Risky Business #842 -

Risky Business Podcast June 17, 2026 Risky Business #842 -- Anthropic needs an adult in the C suite Presented by Technology Editor Co-host at large CEO and Publisher On this week’s show Patrick Gray, Adam Boileau and James Wilson discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They cover: - Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 get nuked by the US government four days after launch “because security” - Why “guardrails” won’t keep the world safe from your AI doomsday machine - The FISA 702 statute expired, but the spying can (probably) continue! - NPM v12 delivers some protection against supply chain attacks, but not enough. - Microsoft has a series of bugs that prevent Windows Update from … updating - Much, much more! This episode is also available on YouTube Brought to you by Knocknoc Knocknoc removes the attack surface of your assets. Show notes Anthropic suspends new AI models after government directive | NBC News Tech Anthropic rankles users with safety-first Fable release | NBC News Tech How a 90-minute White House deadline sparked Silicon Valley’s biggest AI fight | washingtonpost.com Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) on X | X (formerly Twitter) David Sacks (@DavidSacks) on X | X (formerly Twitter) DoW CIO Kirsten Davies (@DoWCIODavies) on X | X (formerly Twitter) David Shulman (@DavidShulmanFL) on X | X (formerly Twitter) Controversial FISA spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue. | Ars Technica GitHub announces npm security changes to tackle supply-chain attacks | BleepingComputer Why NPM v12 won’t stop supply chain attacks - Risky Business Media | Social Signals Oracle PeopleSoft servers hacked in ShinyHunters data theft attacks | BleepingComputer Microsoft patches Exchange Server zero-day exploited in attacks | BleepingComputer Max severity Ivanti Sentry vulnerability now exploited in attacks | BleepingComputer CISA warns of another cPanel plugin flaw exploited in attacks | BleepingComputer Critical Fortinet FortiSandbox flaws now exploited in attacks | BleepingComputer CISA orders feds to patch actively exploited Ivanti flaw by Sunday | BleepingComputer CISA to require federal agencies to patch some cyber vulnerabilities within 3 days | therecord.media Path traversal flaw in AI dev platform Langflow exploited in attacks | BleepingComputer Microsoft: Some Windows PCs fail to install latest monthly updates | BleepingComputer Microsoft fixes BitLocker recovery bug on Windows Server 2025 | BleepingComputer Microsoft fixes Windows update failures linked to WUSA installer | BleepingComputer New attack turned Microsoft 365 Copilot into 1-click data theft tool | BleepingComputer Over 73,000 French govt employees affected in Tchap messenger breach | BleepingComputer Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps | wired.com FBI disrupts massive AI-powered phishing service using a million URLs | BleepingComputer Cyberattack shuts down major Australian sugar mills, disrupting harvest | The Record Drug Sites Hijacked Spotify’s Search Ranking Through Fake Podcasts, Report Finds | wired.com It Is Trivially Easy to Use Reddit to Manipulate AI Search, Research Suggests | 404.feed.press Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’ | krebsonsecurity.com