# The robots have gone bananas.

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Podcast: [CyberWire Daily](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cyberwire-daily-454880)
Published: 2026-08-20T20:30:00+00:00
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Federal agencies warn of an active campaign targeting critical infrastructure. Citrix races to patch critical NetScaler flaws. More than 50,000 exposed Stripe API keys raise fraud concerns. Black Hat and DEF CON attendees are targeted in a new social engineering campaign. Atlassian, Splunk, and Cisco fix hundreds of vulnerabilities. A new Android banking trojan adds an unusual twist. A healthcare breach impacts 3.8 million people. SilkParasite expands cyberespionage in Central Asia. And CISA eyes a major overhaul of federal cyber software procurement. Our guest is Chris Wallis, founder and CEO of Intruder, on how AI agents killed the annual pentest and are reshaping exposure management. AI powered robots find bananas quite appealing.  Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest On our Industry Voices segment, Intruder’s Founder and CEO Chris Wallis joined Dave at Black Hat to discuss why the annual pentest Is dead and how AI agents are reshaping exposure management. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. Selected Reading NSA, FBI warns of hackers using AI-generated tools in attacks on critical infrastructure technology (The Record) Citrix urges admins to patch new NetScaler flaws as soon as possible (Bleeping Computer) 50,000 Stripe Secrets Leaked in Public Code (SecurityAffairs) Black Hat/DEF CON attendees targeted in malware scheme with Google Doc lure (SC World) Atlassian, Splunk Patch Dozens of Critical, High-Severity Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek) Cisco Patches Critical Crosswork, Secure Workload Vulnerabilities (S…

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