Episode

Too many cooks in the algorithm.

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CyberWire Daily
Published
May 22, 2026
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1541
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Summary

Trump hits pause on an AI executive order. Lawmakers sound alarms over CISA cuts. A sophisticated scareware campaign traps users in fake tech support scams. Ubiquiti patches critical UniFi flaws. The U.S. pours billions into quantum computing. Researchers uncover delayed Google API key revocation. Canadian authorities arrest the alleged Kimwolf botnet operator. Two Americans plead guilty in a global tech support fraud scheme. Our guest is Ankit Kumar Honey, Senior Engineering Manager for Dependabot at GitHub, discussing closing the agentic gap between alert and patch at a global scale. AI generated reports still come up short. 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 Ankit Kumar Honey, Senior Engineering Manager for Dependabot at GitHub, joins us to discuss closing the agentic gap between alert and patch at a global scale. Selected Reading Why Trump's AI executive order was pulled (Axios) Restoring CISA is one issue many lawmakers can agree on (Federal News Network) U.S. CISA adds Trend Micro Apex One and Langflow to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (Security Affairs) Threat Spotlight: CypherLoc, an advanced browser-locking scareware targeting millions (Barracuda Networks Blog) Ubiquiti patches three max severity UniFi OS vulnerabilities (Bleeping Computer) Department of Commerce Announces Letters of Intent With 9 Companies for $2 Billion to Accelerate U.S. Leadership in Quantum Computing (NIST) Google API keys keep working after you delete them (Akido) Alleged Kimwolf Botmaster ‘Dort’ Arrested, Charged in U.S. and Canada (Krebs on Security) Two Ameri…