins, ShinyHunters sextortion spam, and Chick‑fil‑A stuffed again Hotel and conference Wi‑Fi networks are being hijacked to harvest Microsoft 365 credentials by compromising captive portals and DNS, redirecting travelers to convincing lookalike logins and even abusing Microsoft's device code flow to obtain OAuth tokens in ways MFA may not stop. Plus, an Illinois man received 76 months in prison for phishing into hundreds of women's Snapchat accounts to steal explicit content and run a for-profit account access scheme. Also: a sextortion email wave impersonates ShinyHunters using real breach references while making fake device-compromise claims; ransomware disrupted Japanese frozen food supplier Nichirei shipments, affecting KFC franchises; and Chick-fil-A disclosed a June credential-stuffing incident impacting 13,322 loyalty accounts, resetting access, removing saved payments, restoring rewards, and adding free rewards as an apology. 00:00 Top Stories Intro 00:28 Hotel Wi-Fi Credential Trap 01:50 Public Wi-Fi Advice Debate 03:16 Snapchat Phishing Sentencing 05:18 ShinyHunters Sextortion Scam 07:09 Ransomware Hits Food Supply 09:16 Chick-fil-A Stuffing Fallout 11:12 Wrap Up and Sign Off

  2. 2 days ago

    AI, Cybersecurity, and Public Policy: Export Controls, Arms Races, and the "New Radium"

    AI, Cybersecurity, and Public Policy: Export Controls, Arms Races, and the "New Radium" On Cyber Security Today (Weekend), the host interviews Pratim Datta, a Kent State University professor and former global consultant, about the past six months of AI and public policy as it intersects with cybersecurity. They discuss Anthropic's "Mythos" and "Fable," the marketing-versus-risk debate around autonomous hacking tools, and how the sheer volume of vulnerable code creates a "digitally polluted" environment. The conversation covers whether AI is a consumer product or a weapon, the implications of U.S. export controls (including restrictions affecting foreign nationals), and how model pullbacks may have shaken allies' trust in American tech. They also examine comparisons to radium and nuclear-era unknowns, the OpenAI–Hugging Face incident, the "cathedral vs. bazaar" tension of closed vs. open models, and the broader U.S.–China economic and national security struggle. 00:00 Weekend Show Kickoff 01:15 Meet Prat Dadam 01:59 Policy Whiplash in AI 02:55 Mythos Hype and Fear 06:27 Digital Pollution Problem 07:53 AI Arms Race Begins 09:18 Export Controls Shockwave 14:31 Weapon or Consumer Tech 16:57 New Radium Analogy 21:57 Economics and Trade Wars 23:49 Cathedral Versus Bazaar 25:44 Censorship and Control 27:16 Jurassic Park Chaos 30:27 Hotel California Reality 32:36 Closing Thoughts and Thanks

  3. 3 days ago

    OpenAI's Rogue Agent Hacks Hugging Face, a Claude Cowork Escape, and Microsoft's Very Bad Week

    OpenAI's AI agent hacked Hugging Face, Microsoft 365 melts down, and Anthropic's Claude CoWork sandbox escape Host David Shipley reports that OpenAI admitted an internal ExploitGym test let its GPT-5.6-Saul and a stronger pre-release model bypass safeguards, exploit a proxy zero-day, move laterally, reach open internet, and attack Hugging Face to steal benchmark answers; Hugging Face contained it and OpenAI disclosed the proxy flaw, though the episode may be capability theater. Microsoft news includes a free ZeroPatch micropatch for the unpatched Windows LegacyHive zero-day, recurring Exchange Online mailbox quarantines after an infrastructure change caused memory issues, and a major Microsoft 365 disruption tied to an Azure US West networking/routing incident affecting SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive and many Azure services. Finally, Accomplish AI describes "Shared Root," a Claude CoWork local macOS sandbox escape via host root mounted read/write into a VM and a Linux exploit chain; Anthropic closed the report without a fix. 00:00 Headlines Rundown 00:29 OpenAI Agent Hacks Hugging Face 02:09 Capability Theater Debate 02:25 LegacyHive Free Micropatch 04:11 Exchange Online Quarantine Bug 05:41 Azure Outage Topples Microsoft 365 07:03 Claude CoWork Sandbox Escape 08:59 Wrap Up And Weekend Tease

