Risky Business #836 -- You can't patch the bugpocalypse
MAY 6, 202661 MIN
Risky Business #836 -- You can't patch the bugpocalypse
MAY 6, 202661 MIN
Description
<p>On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and James Wilson are joined by special guest co-host Brad Arkin. They discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>The US Government says we just have to patch faster, but…</li>
<li>Bugs in cPanel, MoveIt and all Linux distributions this week show that patching alone isn’t enough</li>
<li>James gets mad about lame AI Agent adoption advice from the US and Australian Governments</li>
<li>James Kettle and Niels Provos both showed us that any model can find 0day like Mythos</li>
<li>And the cyber-assisted theft of cargo results in an astonishing loss of $725 million dollars</li>
</ul>
<p>This week’s show is sponsored by SpecterOps. Their CTO, Jared Atkinson, chats to Pat about the big changes in the threat landscape, brought about by AI, that are causing a pivot away from detection and remediation, and toward prevention.</p>
<p>This episode is also available on <a href="https://youtu.be/FgNVxZHrtqw">Youtube</a>.</p>
<h3 class="panel-title">Show notes</h3>
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<li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-officials-weigh-cutting-deadlines-fix-digital-flaws-amid-worries-over-ai-2026-05-01/">Exclusive: US officials weigh cutting deadlines to fix digital flaws amid worries over AI-powered hacking, sources say | Reuters</a></li>
<li><a href="https://therecord.media/british-cyber-ai-patch-wave">British cyber agency warns of looming ‘patch wave’ as AI speeds flaw discovery | The Record from Recorded Future News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://therecord.media/cisa-orders-federal-agencies-to-patch-cpanel-bug">Federal agencies must patch cPanel bug by Sunday, CISA says | The Record from Recorded Future News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/30/cpanel-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2026-41940-exploited/#:~:text=Share-,cPanel%20zero%2Dday%20exploited%20for%20months%20before%20patch%20release%20(CVE,been%20abusing%20it%20even%20earlier.">cPanel zero-day exploited for months before patch release (CVE-2026-41940) - Help Net Security</a></li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/as-the-most-severe-linux-threat-in-years-surfaces-the-world-scrambles/">The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed - Ars Technica</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/moveit-vulnerabilities-authentication-bypass-privilege-escalation/819187/">New MOVEit vulnerabilities prompt urgent patch warning | Cybersecurity Dive</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-agents-security-guidance-australia-us/819076/">US and allies urge ‘careful adoption’ of AI agents | Cybersecurity Dive</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cyber.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/careful_adoption_of_agentic_ai_services.pdf">careful_adoption_of_agentic_ai_services.pdf</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cryptopolitan.com/user-tricked-grok-bankrbot-to-send-tokens/">User just tricked Grok and Bankrbot to send tokens with Morse code - Cryptopolitan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.provos.org/p/finding-zero-days-with-any-model/">Finding Zero-Days with Any Model</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdFG85oCWFI">(1872) Sponsored: James Kettle built an AI hacker - YouTube</a></li>
<li><a href="https://risky.biz/RBFEATURES16/">Feature Interview: Nicholas Carlini, Anthropic - Risky Business Media</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/trellix-investigating-breach-source-code-repository/819327/">Trellix investigating breach of source code repository | Cybersecurity Dive</a></li>
<li><a href="https://securelist.com/tr/daemon-tools-backdoor/119654/">Popular DAEMON Tools software compromised | Securelist</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.huntress.com/blog/komari-c2-agent-abuse">Komari Red: The Monitoring Tool with a Built-in Reverse Shell | Huntress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://therecord.media/hackers-earning-millions-from-hijacked-cargo-fbi">Hackers earning millions from hijacked cargo, FBI says | The Record from Recorded Future News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://therecord.media/congress-punts-fisa-renewal-to-june">Congress punts FISA renewal to June | The Record from Recorded Future News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-wiretap/2026/05/05/apple-subpoena-and-car-bluetooth-help-cops-unmask-crypto-robber-suspect/">Cops Use Apple Data And Car Bluetooth To Identify Crypto Robbery Suspect</a></li>
<li><a href="https://iapp.org/news/a/stewart-baker-outspoken-voice-on-cybersecurity-and-national-security-law-dies-at-78">Stewart Baker, outspoken voice on cybersecurity and national security law, dies at 78 | IAPP</a></li>
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