This week, the team discusses the White House's Initiative Gold Eagle and its implications for cybersecurity information sharing, an unexpectedly positive development involving Flock Safety, and the latest wave of AI news. The conversation also explores evolving AI model capabilities, security guardrails, open-weight Chinese models, and how AI is changing offensive and defensive security. Along the way, the hosts examine recent vulnerability research, industry reactions, and other cybersecurity headlines from the week.

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Chapters

  • (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — The Two Jokes
  • (01:58) - Initiative Gold Eagle - 2026-07-20
  • (12:24) - Story #1 - White House Launches Gold Eagle Initiative for Unprecedented Cybersecurity Vulnerability Coordination
  • (18:58) - Story #2 - Microsoft Reins in RoguePlanet Zero-Day Threat
  • (21:48) - Story #3 - Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too
  • (27:45) - Story #4 - Security incident disclosure — July 2026
  • (33:38) - Story #5 - Chinese AI has leveled up, and brought renewed focus on the open weight model shift
  • (44:25) - Story #6 - LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy
  • (47:24) - Story #7 - Inside Pegasus: The evolution of the world’s most notorious spyware system
  • (48:38) - Story #8a - WP2SHELL: PRE AUTHENTICATION RCE IN WORDPRESS CORE
  • (51:49) - Story #8b - Cloudflare WAF protects WordPress applications from two high-severity vulnerabilities
  • (53:20) - Story #9 - Cyberattack threatens utterly critical infrastructure in Japan: KFC
  • (58:10) - Paul’s Workshop
  • (01:00:29) - Sign up for the AI Summit to see Matt’s talk
  • (01:02:45) - Bronwen’s Workshop
  • (01:07:10) - Wild West Hackin’ Fest
  • (01:07:25) - DeathCon
  • (01:09:08) - PostShow Banter - Retirement Funds


Links

Story #1 - White House Launches Gold Eagle Initiative for Unprecedented Cybersecurity Vulnerability Coordination
Story #2 - Microsoft Reins in RoguePlanet Zero-Day Threat
Story #3 - Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too
Story #4 - [Huggingface] Security incident disclosure — July 2026
Story #5 - Chinese AI has leveled up, and brought renewed focus on the open weight model shift
Story #6 - LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy
Story #7 - Inside Pegasus: The evolution of the world’s most notorious spyware system
Story #8a - WP2SHELL: PRE AUTHENTICATION RCE IN WORDPRESS CORE
Story #8b - Cloudflare WAF protects WordPress applications from two high-severity vulnerabilities
Story #9 - Cyberattack threatens utterly critical infrastructure in Japan: KFC
Paul’s Workshop
Sign up for the AI Summit to see Matt’s talk
Bronwen’s Workshop
Wild West Hackin’ Fest
DeathCon


Creators & Guests

Corey Ham - Host Ralph May - Host John Strand - Host Paul Clark - Guest Wade Wells - Host Meagan Bentley - Producer Bronwen Aker - Host Matt Franz - Guest
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