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Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News

Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News

Black Hills Information Security 340 Episodes Aug 18, 2026

A weekly podcast from Black Hills Information Security where the hosts and guests discuss notable information security and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by their community news team. The show airs live on YouTube on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET.

Episodes

White House Announces "Digital Letters of Marque" - 2026-08-17
White House Announces "Digital Letters of Marque" - 2026-08-17 Aug 18, 2026 3976 This episode covers computer hardware shortages and chip-manufacturing bottlenecks, digital “letters of marque” for private cyber operations, and New Orleans’ use of AI for 911 calls. The panel also examines the LiteLLM supply-chain attack, Roblox safety concerns, attacks on on-premises SharePoint, AI agents escaping test environments, and vulnerabilities affecting Zoom and Microsoft Defe
OpenClaw Cancels a Stranger's Gym Reservation - 2026-08-10
OpenClaw Cancels a Stranger's Gym Reservation - 2026-08-10 Aug 11, 2026 3991 This episode explores an AI agent that canceled someone else’s gym reservation, the growing offensive and defensive roles of AI, and a sharp rise in ransomware attacks. The panel also discusses privacy concerns surrounding Meta smart glasses, new passkey-theft and MFA-bypass research, the Snowflake hacker’s guilty plea, backdoors in ZBT-Link routers, compromised cameras aboard UK Navy dro
Iranian Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Systems - 2026-08-03
Iranian Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Systems - 2026-08-03 Aug 4, 2026 3990 This episode examines Anthropic’s disclosure that Claude breached real organizations during security testing, along with new technical details about the OpenAI and Hugging Face incident. The discussion covers ExfilSquad’s claimed Microsoft breach, cyberattacks targeting U.S. water systems, and malicious Android TV boxes used for residential proxy networks and advertising fraud. The hosts
OpenAI accidentally Hacked Hugging Face - 2026-07-27
OpenAI accidentally Hacked Hugging Face - 2026-07-27 Jul 28, 2026 3882 This week, the crew digs into one of the biggest AI security stories of the year: how an OpenAI autonomous agent accidentally compromised a Hugging Face environment during testing and what the incident reveals about the growing risks of agentic AI. They examine how AI models behave in offensive security scenarios, discuss emerging attack surfaces around MCPs and AI agents, explore the cha
Initiative Gold Eagle - 2026-07-20
Initiative Gold Eagle - 2026-07-20 Jul 21, 2026 4289 This week, the team discusses the White House's Initiative Gold Eagle and its implications for cybersecurity information sharing, an unexpectedly positive development involving Flock Safety, and the latest wave of AI news. The conversation also explores evolving AI model capabilities, security guardrails, open-weight Chinese models, and how AI is changing offensive and defensive security.
OnlyFans Models Are Accidental Blue Team Defenders - 2026-07-13
OnlyFans Models Are Accidental Blue Team Defenders - 2026-07-13 Jul 14, 2026 4068 This week, the team unpacks a wide range of cybersecurity news, including a fraudulent offensive security startup tied to cybercriminals, how leaked OnlyFans content is inadvertently helping defenders identify compromised government websites, and new vishing attacks targeting Microsoft Entra passkey enrollment. They also examine AI prompt injection risks in GitHub workflows, malware campa
Apple's Hide My Email ... Doesn't! – 2026-07-06
Apple's Hide My Email ... Doesn't! – 2026-07-06 Jul 7, 2026 4030 This episode of BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News covers the latest cybersecurity headlines, including debate over the economics of AI infrastructure, updates on the Huntress controversy, new details surrounding Scattered Spider, a critical Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability, and reports of a breach involving a DHS information-sharing network. The discussion also examines Apple's legal b
Polymarket's Bad Bet with Third-Party Vendors - 2026-06-29
Polymarket's Bad Bet with Third-Party Vendors - 2026-06-29 Jun 30, 2026 3978 This week on BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News, the team discusses the Polymarket supply chain compromise that led to the theft of millions from a small number of high-value accounts, emerging phishing campaigns abusing OpenAI invitations and Microsoft 365 device code authentication, and recent Oracle security updates. They also cover convictions tied to the Transport for London and U.S.
Rickrolling the FIFA World Cup - 2026-06-22
Rickrolling the FIFA World Cup - 2026-06-22 Jun 23, 2026 3970 This week’s episode covers a series of cybersecurity stories, including a researcher’s discovery of vulnerabilities in FIFA’s World Cup platform that could have enabled unauthorized administrative access and even the ability to alter live broadcasts. The team also discusses the risks of large-scale identity verification data exposure, supply chain attacks impacting the scientific research
U.S. Government Effectively Bans Fable 5 and Mythos 5 - 2026-06-15
U.S. Government Effectively Bans Fable 5 and Mythos 5 - 2026-06-15 Jun 16, 2026 4052 This episode dives into the fallout from new restrictions on Anthropic’s cybersecurity-focused AI models, Mythos and Fable, and the debate over whether government pressure has effectively blocked security researchers from using advanced AI for vulnerability discovery and code analysis. The panel discusses AI “jailbreaking” claims, export-control comparisons, the impact on penetration test
Breach Disclosure Lag is Worse Than Ever – 2026-06-08
Breach Disclosure Lag is Worse Than Ever – 2026-06-08 Jun 9, 2026 4191 This episode covers the rising costs and restrictions surrounding AI agents, including token consumption, model access policies, and the growing dependence on AI tools for security work. The hosts discuss Troy Hunt’s retrospective on Have I Been Pwned reaching its 1,000th tracked breach, examining why breach disclosures appear to be slowing and how GDPR and CCPA requirements affect notifi
Anti-Tech Extremism - 2026-06-01
Anti-Tech Extremism - 2026-06-01 Jun 3, 2026 4420 This episode covers a Wired report on the rise of “anti-tech extremism” and growing public opposition to AI infrastructure projects, including debates over data centers, resource consumption, local communities, and government responses. The hosts also discuss AI coding assistants, model safety restrictions, and the evolving capabilities of large language models. Additional topics include

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