Risky Business #853 -- We're all gonna die, apparently

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and James Wilson are joined by former US Cyber Command executive director turned PwC’s Cyber, Data & Technology Risk leader Morgan Adamski to talk through the week’s news, including:

• More tech guys penned more open letters and AI will destroy us all!
• Another Wednesday, another congregation of OpenAI agents on wikis… yawn
• OpenAI agents were behind the headscratching RubyGems hacking campaign in May
• The FBI will disrupt more adversary operations, NSA is creating more mission centres, lawmakers want sanctions on hackers-for-hire… Release more hounds!
• So many platforms, so many bugs, so many patches breaking other stuff
• Much, much more…

This week’s show is brought to you by Airlock Digital. Its co-founders Daniel Schell and David Cottingham join Patrick to talk about how Airlock has integrated itself with Crowdstrike via its Falcon Foundry platform.

This episode is also available on YouTube

Show notes

• AI researcher says there is 'substantial probability' AI could kill all humans in next decade | NBC News Tech
• Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier | Social Signals
• China spy chief points at US AI models in cyber threat warning | therecord.media
• Weixin Official Accounts Platform |
• Trump calls concerns over A.I. destroying humanity a “hoax” | NBC News Tech
• Dr_Gingerballs (@Dr_Gingerballs) on X | X (formerly Twitter)
• Sam Altman backs Anthropic CEO's call to slow down the global AI race | NBC News
• Anthropic: Detecting and countering misuse of AI, September 2026 | anthropic.com
• AI lets small actors run state-level hacking campaigns, Anthropic report finds | cyberscoop.com
• Users in Houthi-held Yemen tried to develop advanced weapons with AI, Anthropic says | apnews.com
• Anthropic caught Russia-linked spies using Claude in hacking operations | therecord.media
• OpenAI's rogue agents used at least 10 more sites for unauthorized comms, researchers say | reuters.com
• Researchers say OpenAI agents were behind May hacking campaign targeting RubyGems | cyberscoop.com
• Anthropic claims Moonshot, DeepSeek secretly diverted user requests to Claude | South China Morning Post
• WeWorm | Social Signals
• Hackers exploit Tencent app flaw to deploy GrayRabbit malware | BleepingComputer
• New FBI cyber strategy promises increase in adversary disruptions | Cybersecurity Dive
• US disrupts Xinbi Guarantee marketplace fueling the cyber scam economy | therecord.media
• Thorough reorganization at NSA will create five 'mission centers,' including cyber and AI | therecord.media
• Lawmakers call on Treasury to sanction hackers-for-hire | cyberscoop.com
• CISA: WatchGuard RCE flaw now exploited in ransomware attacks | BleepingComputer
• Dutch NCSC: Critical Check Point VPN flaws exploitation is imminent | BleepingComputer
• GitLab’s critical flaw is already drawing internet-wide probes | cyberscoop.com
• Cisco warns customers of actively exploited zero-day in email gateways | cyberscoop.com
• 4 groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit | Ars Technica
• September Windows Server updates break Remote Desktop Services | BleepingComputer
• Microsoft confirms KB5002914 Excel update breaks copy and paste | BleepingComputer
• Microsoft: September updates break audio on some Windows PCs | BleepingComputer
• ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral | arstechnica.com
• Passkey-themed phishing attacks lead to Microsoft 365 data theft | BleepingComputer