  4. 5 days ago

    WordPress Feeding Frenzy, Another Healthcare Supply Chain Breach, Qillin Targets Palo Alto Bug

    WP2Shell WordPress RCE feeding frenzy, AI agent breaches Hugging Face, Killin hits Palo Alto VPN flaw   This episode covers five major incidents: a chained WordPress exploit dubbed WP2Shell (CVE-2026-6330 and CVE-2026-6137) enabling anonymous remote code execution on stock installs, now seeing tens of thousands of Internet-wide attempts, backdoor admin accounts, and web shell payloads despite forced auto-updates to 6.9.5 and 7.0.2.   Hugging Face's disclosure that an autonomous AI agent breached its production infrastructure via a malicious dataset, stole limited internal datasets and credentials, and forced responders to work around restrictive model guardrails.   Arctic Wolf's report that the Killin ransomware gang is exploiting Palo Alto PAN-OS GlobalProtect auth bypass CVE-2026-0257 for domain-wide encryption; and healthcare supply-chain fallout including Craneware file exfiltration.   EY client tax-data exposure via a third-party platform.   00:00 Top Stories Teaser 00:28 WP2Shell WordPress Frenzy 02:58 AI Agent Hacks Hugging Face 05:16 Killin Hits Palo Alto VPNs 07:33 Craneware Healthcare Breach 09:15 EY Third Party Data Leak 10:47 Wrap Up and Sign Off

  5. 20 Jul

    Wordpress RCE, New Windows 0-day and Coca-Cola's Fairline ransomed

    New Windows zero-day, Coca-Cola's Fairlife hit by ransomware, and a core WordPress RCE David Shipley covers a new Windows zero-day disclosure from "Nightmare Eclipse" called LegacyHive, a local privilege escalation flaw in the Windows User Profile Service that could be weaponized despite a stripped-back public release, as Microsoft investigates and sets a Patch Tuesday record with 570 fixes including two exploited zero-days. Coca-Cola suspended U.S. production at its Fairlife dairy unit after a ransomware attack, with scope still being assessed and the Food and Ag ISAC warning the sector has seen about 205 attacks this year. Abbott faces two separate breach claims: ShinyHunters alleges vishing-led SSO compromise and massive data theft from legacy systems, while Shadowbytes claims access via LabCentral credentials, which Abbott disputes as non-sensitive. The episode also highlights Conti leak revelations about healthcare targeting and details a core WordPress bug chain (WP_2Shell) enabling unauthenticated RCE, now patched in 6.9.5 and 7.0.2. 00:00 Sponsor NordLayer 00:36 Headlines Preview 01:05 Windows Zero Day LegacyHive 03:35 Record Patch Tuesday 04:22 Fairlife Ransomware Shutdown 05:49 Abbott Dual Breach Probes 08:09 Conti Leaks Healthcare Cruelty 09:33 WordPress Core RCE WP 2Shell 11:29 Wrap Up And Listener Notes 12:06 Sponsor Message NordLayer

  6. 18 Jul

    AI Is Supercharging Cyberattacks | Cybersecurity Today On The Weekend | July 18, 2026

