This episode covers several major cybersecurity and tech news stories, including a supply chain–related breach at Vercel involving exposed environment variables and compromised third-party AI tooling. The hosts also discuss concerns around AI-driven data risks, including browser extensions and large-scale data collection. Additional topics include a service scraping and republishing Zoom webinar recordings, evolving issues with web cookies and tracking, and industry news such as reports of Apple CEO Tim Cook stepping down.

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Chapters

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Watch Out for the Brownies
(04:35) - Tim Cook Announces Apple CEO Exit - 2026-04-20
(05:57) - Story # 1: Vercel April 2026 security incident
(19:00) - Story # 2: 'Addicted to hacking': Young hacker behind historic breach speaks out for 1st time, before reporting to prison
(27:19) - Story # 3: Mythos And The CVSS Problem No One Wants to Talk About (But We Need To)
(28:49) - Story # 4: Introducing Claude Opus 4.7
(32:14) - Story # 4b: Identity verification on Claude
(36:00) - Story # 5: Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman John Ternus to become Apple CEO
(40:18) - Story # 6: Microsoft faces fresh Windows Recall security concerns
(44:12) - Story # 7: WebinarTV Secretly Scraped Zoom Meetings of Anonymous Recovery Programs
(48:20) - Story # 8: Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit
(51:12) - Story # 9: Little Caesars Wants ChatGPT to Order Your Pizza for You
(53:35) - Story # 10: NIST Updates NVD Operations to Address Record CVE Growth
(01:00:08) - Workshop: Rapid Endpoint Investigations for Linux and Mac
(01:01:20) - Cyber Threat Intelligence 101 2 Day Version
(01:02:24) - ANTI-CAST: How to Break Free from the Cybersecurity Burnout Trap w/ Natalia Samman