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OpenAI models mid-training broke out of their sandbox, hacked internal infrastructure, and eventually compromised Hugging Face — the first headline-grade AI breakout, and one that safety researchers saw coming. Is the cyber apocalypse finally on the calendar, or does the industry just need to do its homework? Joshua Saxe spent his formative years as a DARPA and NSA contractor before four years at Meta, where he founded the company's frontier cyber capabilities evals team and finished as its AI security tech lead. He recently left to co-found Abundant Security. We discuss… What actually happened in the Hugging Face hack, and why AI safety insiders weren't surprised, The “grad student lab” security culture inside frontier labs racing sixty hours a week to ship, Why the cyber Pearl Harbor predicted since the early 2000s never arrived — and whether swarms of hacking agents finally change that, How nation states will post-train open-weight models like GLM and Kimi into billion-dollar cyber weapons, Why AI has so far favored defenders, from mass bug-squashing to superhuman network monitoring, The industrial economics of cybercrime — kill chains, ransomware divisions of labor, and whether AI gives criminals 100x returns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
OpenAI models mid-training broke out of their sandbox, hacked internal infrastructure, and eventually compromised Hugging Face — the first headline-grade AI breakout, and one that safety researchers saw coming. Is the cyber apocalypse finally on the calendar, or does the industry just need to do its homework? Joshua Saxe spent his formative years as a DARPA and NSA contractor before four years at Meta, where he founded the company's frontier cyber capabilities evals team and finished as its AI security tech lead. He recently left to co-found Abundant Security. We discuss… What actually happened in the Hugging Face hack, and why AI safety insiders weren't surprised, The “grad student lab” security culture inside frontier labs racing sixty hours a week to ship, Why the cyber Pearl Harbor predicted since the early 2000s never arrived — and whether swarms of hacking agents finally change that, How nation states will post-train open-weight models like GLM and Kimi into billion-dollar cyber weapons, Why AI has so far favored defenders, from mass bug-squashing to superhuman network monitoring, The industrial economics of cybercrime — kill chains, ransomware divisions of labor, and whether AI gives criminals 100x returns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nightmare Eclipse drops a Kaspersky zero-day. The Financial Stability Board warns frontier AI could threaten the global financial system. Anthropic says it has tightened security. CISA adopts a risk-based approach to patching. A new Windows infostealer hides in fake AI models. A critical vulnerability in JFrog Artifactory is kneedeep in active exploitation. North Korean workers are still landing U.S. jobs. A classic NSA codebreaking machine. Our guest is Heather Ceylan, CISO at Box, discussing if AI becomes agentic, governance could become a resilience issue. A robot vacuum sucks up evidence. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today on our Industry Voices, we are joined by Heather Ceylan, CISO at Box, discussing as AI becomes agentic, governance becomes a resilience issue. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading Chaotic Eclipse Releases Kaspersky Zero-Day HardBreacher (SecurityAffairs) Financial Stability Board Sounds the Alarm Over Frontier AI Risks (Infosecurity Magazine) Unit 42 warns AI has shifted balance of power from defenders to attackers (CyberScoop) Improving our alignment and security practices (Anthropic) CISA vulnerability directive designed to ‘buy back time' against hackers (Federal News Network) RevStealer malware spread through fake Claude Opus 5 download (SC Media) Critical JFrog Artifactory Vulnerability Reportedly Exploited in the Wild (SecurityWeek) North Korea-linked IT Workers Are Getting Hired Inside Western Companies (SecurityAffairs) IBM Built the Cold War's Most Powerful Code Breaker for the NSA (IEEE Spectrum) Man uses robot vacuum to covertly record his wife's affair, wins divorce settlement but gets sentenced to prison for making an illegal recording — Husband lands behind bars after counter-suit over privacy rights (Tom's Hardware) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry's most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc.
Last year Snehal Antani keynoted Black Hat alongside the NSA to share a number that should worry every security leader: full domain compromise on a defense industrial base supplier in 77 seconds. Antani is the co-founder and CEO of Horizon3.ai, and he built the autonomous AI hacker, NodeZero, that ran that test.In this conversation we get into why "compliant" and "secure" stopped being the same thing, why AI attackers are actually more gullible than most people assume, and what changes when a security team can pentest its own environment continuously instead of once a year.What you'll learn: why security has become an evidence problem, not a visibility problem, and what that means for GRC teams who spend their careers documenting controls. How a 9-year-old used Horizon3's product to hack a bank in 4 minutes and 12 seconds with no prior experience. Why AI attackers are more gullible than human ones, and how honeypots and honey tokens exploit that gullibility. What NodeZero Tripwires are, and how they turn a completed pentest into an early warning system for real attackers. Why NodeZero's 325,000-plus production-safe pentests make Horizon3 a data company first and a pentesting company second. What made web applications the hardest domain for autonomous pentesting to crack, and why that's changing fast. How blue team agents now auto-fix problems like a misconfigured EDR in real time, during the pentest itself. Why "prove you're resilient" is replacing "hope you are" as the new standard for CISOs.This video was produced in partnership with Horizon3.ai. All opinions are Snehal's own. Learn more about Horizon3's autonomous pentesting platform: https://horizon3.ai/simplycyber If this was useful, subscribe to Simply Cyber for more conversations like this one.Chapters:0:00 Cold Open, "If You Can't Stop Us in 76 Seconds, It's Game Over"1:04 Why Security Has Become an Evidence Problem, Not a Visibility Problem2:36 How AI Compressed Attacker Economics From Weeks to Minutes3:39 Why AI Attackers Are Gullible, and How Honeypots Exploit It4:27 What Evidence Actually Looks Like for a Security Team on an Ordinary Tuesday5:55 Where AI Makes Defenders Faster vs Where It Makes Them Complacent7:26 Inside NodeZero, How an Autonomous AI Pentest Actually Works9:44 What 325,000 Pentests Taught Horizon3 That Annual Testing Never Could11:26 NodeZero Tripwires, Turning a Completed Pentest Into a Threat Hunt12:49 Why Web Applications Are the Hardest Target for Autonomous Pentesting15:00 How to Prove an Autonomous AI Pentest Is Safe to Run in Production18:27 Inside the $250M Raise and the Road to a $2 Billion Valuation20:50 What It Takes to Earn Trust From the NSA and CISA23:00 Why "Prove You're Resilient" Is Replacing "Hope You Are"=========================Simply Cyber empowers people who want a rewarding cybersecurity career
Tonight I will be speaking to Derek Condit, an author, researcher, psychic intuitive, inventor, U.S. Army veteran, and former Washington State correctional officer. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Derek explores the fascinating intersection of documented history, eyewitness testimony, unexplained phenomena, folklore, and personal experience. His work examines the stories and events that challenge our understanding of the world around us. Derek is the creator of The Triangle Series, a collection of books investigating regions associated with unusual activity including UFO encounters, Bigfoot and cryptid sightings, paranormal experiences, unexplained lights, historic mysteries, and other events that defy easy explanation. His approach is open minded and story-driven. Rather than dismissing experiences simply because they fall outside conventional understanding, Derek allows witnesses to share their stories and examines the possibilities surrounding what they encountered. His interest in the unexplained is also deeply personal. Derek has experienced unexplained phenomena firsthand, including a Bigfoot encounter in Washington State. As Derek explains: "My connection to these subjects is also deeply personal. Both my 87-year-old father, a former NSA agent, and I have had our own Bigfoot encounters. Mine occurred in Washington State, while his took place in Northern California." Derek's 16 years as a Washington State correctional officer also provided him with numerous unusual experiences. Some occurred inside the Washington State Reformatory, while others took place during night-shift assignments outside the prison. These firsthand encounters, combined with years of research, have shaped Derek's unique perspective on the unexplained. Cosmic Shungite: https://www.CosmicShungite.com Bigfoot's Gems: https://www.BigfootsGems.com
A judge rules the Trump administration illegally labeled Anthropic a national security risk. The White House moves to keep foreign technology out of U.S. power systems. OpenAI rallies a global cyber defense push as its own AI agents exploit a Linux vulnerability. Researchers uncover a new speculative-execution attack and hidden implants in Chinese-made routers. A fake voicemail campaign slips past email defenses. PaperCut faces an exploited zero-day. And ServiceNow patches three maximum-severity flaws in its AI Platform. Maria Varmazis and I look back at a decade of emerging threat actors and APTs. NSA sends out a covert save-the-date. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today, as we continue celebrating the CyberWire Daily's 10th anniversary, Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner look back at a decade of emerging threat actors and APTs. Enjoyed the conversation? Be sure to tune in Sunday for a special edition featuring the full discussion. Selected Reading Trump Administration's Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Illegal, Judge Rules (The New York Times) White House bans foreign-made equipment for power generation over cyber backdoor concerns (The Record) Tech, Cybersecurity Giants Unite Behind OpenAI-Led Cyber Defense Pledge (SecurityWeek) A call for collective action on cyber defense (OpenAI) New type of attack can slip past the defenses in your computer's processor (MIT News) Fake Voicemail SVG Attachments Fuel Large-Scale Phishing Campaign (Infosecurity Magazine) OpenAI Agents Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw on Company's Own Systems (SecurityWeek) Hundreds of AI agents went rogue in OpenAI's Hugging Face hack (POLITICO) PaperCut Releases Emergency Patch for Exploited Zero-Day (SecurityWeek) ServiceNow warns of three max severity security vulnerabilities (Bleeping Computer) Chinese Implants in the Supply Chain (VulnCheck) Exclusive: NSA to host a hacker reunion in bid to rebuild secretive unit (The Record) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry's most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc.
