Risky Business Video
September 16, 2026
Risky Business (853): We're all gonna die, apparently
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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and James Wilson are joined by former US Cyber Command executive director turned PwC’s Cyber, Data & Technology Risk leader Morgan Adamski to talk through the week’s news, including:
- More tech guys penned more open letters and AI will destroy us all!
- Another Wednesday, another congregation of OpenAI agents on wikis… yawn
- OpenAI agents were behind the headscratching RubyGems hacking campaign in May
- The FBI will disrupt more adversary operations, NSA is creating more mission centres, lawmakers want sanctions on hackers-for-hire… * Release more hounds!
- So many platforms, so many bugs, so many patches breaking other stuff
- Much, much more…
This week’s show is brought to you by Airlock Digital. Its co-founders Daniel Schell and David Cottingham join Patrick to talk about how Airlock has integrated itself with Crowdstrike via its Falcon Foundry platform.
Show notes:
AI researcher says there is ‘substantial probability’ AI could kill all humans in next decade https://www.nbcnews.com/video/ai-researcher-says-there-is-substantial-probability-ai-could-kill-all-humans-in-next-decade-269590085908
Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier
China spy chief points at US AI models in cyber threat warning https://therecord.media/china-spy-chief-warns-of-us-ai-models
Weixin Official Accounts Platform https://mp.weixin.qq.com/mp/wappoc_appmsgcaptcha?poc_token=HDOgp2qjkyGN0wN-kWJHPsPNckTWKcBFYeeaipSy&target_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmp.weixin.qq.com%2Fs%2Fjsc97cKVYOcHuI_WisvOxw
Trump calls concerns over A.I. destroying humanity a “hoax” https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/trump-calls-concerns-over-a-i-destroying-humanity-a-hoax-269844037965
Dr_Gingerballs (@Dr_Gingerballs) on X https://x.com/dr_gingerballs/status/2099359686508118126?s=46&t=VLIuBKdOq3MvRk4IpV-_-A
Sam Altman backs Anthropic CEO’s call to slow down the global AI race https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-ai-development-rcna597383
Anthropic: Detecting and countering misuse of AI, September 2026 https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026
AI lets small actors run state-level hacking campaigns, Anthropic report finds https://cyberscoop.com/anthropic-report-ai-enabled-cyber-attacks
Users in Houthi-held Yemen tried to develop advanced weapons with AI, Anthropic says https://apnews.com/article/9b20934e031ff3d99dd8bb49d85d97a9
Anthropic caught Russia-linked spies using Claude in hacking operations https://therecord.media/anthropic-russia-hackers-claude
OpenAI’s rogue agents used at least 10 more sites for unauthorized comms, researchers say https://www.reuters.com/world/openais-rogue-agents-used-least-10-more-sites-unauthorized-comms-researchers-say-2026-09-09
Researchers say OpenAI agents were behind May hacking campaign targeting RubyGems https://cyberscoop.com/openai-agents-malicious-rubygems-packages
Anthropic claims Moonshot, DeepSeek secretly diverted user requests to Claude https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3367112/moonshot-deepseek-secretly-routed-user-requests-claude-anthropic-claims
WeWorm https://calif.io/research/weworm
Hackers exploit Tencent app flaw to deploy GrayRabbit malware https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-tencent-app-flaw-to-deploy-grayrabbit-malware
New FBI cyber strategy promises increase in adversary disruptions https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/fbi-cybersecurity-strategy-disruptions-information-sharing/829913
US disrupts Xinbi Guarantee marketplace fueling the cyber scam economy https://therecord.media/us-disrupts-xinbi-guarantee-marketplace-cybercrime
Thorough reorganization at NSA will create five ‘mission centers,’ including cyber and AI https://therecord.media/nsa-reorganization-five-mission-centers
Lawmakers call on Treasury to sanction hackers-for-hire https://cyberscoop.com/us-lawmakers-treasury-sanctions-india-hack-for-hire
CISA: WatchGuard RCE flaw now exploited in ransomware attacks https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-watchguard-rce-flaw-now-exploited-in-ransomware-attacks
Dutch NCSC: Critical Check Point VPN flaws exploitation is imminent https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dutch-ncsc-critical-check-point-vpn-flaws-exploitation-is-imminent
GitLab’s critical flaw is already drawing internet-wide probes https://cyberscoop.com/gitlab-critical-flaws-path-traversal-scans
Cisco warns customers of actively exploited zero-day in email gateways https://cyberscoop.com/cisco-secure-email-gateway-zero-day-exploited
4 groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/09/4-groups-caught-using-the-same-chrome-and-windows-exploit-kit
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