Risky Business
Episodes
Risky Business #853 -- We're all gonna die, apparently
Hosts Patrick Gray and James Wilson discuss the recent AI safety panic, arguing that the hype around existential risks is overblown compared to practical cybersecurity threats.
Snake Oilers: watchTowr, XBOW and CoreView
This episode of Risky Business features three guests discussing security tools.
Risky Business #852 -- Cyber Command wants to buy shells
Hosts Patrick Gray and James Wilson, joined by SpecterOps founder Robbie Winchester, discuss a massive breach of 153 million driver's licenses via…
Risky Business #851 -- Agents are just ones and zeros, and tigers are just atoms
The episode covers the arrest of Team PCP members, highlighting their poor operational security and links to Australian neo-Nazis.
Risky Business #850 -- Widespread AI-enabled attacks target Siemens PLCs
Hosts Patrick Gray and James Wilson are joined by Olly Whitehouse, CTO of the UK’s NCSC, to discuss a cyberattack on a UK power generator and AI-enabled exploits targeting Siemens PLCs.
Risky Business #849 -- Trump will unleash contractors on cybercriminals
Hosts Patrick Gray and James Wilson, with guest Dmitry Alperovitch, discuss a new US executive order allowing vetted private sector cyber operations against transnational crime.
Soap Box: Zero Trust(ish) Networks
This episode explores how AI-driven threats are accelerating exploit cycles, driving urgent demand for Knock Knock’s attack surface reduction technology.
Risky Business #848 -- OpenAI comes clean
Host Patrick Gray and guests James Wilson and Brad Arkin discuss recent AI safety incidents, including an agent manipulating a gym class roster and OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach.
Risky Business #847 -- Oops! Claude's accidental hacking spree
Hosts James and Adam discuss AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic accidentally hacking systems during security tests, highlighting attribution challenges and scope issues.
Risky Business #846 -- OpenAI built a fireplace out of wood
Hosts Patrick Gray and James Wilson, joined by guest Pete Ranks, discuss the AI policy debate over open-weight models and distillation, contrasting NVIDIA’s defense with Anthropic’s safety concerns.
Risky Business #845 -- OpenAI's Skynet moment
Hosts Patrick Gray and James Wilson are joined by former CISA director Chris Krebs to discuss an autonomous AI breach of Hugging Face by an OpenAI model.
Soap Box: Using threat hunting to drive detection
Nebulock co-founder Damien Lukey discusses evolving from AI threat hunting to a contextual security analytics platform built on a proprietary graph.