Who’s liable when AI goes rogue?

Oct 15, 2026

Who’s liable when AI goes rogue?

This week, Dave and Ben look at two stories with the first involving a recent bill introduced into the US House of Representatives that looks to clarify the confusion around AI liability. The second story involves a court case where an AI generated video was able to sway a judge's opinion. Additionally, Dave sits down with ⁠⁠Garfield Jones⁠, Senior Vice President of Research and Strategy at ⁠QuSecure⁠ and former CISA Homeland security exec for quantum, to discuss post-quantum migration efforts and the impact that it will have on organizations.

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Who’s liable when AI goes rogue?

Oct 15, 2026

Who’s liable when AI goes rogue?

This week, Dave and Ben look at two stories with the first involving a recent bill introduced into the US House of Representatives that looks to clarify the confusion around AI liability. The second story involves a court case where an AI generated video was able to sway a judge's opinion. Additionally, Dave sits down with ⁠⁠Garfield Jones⁠, Senior Vice President of Research and Strategy at ⁠QuSecure⁠ and former CISA Homeland security exec for quantum, to discuss post-quantum migration efforts and the impact that it will have on organizations.

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Cybersecurity News

Daily Briefing

3 hours ago

BeyondTrust patches a critical zero-day.

CISA warns of actively exploited Atlassian flaw. Ransomware gangs increasingly threaten physical violence.

CyberWire Daily

23 hours ago

A little too OpenAI.

An OpenAI engineer faces charges over an alleged covert recording device. Attackers exploit a PAN-OS firewall flaw and an Ivanti zero-day. Aoki infostealer hunts AI credentials. Researchers uncover critical weaknesses in an AI gateway. CikaBika Bot turns Discord into a command center. Online ads deliver mercenary spyware without a click. Microsoft disrupts a massive Chinese-language phishing operation. And INTERPOL leads an international crackdown on child sexual abuse material. Character.ai runs out of tokens.

Caveat

23 hours ago

Banking watchdogs ramp up AI scrutiny efforts as stability fears mount.

FBI seized tools used by Chinese-affiliated hackers.

Daily Briefing

Oct 15, 2026

OpenAI engineer charged with planting a secret recording device.

Zero-click spyware delivered via targeted ads. Palo Alto Networks patches an actively exploited PAN-OS zero-day.

Hacking Humans

Oct 15, 2026

This week, N2K CyberWire hosts ⁠Maria Varmazis⁠ and ⁠Joe Carrigan⁠ are joined by ⁠Kieran Human⁠ while Dave Bittner is out. Together, they discuss the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits making headlines. We start with some follow up on Daejon Love’s story, but we’ll save that for next week. Plus, Joe has a chicken update. Maria explores reporting that TikTok relaxed its advertising enforcement rules, coinciding with a sharp increase in scams involving fake ads for deeply discounted products that never arrive. Joe looks at Wisconsin’s efforts to curb cryptocurrency ATM scams through transaction limits, identity verification, and mandatory refunds, with early reports suggesting the restrictions are making a difference. Kieran Human covers a data breach disclosed by Revolut that exposed customers’ financial information and passport details. Our Catch of the Day comes from Rachel, who received a suspicious invitation email from a hacked contact that asked her to download and install software.

CyberWire Daily

Oct 14, 2026

Patching up the pieces.

Patch Tuesday brings a record-breaking haul of fixes. Ivanti warns of an exploited VPN zero-day. An international crackdown targets West African scam compounds. A cyberattack stops work on a major European tunnel. Perceived Starshield speed limits disrupt Ukrainian drone operations. Canonical battles a sustained DDoS attack. Anthropic warns of self-replicating AI worms. The FTC accuses cybersecurity firms of exploiting sextortion victims. Microsoft and partners disrupt a major cybercrime marketplace. Rob T. Lee, from SANS, and Lynn Dohm, from WiCyS, are sharing a preview of the SANS 2026 Difference Maker Awards. Taking a Patch Tuesday snow day.

Business

Oct 14, 2026

Harmonic Security secures $50 million in a Series B round.

CrowdStrike is in talks to acquire data loss prevention startup Orion Security for $500 million.

Daily Briefing

Oct 14, 2026

Patch Tuesday notes: AI-assisted discovery continues to fuel record numbers of patches.

Microsoft and partners disrupt a major cybercrime marketplace. Business news: IonQ to acquire Elisity in $1.3 billion deal.

Marketing

Oct 14, 2026

Business Leader First, CMO Second with Tracey Moon of BlackCloak

Tracey Moon is a multi-time CMO and currently leads marketing at BlackCloak, a company that protects executives and their families in their personal lives to prevent corporate breaches. She joined Gianna and Charles on CyberCMO Confidential to talk about why she inserts herself into every part of the business, how she builds credibility before she rolls out her real plan, and why she calls her approach UMA: Unsolicited Moon Advice.

CyberWire Daily

Oct 13, 2026

Taking the cloud out of the sky.

French supermarkets lose their cool in a refrigeration cyberattack. Anthropic pulls the plug on AI agents behaving badly. A Canadian ransomware negotiator is arrested in the FBI’s ShinyHunters investigation. XWorm expands its surveillance capabilities. A Dutch grocery giant suffers a cyberattack. Leaked files reveal Luna Moth’s playbook. Monday business brief. Our guest is Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing how major rules for federal contractors handling sensitive data are nearing the finish line. Six digits sink Danish security.

Daily Briefing

Oct 13, 2026

Cyberattack targets supermarket refrigeration systems across France.

Ukrainian drones strike Russian data centers. FBI arrests a Canadian ransomware negotiator for alleged ShinyHunters connections.

Inside the Media Minds

Oct 13, 2026

Inside the Media Mind of Kimanzi Constable: Freelancer

On this episode, Christine and Madison sit down with Kimanzi Constable to learn more about his experience as a freelance journalist.

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