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Cams, Gelbwurst, Chrome, SCCM, CVES, SSHStalker, RAM, TikTok, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-555

In the security news: Viral AI prompts Things to do in your home security lab I can open your garage door They call me DKnife Beyondtrust RCE Cool AI device Robots need your body Meta is just full of scams, phishing, and malware Claude Opus 4.6 found more than 500 high-severity vulnerabilities Arista next gen firewalls and command injection Secure Boot updates The RCE AMD won't fix and why the article went away End of support means get it off the network Accidentally giving away $44 billion of Bitcoin Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-913

Quantum security has gone from being a theoretical idea filed away for some unknown future date to an urgent requirement driven by quantum computing advances and government and industry guidance. The thought of nation-state adversaries with a quantum computer that can conduct harvest-now-decrypt later attacks and forge digital signatures makes the threat more real than ever to executives, who have started to ask security leaders, “Are we quantum safe?” With Q-day estimates now within 10 years and moving ever closer — and with NIST deprecating existing asymmetric algorithm support in 2030 (and disallowing it entirely by 2035), as well as the increasing nation-state threat — what should security leaders be doing now? Sandy Carielli, VP, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss why technology leaders must work together to prepare for Q-Day. Addressing quantum security requirements is not just a job for the security team. Security, infrastructure, development, emerging te

Idoru, Singapore, Gambling, Smartertools, Ivanti, ZeroDayRat, Twiki, Aaran Leyland, and More on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-554

When it comes to agents and MCPs, the interesting security discussion isn't that they need strong authentication and authorization, but what that authn/z story should look like, where does it get implemented, and who implements it. Dan Moore shares the useful parallels in securing APIs that should be brought into the world of MCPs -- especially because so many are still interacting with APIs. Resources https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/01/21/is-that-allowed-authentication-and-authorization-in-model-context-protocol/ https://fusionauth.io/articles/identity-basics/authorization-models Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-369

Interview Segment - Rob Allen - Clickfix "Clickfix" attacks aren't new, but they're certainly more common these days. Rob Allen joins us to help us understand what they are, why they work on your employees, and how to stop them! We tie it into infostealers and ransomware actors. Plenty of practical recommendations for how to spot and prevent these attacks in your environment, don't miss it! This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! Interview Segment - Rob Allen - Zero Trust World Threatlocker's 6th annual Zero Trust World event is happening next month! This three day event runs from March 4th through the 6th once again in sunny Orlando, Florida. This year's event is packed with hands-on hacking workshops, competitions, prizes, and keynotes from Marcus Hutchins, and Linus and Luke from Linus Tech Tips. Security Weekly will be there as well, doing live interviews and recording an episode of ESW live! This segment is sponsored by ThreatLock

The smell of victory, Bongo Fury, Sysmon, Antiques, Looker, Openclaw, Kimwolf, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-553

In the security news this week: Residential proxy abuse is everywhere this week: from Google’s takedown of IPIDEA to massive Citrix NetScaler scanning and the Badbox 2.0 botnet Supply chain fun time: Notepad++ updates were hijacked Attackers set their sights on: Ivanti EPMM, Dell Unity storage, Fortinet VPNs/firewalls, and ASUSTOR NAS devices Russian state hackers went after Poland’s grid Is ICE on a surveillance shopping spree and into hacking anti-ICE apps? Ukraine’s war-time Starlink problem is turning into a policy and controls experiment The AI security theme is alive and well with exposed LLM endpoints, OpenClaw/Moltbot/Moltbook fiasco, and letting anyone hijack agents Signed forensic driver for Windows is still an EDR killer The Trump administration’s rollback of software security attestation National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross says: “less regulation, more cooperation.” Finally, there are some “only in infosec” human stories: * pen testers arrested in Iowa now getting a settlement, * a Google engi

For decades, leadership was judged by outputs such as profit, speed, and results. But the real competitive advantage now lies beneath the surface of your P&L: Your culture, trust, and psychology driving every decision, including cybersecurity. Hacia Atherton, the author of The Billion Dollar Blind$pot, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss the invisible human costs — fear, burnout, disengagement — quietly draining performance. She will discuss the silent costs of outdated leadership and gives you a playbook to fix them for good, including: Self Leadership Psychological Success with Emotional Mastery Co-designing a Culture to Thrive Leaders need to turn emotional intelligence into a measurable business strategy. Because emotional intelligence isn’t optional anymore, it’s operational. Segment Resources: https://www.haciaatherton.com/ https://www.haciaatherton.com/billion-dollar-blindspot https://www.instagram.com/hacia.atherton/ In the leadership and communications segment, CEOs and CISOs differ on