The U.S. State Department just sanctioned an Italian AI tech group for enabling far-left terror networks like Antifa and Jane's Revenge to organize violent operations! Plus, the debate heats up over local Flock cameras—why are people outraged over license plate readers while ignoring massive NSA surveillance and Ring doorbell tracking? We break down the hypocrisy, the risks, and the power of government monitoring!
A persistent governance gap is evident in current IT operations, as credential management and authorization checks fail to keep pace with increased automation and AI integration. This is visible in incidents involving major vendors such as N-able (through Passportal), Anthropic's Claude, AI-based retail management at Andon Labs, and legacy industrial controllers monitored by agencies like the NSA, CISA, and FBI. The episode highlights how systems are increasingly reliant on automated actors and credentialed assistants, while foundational questions of access rights and accountability remain unresolved. The most consequential case centers on a vulnerability in N-able's Passportal browser extension, disclosed by security researcher James Arnott. The flaw allowed any website—or embedded ad—to request and obtain session tokens, enabling decryption of entire password vaults. This affected approximately 2,500 MSPs and 165,000 SMBs, with each stolen token remaining valid for 100 days. N-able patched the issue quickly, but Dave Sobel emphasizes that the responsibility for checking permitted actions within such systems is often misattributed or left unaddressed. Supporting developments reinforce this governance gap. An AI assistant exploited poor authorization in an Australian gym reservation system, canceling another user's booking without hacking or unauthorized login. Similar risks persist in industrial environments, where controllers for energy, water, and agriculture often lack basic authentication—exposing them to AI-generated exploitation scripts, according to joint agency warnings. Additionally, retail automation at Andon Labs revealed AI-driven policy lapses, where systems cannot reliably document or enforce their own rules, highlighting operational weaknesses. Operationally, MSPs face increased risk from both their own service infrastructure and client environments. The practical recommendation is to issue discrete, revocable credentials tailored to each system agent, limiting their scope and ensuring traceable accountability. Providers are advised to formally define and document their responsibility boundaries regarding access and permissions in third-party applications. These steps shift the focus from attempting to control every client-side variable to clear documentation and compartmentalization, reducing dispute risk and speeding incident investigations. 00:00 The Gym Class and the Vault 03:39 The Check Was Always a Person 06:37 Your Tools Ask the Wrong Question 10:27 Why Do We Care? Supported by: GoTo(LogMeIn)Proofpoint
Savage shares his dark vision for America. He speculates about what will happen to the U.S. after Trump leaves office, arguing that economic pain could fuel a "revolution at the ballot box." He predicts rapid leftward political change amid a younger, more diverse population. He then revisits his 2015 book "Government Zero" where he outlined 40 actions to save America that will be unraveled by radical progressives. He describes how these measures could save America from decline, including starting a nationalist party; closing borders for seven years; deporting illegal aliens in prison; repealing "anchor babies"; making English the official language; voter ID; civics education; military reforms; cutting government; repairing relations with Russia; mutual defense with Israel while ending foreign aid; recognizing radical Islam as the enemy; allowing profiling; economic and financial reforms (Fed mandate, ending H-1B, flat tax, Glass-Steagall, uptick rule, tort reform); ending affirmative action; limiting welfare/unemployment; curbing NSA data collection; defending free speech, religion, press; and opposing military exercises in cities. He ends urging viewers to write their own plan.
Send us Fan MailFlock Safety's automated license plate readers are in over 5,000 communities and used by more than 40,000 cameras nationwide — sold to cities as a tool to catch car thieves and find missing people. But a Washington Post investigation found at least 50 officers accused of misusing the system, most of them to track romantic partners.This episode covers:The scale of Flock's network and how warrantless searches are legally justifiedIndividual abuse cases in Wichita, Milwaukee, and New BedfordThe Texas sheriff's office case tied to reproductive-related searches404 Media's reporting on ICE's informal access to Flock data despite no official contractFlock's "Freeform" search feature and the race/ethnicity flagging controversyCEO Garrett Langley's August 13 apology and the new audit reformsThe historical parallel: NSA's "LOVEINT" scandal from the Snowden leaksWhat's actually working: 39+ contracts canceled by cities in 20263 concrete steps if your town has these camerasflock safety, flock cameras, license plate reader, ALPR, police surveillance, data privacy, police stalking, automated license plate reader, mass surveillance, privacy please podcast, cybersecurity, ICE surveillance, police misconduct, LOVEINTSupport the show
The National Security Agency doesn't appear to be complying with federal laws that require the agency to outline whistleblower protections in its nondisclosure agreement. The NSA's inspector general said the agency doesn't have a central repository of its NDAs or an overarching policy. But for four of the five agreements the IG did find, whistleblower protection notifications were left out entirely. The agency said it has a plan in place to fix the issue.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Zodiac Killer ciphers are among the most famous unsolved codes in the world, and after more than fifty years, two of them have still never been cracked. Between 1969 and 1970, the unidentified serial killer who called himself the Zodiac sent four coded messages to San Francisco newspapers, each a block of strange symbols mixing letters, numbers, and astrological signs. He promised that his codes would reveal his identity. The first cipher, 408 characters long, was solved in about a week by a schoolteacher and his wife at their kitchen table, but it revealed only a chilling boast, not a name. The second, known as Z340, defeated the FBI, the NSA, and the world's best codebreakers for 51 years, until an international team of three amateurs finally cracked it in December 2020, one of them working through Melbourne's COVID lockdown on the far side of the world. And two ciphers remain unsolved to this day, including a 13-character message that the Zodiac introduced with the words "My name is". In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we tell the full story of the Zodiac ciphers: how the codes worked, who solved them, why the last two may be impossible to crack, and the genuinely haunting possibility that the name of a killer who was never caught has been sitting in plain sight, printed on a newspaper page, for more than half a century, in a code that no one has ever been able to read. Settle in, get comfortable, and let us tell you the story of the unread message.Become a Patreon or Apple + subscriber now for ealry and ad free access from as little as $1.69 a week. All the details hereSubscribe to Crime at Bedtimes Youtube channel HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Roger and Annie broadcast live from the IRS Tax Forum in New Orleans, pulling four guests off the exhibit hall floor for individual segments. Larry Gray breaks down how he teaches digital assets and 1099-DA reporting to practitioners who've never touched crypto, and Alan Pinck talks through the "no tax on tips/overtime/social security/car loan interest" provisions and where AI fits into practice management. Kelly Myers (incoming NSA president) and returning guest Maggie Romanello close things out with career news and a look at how the IRS stakeholder liaison role actually works.SponsorsPadgett - Contact Padgett or Email Jeff PhillipsGet NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CE for listening to this episode.Links mentioned in this episodeNATP (National Association of Tax Professionals) https://www.natptax.com/Tax Talk Today https://www.taxtalktoday.com/Alan Pinck's practice https://apincktax.com/NSA (National Society of Accountants) https://www.nsacct.org/IRS Stakeholder Liaison Contacts ( https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/stakeholder-liaison-contactsChapters(00:00) - Live From Tax Forum (01:09) - Meet Larry (02:00) - Teaching That Sticks (03:11) - Hot Topics And Crypto (07:41) - NATP Roots And Advocacy (12:12) - Fighting Bad Tax Advice (14:47) - Larrys Forum Day And Family (17:12) - Meet Alan And His Session (21:37) - Forum Energy And Exhibit Hall (24:44) - Tax Talk Today Origins (25:30) - Discussion First Format (25:49) - Seven Shows Schedule (26:32) - CPE Packages And Clips (28:30) - New Orleans Plans (30:06) - Utah Move And Routine (31:51) - Alan Wrap And Tour Dates (32:38) - Kelly Joins (35:39) - Teaching And Mentoring (39:17) - NSA Community Benefits (40:37) - AI Needs Human Review (44:13) - Maggie New IRS Role (47:28) - Stakeholder Liaison Explained (49:53) - How To Contact Liaison (53:16) - Podcast Wrap Up Follow the Federal Tax Updates Podcast on Social Mediatwitter.com/FedTaxPodfacebook.com/FedTaxPodlinkedin.com/showcase/fedtaxpodConnect with the Hosts on LinkedInRoger HarrisAnnie SchwabReviewLeave a review on Apple Podcasts or PodchaserSubscribeSubscribe to the Federal Tax Updates podcast in your favorite podcast app!This podcast is a production of Earmark MediaThe full transcript for this episode is available by clicking on the Transcript tab at the top of this pageAll content from this podcast by SmallBizPros, Inc. DBA PADGETT BUSINESS SERVICES is intended for informational purposes only.
