Cybersecurity Today

Discord Drops Persona Age Verification, SolarWinds Serv-U Critical RCEs, Splunk Windows Priv Esc, and Smart TV Screenshot Surveillance Lawsuits
In this episode of Cybersecurity Today, host Jim Love covers Discord ending its age-verification experiment with Persona after user backlash and researcher findings that Persona's front-end code suggested up to 269 verification checks, including watch list screening and risk scoring, amid already-thin trust following an earlier breach that exposed government ID images. The show also highlights SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.0.4 patches for four critical (CVSS 9.1) remote code execution vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-40538, CVE-2025-40539, CVE-2025-40540, CVE-2025-40541), noting they require high privileges and that self-hosted Windows/Linux instances must be upgraded, with estimates ranging from under 1,200 to over 12,000 internet-exposed servers. Splunk discloses a high-severity Windows privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2025-2386, CVSS 8.0) caused by incorrect install-directory permissions in versions before 10.0.0.2, 9.4.0.6, 9.3.0.8, and 9.2.10, enabling local users to potentially escalate privileges and tamper with logging. Finally, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Samsung, Sony, LG, Hisense, and TCL, alleging smart TVs use automated content recognition to capture screen content—potentially up to twice per second—and transmit it without meaningful consent, with implications for both home viewing and confidential business use; the episode emphasizes reviewing and disabling ACR settings and accounting for network-connected screens in security models. 
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00:00 Sponsor Message Meter
00:20 Discord Age Verification Backlash
01:37 Persona Code Raises Alarms
03:08 SolarWinds Serv-U Critical RCEs
04:51 Splunk Windows Priv Esc
06:18 Smart TV Screenshot Surveillance
08:35 Wrap Up and Sponsor Thanks

AI-Accelerated FortiGate Breaches, Amazon Kiro Prod Disruption, Claude Code Security, Salt Typhoon Warning, and Youth Radicalization Risks
Episode of Cybersecurity Today (hosted by David Shipley) covering: a Russian-speaking hacker using AI-written automation tools to breach 600+ Fortinet FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries by exploiting weak passwords and exposed management interfaces without MFA, with advice to lock down edge management access, enforce MFA, and strengthen password policies; an Amazon Kiro AI coding tool incident tied to a misconfigured role that allegedly deleted and recreated a production environment, causing a 13-hour disruption to AWS Cost Explorer services in one of two mainland China regions, prompting warnings about giving AI agents access to production and the need for guardrails and review processes; Anthropic's Claude Code Security launch, an AI-driven code vulnerability analysis feature that maps code interactions and data flows, provides severity and confidence scoring, keeps humans in the loop, and sparked stock drops for CrowdStrike and Cloudflare while noting limits for legacy code; an FBI warning that China-linked Salt Typhoon remains a serious threat in 80+ countries by exploiting basic weaknesses like unpatched systems, old code, reused passwords, and phishing, alongside concern over the FCC loosening US telecom cybersecurity requirements and calls for stronger critical infrastructure regulation and secure-by-default equipment; and a Canada-focused segment on youth online radicalization including a second RCMP terrorism peace bond in New Brunswick linked to the 764 extremist network (designated a terrorist organization in December 2025), plus reporting that the Tumbr Ridge, BC school shooting suspect had a ChatGPT account suspended in June 2025 and that OpenAI employees allegedly sought to notify authorities but were rebuffed, drawing condemnation from BC Premier David Eby and federal AI minister Evan Solomon and renewed calls for stronger cooperation, accountability, and intervention frameworks.
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00:00 Sponsor: Meter + Today's Cybersecurity Headlines
00:48 AI-Automated Hacking: 600+ FortiGate Firewalls Breached
02:25 How to Defend: Lock Down Edge Management, MFA, Strong Passwords
03:28 Amazon's Kiro AI Coding Tool Incident: 'Deleted Prod' and Lessons Learned
06:44 Claude Code Security: AI-Powered AppSec for Developers (and the Hype)
10:20 FBI Warning: Salt Typhoon Still Hitting Telecoms Worldwide
13:32 Youth Radicalization & AI Safety Failures: 764 Network and Tumblr Ridge Aftermath
18:12 Wrap-Up + Sponsor Message: Meter Demo Info

