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The U.S. and China agree on an AI safety channel. Some states say CISA’s election security plan comes too late. Citrix patches critical zero-days under active exploitation. AI agents probed government websites in unexpected and concerning ways. ShinyHunters launches a new campaign against Oracle PeopleSoft customers. A New Mexico jury finds Meta misled state residents. Business briefing. Tim Starks from CyberScoop shares insights on multiple issues facing CISA. Who’s ready for algorithmic holiday shopping?

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Today we are joined by Tim Starks from CyberScoop who is sharing insights on multiple issues facing CISA.

Selected Reading

China and US Agree to Establish AI Safety Channel and Continue Trade and Military Talks (SecurityWeek)

40 days to midterms, election officials say new US cyber plan comes too late (TwinCities Pioneer Press)

Citrix Patches Critical Zero Days Under Active Exploitation (Infosecurity Magazine)

OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites (The New York Times)

OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian AI probe (Reuters)

Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents (Axios)

Google Warns of ShinyHunters' Fresh Oracle PeopleSoft Campaign (SecurityWeek)

Meta misled users about Facebook data practices, New Mexico jury finds (Reuters)

Cyera has secured a $400 million Series G extension from Goldman Sachs. (N2K Pro Business Briefing)

Consumer AI use a boon for the holidays as AI traffic doubles (Yahoo Finance)

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On this special edition podcast, N2K CyberWire's Dave Bittner spoke with Camille Stewart Gloster⁠. Camille is the author of The Insider You Built: How Organizations Stay in Control of Autonomous AI Agents, and founder of⁠ CAS Strategies⁠. Dave and Camille discuss her new book and the broader questions it raises about AI agents.

Listen in as Camille Stewart Gloster discusses the implications of autonomous AI agents, focusing on authority, accountability, and risk management in organizations. She emphasizes the importance of understanding and controlling AI behavior to maximize value and mitigate risks. You can learn more about "The Insider You Built” ⁠here⁠.
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Though spacecraft are important, space cybersecurity extends well beyond these assets touching ground stations, mission-control assets, and other critical components.

Host Maria Varmazis speaks with Milenk Starcevic, cybersecurity lead at Vision Space, and Andrzej “Andy” Olchawa, a space-focused offensive security professional, about the broader space cybersecurity attack surface. By considering all aspects of a space mission, both in orbit and on the ground, cybersecurity professionals can better understand where vulnerabilities exist and what measures can be taken to reduce risk.

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Today we are joined by Ensar Seker, VP of Research and CISO at SOCRadar, discussing their work on "Exposing AnonyMousKIT: AI-Powered PhaaS Supply Chain." An investigation into AnonyMousKIT reveals an AI-powered Phishing-as-a-Service platform designed to steal Apple credentials and disable Activation Lock on stolen devices.

The platform uses email, SMS, WhatsApp, and AI-driven voice calls to impersonate Apple Support, with researchers uncovering a broader ecosystem spanning 506 domains, 168 storefront brands, and 30 backend installations. Despite its sophisticated social-engineering capabilities, basic coding flaws exposed extensive operational logs and revealed the shared infrastructure, developer activity, and reseller network behind the criminal operation.

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Kiteworks urges customers pull the plug on vulnerable servers. CISA lays out its election security plan. Known vulnerabilities linger unpatched. Big AI labs consider a new standards body. Questions surround claims of an OpenAI Medicare hack. File notifications become a privacy leak. SectopRAT hides in audio software. A new Android banking trojan takes control. An attacker puts open-source AI agents to work hacking hundreds of organizations. A Rydox cybercrime marketplace operator pleads guilty. Our guest is Todd Thorsen, CISO of CrashPlan, with ways to prepare for and react to critical infrastructure campaigns. Americans give AI the side-eye.

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Todd Thorsen, CISO of CrashPlan, discusses ways to prepare for and react to critical infrastructure campaigns, and how AI is contributing to a bigger and more disruptive attack surface.

Selected Reading

Imminent Zero-Day Attack: KiteWorks Urges Customers to Shut Down Servers (Heise)

CISA Election Security Plan Flags Patching Barriers, Voter Database Attacks (SecurityWeek)

Only 26% of Detected CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Were Fully Remediated (Hackread)

Google, OpenAI, Anthropic Plan Frontier AI Standards Body (GovInfo Security)

Doubts grow over claims OpenAI agent hacked Australian Medicare portal (The Record)

Windows, Linux, Android File Notification Systems Leak User Activity (SecurityWeek)

SectopRAT Abuses Legitimate Audio Software Files to Steal PC Data (Hackread)

RemControl Banking Trojan Gives Attackers Remote Control of Android Devices (Infosecurity Magazine)

Crook used three open source agents to break into a Fortune 500 hospitality company, a major US airline and 25+ other orgs (The Register)

Kosovar Owner of Rydox Marketplace Pleads Guilty in US Court (SecurityWeek)

Americans Fear AI Will Make the World Worse, Love It Anyway (404 Media)

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