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   In this Risky Business sponsored interview, Catalin Cimpanu talks with Justin Kohler, Chief Product Officer at SpecterOps. Justin explains how Entra Agent ID can introduce new identity relationships and potential attack paths.

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   11 Sep 2026 · 10 min

   Risky Bulletin: Anthropic agents went hacking again

   Anthropic agents went hacking again, South Korea increases its data breach fines, Apple notifies three Turkish ministers of mercenary spyware attacks, and CISA is ready to hire 250 staff.

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   10 Sep 2026 · 25 min

   Srsly Risky Biz: America's drivers licence breach is a national security disaster

   Tom Uren and James Wilson talk about how Chinese intelligence services will take advantage of a massive breach of 150 million American drivers licences. They also discuss the steps the US military is taking to counter adtech device tracking. It’s too slow and not enough. Finally, they talk about how often cryptocurrency hackers claim to be white hat hackers. Its ludicrous, but suprisingly often it is a successful strategy. This episode is also available on YouTube

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   7 Sep 2026 · 27 min

   Between Two Nerds: Can AI defend critical infrastructure?

   In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about whether AI will help cyber defence in critical infrastructure and organisations that are below the cyber poverty line. This episode is also available on YouTube.

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   7 Sep 2026 · 8 min

   Risky Bulletin: BEC campaign steals €35 million from French notaries

   Hackers steal €35 million euros from French notaries, OpenAI agents hacked a German wiki, a new bill will allow the Pentagon to use cyber contractors, and the Five Eyes members tell hacked companies to drop PR spin.

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   6 Sep 2026 · 20 min

   Sponsored: Authentik is rethinking PAM for AI agents

   In this Risky Business sponsored interview, James Wilson chats with Authentik Security CEO Fletcher Heisler about how AI is driving a need for privileged access management to adapt. Fletcher explains Authentik’s approach: each agent has its own identity, begins with no permissions and is tied to a human. They also discuss transferring ownership when employees leave, mitigating risks of agents creating identities for each other, and whether task-based access could eventually be a better fit than clock-controlled access.

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   12 Oct 2026 · 14 minNew

   Risky Bulletin: ShinyHunters suspects arrested in US and Jordan

   Two ShinyHunters suspects arrested in Jordan and the US, hackers breach TLD registrars to get valid Google certs, Japanese authorities arrest a Qilin ransomware member and Google suspends its open-source bug bounty program after a flood of AI bug reports.

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   11 Oct 2026 · 19 minNew

   Sponsored: AI is attacking… it needs to defend, too

   In this Risky Business sponsored interview James Wilson chats with Prowler’s founder and CEO Toni de la Fuente about how AI now allows pretty much anyone to vibe-code “killer apps”. These custom apps are often internal for organisations and hosted on the cloud. The pair discuss why developers need to focus on security on top of app functionality and how Prowler can work in parallel with apps and agents to help secure, and continuously assess, cloud infrastructure.

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   2 Oct 2026 · 10 min

   Authorities dismantle KillSec group

   Authorities dismantle the KillSec hacking group, South Africa thwarts a ransomware attack against air traffic control systems, the US sanctions Venezuelan ATM hackers and a Chinese APT targets AI experts.

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    1 Oct 2026 · 16 min

    Srsly Risky Biz: “Rogue AI” isn’t going anywhere

    Amberleigh Jack and James Wilson chat about OpenAI agents’ recent escapades into Australian government websites. OpenAI has promised to “rebuild trust with Australians” but we’re likely getting a glimpse into the new normal, here. They also discuss how the ShinyHunters hacking group has found itself on law enforcement’s target list after breaching FBI systems. The group played some stupid games and they appear to be in the “stupid prizes” stage. This episode is also available on YouTube

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