Jim Love discusses how rapid adoption of agentic AI is repeating the industry pattern of shipping technology without security, citing issues like vulnerabilities in Anthropic's MCP and insecure open-source agent tools. He interviews Ido Shlomo, co-founder and CTO of Token Security, who argues AI agents are fundamentally hard to secure because they are non-deterministic, have infinite input/output space, and often require broad permissions to be useful. 
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Shlomo proposes focusing security on access, identity, attribution, least privilege, and auditability rather than trying to filter prompts and outputs, and describes Token's "intent-based permission management" approach that maps agents and sub-agents as non-human identities tied to their purpose and allowed actions. The conversation covers real-world risks such as developer tools like Claude Code running with extensive access, widespread over-provisioning of admin permissions and API keys, exposure of unencrypted local token files, and misconfigurations that leak data publicly. Shlomo recommends organizations build governance processes for agents—discovery/inventory, boundary setting, continuous monitoring, and secure decommissioning—and says AI is needed to help police AI. He also highlights emerging trends like agent teams and multi-day autonomous tasks, and notes Token Security is a top-10 finalist in the RSA Innovation Sandbox 2026, planning to present an intent-and-access-focused security model for AI agents.
00:00 Sponsor: Meter's integrated networking stack
00:19 Why agentic AI security is breaking (MCP & open-source chaos)
02:53 Meet Token Security: practical guardrails for AI agents
04:57 Why you can't just ban agents at work (shadow AI reality)
06:24 Tel Aviv's cybersecurity pipeline: gaming, military, and startups
08:57 Why AI/agents are fundamentally hard to secure (new OS + 'human spirit')
13:44 Trust, autonomy, and permissions: managing the blast radius
18:17 Real-world exposure: Claude Code and the developer identity attack surface
20:16 A workable approach: treat agents as untrusted processes with identity + least privilege
22:33 Zero Trust for Agents: Access ≠ Permission to Act
23:27 Token's "Intent-Based Permission Management" Explained
25:29 Building the Identity Map: Tracing What Agents Touch
26:52 The Secret Sauce: Using AI to Secure AI in Real Time
28:10 Real-World Case: 1,500 Agents and Wildly Over-Provisioned Access
30:57 CUA 'Computer-Use' Agents: Exciting, Personal… and Terrifying
34:44 Secure-by-Default & Sandboxing: Fixing 'Always Allow' Dark Patterns
35:36 What Security Teams Should Do Now: Inventory, Boundaries, Governance
37:59 What's Next: Agent Teams and Multi-Day Autonomous Work
40:10 Tony Stark Vision: Agents That Improve the Human Experience
41:02 RSA Innovation Sandbox: Token's Big Bet on Intent + Access
43:01 Wrap-Up, Audience Q&A, and Sponsor Message

CISA Orders Emergency Patch for Actively Exploited Dell Flaw; Texas Sues TP-Link; Massive ID Verification Data Leak; SSA Database Leak Allegations
Host Jim Love covers four cybersecurity stories: 
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CISA ordered federal civilian agencies to patch an actively exploited critical Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines vulnerability (CVE-2026-2769) within three days, citing hard-coded credentials that allow unauthenticated root access and links to a China-aligned threat cluster; Texas Attorney General filed suit against TP-Link alleging deceptive security and origin claims and risks tied to Chinese state-linked threats, while TP-Link denies the allegations and says it operates independently, stores U.S. user data on AWS, and bases core operations in the U.S.; researchers found an unsecured MongoDB database tied to AI-powered identity verification provider ID Merit exposing nearly 1 billion records with sensitive personal data, attributed to misconfiguration rather than compromise of the AI systems; and a MarketWatch report describes whistleblower Chuck Borges alleging SSA master data was copied to a cloud environment without oversight, contrasted by the Social Security Commissioner stating the core Numident database remained secure, with Love noting no confirmed public evidence but expressing concern about the implications if such foundational data were compromised.
00:00 Sponsor Message: Meter's Full-Stack Networking
00:19 Headlines: Dell Exploit, TP-Link Lawsuit, Massive Data Leak, SSA Claims
00:45 Urgent Patch Order: Actively Exploited Dell RecoverPoint CVE
02:19 Texas Sues TP-Link Over Router Security & China-Ties Allegations
03:31 AI Identity Verification Leak: Nearly 1 Billion Records Exposed
05:07 Did SSA Data Leak? Whistleblower vs. Official Denial
06:54 Host Take: What If the "Foundational" Database Was Compromised?
07:37 Wrap-Up + Sponsor Thanks and Where to Book a Demo

Info Stealers Target OpenClaw, a Robot Vacuum API Flaw Exposes Thousands, Best Buy Fraud Shows Zero Trust Context, and Canada Goose Data Leaked via Supplier
The episode covers multiple security incidents and lessons. Hudson Rock details how an info stealer malware infection can vacuum OpenClaw data, including authentication tokens, master keys, device private cryptographic keys, and the agent-defining soul.md file that can reveal a "mirror" of a user's life; the attack was not targeted, raising concerns about upcoming dedicated OpenClaw-stealing modules. A hobbyist coder using an AI coding tool to reverse-engineer DJI Romo communications unintentionally accessed roughly 7,000 robot vacuums in 24 countries, enabling live camera and microphone access and floor-plan generation due to missing messaging-level access controls; DJI also shares infrastructure with portable home battery stations and initially claimed the flaw was fixed before a live demonstration showed it was not. Two Best Buy cases illustrate that Zero Trust must consider behavior and context: a Florida employee allegedly used a manager override code 149 times from March–December 2024 to buy discounted electronics, costing about $120,000, while a Georgia case involved over $40,000 in merchandise leaving a store over two weeks amid claims of blackmail. Finally, ShinyHunters leaked about 600,000 Canada Goose customer records, but Canada Goose found no breach in its systems; the data was attributed to a third-party payment processor breach from August 2025, with records largely dating from 2021–2023, underscoring supply-chain risk and ongoing fraud/phishing potential. The episode is sponsored by Meter, which provides an integrated wired, wireless, and cellular networking stack for enterprises.
00:00 Sponsor: Meter + Today's Cybersecurity Headlines
00:44 Info-Stealer Jackpot: OpenClaw Tokens, Keys & 'soul.md' Exposed
03:17 DIY App, Real-World Disaster: 7,000 Robot Vacuums Exposed via DJI Servers
05:34 Best Buy Insider Fraud: Why Zero Trust Needs Behavior Monitoring
07:36 Canada Goose Leak: When a Third-Party Payment Processor Gets Breached
09:28 Wrap-Up + Sponsor Message (Meter)