DBII, Notepad++, Covenant, Fancy Bear, CTFs, Firefox, AI Slop, Josh Marpet, and More on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-552

Everyone is turning to LLMs to generate code, including attackers. Thus, it's no great surprise that there are now examples of malware generated by LLMs. We discuss the implications of more malware with Rob Allen and what it means for orgs that want to protect themselves from ransomware. Resources https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/voidlink-cloud-malware-shows-clear-signs-of-being-ai-generated/ https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/voidlink-early-ai-generated-malware-framework/ https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/threat-actor-usage-of-ai-tools/ This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-368

Segment 1: Interview with Warwick Webb From Initial Entry to Resilience: Understanding Modern Attack Flows Modern cyberattacks don’t unfold as isolated alerts--they move as coordinated attack flows that exploit gaps between tools, teams, and time. In this episode, Warwick Webb, Vice President of Managed Detection and Response at SentinelOne, breaks down how today’s breaches often begin invisibly, progress undetected through siloed security stacks, and accelerate faster than human response alone can handle. He’ll discuss how unified platforms, machine-speed detection powered by global threat intelligence, and expert-led response change the equation--turning fragmented signals into clear attack narratives. The conversation concludes with how organizations can move beyond incident response to build resilience, readiness, and continuous improvement through post-attack analysis. Listeners will leave with a clearer understanding of how attacks actually unfold in the real world—and what it takes to move from reactiv

The AI Grief Counselor Sketch, Fortinet, BSODs, WINRAR, Montreaux, Big Iron, Memory Prices, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-551

This week, we get un-curmudgeoned by Mandy, spending a bunch of time talking about regulations, compliance, and even the US federal government's commitment to cybersecurity internally and with the community at large. We even dive into some Microsoft patches, hacking defunct eScooters, and a lively discussion on ADS-B spoofing! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-911

The top social engineering attacks involve manipulating human psychology to gain access to sensitive information or systems. The most prevalent methods include various forms of phishing, pretexting, and baiting, which are often used as initial entry points for more complex attacks like business email compromise (BEC) and ransomware deployment. How do you control what users click on? Even with integrated email solutions, like Microsoft 365, you can't control what they click on. They see a convincing email, are in a rush, or are simply distracted. Next thing you know, they enter their credentials, approve the MFA prompt—and just like that, the cybercriminals get in with full access to users’ accounts. Is there anyway to stop this? Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how ThreatLocker Cloud Control leverages built-in intelligence to assess whether a connection from a protected device originates from a trusted network. By only allowing users from IP addresses

Doombuds, Office 1.0, Telnetd, Chrome, Vishing, Cursed Ralph, PeckBirdy, The Boss, Aaran Leyland, and More on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-550

Supply chain security remains one of the biggest time sinks for appsec teams and developers, even making it onto the latest iteration of the OWASP Top 10 list. Paul Davis joins us to talk about strategies to proactively defend your environment from the different types of attacks that target supply chains and package dependencies. We also discuss how to gain some of the time back by being smarter about how to manage packages and even where the responsibility for managing the security of packages should be. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-367

Segment 1: Interview with Thyaga Vasudevan Hybrid by Design: Zero Trust, AI, and the Future of Data Control AI is reshaping how work gets done, accelerating decision-making and introducing new ways for data to be created, accessed, and shared. As a result, organizations must evolve Zero Trust beyond an access-only model into an inline data governance approach that continuously protects sensitive information wherever it moves. Securing access alone is no longer enough in an AI-driven world. In this episode, we’ll unpack why real-time visibility and control over data usage are now essential for safe AI adoption, accurate outcomes, and regulatory compliance. From preventing data leakage to governing how data is used by AI systems, security teams need controls that operate in the moment - across cloud, browser, SaaS, and on-prem environments - without slowing the business. We’ll also explore how growing data sovereignty and regulatory pressures are driving renewed interest in hybrid architectures. By combining cl

AI Cage Match, Fortinet, Cisco, DVWA, Polonium, Small Town AIs, LastPass, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-549

In the security news: Rainbow tables for everyone Lilygo releases a new T-Display that looks awesome AI generated malware for real Detecting BadUSB when its not a dongle A telnetd vulnerability Google Fast Pair and how I took control of your headset Should we make CVE noise? Exploiting the Fortinet patch DIY data diode Bambu NFC reader for your Flipper Payloads in PNG files Don't leave the lab door open - amazing research and new tool release Fixing your breadboards Finding vulnerabilities in AI using AI Then, Rob Allen from ThreatLocker joins us to discuss default allow, and why that is still a really bad idea. This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-910