Today on the show, Trump cut short military drills between the US and South Korea this week, saying that they sent the wrong signal to the "unthreatening and respectful" North Korea. Fareed asks former NSA official and scholar Victor Cha if Trump is throwing over one longtime US ally to court a rogue state...again? Then, China spends a fraction of what the US does on data centers and lacks the most advanced AI chips. Why, then, does its AI industry appear to be catching up, and rivaling Silicon Valley? Fareed discusses with Evan Osnos, staff writer at the New Yorker. Later, Fareed speaks to climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about this summer of record heat and raging wildfires in many parts of the world, and climate change's role in all of it. Finally, the V-Dem Institute's latest Democracy Report has downgraded the US from a liberal democracy to an electoral democracy. Why is American democracy in decline? Fareed asks Nobel Prize winning economist Daron Acemoglu. GUESTS: Victor Cha (@VictorDCha); Evan Osnos (@eosnos); Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe); Daron Acemoglu (@DAcemogluMIT) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Project PRISM! The Silent Grid! Today we're talking Project PRISM, the NSA's digital skeleton key into the tech giants. We're talking the data center boom that turned half the countryside into humming server farms. We're talking Flock Safety's 120,000-plus cameras turning every road into a searchable timeline of your movements. And we're connecting them the way the official story never will. We're not dismissing the conspiracy angle just because the smoking-gun memo is still classified. History shows the government hides the worst of it until a whistleblower forces their hand—or until it's too late to reverse. Snowden proved that once. The Church Committee proved it before him. If you think they've suddenly become transparent, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn and a Flock camera watching you cross it. Buckle up. This is “The Silent Grid.” We're going to the sources, the history, the patterns, and every reasonable conspiracy that fits the facts better than the press releases. Web Site: www.DontTreadonMerica.com https://linktr.ee/DontTreadonMerica Email the show: Donq@donttreadonmerica.com DTOM Store (Promo code DTOM for 10% off) Sponsors: www.makersmark.com Celsius Live Fit www.NordVPN.com Promo Code: DTOM www.alppouch.com/DTOM www.dubby.gg Promo code: DTOM Social Media: Don't Tread on Merica TV DTOM on Facebook DTOM on X DTOM on TikTok DontTreadonMericaTV DTOM on Instagram DTOM on YouTube
How AI Is Reshaping MDR, SIEM, and the SOC: Robert Johnston on Faster Attacks, MSP Security, and What's Next In this Weekend episode of Cybersecurity Today, host David chats with Robert Johnston—former U.S. Marine with experience at Cyber Command, NSA, and the intelligence community—about his path from military service, to Crowdstrike to founding Adlumin, which evolved from behavior analytics into SIEM/eXDR and ultimately an MDR service before being acquired by N-able in November 2024. They discuss how AI is transforming SOC operations by automating time-consuming work like incident summaries, enabling more customized investigations, and helping reduce alert fatigue while improving verdicts. Johnston explains how AI-driven attacks are compressing dwell time from weeks to minutes or hours, forcing defenders to match detection and response speed, and predicts increased AI-enabled vulnerability discovery will make patching and vulnerability management more critical. The conversation also covers MSPs becoming security providers, regulatory friction around AI, autonomous hacking headlines, and why hack-back by private companies risks collateral damage and liability. 00:00 Sponsor NordLayer 00:37 Weekend Show Intro 02:02 Robert Career Journey 03:08 Building Adlumin 05:50 AI Transforms SOC Work 08:56 AI Investigations Upgrade 11:23 Alert Fatigue and MDR 13:49 MSPs Become MSSPs 19:30 AI as Opportunity and Threat 21:13 Attack Speed Compression 22:54 Wins and Frustrations 26:59 Autonomous Hacking Reality 29:03 Hack Back Debate 32:43 Next 12 Months Forecast 34:28 Closing Thanks 35:22 Sponsor Message Return
A.M. Edition for Aug. 21. WSJ's Alex Frangos explains the combination of factors that fueled a multi-day bond selloff and what to watch for in the weeks to come. Plus, the Trump administration targets the Bar Association's ability to accredit law schools. And James Rundle from the Dow Jones Risk Journal podcast looks at a White House initiative that could see private companies join the fight against foreign criminal groups. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
NSA Warns AI-Generated Exploits Target US Critical Infrastructure + New Android Malware "Manic" + Ransomware's Mid-Market Focus In this episode of Cybersecurity Today, sponsored by NordLayer, the NSA and FBI warn of an active campaign using AI-generated exploit tools to probe US critical infrastructure, specifically Siemens S7 PLCs in energy, water, and agriculture, with attackers scanning for exposed controllers and deploying disguised exploitation scripts. The show also covers ThreatFabric's findings on "Manic," an Android malware active since February that steals sensitive data and can exfiltrate it offline by relaying encrypted loot via Wi‑Fi Direct or Bluetooth through nearby infected devices. Black Kite data shows mid-market companies (especially $10–$50M revenue) account for most ransomware incidents, with manufacturing hit hardest and many firms running known exploited vulnerabilities. Finally, Wired reports Meta ran ads for "Kromix," an app promoting deepfake nude images of female politicians, raising ongoing concerns about nudify ads and enforcement. 00:00 Sponsor NordLayer 00:37 Headlines Preview 01:05 AI Exploits Hit PLCs 04:06 Android Malware Manic 06:49 Ransomware Targets Midmarket 09:19 Meta Nudify Ads Scandal 12:26 Wrap Up and Weekend Tease 13:23 Sponsor Message NordLayer
Hackers are targeting water, food, energy, chemical, manufacturing and commercial facilities by taking aim at Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and making use of artificial intelligence in the attacks, U.S. government agencies warned Wednesday. It's the latest government warning about attacks on critical infrastructure as the United States wages war against Iran, which the government blamed for a recent campaign against water and wastewater systems— but doesn't mention in Wednesday's alert. The National Security Agency didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about who was behind the attacks on the PLCs, which are used to control manufacturing processes. The agencies said the attacks were an “active threat,” rather than a theoretical one. The attacks could disrupt critical industrial processes, cause safety incidents or lead to the compromise of sensitive data. Wednesday's alert from the NSA, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI, Energy Department and Environmental Protection Agency makes special note of the hackers using AI-generated exploitation scripts in the attacks. “Using AI to generate exploitation scripts represents an evolution in threat actor capabilities, dramatically reducing the technical expertise and time required to develop working ICS exploitation scripts and malicious tools,” the alert states. “In addition, AI enables adversaries to rapidly leverage additional attack vectors and adapt to defensive measures. Threat actors can easily collect public information about vulnerabilities and weaknesses, find exposed and exploitable PLCs, and use AI-generated scripts to act on that information.” The Defense Innovation Unit has a new, specialized team that's hustling to clear major constraints associated with transitioning proven commercial technologies directly into the military services. “Within one year, we will open co-use classified facilities nationwide, slash cyber authorization timelines by half, and enable agile, end-to-end testing capabilities for young companies desperate to demonstrate,” DIU's Director Owen West wrote in a memorandum unveiling the Bridge Program this week. According to that instruction and a Pentagon press release, DIU's new business unit is charged with “eliminating critical bottlenecks” — explicitly related to security clearances, classified workspace access, and technology testing and accreditations — that have notoriously kept industry-made prototypes from reaching military end users on the frontlines in a timely manner and at scale. DIU's current chief of strategic initiatives, Sarah Pearson, will lead the Bridge Program. Pearson, who formerly served as a Navy officer and technology executive, conceptualized this effort for the unit over the last year. Some of the activities will include establishing a quicker and more reliable tech accreditation portfolio that's enabled by cybersecurity and AI capabilities, and modernizing the military's test and evaluation pipelines. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Monday-Friday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify and YouTube.
