Risky Business Risky Business #822 -- France will ditch American tech over security risks
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Jan 28, 2026 
Brian Baskin, threat research lead at Sublime Security, explains how AI is supercharging email impersonation and thread-hijacking. Short takes on deepfakes undermining voice/video verification. Discussion of attackers abusing legitimate services to evade detection. Practical focus on why layered email defenses matter as AI-driven scams scale.
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Cars Disabled By Remote Attack
- A reported Russian attack disrupted car alarm and fleet-management systems via a vendor called Delta, immobilizing vehicles or locking alarms on.
- Details remained sketchy but the incident illustrated cyber attacks causing widespread physical nuisance and operational impact.
CISA Leadership Turmoil
- CISA leadership faces turmoil: staffing cuts, internal investigations, polygraph controversies and risky handling of classified access.
- Organizational instability undermines public confidence in national cyber defense coordination.
NIST Rethinks Vulnerability Enrichment
- NIST is scaling back vulnerability enrichment for NVD and leaning on CNAs, signaling limited capacity to comprehensively vet CVEs.
- This shift risks uneven data quality and weaker early-warning signals for exploited vulnerabilities.