Risky Business
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Risky Business is a weekly information security podcast featuring news and in-depth interviews with industry luminaries. Launched in February 2007, Risky Business is a must-listen digest for information security pros. With a running time of approximately 50-60 minutes, Risky Business is pacy; a security podcast without the waffle.

Risky Business #847 -- Oops! Claude's accidental hacking spree

August 05, 2026 1:08:22 65.63 MB Downloads: 0

On this week’s show Patrick Gray, and James Wilson are joined by bearded man of leisure Adam Boileau to discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:

  • Accidental AI agent hacking sprees have the world’s media freaking out, but we think it’s all pretty funny
  • The bugpocalypse is so chaotic, Microsoft can’t patch fast enough
  • A ColdCard wallet flaw led to millions in Bitcoin theft, but the back story behind the bug is bonkers
  • Iran hacks and disrupts water infrastructure in multiple American states
  • North Korea’s state-backed hackers turn criminal. Or their criminals turn into state-backed hackers. Or something. It’s all a bit confusing, actually.
  • Much, much more!

This week’s show is brought to you by Sondera. Co-founder Josh Devon joins Patrick and James to talk through some absolutely hilarious LLM horror stories.

This episode is also available on YouTube

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