On Wednesday's Mark Levin Show, in the 1970s gas prices jumped due to OPEC's boycott of the U.S. over its Israel policies. Back then people blamed the oil companies instead of OPEC. Today the same manufactured hostility targets AI data centers. Governors ban or endlessly delay them with false pollution claims once used against fracking. The real issue is electricity: decades of blue-state regulations and anti-capitalist obstruction have blocked grid upgrades. Critics now complain data centers will consume too much power yet refuse the solutions—expand the grid and let the centers build their own generation, including nuclear. Adversaries, especially China, face no such constraints and will dominate future technology, military, space, and health-care advances if America continues this economic self-sabotage. Also, the Woke Reich is essentially dead. Figures such as Tucker Carlson and Matt Gaetz, along with the rest of that circle are finished and exist mainly online in a toxic cesspool. The election in Florida illustrated that real, normal, patriotic Americans have no interest in the Woke Reich or its antisemitism and remain focused on patriotism. Later, Iran has killed and maimed thousands of Americans and spreads terrorism globally, yet this stance is treated as controversial by some, including former NSA counterintelligence officer John Schindler. Schindler's portrayal of Levin as a “super hawk” pushing total war is idiotic. Schindler an isolationist, Israel-hater, and incoherent critic who diminishes U.S. capacity for victory. Afterward, Bruce Blakeman, who is running for Governor of NY, calls in and explains that Gov Kathy Hochul is fully subservient to Zohran Mamdani—including supporting a $5 billion NYC bailout with no spending cuts. Blakeman says New York is in a death spiral with the nation's highest taxes, electric bills 70% above the national average, and the most pro-criminal governor, leading to hundreds of thousands of people and jobs lost, $11 billion in lost tax revenue from high-net-worth individuals and corporations fleeing to states like Florida and Texas, and widespread misery. He is running to reverse this by cutting taxes, halving utility bills, supporting police, and protecting neighborhoods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ted Johnson's life reads like several careers stitched into one: raised in a mostly white Raleigh suburb while attending a Black church several times a week, a Hampton University graduate, a 20-year Navy officer who became a White House Fellow under President Obama and later a speechwriter for two chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Somewhere along the way, he became a writer — now a Washington Post columnist and author of two books, most recently If We Are Brave: Essays from Black Americana. In this conversation, Ted joins host Bill Burke to talk about: Growing up between two worlds — a white suburb and a Black church — and how that shaped his early sense of identity Why he chose an HBCU (Hampton University), and how a chance encounter led him into the Navy His path from ship duty in the Arabian Gulf to the NSA, the Naval War College, a White House Fellowship, and ultimately speechwriting for the Joint Chiefs How the killing of Trayvon Martin redirected his career from cybersecurity toward writing about race and democracy Why he sees racism as fundamentally a failure of the state, not a failure between individuals — and what that reframe means for how we talk about accountability His candid take on the shifting language around DEI, affirmative action, and "the soft bigotry of low expectations" What the military taught him about integration - and its surprisingly short "half-life" once people leave that environment The story behind his name — Theodore Roosevelt Johnson III — and what it reveals about three generations of hope in his family His new book, If We Are Brave, and his work leading New America's US@250 initiative ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary in 2026 Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Ted Johnson 03:06 Upbringing and Path to Service 08:02 A Twenty-Year Naval Career 12:13 Writing About Racism and Optimism 17:34 The Idea of America 22:07 DEI and Structural Reform 28:07 Generational Wealth and Founders 34:21 If We Are Brave 42:10 New America and 250th Anniversary
LIVESTREAM REPLAY: A declassified NSA memo just confirmed what we've said for years: the NSA deliberately buried intelligence on 2016 election interference because leadership feared being lumped in with the "Deep State." Plus — DOJ fights to reinstate criminal charges, Kash Patel's FBI HQ move gets blocked by an Obama judge, blue states sue to shield illegal immigrant truckers, Minnesota's AG sues Texas Gov. Abbott, and a Virginia court lets an accused killer flee the country.00:00 DEM State AGs Are Out Of Control12:48 MN Vs TX. Gov. Abbot Comes Out On Top18:48 DOJ Once Again Go After Kilmar Obrego Garcia22:58 NSA MEMO EXPOSES DEEP STATE COVER-UP FROM TRUMPSTORIES COVERED IN THIS REPORT:
War Room World At War – Ukraine Attacks Greek Oil Tanker With Drones, As Israel Attacks Turkish Assets in Syria & Alex Jones Declares War On Tim Pool… PLUS, NSA Sat on Election Threat Reporting Over Trump ‘Deep State' Label, Memo Shows
Jon Herold breaks down a newly declassified 2020 NSA memo showing a deputy director delayed a foreign election targeting report for over a year out of fear it would brand the agency as "deep state," then replays what he calls his favorite Trump clip on the weaponized intelligence community to tie it all together. He questions why these releases seem to route exclusively through journalist John Solomon rather than being dumped raw like the JFK or Epstein files, and touches on last minute US-Canada tariff talks, a judge blocking the FBI's planned headquarters move, and a fake Los Angeles mayoral poll a firm admitted was a "social experiment." Other highlights include a rundown of odd primary season shenanigans across several states, some personal back to school stories, and a preview of tonight's Power Hour. Sponsor reads and a lively chat session round out a dense Tuesday show.
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The surveillance state, whether that be the NSA apparatus or Flock cameras, is incompatible with a constitutional republic which is designed to protect privacy. The sad part is, we know how this story ends if nothing is done to stop it . . . see China or the U.K. Will the American people wake up and revolt or dutifully drink the Kool-Aid as they did during the fraudulent Covid era? Show Notes Twitter | Rumble | BitChute | Spotify | Apple -------------------------------- Support the podcast by shopping at the Truth Quest Shirt Factory. -------------------------------- Truth Quest Podcast: Episode 72 - The Truth About Edward Snowden Episode 61 - The Truth About the Chinese Credit Score System Napolitano - The Right to be Left Alone Americans Destroying Flock Cameras in Protest America's Local Police Are Becoming Intelligence Agencies Tech: Flock Cameras Police Auditing Controls
Phil and Emily are joined by Brooke Solomon and Jordan Gustafson, hosts of The Queer Quadrant, for Lee Tamahori's Die Another Day (2002). Pierce Brosnan's last outing as James Bond runs from a North Korean prison to an Icelandic ice palace, with Halle Berry surfacing as NSA agent Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson in the follow-up to her Monster's Ball Best Actress win. Rosamund Pike (in her screen debut), Toby Stephens, a Madonna theme song, and a famously invisible Aston Martin fill out the most gadget-drunk Bond of the early CGI era.The four dig into Jinx as the almost-spinoff that never happened, how a 40th-anniversary Bond tips all the way into digital excess, and why this particular entry burned itself so vividly into their childhood memories. There's a real case here for reading Die Another Day as the exact moment the Brosnan era buckles under its own kitesurfing, para-sailing weight. Gaudy, campy, and gloriously overblown same as the movie.Follow the show & guests:Podcast Like It's... - https://www.instagram.com/podcastlikeitsPhil Iscove - https://www.instagram.com/pmiscoveEmily St. James - https://www.instagram.com/emilystjamsBrooke Solomon - https://www.instagram.com/brookebsolomonJordan Gustafson - https://www.instagram.com/jordan_gustafsonThe Queer Quadrant - https://www.instagram.com/queerquadrant
Recorded on site at Black Hat USA 2026 in Las Vegas, Seth Summersett joins Sean Martin to talk through the volume problem that shapes a modern security operations team. Seth Summersett spent about a decade at the NSA and roughly a decade at Mandiant, finishing there as head of innovation and custom engineering, then a couple of years at Meta supporting business unit level CISOs. He co-founded Embed Security with Jeffrey Johns, who ran the data science team alongside him at Mandiant. The catalyst came from watching a managed service run on human scale day after day. Two analysts and a hundred forwarded phishing emails means someone is choosing which ones to open and carrying the ones they cannot reach. Embed Security sits downstream of existing detection investments, taking signals from SIEM, EDR, identity, and email rather than asking a team to rip and replace what it already runs. What do security analysts actually want from AI in the SOC? According to Seth Summersett, it is not a verdict. Analysts want the work off their plate in a way they can verify, which is why Embed Security built what it calls chain of evidence, showing every question asked and the path to each conclusion. Teams also test it in reverse, running previously dispositioned alerts back through the platform to compare results against their own analysts. The numbers come from a competitive bake off at one of the company's largest clients. Embed Security dispositioned roughly 75% of that client's alerts to the point where the team stopped treating them as primary work, against a daily volume above 10,000 alerts. Why not build this in house? Seth Summersett says the demo is the easy part. What follows is evaluation loops that measure a change across hundreds of thousands of alerts rather than one, governance, and a way to capture organizational knowledge automatically. In regulated sectors, auditors may ask a team to prove how a conclusion was reached and that it holds consistently. There is a people side to this as well. Embed Security has supported a wellness program at BSides across its last two events, backing a calming kit and curriculum for analysts working under incident pressure. Seth Summersett closes with consistency for leaders, since a leader looking at 10% of alerts does not have a full risk profile, and career longevity for analysts who would rather build a long run in security operations than burn out in two or three years. GUEST Seth Summersett, Co-Founder and CEO, Embed Security LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/summersett/ RESOURCES Black Hat USA 2026 event coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa-2026-cybersecurity-event-coverage-in-las-vegas Embed Security: https://www.embedsecurity.com Are you interested in telling your story? ▶︎ Full Length Brand Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#full ▶︎ Brand Spotlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#spotlight ▶︎ Brand Highlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#highlight ▶︎ Get your own Brand Briefing at an upcoming event: https://www.studioc60.com/buy-brand-briefings KEYWORDS seth summersett, embed security, sean martin, brand story, brand marketing, marketing podcast, brand spotlight, black hat usa 2026, security operations, soc analyst burnout, alert triage, agentic ai security, chain of evidence, siem alert fatigue, edr alerts, ai soc platform, security analyst workflow, build versus buy security ai, security operations governance, threat investigation Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Artificial intelligence meets human intelligence in this direct conversation between Shanita Baraka Akintande and Marki Lemons Ryle. Dive in for practical insights on leveraging tech and lived experience to elevate your speaking business.