Implementation realities versus ideal designs

CISA cracks down on aging edge devices. Congress looks to sure up energy sector security. DHS facial recognition software may fall short. Romania’s national oil pipeline operator suffers a cyberattack. The European Commission may fine TikTok for being addictive. DKnife is a China-linked threat actor operating a long-running adversary-in-the-middle framework. Researchers say OpenClaw is being abused at scale. Our guest is Mike Carr, Field CTO at Xona, talking about how Italy should be thinking about protecting the 2026 Winter Olympics. A BASE jumper attempts a daring AI alibi.

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Today we are joined by Mike Carr, Field CTO at Xona, talking about how Italy should be thinking about protecting the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Selected Reading

CISA: Remove EOL edge kit before cybercriminals strike (The Register)

5 Bills to Boost Energy Sector Cyber Defenses Clear House Panel (SecurityWeek)

ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are (WIRED)

Romania’s oil pipeline operator confirms cyberattack as hackers claim data theft (The Record) 

Flickr discloses potential data breach exposing users' names, emails (Bleeping Computer)

17% of 3rd-Party Add-Ons for OpenClaw Used in Crypto Theft and macOS Malware (Hackread)

EU says TikTok faces large fine over "addictive design" (Bleeping Computer)

'DKnife' Implant Used by Chinese Threat Actor for Adversary-in-the-Middle Attacks (SecurityWeek)

All gas, no brakes: Time to come to AI church (Talos Intelligence) 

Man who videotaped himself BASE jumping in Yosemite arrested, federal officials say. He says it was AI (LA Times)

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