Risky Business Podcast
July 29, 2026
Risky Business #846 -- OpenAI built a fireplace out of wood
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On this week’s show special guest co-host Pete Ranks, the former director of the CIA’s Centre for Cyber Intelligence, joins Patrick Gray and James Wilson to discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They cover:
- Everyone signs the open weights open letter, except Anthropic… of course.
- OpenAI had no idea it had hacked Hugging Face
- Kimi K3 open weights released and they’re massive!
- Why a more aggressive response is needed to cyber attacks on OT
- And much, much more!
This week’s show is brought to you by SpecterOps. In this week’s sponsor interview Justin Kohler and Jared Atkinson talk about how SpecterOps’ Bloodhound now supports AWS attack paths. Run it against your AWS infra, but only if you have a strong stomach. The results will terrify you.
This episode is also available on YouTube.
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Show notes
Open Weights and American AI Leadership | Social Signals
Our position on open-weights models | Social Signals
Halvar Flake (@halvarflake) on X | X (formerly Twitter)
White House accuses Chinese company of distilling Anthropic’s Fable | cyberscoop.com
Jensen Huang (@JensenHuang) on X | X (formerly Twitter)
How OpenAI’s human mistake led to the AI-powered hack on Hugging Face | TechCrunch Security
Sens. Banks and Schiff Introduce Bill to Help American AI Companies Combat Chinese Espionage |
AI Kill Switch Act would let Trump admin order shutdown of rogue AI systems | Ars Technica
Marco Rubio tells diplomats to play down talk of American tech "kill switch" | reuters.com
Federal agencies broaden alert on Iran-linked OT attacks | therecord.media
Coordinated cyberattack disrupts water utilities in 30+ Minnesota communities | CyberScoop
Hackers hijack hotel Wi-Fi DNS to steal Microsoft 365 accounts | BleepingComputer
Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows | Ars Technica
LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps | krebsonsecurity.com
Despite multiple takedowns, botnets continue to grow | cyberscoop.com
Upbound says hack caused $13 million in fraudulent Acima leases | BleepingComputer
Fake Claude app promoted by Bing ads pushes SectopRAT malware | BleepingComputer
Apple sued over fake App Store crypto wallet app stealing $1.8M in Bitcoin | BleepingComputer
Clop ransomware targets Windchill, FlexPLM in data theft attacks | BleepingComputer
'Wrench' attacks against crypto holders appear to be on the rise | therecord.media
OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face | wired.com