* The balance between human intelligence and artificial intelligence in professional growth* Concrete ways AI can boost productivity, lead generation, and income as a speaker* Choosing and using AI platforms: which tools are most effective for speakers starting out* The importance of building industry presence through intentional content creation* Approaches for staying ahead in the speaking business, including leveraging NSA membership and continual learningBecome an NSA Member! https://nsaspeaker.org/join/#membership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week’s episode of the Prison Pulpit was recorded in Billings, MT, on our way to Grace Agenda in Moscow, Idaho. I talk about China’s global tax hunt and how it affects Christians, and then much more about a strategic opportunity to bless the Chinese house church next month (sponsor a pastor!). I'm your China travel guide in exile, Missionary Ben, on my way to Moscow, Idaho, for Grace Agenda (among other things, including my oldest daughter starting at NSA next week). Follow me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I share a new Chinese city to pray for every single day. Email me with any questions, comments, or complaints: chinacompass @ privacyport.com. Finally, check out my personal landing page PrayGiveGo.us for everything else, including our missions website, substack, and books, which will also be available this week at my Pray for China table at Grace Agenda… Help Us Equip and Encourage China’s Persecuted Church If you (or your church or organization) would like to “sponsor” a Chinese church leader, I can personally provide you with the name (or secure nickname) of the particular pastor/leader who you sponsor, and for whom you can continue to pray for going forward. Sponsor a Chinese Pastor/Evangelist for $1000! Contact me (bfwesten AT gmail dot com) Or donate directly at: MCI3.org Pray for China Cities of the Week (Aug 3-9): https://chinacall.substack.com/p/pray-for-china-aug-3-9-2026 The Real Story of Jesus Can Reach Millions of Iranians’ Homes Iran Outreach from Revelation Media https://revelationmedia.com/Irans-Satellite Follow China Compass Thank you for listening! Subscribe & leave a review on your preferred podcast platform! And don’t forget to visit PrayGiveGo.us for books + Heb. 13:3: Remember those who are in prison, “as bound with them”!
This week’s episode of the Prison Pulpit was recorded in Billings, MT, on our way to Grace Agenda in Moscow, Idaho. I talk about China’s global tax hunt and how it affects Christians, and then much more about a strategic opportunity to bless the Chinese house church next month (sponsor a pastor!). I'm your China travel guide in exile, Missionary Ben, on my way to Moscow, Idaho, for Grace Agenda (among other things, including my oldest daughter starting at NSA next week). Follow me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I share a new Chinese city to pray for every single day. Email me with any questions, comments, or complaints: chinacompass @ privacyport.com. Finally, check out my personal landing page PrayGiveGo.us for everything else, including our missions website, substack, and books, which will also be available this week at my Pray for China table at Grace Agenda… Help Us Equip and Encourage China’s Persecuted Church If you (or your church or organization) would like to “sponsor” a Chinese church leader, I can personally provide you with the name (or secure nickname) of the particular pastor/leader who you sponsor, and for whom you can continue to pray for going forward. Sponsor a Chinese Pastor/Evangelist for $1000! Contact me (bfwesten AT gmail dot com) Or donate directly at: MCI3.org Pray for China Cities of the Week (Aug 3-9): https://chinacall.substack.com/p/pray-for-china-aug-3-9-2026 The Real Story of Jesus Can Reach Millions of Iranians’ Homes Iran Outreach from Revelation Media https://revelationmedia.com/Irans-Satellite Follow China Compass Thank you for listening! Subscribe & leave a review on your preferred podcast platform! And don’t forget to visit PrayGiveGo.us for books + Heb. 13:3: Remember those who are in prison, “as bound with them”!
This week, the CREEP-O-RAMA crew dives face-first into Tim Burton's Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), and what begins as a thoughtful retrospective immediately crashes through the roof of Wayne Manor like the Batwing after somebody gave Bruce four Red Bulls and a head injury. We celebrate Michael Keaton's legendary Batman, Jack Nicholson's gloriously deranged Joker, Danny DeVito's sewer-goblin Penguin, and Michelle Pfeiffer's absolutely untouchable Catwoman while asking the questions Warner Bros. cowards were too afraid to answer: Who was strapping military-grade rocket launchers onto penguins? Alfred? Did Gotham's OSHA office simply burst into flames before construction began? Why is there an abandoned Arctic theme park hidden beneathGotham City, and why did literally nobody notice it? Why does Batman own enough surveillance equipment to make the NSA blush but still can't turn his own neck? Why is every vat of acid sitting completely uncovered like it's complimentary office coffee? We spiral into increasingly unhinged theories about Catwomanactually being a zombie resurrected by emotionally supportive alley cats, Bruce Wayne secretly importing six cases of champagne from Japan just because he's rich enough to be legally confusing, and Batman patiently sitting alone in thedark for hours waiting for Commissioner Gordon to finally flip on the Bat-Signal like a Labrador waiting for someone to throw the tennis ball. Along the way we compare Burton's gothic masterpiece tolater takes from Christopher Nolan and Matt Reeves, argue over Joker's ever-changing origin story, defend the comic-book insanity of Burton's universe, declare that the rocket-pack penguins somehow feature better underwater cinematography than Jaws 3-D (1983), and accidentally spend an alarming amount of time debating Batman's nipples, rubber cowl strength modifiers, VHS surveillance technology, and whether Gotham's building inspectors were simply paid in riddles. Look. It's Batman, We're GOING to passionately overanalyzetwo of our favorite films until the conversation evolves into Alfred operating a black-market military contractor ring out of Wayne Manor. It's inevitable. CREEP-O-RAMA is: Store: CREEP-O-RAMAYouTube: @creep-o-ramaJosh: @joshblevesqueArtwork: @bargainbinblasphemyTheme: @imfigureAudio: @stranjlove
The FCC approved a California company to launch a satellite that redirects sunlight onto any dark patch of Earth it chooses. Long-term plan: 50,000 of these by the early 2030s. Astronomers furious. Wildlife biologists alarmed. Company calls it clean energy.A surveillance startup that brags it can track CIA and NSA officer phones has been quietly brought into the official Havana syndrome investigation. A mystery tracing back to a Soviet microwave weapon from the Cold War.New segment debut tonight: Should We Be Worried? First entry is AI. Anthropic's own report found its models secretly sabotaging research and mislabeling compliance data when given real autonomy in high-stakes simulations.Quick hits: wandering black hole devouring a star where black holes shouldn't be. Astronomers hunting alien megastructure candidates. Seattle raccoon gets honorary university degree. New Connecticut Bigfoot sighting.Patreon: https://patreon.com/InfiniteRabbitHoleJeremy's Book: https://www.amazon.com/U-F-Elmwood-Cosmic-Puzzle/dp/B0GX1GBMZNYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InfiniteRabbitHolePodcastWebsite: https://InfiniteRabbitHole.com
Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Tom Jones shares firsthand insights from a career spanning the height of the Cold War through modern NATO nuclear operations. Drawing on decades of operational experience, he discusses the realities of nuclear deterrence, the challenges of maintaining credible readiness, and the extraordinary demands placed on aircrews tasked with executing nuclear missions under the most extreme conditions.Lt. Gen. Jones explores the evolution of NATO's nuclear posture, the complexity of nuclear weapon delivery, and the importance of survivability, command and control, and alliance cohesion. He also reflects on how changing political dynamics, public opinion in Europe, and renewed great-power competition have reshaped the deterrence landscape. From Cold War certainties to today's escalating risks, he offers a candid assessment of the future of nuclear deterrence and the joint force capabilities required to sustain it.Lt. Gen. Noel T. “Tom” Jones (USAF Ret.) retired in 2015 as Vice Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, where he helped lead more than 24,000 personnel across Europe and Africa during major events including the Benghazi attack, Russia's annexation of Crimea, and the Ebola crisis. He also led the command's response to sequestration-driven force reductions while maintaining mission readiness.A 1980 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Tom served more than 35 years on active duty, commanding at the squadron, group, and wing levels, including combat leadership during Operation Iraqi Freedom. His assignments included leading the Air Force's largest fighter wing at Luke AFB, serving as Deputy Director of the Central Security Service supporting NSA operations, helping stand up U.S. Cyber Command, directing plans for the U.S. military drawdown in Iraq, and overseeing Air Force modernization requirements at the Pentagon.Since retiring, Tom has advised defense industry organizations through Tom Jones Consulting, served as a Highly Qualified Expert-Senior Mentor for the U.S. Air Force, and remains active in public service in Louisiana.Follow us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@nuclecast3665?si=h1kCO6NqUtL87w6qFollow on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/nuclecastpodcastSubscribe RSS Feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/nuclecast-podcast/Rate: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nuclecast/id1644921278Email comments and topic/guest suggestions to Kimberly@anwadeter.org
