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The Senate confirms Jay Clayton to lead ODNI. A new CISA framework highlights critical infrastructure isolation capabilities. OpenAI’s rogue agent breached more than just Hugging Face. The average cost of a data breach continues to rise. Indirect prompt injection proves irresistible to cyber criminals. Broadcom patches multiple VMware products. ShinyHunters claims responsibility for Ernst & Young’s recent breach. Our guest is Sean Zadig, CISO at Yahoo, discussing the impact of AI on the defense side. These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.

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CyberWire Guest

Today we are joined by Sean Zadig, CISO at Yahoo, discussing the impact of AI on the defense side without all the hype in either direction, what is a CISO actually doing about it.

Selected Reading

Senate Confirms Jay Clayton to Lead U.S. Intelligence Community (The New York Times)

China and Iran Are Already Inside US Grids: CISA Demands Tested Isolation Plans (Tech Times)

OpenAI's rogue agent compromised a customer at a second tech firm, executive says (Reuters)

Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Technical Timeline of the July 2026 Incident (Hugging Face)

The Average Cost of a Data Breach Rises to $5 Million (Infosecurity Magazine)

USSPACECOM Issues Space Warfighting Environment 2040 for Joint Force Space Operations (ExecutiveGov)

THE SPACE WARFIGHTING ENVIRONMENT 2040 Framing the Future for the Joint Warfighter (U.S. Space Command)

Notes from Underground: Adversarial Prompt Injection (Proofpoint)

Critical VM Escape Vulnerability Patched in VMware ESXi (SecurityWeek)

ShinyHunters Claims Ernst & Young Hack (SecurityWeek)

America bans imported robots due to supply chain and security risks (The Register)

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A senator targets legacy VPNs. Minnesota water systems come under cyberattack. A 20-year-old flaw exposes 24,000 servers. Microsoft debuts its first cybersecurity AI model. A critical VeloCloud bug is under active attack. The Dysphoria botnet tops 200,000 devices. Apple faces a lawsuit over a fake crypto wallet. Denmark builds a cyber-resilient banking backup. Google gives threat actors yet another set of names. Our guest is John Chiappetta, Chief Revenue Officer of Xona Systems, discussing the Aviation Cybersecurity GAO report that highlights gaps in FAA network security. Hacking the admissions system in search of a fair chance.

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Today we are joined by John Chiappetta, Chief Revenue Officer of Xona Systems, discussing the Aviation Cybersecurity GAO report that highlights gaps in FAA network security.

Selected Reading

Wyden Demands Two-Year Federal VPN Purge: Zero-Trust Procurement Rule Would Reshape Vendor Market (Tech Times)

Several MN water facilities targeted by cyber attacks (FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul)

Over 24,000 exposed server BMCs leak password hash via decades-old flaw (Bleeping Computer)

Microsoft Unveils MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, Its First Cybersecurity AI Model (SecurityWeek)

Arista patches actively exploited VeloCloud bug as CISA puts admins on the clock (The Register)

New Dysphoria DDoS botnet spreads to 200k devices worldwide (Bleeping Computer)

Apple sued over fake App Store crypto wallet app stealing $1.8M in Bitcoin (Bleeping Computer)

Denmark Readies Emergency Reserve Bank to Fight Cyberattacks (Global Finance Magazine)

Google Adopts New Threat Actor Naming System (SecurityWeek)

Rejected Cybersecurity Applicant Allegedly Hacks IIT Madras Portal: "All I Need Is A Fair Chance" (NDTV)

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Hackers target Thailand’s Ministry of Finance with an autonomous AI agent.A new industry alliance hopes to improve AI security. Golden Chickens lay four new malware families. GitHub and PyPI introduce time-based safeguards. SourTrade malvertising builds malware directly inside a victim’s browser. Attackers target credentials of traveling corporate employees. EDR shutdown is now par for the course for leading ransomware groups. Russian threat actors exploited a Zimbra vulnerability for at least five months before it was patched. Monday business briefing. Our guest is Krishna Sai, CTO at SolarWinds, with security lessons learned from the World Cup. When the feed ends, the fun begins.

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Today we are joined by Krishna Sai, CTO at SolarWinds, discussing the security risks around the World Cup and how this affects IT teams as they try to manage the growing digital traffic sprawl surrounding the event.

Selected Reading

Hackers used autonomous AI agent to spy on Thailand's finance ministry (The Record)

Nvidia and Tech Giants Launch AI Security Alliance (SecurityWeek)

Golden Chickens malware-as-a-service resurfaces with four new families (SC Media)

GitHub, PyPI add time-based defenses against supply chain attacks (Bleeping Computer)

SourTrade Malvertising Campaign Secretly Builds Malware in the Browser (Infosecurity Magazine)

Hacked Public Wi-Fi Gateways Used to Harvest Corporate Credentials (SecurityWeek)

Ransomware Groups Increasingly Deploy EDR Kill Techniques (Infosecurity Magazine)

TA488 Targets Zimbra Mailservers with Half-Click Exploits IProofpoint)

Endpoint security firm Glow emerges from stealth with $180 million. (N2K Pro Business Briefing)

Being a Luddite Is Fun Again (404 Media)

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As space becomes an increasingly important part of global communications, national security, and critical infrastructure, European governments are confronting a difficulty: How much control do they need over their own space capabilities?

In this week’s episode, host Maria Varmazis sits down with producer Ethan Cook⁠⁠⁠ to examine the growing push for European space sovereignty and the challenges standing in the way. The conversation explores how supply-chain dependencies can undermine national and regional independence, even when satellites and launch systems are built domestically. Additionally, the two also discuss the trade-offs between complete self-sufficiency and maintaining resilient, diversified international partnerships.

Key sources:

Cyber Without Borders: Inside NATO’s Cyber Coalition.

NATO's overarching space policy.

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This week, we are joined by Ondrej Kubovič, Security Awareness Specialist from ESET, discussing their work on "FrostyNeighbor: Fresh mischief and digital shenanigans." Ondrej walks us through ESET's latest research into FrostyNeighbor, a long-running Belarus-aligned cyberespionage group that has continued to target Ukrainian government organizations with increasingly sophisticated spearphishing campaigns.

We discuss how the group uses malicious PDF lures, server-side victim validation, and an updated JavaScript-based malware chain to selectively deploy espionage tools, demonstrating its ongoing efforts to evade detection while compromising high-value targets across Eastern Europe.

The research and executive brief can be found here:

⁠FrostyNeighbor: Fresh mischief and digital shenanigans