GitHub bans vindictive security researcher - 2026-05-26
From Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News by Black Hills Information Security
May 30, 2026 · 1h 2m · Season 6 · Episode 21
About this episode
This episode discusses a range of infosec news including GitHub's ban of a security researcher and various vulnerabilities in systems.
This episode covers a CISA contractor’s accidental exposure of AWS GovCloud credentials and internal system details on GitHub, the FBI’s efforts to patch vulnerable routers, and a critical NGINX vulnerability with public proof-of-concept code. The team also discusses Microsoft’s handling of a disputed Azure Backup security finding, the challenges of vulnerability disclosure and CVE assignment, and GitHub’s ban of security researcher Nightmare Eclipse following the publication of unpatched Windows vulnerability research. 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™ — Getting to Chili's (05:45) - GitHub bans vindictive security researcher - 2026-05-26 (07:09) - Story # 1: CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github (10:45) - Story # 2 - PoC Code Published for Critical NGINX Vulnerability (12:53) - Story # 3 - Anthropic’s restricted Claude Mythos model may be coming to Claude Code (16:16) - Story # 4…
People in this episode
Host: Black Hills Information Security
Topics covered
- security research
- vulnerability disclosure
- GitHub ban
- AWS credentials leak
- NGINX vulnerability
- Microsoft Azure security
Keywords
- GitHub
- CISA
- FBI
- Microsoft
- AWS GovCloud
- NGINX
- vulnerability disclosure
- security research
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: GitHub, CISA, FBI, Microsoft
Products: AWS GovCloud, NGINX
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