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Special Editions

15 hours ago

The Insider You Built with author Camille Stewart Gloster.

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.

T-Minus

15 hours ago

Space cybersecurity starts on the ground.

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.

Signals and Space

15 hours ago

Space cybersecurity is bigger than the satellite.

This week on T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing: we dive into how securing the ground components of space infrastructure represent as great of a challenge as securing the ones already in-orbit.

Research Saturday

Sep 26, 2026

An apple a day, a phish away.

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.

Week that Was

Sep 26, 2026

ShinyHunters claims to have breached the FBI.

Australia says an OpenAI agent hacked a government website. Kiteworks urges customers to shut down vulnerable servers.

CyberWire Daily

Sep 25, 2026

Shut it down before they do.

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.

Daily Briefing

Sep 25, 2026

Kiteworks urges customers to shut down vulnerable servers.

Hackers begin exploiting Roundcube Webmail flaw. A cybercrime marketplace operator pleads guilty.

CyberWire Daily

Sep 24, 2026

No factoring necessary.

Researchers find a new way to weaken RSA. ShinyHunters allegedly exposes sensitive FBI details. CISA and the FBI warn of third-party ICS risks. An OpenAI agent hacks an Australian government portal. SolarWinds patches critical flaws. A placeholder domain delivers ClickFix. Digital forensics executives face charges over alleged Russian ties. ENISA maps Europe’s cyber threats. The U.S. and China have very different ideas about AI safety. Our guest is Kurt Dusek, Technical Product Advisor at Appdome, sharing thoughts on segregation of duties and AI agents. Women in tech have their say.

Caveat

Sep 24, 2026

Newsom signs an order to explore AI rules.

ShinyHunters hacked the FBI.

Daily Briefing

Sep 24, 2026

An OpenAI agent hacked an Australian government website.

Researchers discover a new way to break RSA encryption. SolarWinds patches two RCE flaws in Observability Self-Hosted.

Caveat

Sep 24, 2026

When digital tools get it wrong.

This week, Dave and Ben sit down to look at a recent court ruling which has rejected limits on cell phone border searches. Additionally, the two look at another case where a woman was falsely accused of bank robbery after an AI facial recognition system misidentified her and is now suing for $10 million.

Hacking Humans

Sep 24, 2026

404: scam not found.

This week, hosts of N2K CyberWire ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Maria Varmazis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dave Bittner⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ alongside ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Joe Carrigan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are discussing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. We start with some follow up from Robert, who wonders why he’s never received a scam call in nearly 20 years of having the same Swedish phone number. Maria covers ACATS fraud, a little-known scam that can move stocks and retirement assets into fraudulent brokerage accounts without the victim realizing it. Dave shares his experience of nearly falling for a social engineering scam disguised as a podcast interview, where the scammers used convincing prep and a fake meeting link to try to get him to install malware. Joe shares the story of a Maryland woman who was nearly fooled by scammers posing as Wells Fargo and San Francisco police, using detailed personal information and threats of arrest to make the scam feel real. Our Catch of the Day comes from Reddit, where one person takes matters into their own hands after a scammer targets their daughter.

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