Cybersecurity Headlines

Gemini 4 starts with cybersecurity
MI5 flags Chinese research funding
Custom GPTs steer users into ClickFix attacks
Get the show notes here:
https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-october-1-2026/
Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Intezer

Today's tip: add up the hours your tier-one analysts spent closing alerts that turned out to be nothing. That's your real triage cost. At a hundred and fifty enterprises, that work isn't done by hand. Intezer investigates every alert. Intezer. The AI SOC trusted by Salesforce, MGM Resorts and Nvidia. See it yourself at intezer.com/headlines.

Microsoft details new Star Blizzard and NeedyMantis activity
Cloudflare to become a public certificate authority
Safety concerns scuttle GPT-6.1
Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-star-blizzard-cloudflare-ca-gpt-6-1-scuttled/ 
Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Intezer

Today's tip: when an AI calls an alert benign, ask for the evidence. The file, the memory, the command line. If it can't show its work, it's guessing. Intezer shows its work, and your team can argue with it. Intezer. The AI SOC trusted by Salesforce, MGM Resorts and Nvidia. See it yourself at intezer.com/headlines.

GPT-6 Astra goes off script in attack simulations
Dutch police arrest "reformed" hacker in ShinyHunters probe
Nvidia builds a browser for AI agents
Get the show notes here:
https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-september-29-2026/
Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Intezer

Today's tip: time how long an employee-reported phish waits for a verdict. If it's a day, someone already clicked. Salesforce's incident response team got that down to minutes with Intezer. At their size, one click is plenty. Intezer. The AI SOC trusted by Salesforce, MGM Resorts and Nvidia. See it yourself at intezer.com/headlines.

Another Microsoft SharePoint flaw now exploited
Details and doubts emerge regarding OpenAI hack of Australian Health portal
Kiteworks urges customers to stop using platform
Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-new-sharepoint-exploit-australian-openai-hack-developments-kiteworks-urges-stoppage/
Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Intezer

Today's tip: pull your low-severity alerts and count how many got opened. That's where attackers hide. Intezer investigates every alert, boring ones included, in under a minute. MGM Resorts' CTO has talked about nation-state threats turning up right there. Intezer. The AI SOC trusted by Salesforce, MGM Resorts and Nvidia. See it yourself at intezer.com/headlines.

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This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Dmitriy Sokolovskiy, senior vice president, information security, Semrush, and Christian Frösch, CISO, CH Media.
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