About this episode

This episode discusses the phishing campaign targeting NASA by Chinese actors and the broader implications for the AI industry.

This episode dives into the economics and competitive dynamics of the AI industry, including discussions on profitability, pricing strategies, monopolization, and the rise of open and distilled models—particularly concerns around Chinese AI competition. The hosts also cover a reported long-running phishing campaign linked to Chinese actors targeting NASA-affiliated researchers and engineers, highlighting how social engineering was used to extract sensitive aerospace information. 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™ — Making More Money than OpenAI (04:58) - NASA Gets Phished by Chinese - 2026-04-27 (07:22) - Story # 1: ‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty (13:07) - Story # 2: A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border (19:59) - Story # 3: Scam messages offering ships safe transit through Hormuz, security firm warns (24:24) - Story # 4: Apple…

People in this episode

Host: Black Hills Information Security

Topics covered

• AI industry economics
• phishing campaigns
• Chinese competition
• social engineering
• NASA security
• infosec news

Keywords

• NASA
• phishing
• China
• AI competition
• social engineering
• infosec
• Black Hills Information Security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, Apple, Bitwarden, Checkmarx

Places: China

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