Risky Business #829 -- Sneaky lobsters: Why AI is the new insider threat
Risky Business #829 -- Sneaky lobsters: Why AI is the new insider threat  
Podcast: Risky Business
Published On: Wed Mar 18 2026
Description: On this week’s show, Patrick Gray, Adam Boileau and James WIlson discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They discuss: Iran’s Intune-based wiper attack on medical device maker Stryker Qihoo 360’s AI publishes its own wildcard TLS cert private key Instagram is canning its end-to-end encrypted messaging What’s going on with mobile internet access in Moscow? The Xbox One’s bootloader gets voltage glitched into submission Oh Qualys! We love you! (At least, whoever is in the basement writing these beautiful .txt files…) This week’s episode is sponsored by browser-based detection and response company, Push Security. Researcher Dan Green and Field CTO Mark Orlando join Pat to talk through the InstallFix variant of the *Fix attack technique. This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes Iranian Hacktivists Strike Medical Device Maker Stryker in "Severe" Attack that Wiped Systems Stryker says it's restoring systems after pro-Iran hackers wiped thousands of employee devices | TechCrunch Stryker attack raises concerns about role of device management tool | Cybersecurity Dive Stryker tells SEC that timeline for recovery from cyberattack unknown | The Record from Recorded Future News How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks | WIRED U.S Strikes Killed Iranian Cyber Chiefs, But The Hacks Continued Risky Business Features: Being a Wartime CISO Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories - Ars Technica China's biggest cybersecurity company, Qihoo 360 just leaked their own wildcard SSL private key Emergent Cyber Behavior: When AI Agents Become Offensive Threat Actors - Irregular Risky Business Features: MCP is Dead Measuring AI Agents’ Progress on Multi-Step Cyber Attack Scenarios Measuring AI Agents' Progress on Multi-Step Cyber Attack Scenarios What is end-to-end encryption on Instagram | Instagram Help Center US Lawmakers Move to Kill the FBI’s Warrantless Wiretap Access | WIRED Website "whitelists" launched in Moscow | Forbes.ru Exclusive: Foreign hacker in 2023 compromised Epstein files held by FBI, source and documents show | Reuters Feds say another DigitalMint negotiator ran ransomware attacks and helped extort $75 million | CyberScoop Researchers disclose vulnerabilities in IP KVMs from four manufacturers - Ars Technica RE//verse 2026: Hacking the Xbox One by Markus 'doom' Gaasedelen - YouTube CrackArmor: Multiple vulnerabilities in AppArmor