Sean Plankey Re-nomination for CISA

Patch Tuesday fallout, China sidelines Western security vendors, and a critical flaw puts industrial switches at risk of remote takeover. A ransomware attack disrupts a Belgian hospital, crypto scams hit investment clients, and Eurail discloses a data breach. Analysts press Congress to go on offense in cyberspace, and Sean Plankey gets another shot at leading CISA. In our Threat Vector segment, David Moulton sits down with Ian Swanson, AI Security Leader at Palo Alto Networks about supply chain security. And, an AI risk assessment cites a football match that never happened.

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AI security is no longer optional, it’s urgent. In this segment of Threat Vector, David Moulton sits down with Ian Swanson, former CEO of Protect AI and now the AI Security Leader at Palo Alto Networks. Ian shares how securing the AI supply chain has become the next frontier in cybersecurity and why every enterprise building or integrating AI needs to treat it like any other software pipeline—rife with dependencies, blind spots, and adversaries ready to exploit them. You can catch the full conversation here and listen to new episodes of Threat Vector every Thursday on your favorite podcast app.

Selected Reading

Patch Tuesday, January 2026 Edition (Krebs on Security)

Adobe Patches Critical Apache Tika Bug in ColdFusion (SecurityWeek)

Chrome 144, Firefox 147 Patch High-Severity Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek)

Fortinet Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in FortiFone, FortiSIEM (SecurityWeek)

Exclusive: Beijing tells Chinese firms to stop using US and Israeli cybersecurity software, sources say (Reuters)

Critical OpenSSH flaw exposes Moxa industrial switches to remote takeover (Beyond Machines)

Cyberattack forces Belgian hospital to transfer critical care patients (The Record)

Betterment confirms data breach after wave of crypto scam emails (Bleeping Computer)

Passports, bank details compromised in Eurail data breach (The Register)

Lawmakers Urged to Let US Take on 'Offensive' Cyber Role (Bank InfoSecurity)

Sean Plankey re-nominated to lead CISA (CyberScoop)

Police chief admits misleading MPs after AI used in justification for banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans (BBC News)

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