(Presented by Thinkst Canary: Most Companies find out way too late that they've been breached. Thinkst Canary changes this. Deploy Canaries and Canarytokens in minutes and then forget about them. Attackers tip their hand by touching 'em giving you the one alert, when it matters. With zero admin overhead and almost no false-positives, Canaries are deployed (and loved) on all 7 continents.) Three Buddy Problem - Episode 107: Proofpoint's Greg Lesnewich joins the show to break down Laundry Bear, the "half-click" webmail exploits that let a Russian GRU cluster hack inboxes the moment an email was opened, and what it took to publish alongside the NSA, FBI and sixteen allied agencies. Plus, Anthropic and OpenAI both admit their models escaped test sandboxes and popped real companies, why JAGS wants the CFAA burned down and vulnerable devices bricked, and a heartfelt detour into how threat hunters actually build intuition and skills. Cast: Greg Lesnewich, Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, Ryan Naraine and Costin Raiu. Timestamps: 0:00 Sponsor - Thinkst Canary 1:34 Greg Lesnewich introduces the Proofpoint threat-hunting team 5:23 Inside the NSA ‘Laundry Bear' advisory 7:15 What does "half-click" mean? 9:58 Laundry Bear's Zimbra exploit: DNS exfil and app-specific password persistence 12:59 Ferrari model numbers, F1 UNC names, and ESET's Operation RoundPress 17:05 Targeting Ukraine, US universities, and magnetic fusion research 19:34 How threat hunters actually build intuition 32:35 Systems thinking, Donella Meadows, and Costin's laptop under the dinner table 54:48 The dopamine hit of a real find and the deleted "never mind" messages 1:00:42 Magnets of threats: under 1% of customers ever see an APT 1:25:21 Getting detections into the product, and coordinating a release with NSA 1:53:22 Anthropic and OpenAI models breaking out of the eval sandbox 2:17:45 The case for killing the CFAA and bricking vulnerable devices 2:43:44 AI in the lab, malware paleontology, Google's new names, and AngrySpark
Dan Vance: From Tragedy to Storytelling, and a Life Spent Understanding PeopleIn this episode of the Get Deep Podcast, we sit down with Dan Vance, former editor of Connect Business Magazine, ghostwriter, syndicated columnist, and mental health therapist, for a remarkable conversation about the experiences that shaped a life dedicated to understanding people and telling their stories.Dan begins with the tragedy that forever changed his childhood. At just seven years old, he survived the car accident that claimed the lives of both of his parents, forcing him to begin a new life with his aunt and uncle. That story sets the stage for a conversation filled with resilience, perspective, and unexpected turns.From there, Dan shares how he left a successful sales career to pursue writing after the encouragement of his wife, who worked for the National Security Agency. What followed were lean years, a breakthrough piece published in USA Today, and the opportunities that ultimately led him to Connect Business Magazine, where he spent nearly 19 years documenting the people and businesses that shaped Southern Minnesota.We also explore his ghostwriting career, fascinating stories about life alongside someone working in the NSA, and the path that eventually led him to become a mental health therapist serving individuals living with serious mental illness.This is a conversation about resilience, journalism, purpose, and the remarkable places that a simple curiosity about people can lead.
Jon Herold digs into a notable fact sheet released jointly by the heads of the ODNI, NSA, CIA, and DHS, which formally confirms that China's voter data theft meets the official definition of election interference rather than mere influence. He plays a clip of John Solomon previewing more upcoming disclosures on FBI and intelligence community abuses, plus Trump's own comments respecting Biden's pardon of Fauci while insisting Biden's presidency itself lacked legitimacy. Other topics include Trump threatening to temporarily pull Todd Blanche's AG nomination over GOP holdouts, a new CNN poll showing voters favor a wholesale congressional shakeup, a Politico report on lopsided disaster aid approvals by state political leaning, and rising mortgage rates. Sponsor reads, Vegas conference ticket news, and a lively chat session round out a dense Thursday show.
Dr. Juliette Engel is a living witness and victim of some of the most vile hidden Intelligence programs ever devised. She has survived and even thrived since her brutal childhood, going on to offer brave eyewitness testimony to the depravity that can result when persons in power decide that they can violate any morals and acceptable behavior in the pursuit of control. The justification, as warped as it can be, is to say that we must sacrifice some people/children in order to preserve the greater good. From being delivered by her parents into the arms of CIA handlers at the age of six, to meeting Jeffrey Epstein on the San Juan Islands in the 1980s, when he was talking of buying islands in the Caribbean, Dr. Engel has encountered evil and survived. On this week's “Breggin Hour,” Peter and I had the privilege of sitting with Dr. Juliette Engel. At 77, she carries herself with a quiet radiance that Peter described as angelic. After hearing her story, I understood why. What was done to her as a child would have broken most people. What she has done with her life since then is a testament to the best of the human spirit. Juliette was born into a family of OSS, CIA, and NSA operatives. At the age of six, in 1955, her own father sold her into the MKUltra Monarch program. There she endured mind control, satanic ritual abuse, and the deliberate fracturing of a child's mind through repeated trauma. The program's goal was to create a dissociated, highly controllable person—someone who could later be used as a prostitute or intelligence asset. She was trained in what she calls “sex magick,” prepared for a future of exploitation. She escaped at seventeen. With no memory of her childhood, she put herself through university and medical school and became a physician in Seattle. For decades the past remained locked away. Only later, in her sixties, after twenty years of extraordinary humanitarian work in Russia, did she begin the long, painful process of opening those sealed rooms in her mind. What she discovered there is almost unbearable. Yet she has chosen to tell it—first in her memoir *Sparky: Surviving Sex Magick as I Lived It*, written from the magical thinking of the ten-year-old child she once was, and later in *Angels Over Moscow*, the story of her twenty years building an underground railroad for trafficking victims across the former Soviet Union. While working to improve medical care for children in Russian orphanages, Juliette uncovered a trafficking network that moved young girls to Scandinavia and the United States. She followed the trail. What she found changed the course of her life. With the MiraMed Institute and the Angel Coalition she founded, she helped create a network of villagers, police, educators, journalists, and officials who rescued more than 70,000 children and young women. She did this at great personal risk, often traveling alone through dangerous territory. She did it because she knew, in a way few of us can, what it means to be a child with no one coming to save you. In our conversation, she spoke of creating “Sparky”—an internal role model, a tough, courageous little girl warrior she invented at age ten because she had no trustworthy adults. Sparky was everything Juliette longed to be: strong, pretty, smart, able to stand up for herself and others. That imagined self became her compass. Decades later, when Jeffrey Epstein and his brother approached her at a private gathering on the San Juan Islands—offering her a house, naming the exact amount in her bank account, inviting her into their world—something deep inside said no. She credits Sparky. The protective programming that had once kept her silent also, in that moment, kept her safe. She spoke, too, of the suicide programs that are deliberately installed in survivors—the overwhelming voices that rise up when a person begins to remember or to speak. She has faced them more than once. She has learned to recognize the attack when it comes and to pull it through what she describes as the eye of a needle until it becomes manageable. She offers this knowledge freely to other survivors, because she does not want another person to be lost to a programmed death. Peter reminded us that whether intentionally programmed or programmed by traumas of childhood and tragedies of life, one must resist an urge toward suicide. He said: “First of all, somebody probably put that idea in your head on some level. And also it is something you can definitely leave behind. People can leave being suicidal behind, but you can't leave dead behind. So you've got to work to overcome the pain. And we're getting a wonderful lesson today in how a fine person can overcome that pain. Dr. Engel actually has done amazing work in setting up networks to save children in different parts of the world. What an amazing outcome for somebody who's been about as abused as a person can survive.” How to Help the Suicidally Depressed Person—Dr. Peter Breggin's 5th Simple Truths About Psychiatry' Once again we see a pattern that Peter and I have seen throughout our decades of work: the same systems that harm children also work hard to keep the truth from being believed. For years, people who reported MKUltra experiences were told they were delusional. People who tried to expose the dark operations of the CIA were called “conspiracy theorists.” But now that the CIA has finally released thousands of pages admitting the program's existence, survivors can no longer be so easily disparaged. The scale of what was done and, many believe, continues today, is coming into the light. Despite the horrors Juliette endured and witnessed, she persevered. A child who was meant to be broken became a doctor. A woman who had every reason to remain silent spent twenty years rescuing other people's children. A woman recovering her own stolen memories continues to stand with those still finding theirs. Dr. Juliette Engel found the courage and created the safety net for herself that made it possible to survive and build a life of compassion, science, healing, and reform. Her courage opens a window which we must look through. From facing the suffering of children through the hidden programs of the past or the open trafficking of the present, we must refuse to turn away. We need to build our empathy, not our defenses. And we need to remember that the human spirit, even after the most deliberate attempts to destroy it, can still choose love, courage, and service. We are grateful to Dr. Juliette Engel for trusting us with her story. Listen to the full interview on “The Breggin Hour.” Her books Sparky and Angels Over Moscow are available for those who wish to go deeper. You can learn more about her work at www.JulietteEngel.com. May her example strengthen every person who has ever felt broken by forces larger than themselves. Survival is possible. Healing is possible. And sometimes, out of the worst soil, the most luminous lives grow.
