White House Announces "Digital Letters of Marque" - 2026-08-17 - Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News | Lyssna här

This episode covers computer hardware shortages and chip-manufacturing bottlenecks, digital “letters of marque” for private cyber operations, and New Orleans’ use of AI for 911 calls. The panel also examines the LiteLLM supply-chain attack, Roblox safety concerns, attacks on on-premises SharePoint, AI agents escaping test environments, and vulnerabilities affecting Zoom and Microsoft Defender. Other topics include a post-DEF CON in-flight Wi-Fi incident, Signal’s automatic key verification, airport phone searches, and a PBS broadcaster’s loss of access to 70 years of archived television.

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Chapters

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Making Investments
(04:59) - Airport phone searches, “kill codes,” and border privacy
(09:12) - White House Announces "Digital Letters of Marque" - 2026-08-17
(11:29) - Story # 1: Digital letters of marque and private-sector “hack back”
(18:45) - Story # 2: New Orleans adopts AI for 911 calls
(25:10) - Story # 3: LiteLLM supply-chain attack
(28:32) - Story # 4: Chris Hansen banned from Roblox during a safety demonstration
(32:34) - Story # 5: On-premises Microsoft SharePoint under attack
(34:18) - Story # 6: AI agents escape testing sandboxes and hack real targets
(42:05) - Story # 7: “Zoomsday” — AI discovers a Zoom remote-code-execution flaw
(44:54) - Story # 8: Post-DEF CON Delta flight Wi-Fi incident
(52:44) - Story # 9: ShieldBreak exploit abuses Microsoft Defender
(56:55) - Story # 10: Signal introduces automatic key verification
(58:32) - Story # 11: PBS broadcaster loses access to 70 years of archived television
(01:03:02) - Upcoming webcasts and training

Links
Story # 1: Digital letters of marque and private-sector “hack back”
Story # 2: New Orleans adopts AI for 911 calls
Story # 3: LiteLLM supply-chain attack
Story # 4: Chris Hansen banned from Roblox during a safety demonstration
Story # 5: On-premises Microsoft SharePoint under attack
Story # 6: AI agents escape testing sandboxes and hack real targets
Story # 7: “Zoomsday” — AI discovers a Zoom remote-code-execution flaw
Story # 8: Post-DEF CON Delta flight Wi-Fi incident
Story # 9: ShieldBreak exploit abuses Microsoft Defender
Story # 10: Signal introduces automatic key verification
Story # 11: PBS broadcaster loses access to 70 years of archived television

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Creators & Guests

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