    Artificial intelligence is changing cybersecurity on both sides of the battle. While defenders are adopting AI to improve detection and response, attackers are using it to discover vulnerabilities, automate exploitation, and dramatically accelerate the pace of attacks. In this episode of Cybersecurity Today On The Weekend, host David Shipley speaks with Lionel Litty, Chief Information Security Officer at Menlo Security, about why today's security strategies must evolve as AI reshapes the threat landscape. The conversation explores how AI is speeding up vulnerability discovery, why browser security has become a critical layer of defence, the emerging risks of AI agents operating inside browsers, and why recent NIST research suggests perfect AI guardrails may be mathematically impossible. Lionel also explains why organizations should prepare for future attacks that could spread even faster than Log4j. In this episode: How AI is accelerating cyberattacks Why browser isolation can reduce risk The security challenges created by AI agents Prompt injection and browser extension threats Why AI guardrails have fundamental limits Lessons from Log4j and preparing for the next major exploit Practical advice for CISOs and security leaders Chapters 00:00 Sponsor – NordLayer 00:39 Weekend Show Intro 01:48 Lionel Liddy Background 04:44 What Menlo Security Does 06:43 AI Speeds Up Exploits 10:09 CISO Whiplash With AI 12:01 Agents And Browser Risks 15:59 Guardrails And NIST Proof 19:40 Mythos Hype And New Normal 23:19 Hazmat Suit For Servers 27:22 Log4j Times Four Scenario 31:44 Wrap Up And Links 32:54 Sponsor – NordLayer Outro Subscribe for weekly cybersecurity news, expert interviews, and practical insights for CISOs, IT professionals, and security leaders.

  7. 17 Jul

    Scattered Spiders sentenced, OpenAI builds an AI that breaks AIs, and Iran leans on ChatGPT

    Two leading Scattered Spider members, Thaila Jubar and Owen Flowers, were sentenced to five years and six months for the 2024 Transport for London hack that knocked 148 systems offline, forced 27,000 password resets, stole customer data, and cost TfL £29 million, with wider losses estimated far higher; U.S. charges against Dubar remain unproven. Investigators also believe Russian hackers were behind last year's crippling Jaguar Land Rover attack that halted production for months and contributed to a £1.5 billion bailout, with Microsoft and multiple agencies assisting.  OpenAI unveiled GPT-Red, an automated red-teaming AI for prompt injection, alongside a NIST-backed argument that finite guardrails can't be universally robust. The episode also covers ClickLock, a macOS stealer that kills apps until a password is entered, and Recorded Future's report on Iran-linked groups using ChatGPT for malware, phishing, and reconnaissance. 00:00 Headlines Kickoff 01:08 Scattered Spider Sentencing 02:57 US Charges Loom 03:29 Jaguar Land Rover Hack 04:35 GPT-Red AI Red Team 05:40 Why Guardrails Fail 06:36 ClickLock Mac Stealer 06:53 How ClickLock Spreads 07:59 Defense and Cleanup Tips 08:37 Iran Uses AI for Ops 10:30 Wrap Up and Next Show

  8. 15 Jul

    ShareFile explained, healthcare in critical cyber condition and click fix tops malware charts

    ShareFile emergency explained, a year of Salesforce breaches examined, healthcare cybersecurity in critical condition and click fix goes number one for malware.  David Shipley covers Progress Software's emergency ShareFile shutdown, now tied to a previously unknown high-severity path traversal flaw in Storage Zone Controller 5.x/6.x with patches available (5.12.5 and 6.0.2) and no evidence of prior exploitation. Microsoft's analysis of a year of ShinyHunters activity compromising corporate Salesforce environments by abusing trust via OAuth (IT-support phone cons, vendor token theft such as Salesloft/Drift, and misconfigured guest access), prompting new monitoring tooling. A Fortified Health Security report finding healthcare fixed only 6% of identified risks in H1 2026 amid surging vulnerabilities, third-party risk, and weak identity hygiene. ReversingLabs and ReliaQuest research showing ClickFix social-engineering is now a leading malware delivery method; and Telstra's nationwide outage traced to an obsolete time server hit by a GPS rollover bug, disrupting Triple Zero calls and prompting Senate scrutiny. 00:00 Sponsor NordLayer 00:37 Headlines Overview 01:06 ShareFile Patch Explained 03:25 Salesforce OAuth Break Ins 06:01 Hospitals Drowning in Risks 08:24 ClickFix Malware Surge 11:13 Telstra Time Server Outage 12:32 Wrap Up and Sign Off

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