South Korea Offers Free AI Services – 2026-08-31 | Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News

This episode of BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News covers South Korea’s free government AI services, new efforts to secure the U.S. power grid from foreign-made components, and the use of SS7 and fitness-tracking data in military operations. The panel also discusses the FBI’s disruption of Chinese botnets targeting critical infrastructure, the alleged McKesson patient-data breach, arrests connected to Team PCP, and reports of NVIDIA acquiring Hugging Face. Additional topics include competition among AI coding platforms, critical vulnerabilities affecting Ubiquiti, Gitea, NetScaler, WebLogic, and PaperCut, and calls for an AI-powered surge in cyber defense.

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Chapters

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — What is the whole point of RAM?
(07:47) - South Korea Offers Free AI Services – 2026-08-31
(08:44) - South Korea Offers Free Government AI Services
(18:38) - White House Targets Foreign Components in the U.S. Power Grid
(24:11) - How Tehran’s Use of Cyber Operations in the U.S.-Iran Conflict Has Evolved
(25:15) - Iranian Cyberattackers Tracked Phones of U.S. Military Personnel, Data Suggests
(27:44) - The Strava Heat Map and the End of Secrets
(29:37) - Officer reportedly leaks location of French aircraft carrier with Strava run
(30:09) - FBI Disrupts Chinese Botnets Targeting Critical Infrastructure
(32:31) - ShinyHunters Claims Theft of 284 Million McKesson Records
(37:23) - Alleged Team PCP Hackers Arrested in Australia
(39:08) - Rumored NVIDIA Acquisition of Hugging Face
(49:48) - OpenAI, Cursor, and Competition Between AI Coding Platforms
(53:11) - Critical Vulnerabilities in Ubiquiti, Gitea, NetScaler, and More
(55:51) - PaperCut warns of NG, MF flaw exploited in zero-day attacks
(56:20) - Technology Companies Call for an AI Defensive Surge
(57:42) - 58 arrested in international cybercrime crackdown
(58:48) - How to start the AI-accelerated defense
(01:02:21) - TRAINING: Fundamentals of Cybersecurity: Threats and Defenses
(01:07:07) - TRAINING: Hacking and Defending Satellite Infrastructure

Links
South Korea Offers Free Government AI Services
White House Targets Foreign Components in the U.S. Power Grid
How Tehran’s Use of Cyber Operations in the U.S.-Iran Conflict Has Evolved
Iranian Cyberattackers Tracked Phones of U.S. Military Personnel, Data Suggests
The Strava Heat Map and the End of Secrets
Officer reportedly leaks location of French aircraft carrier with Strava run
FBI Disrupts Chinese Botnets Targeting Critical Infrastructure
ShinyHunters Claims Theft of 284 Million McKesson Records
Alleged Team PCP Hackers Arrested in Australia
Rumored NVIDIA Acquisition of Hugging Face
OpenAI, Cursor, and Competition Between AI Coding Platforms
Critical Vulnerabilities in Ubiquiti, Gitea, NetScaler, and More
PaperCut warns of NG, MF flaw exploited in zero-day attacks
Technology Companies Call for an AI Defensive Surge
58 arrested in international cybercrime crackdown
How to start the AI-accelerated defense
TRAINING: Fundamentals of Cybersecurity: Threats and Defenses
TRAINING: Hacking and Defending Satellite Infrastructure

Creators & Guests

Corey Ham - Host

John Strand - Host

Bronwen Aker - Host

Ryan Poirier - Producer

Ralph May - Host

Michael "Shecky" Kavka - Guest

Doc Blackburn - Guest

Hayden Covington - Host

Wade Wells - Host