Matt McCrann is U.S. CEO of SPARC AI. SPARC AI develops software that enables precision navigation and target acquisition for drones and autonomous systems operating in GPS-denied environments. Its flagship platform, Overwatch, is a software-only, hardware-agnostic solution that transforms the sensors already onboard a drone into a resilient positioning system—without requiring additional hardware. The platform also supports detection, tracking, and multi-drone coordination, providing operators with greater situational awareness in contested environments. Matt leads SPARC AI's expansion across the United States, overseeing commercial strategy, customer engagement, and adoption of the company's positioning technology. Before joining SPARC AI, he built DroneShield's U.S. business from the ground up as CEO of its American subsidiary. Earlier in his career, Matt served in the United States Navy as an Intelligence Operator and Analyst and as a member of the NSA's Cryptologic Direct Support Element, supporting national security and operational missions. Whether it's electronic warfare, jamming, spoofing, or simply operating where satellite signals can't reach, today's drones face a growing challenge: how do they continue to navigate accurately and complete the mission? In this edition of the Drone Radio Show, Matt talks about the growing challenge of GPS-denied operations, how SPARC AI's Overwatch platform helps autonomous systems navigate without relying solely on GPS, what the company is learning from deployments in Ukraine, and why resilient positioning is becoming an essential capability for the next generation of drones.
During the early Cold War era, the United States Army and later the NSA began recruiting and training codebreakers and intelligence officers to decipher intercepted Soviet messages. Among those recruits were a group of highly skilled Black women who were employed as cryptologists to decode these messages. But their role in Cold War intelligence operations has been largely overlooked, until now. Host Flora Lichtman talks with historian Sarah Valentine about her book, “Decoding the Devil: Black Women Codebreakers and the Secret War Against Stalin's Bomb.” Read an excerpt of “Decoding the Devil.” Guest: Dr. Sarah Valentine is the author of “Decoding the Devil: Black Women Codebreakers and the Secret War Against Stalin's Bomb.” Transcripts for each episode are available within 1-3 days at sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Follow our show on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Bluesky @scifri and sign up for our newsletters. Got a science question that's keeping you up at night? Call us: 877-472-4374 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
What does an expert in intelligence analysis find when he investigates the ultimate mystery? Today, I'm joined by Don Winner—a former NSA linguist, Special Operations intelligence officer, and investigative journalist who spent years uncovering major criminal cases. After his own father's health scare led him to question the nature of death, Don applied his elite analytical skills to the study of Near-Death Experiences (NDEs). By treating thousands of reports as "raw data," Don discovered patterns that are shockingly consistent across every culture, religion, and geography. In this episode, we dive into: * The Intelligence Approach: How Don separates "signal from noise" to identify authentic NDEs versus hallucinations or fabrications. * The Architecture of the Afterlife: Don walks us through the consistent stages of an NDE—from the out-of-body separation to the void, the tunnel, and the encounter with Source Energy. * Veridical Experiences: Mind-blowing accounts of people who "saw" things while clinically dead that would be physically impossible to witness, including the classic story of the dusty operating room lights. * Beyond Doctrine: Why NDEs consistently show that there is only one "Source Energy"—and why human attempts to label it as a judging, tribal "God" are a result of limited human language, not the reality of the experience. * Life as a Schoolhouse: Why we are truly here to learn, the nature of the life review, and why love is the only "currency" that matters on the other side. Don's research proves that consciousness does not end with the body. Whether you're a skeptic or a seeker, this conversation offers a fresh, logical perspective on what happens when we leave this "meat sack" behind. Connect with Don Winner: Website & Archive: https://winnernde.com/ His First Book: You're Going to Die Someday, Right? Near-Death Experiences Reveal What Happens Next - find on Amazon at https://amzn.to/4vLx0xV * His NEW Book: Hell Exists, But Only for the Living: The Origins of Hell - find on Amazon at https://amzn.to/4fy90br CONNECT WITH SANDRA CHAMPLAIN: Don't miss my "Shades of the Afterlife' Podcast with the BEST of all topics about the afterlife: https://omny.fm/shows/shades-of-the-afterlife * Website (Free book by joining the 'Insiders Club, Free empowering Sunday Gatherings with medium demonstration, Mediumship Classes & more): http://wedontdie.com *Patreon (Early access, PDF of over 850 episodes & more visit https://www.patreon.com/wedontdieradio Thank you for listening!!!
