Risky Business Podcast
August 19, 2026
Risky Business #849 -- Trump will unleash contractors on cybercriminals
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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and James Wilson are joined by guest co-host Dmitri Alperovitch to talk through the week’s news, including:
Trump’s memo authorising the private sector to release the cyber hounds is fine, don’t worry! OpenAI finally decides to add a few safety measures after the whole “oopsie we committed some felonies” thing Anthropic’s models start a turf war when given the same task, surprising… nobody We can’t figure out whether a device that can hack a 737 is showboating stunt hacking or … something more real-world cool. Or both. Or something. Much, much more
This week’s show is brought to you by threat hunt and detection platform Nebulock. Founder and CEO Damien Lewke joins Pat to chat about what it looks like when you try to reinvent the SIEM in 2026 on a clean sheet of paper.
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Show notes
Trump signs memo authorizing private sector to launch cyberattacks | washingtonpost.com
Trump taps cyber firms to go on offensive against criminals | therecord.media
OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogue | wired.com
Pacing model development in an era of cyber-critical capabilities |
Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war. | TechCrunch Security
Researchers find AI-powered hacking tools for sale in underground forums | Cybersecurity Dive
Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack | arstechnica.com
Trivy, Not LiteLLM Behind the 2,500 Org Compromise | securityweek.com
Ukraine says cyberattack hit Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries amid drone strikes | The Record
This Coin-Sized Device Can Hack a Boeing 737 | wired.com
"City-Forum" data-theft attacks target Salesforce, ServiceNow portals | BleepingComputer
Max severity SAP Commerce Cloud flaw now targeted in attacks | BleepingComputer
Shell investigates 'potential incident' after Clop data theft claims | BleepingComputer
Philips and GE investigating Clop ransomware data theft claims | BleepingComputer
Uber Freight reportedly investigating after hacking group claims data breach | TechCrunch Security
Details emerge on BlackFile’s recent attacks on financial companies | cyberscoop.com
Kimwolf botnet rebuilt to survive takedowns, researchers say | cyberscoop.com
Hundreds of fake Chrome VPN extensions route traffic through a proxy | BleepingComputer
Deepfake hiccup unmasks suspected digital certificate fraudster | theregister.com
Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation | arstechnica.com
Critical VMware vCenter RCE flaw exploited for reverse SSH access | BleepingComputer
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