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This episode discusses major cybersecurity news, including a supply chain attack on Axios and the implications for software security.

This episode covers several major cybersecurity and tech news stories, including a sophisticated NPM supply chain attack that compromised the widely used Axios library through advanced social engineering, and the broader implications for software security. The hosts also discuss the accidental leak of Anthropic’s Claude codebase, what it reveals about AI development practices, and the risks of misconfigurations exposing sensitive systems. Additional conversation touches on AI reliability, “vibe-coded” software, and the growing role of AI in both development and attack techniques. Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurity Chat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis 🔴live-chat Chapters (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Professional Sitters (04:36) - Artemis Astronaut's Bad Outlooks - 2026-04-06 (07:12) - The Absolute Truths of Cybersecurity with Doc Blackburn (08:52) - Professionally Evil API Testing: AAA and Keys are Not Just for Cars (09:35) - Story # 1: Post Mortem: axios npm supply chain…

People in this episode

Guest: Doc Blackburn

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• NPM supply chain attack
• AI development practices
• software security
• misconfigurations
• AI reliability
• development techniques

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• NPM attack
• Axios library
• AI development
• Claude codebase
• misconfigurations
• Microsoft Outlook
• AI reliability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, Anthropic

Products: Axios, Claude

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