Bigfoot in the neural network.

NSA preps a major restructuring. Anthropic’s CEO calls for an AI slowdown. China acknowledges AI risks. RubyGems got swarmed by AI agents. A maximum-severity GitLab vulnerability is under active exploitation. Direct Send abuse makes phishing emails appear legit. A British fintech firm leaks sensitive customer info. LinkedIn wins a legal dispute over browser extension scanning. Monday business briefing. Our guest is Tim Starks, senior reporter at CyberScoop, sharing government leaders’ outlook for cybersecurity and AI at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit. Finding Bigfoot in the neural network.

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CyberWire Guest

We are joined by Tim Starks, senior reporter at CyberScoop, sharing government leaders’ outlook for cybersecurity and AI at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit. You can read Tim’s coverage here.

Selected Reading

National Security Agency launches historic restructuring (The Washington Post)

Anthropic CEO Calls for an AI Slowdown. Is It Possible? (SecurityAffairs)

China’s spy agency warns of AI risk to national security (Financial Times)

OpenAI Agent Swarm Hacks RubyGems Package Manager (Infosecurity Magazine)

CISA: Hackers now exploit max severity GitLab flaw in attacks (Bleeping Computer)

Direct Send: How Attackers Weaponize Your Infrastructure Against You (KnowBe4)

Revolut discloses data breach exposing financial info, passports (Bleeping Computer)

LinkedIn beats "BrowserGate" lawsuits over scanning users' Chrome extensions (Ars Technica)

NVIDIA to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. (N2K Pro Business Briefing)

Sentient AI's Bigfoot Era Could Arrive at Any Moment (Gizmodo)

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