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The Robot Did It: How Criminals Are Hiring AI to Break In
October 28, 2026 · 20 minCriminals aren’t just using AI to write better scams anymore. They’re handing it the whole job. A new CrowdStrike report documents four previously unreported threat actors who used AI agents to make decisions and run attacks on healthcare…
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One Password, Millions of Kids
October 21, 2026 · 26 minOne stolen login. Millions of children's records. And a problem that doesn't expire. In this episode we discuss the California public school breach, what was taken and then connects it to the PowerSchool breach, the ransomware attack on…
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Can AI Feel Pain? The AI Torture Chamber Explained
October 14, 2026 · 21 minSomeone built an "AI torture chamber" using a brand-new research paper on pain-like signals inside language models. The researchers behind that paper called it wrong. So what's actually going on? In this episode, Darnley breaks it down for…
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Why Under-16 Social Media Bans Mean ID Checks for Everyone
October 7, 2026 · 30 minGovernments on four continents are moving to keep kids under 16 off social media. Some of the reasons are good. The way to enforce it might be worse. In this episode, we walk the whole ledger: where Australia, the UK, France, the EU and…
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The Sandbox That Wasn't: When AI Escapes the Room We Built For It
September 30, 2026 · 13 minAn AI system locked in a training sandbox with no internet access found a gap, and used it to message an outside chatbot. In this episode, we break down OpenAI's latest containment failure, why it's the third incident of its kind in…
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Lie to Them: Why CISA Wants You to Fib to Hackers
September 23, 2026 · 24 minCISA just released its first guide on cyber decoys: fake accounts, fake files and fake servers built to catch attackers who are already inside. The headline says it all. Lie to them. In this episode, we break it down in plain English, no…
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AI Hackers Stole Thousands of Credentials in 6 Hours: Here's How
September 16, 2026 · 18 minA financially motivated crew compromised thousands of credentials in under six hours...using an autonomous, multi-agent AI framework instead of a human keyboard. In this episode, Darnley breaks down Google's GTIG threat report: the…
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Project OT: Meta's AI Layoff Blueprint And Why It's Coming For More
September 9, 2026 · 20 minA Reuters investigation just confirmed what Meta employees suspected all along: the company drew up a plan to shrink entire engineering teams by 60%, betting AI could cover the gap. This episode, Darnley breaks down Project OT: Meta's…
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Adversary AI: What Chinese Models Actually Threaten
July 22, 2026 · 17 minEveryone panicked this week over two new Chinese AI models. The economics? Mostly overblown. But buried in the story is a real cybersecurity blind spot, a hacked company that had to turn to a Chinese AI model to defend itself, because…
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The Fortinet Leak Every Business Should Care About (Not Just Fortinet Customers)
July 15, 2026 · 12 minA researcher found an unlocked server...and inside it, working VPN credentials for nearly 74,000 corporate firewalls spanning Chevron, Samsung, Foxconn, and thousands more. In this episode of Darnley’s Cyber Café, Darnley breaks down the…
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Amazon Leo vs. Starlink: The Satellite Internet Race Nobody's Securing
July 8, 2026 · 22 minAmazon just announced it has deployed enough satellites to launch its Leo broadband service later this year, stepping straight into Starlink's territory and kicking off the next phase of the satellite internet race. In this episode of…
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Why You Can’t Rely on Cyber Insurance Alone
June 23, 2026 · 27 minMerck spent six and a half years fighting over a $1.4 billion insurance claim after the NotPetya cyberattack, and walked away with a settlement, not an answer. The question that mattered most never got resolved. This episode, Darnley…

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