Security Researchers Are Threat Actors - PSW #929
From Security Weekly Podcast Network (Audio) by Security Weekly Productions
June 4, 2026 · 2h 2m
About this episode
This episode discusses various security news topics including the classification of security researchers as threat actors and recent vulnerabilities.
This week in the security news: Security Researchers Are Threat Actors according to Microsoft Hands-free malicious firmware If you've ever typed "ls" in Windows, this is for you Cisco makes more patches, wants you to pay Ambiguous Secure Boot bypass Threat actors love network edge devices, and I have the chat logs and leaks to prove it The downside of chip sanctions Your VoIP phone is hacked Vulnerability disclosure and incentives Claude reccovers Bitcoin wallet an Instagram "Exploit" Turn the plane around The worms will continue PAN-OS global protect vulnerability The 1-Click Github token stealer Data-nuking prompt injection Turning Buses into spies SymJack NIST NVD mistakes, and how CNAs need to up their game Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-929
Topics covered
- security news
- malicious firmware
- vulnerability disclosure
- network edge devices
- VoIP security
- chip sanctions
- exploit techniques
Keywords
- security researchers
- malicious firmware
- Cisco patches
- Secure Boot bypass
- VoIP hacking
- vulnerability disclosure
- Bitcoin wallet recovery
- Github token stealer
- NIST mistakes
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Microsoft, Cisco
Products: PAN-OS, VoIP
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