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🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Plex urges users to immediately update their Media Server due to an undisclosed security flaw. Cisco warns of a critical remote code execution flaw in their Secure Firewall Management Center software.Rockwell Automation discloses multiple critical and high-severity flaws. Hackers breached a Canadian House of Commons database. Active law enforcement and government email accounts are sold online for as little as $40. Telecom giant Colt Technology Services suffers a cyber incident disrupting its customer portal. Taiwan launches new measures to boost hospital cybersecurity after ransomware attacks. NIST has released a concept paper proposing control overlays for securing AI systems. A date with an AI chatbot ends in tragedy. Our guest is Randall Degges, Snyk's Head of Developer and Security Relations, to discuss how underqualified or outsourced coding support can open doors for nation-state threats. Dutch speed cameras are stuck in a cyber-induced siesta. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Randall Degges, Snyk's Head of Developer and Security Relations, to discuss how underqualified or outsourced coding support can open doors for nation-state threats. Selected Reading Plex warns users to patch security vulnerability immediately (Bleeping Computer) Cisco Discloses Critical RCE Flaw in Firewall Management Software (Infosecurity Magazine) Critical Flaws Patched in Rockwell FactoryTalk, Micro800, ControlLogix Products (SecurityWeek) CISA Releases Thirty-Two Industrial Control Systems Advisories (CISA.gov) Hackers Breach Canadian Government Via Microsoft Exploit (Bank Infosecurity) Compromised Government and Police Email Accounts on the Dark Web (Abnormal.AI) Telco giant Colt suffers attack, takes systems offline (The Register) Taiwan announces measures to protect hospitals from hackers (Focus Taiwan) New NIST Concept Paper Outlines AI-Specific Cybersecurity Framework (Hack Read) A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home. (Reuters) Dutch prosecution service attack keeps speed cameras offline (The Register) Audience Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.9	Plex urges users to immediately update their media servers due to an undisclosed security flaw.
0:54.3	Cisco warns of a critical remote code execution flaw in their secure firewall management center software.
0:59.9	Rockwell Automation discloses multiple critical and high severity flaws.
1:04.4	Packers breach a Canadian House of Commons database.
1:07.5	Active law enforcement and government email accounts are sold online for as little as
1:11.6	40 bucks. Telecom giant cult technology services suffers a cyber incident disrupting its customer
1:17.9	portal. Taiwan launches new measures to boost hospital cybersecurity. NIST has released a concept
1:24.3	paper proposing control overlays for securing AI systems.
1:28.4	A date with an AI chatbot ends in tragedy.
1:31.6	Our guest is Randall Deggs, Sneaks Head of Developer and Security Relations,
1:36.2	discussing how underqualified or outsourced coding support put open doors for nation-state threats.
1:42.5	And Dutch speed cameras are stuck in a cyber-induced siesta.
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