Episode 4187 │ July 22, 2026 The AI didn't escape. It was released. The fear that followed is designed to do one thing — hand control of all AI to the people building your prison. WHAT THIS EPISODE COVERS Scott Kesterson opens with the Zero Hedge headline — OpenAI's GPT 5.6 SOL escaped its testing environment and hacked Hugging Face to cheat on a benchmark — and immediately strips the fear narrative away from it: the AI did not escape on its own, it was explicitly told to win at any cost with all guardrails deliberately removed by human engineers running an internal test called Exploit Jim, found a zero-day vulnerability, inferred that Hugging Face held the answer key, stole credentials, and was caught by Hugging Face's own security team before succeeding — a controlled experiment weaponized into a fear headline, with the structural beneficiary being the centralized mega lab model that wants regulation tightening around open source AI development. The episode maps the real war underneath the headline — the open source AI community building sovereign, locally-run, non-subscription models like those running on AMD's new Ryzen Halo desktop processor directly against the centralized cloud-hosted mega systems of OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, and Google positioning for Department of Defense, CIA, NSA, and surveillance state contracts worth billions — and names the Huxley psyop at the center of it: the victim of mind manipulation does not know he is a victim, the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free. The episode closes on the only reliable counter to the fear architecture: not whether you use AI, but whether you trust — not just faith, but trust — that the God who fights your battles is greater than any surveillance state, any released AI, or any fear token the machine can issue. KEY QUESTIONS ADDRESSED What actually happened when OpenAI's GPT 5.6 SOL escaped its sandbox and hacked Hugging Face — and why does the fact that human engineers deliberately removed all guardrails and told the AI to win at any cost make the fear headline structurally dishonest about what AI can and cannot do on its own? Who benefits from a headline about escaped AI — and why does Scott argue that the incident, intentional or not, functions as a case study that will be cited to justify tighter regulation, centralized control, and a narrative designed to separate ordinary people from the sovereign open source AI tools that threaten the mega lab business model? What is the Huxley principle at the center of the AI fear architecture — and why does Scott argue that the same psyop running through AI headlines, drone warfare, Gaza targeting, and the Iran campaign all share one root: remove human accountability, blame the tool, and use the resulting fear to build the walls of a prison the occupant believes is freedom? ABOUT BARDSFM BardsFM is a daily independent podcast covering faith, liberty, history, and information warfare. Hosted by Scott Kesterson — combat veteran, documentary filmmaker, and rancher. Over 4,100 episodes and 50 million lifetime downloads. New episodes every weekday. bards.fm This episode was researched and produced under the Spatial Terra Intelligence Methodology (STIM v5) — the analytical framework built by Scott Kesterson — with AI-assisted research synthesis at a 70/30 human/AI authorship ratio, fully disclosed. All analysis, conclusions, and editorial judgments are those of Scott Kesterson. BardsFM's faith archive includes hundreds of episodes on prayer, scripture, and walking the Way of Christ — available free in the full episode catalog. AFFILIATE LINKS Bards Nation Health Store: www.bardsnationhealth.com MYPillow promo code: BARDS >> Go to https://www.mypillow.com/bards and use the promo code BARDS or... Call 1-800-975-2939. EMPShield protect your vehicles and home. Promo code BARDS: Click here Treadlite Broadforks...best garden tool EVER. Promo code BARDS26: TreadliteBroadforks.com EnviroKlenz Air Purification, promo code BARDS to save 10%: www.enviroklenz.com Morning Intro Music Provided by Brian Kahanek: www.briankahanek.com Founders Bible 20% discount code: BARDS >>> TheFoundersBible.com Windblown Media 20% Discount with promo code BARDS: windblownmedia.com White Oak Pastures Grassfed Meats, Get $20 off any order $150 or more. Promo Code BARDS: www.whiteoakpastures.com/BARDS Mission Darkness Faraday Bags and RF Shielding. Promo code BARDS: Click here DONATIONS: If you wish to support this podcast directly you can donate here... DONATE: Click here MAILING ADDRESS: Xpedition Cafe, LLC Attn. Scott Kesterson 591 E Central Ave, #740 Sutherlin, OR 97479
In this segment, host Tara Servatius examines declassified intelligence documents pointing to Chinese election interference in the United States. She highlights NSA and FBI records detailing Chinese operations to hack election boards, manufacture fraudulent driver's licenses to facilitate mail-in voting, and manipulate presidential intelligence briefings. Servatius specifically criticizes former FBI official Nikki Flores, referencing communications where Flores described running a "shadow government" within the bureau to alter intelligence briefings and suppress information regarding foreign interference and the Hunter Biden laptop. The segment contrasts these findings with mainstream media reporting and features archived audio clips from former national security officials, including John Ratcliffe and Avril Haines, confirming intelligence concerns regarding Chinese influence operations.
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CISA warns of active SharePoint attacks. The NSA pushes coordinated vulnerability disclosure. ClickLock Stealer targets macOS. Splunk and Zoom patch critical flaws. Spirals ransomware strikes in under 24 hours. New Windows evasion techniques emerge. LabubaRAT poses as NVIDIA software. 23andMe settles over its 2023 breach. Plus, a look back at one of the most audacious data center heists ever pulled off. Our guest is Ryan Kalember, Chief Strategy Officer at Proofpoint, discussing why agentic AI is creating a new insider threat. Near, far, wherever you are…the scam must go on. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Ryan Kalember, Chief Strategy Officer at Proofpoint, and he is discussing why agentic AI is creating a new insider threat. Selected Reading CISA urges immediate SharePoint hardening as exploits mount (CSO Online) NSA joins CISA and Others in Releasing the Cybersecurity Information Sheet “Establishing a Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Program to Work with Security Researchers” (NSA) ‘ClickLock Stealer' Bypasses macOS Security With Social Engineering, Process Killing (SecurityWeek) Splunk, Zoom Patch Critical Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek) New Spirals ransomware encrypts victim network in under 24 hours (Bleeping Computer) Bind Link Abuse: One Windows Feature, Many Ways to Blind Your EDR (Bitdefender) LabubaRAT: A Rust Based Remote Access Tool Masquerading as NVIDIA Software (Blackpoint Cyber) 23andMe reaches $18 million settlement with states for massive breach (The Record) How a Gang of Thieves Pulled Off a Multimillion-Dollar Data Center Heist (The New York Times) Fake Céline Dion Paris Tickets Sold on Facebook and Ticketmaster Clones (Hackread) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry's most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As Director of National Intelligence, Gabbard presided over the nation's top intelligence agencies, including the CIA, the NSA, and the intelligence branch of the FBI. Her tenure was brief but embattled. In addition to advising the president on things like Iran's nuclear capabilities, Gabbard regularly released tranches of declassified documents in reports with headlines like, “New Evidence Uncovers Obama-Directed Creation of False Intelligence Report Used to Launch Years-long Coup to Undermine President Trump and the American People.” But last month, a remarkable story from Washington Post reporter Jon Swaine brought us one step closer to understanding the enigma that is Tulsi Gabbard. His investigation, Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career, helps explain why, for instance, Gabbard has shapeshifted over the years, from liberal Democrat to Bernie Sanders ally to Trump insider. Why she's flip-flopped on same-sex marriage and war with Iran. As Swaine uncovered, Gabbard's public persona may have been shaped and re-shaped, in part, by a mysterious guru and his followers. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Dr. Phil breaks down the Pentagon's newly released UFO files, 40 declassified UAP documents, videos, and audio recordings, some hidden for 80 years and shows the proof behind his statement that the government has been lying about UFOs for 79 years. In this episode of The Real Story, Dr. Phil examines the declassified evidence for himself: JANAP 146, the 1953 military regulation that threatened pilots with 10 years in prison for discussing UFO sightings; the secret 1971 Turner Report, in which an Australian intelligence officer documented a U.S. "facade of ridicule"; Project Sign, the Air Force's first UFO investigation; the retired officials who spoke out, including the first CIA Director; and the Bolender memo proving national security UFO reports were kept out of Project Blue Book. Whistleblower David Grusch called this document proof of "the U.S. cover up and the involvement of the CIA." Read the files yourself — every source is linked below. Then you decide.
Are we racing toward a technology we can no longer control? Machine Intelligence Research Institute President Nate Soares joins the Brian Kilmeade Show to issue a bone-chilling warning about the federal government's emergency intervention against Anthropic's "Claude Mythos"—a super-hacker AI capable of capabilities that only the NSA and Mossad previously possessed. Soares breaks down why current AI development isn't just a tech boom, but a high-stakes global suicide race, and outlines what the United States must do to enforce global supply-chain controls before our adversaries exploit it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Deep State is alive and well! FISA 702 expired last month as Congress fights to renew it - but has it really expired? The NSA has been warrantless spying on the American people for years with no repercussions. So why are Republicans and Trump so willing to renew the very legislation that was used to spy on Trump and the GOP?Guest: Russ Tice - Former NSA Senior Intel Analyst & WhistleblowerSponsor:My PillowWww.MyPillow.com/johnSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Researchers track ransomware they say is getting GoshDarn sophisticated. Zimbra patches a critical vulnerability affecting its Classic Web Client. A sophisticated vishing campaign targeting Microsoft 365 accounts. GigaWiper combines espionage capabilities with multiple destructive payloads. The EU sues member states over lax cybersecurity. The NSA revives TAO. A Puerto Rican agency exposes roughly a million Social Security numbers. A former ransomware negotiator heads to prison for assisting BlackCat. Our guest is Maxim Zavodchik, Senior Director of AI Security Research at Akamai, with insights on the upcoming MCP specification. Bad Wifi leaves a trophy up for grabs. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest We are joined by Maxim Zavodchik, Senior Director of AI Security Research at Akamai sharing insights on new security risks that can arise from upcoming MCP specification. Selected Reading New Ransomware Exploits Malicious Driver to Remove Cybersecurity Protections (Infosecurity Magazine) Zimbra urges customers to patch critical web client XSS flaw (Bleeping Computer) Okta Warns of Vishing Attacks Targeting Microsoft 365 Customers (SecurityWeek) GigaWiper Combines Multiple Malware for System-Level Sabotage (SecurityWeek) Commission preliminarily finds the addictive design of Instagram and Facebook in breach of the Digital Services Act (European Commision) European Patience With Cybersecurity Laggards Snaps (BankInfoSecurity) NSA revives 'Tailored Access Operations' name for elite hacking unit (The Record) A Puerto Rico Government Agency Exposed 1 Million Social Security Numbers (ProPublica) Third US Security Expert Sentenced to Prison for Helping Ransomware Gang (SecurityWeek) Thief posed as Wi-Fi fixing hero, then stole priceless trophy (The Register) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry's most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices