Fable Ban Fallout, Nightmare Eclipse's Microsoft Revenge, and the $40M iOS Exploit Kit

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This week we're broadcasting live from the PlanetScale office at the AI Engineering Conference in San Francisco, diving deep into the most pressing issues in cybersecurity right now.

Today we're talking about:

The Fable Ban & AI Export Controls

Breaking down the unprecedented government intervention that pulled Fable from public access, the Free Fable movement, and what this means for AI security research going forward. We discuss the export control implications and why this sets a dangerous precedent.

Mythos, Project Glasswing & The Future of Exploit Development

Why Mythos and Fable aren't uniquely dangerous despite the government narrative, how AI is genuinely changing vulnerability research, and the philosophical questions around automated exploitation capabilities.

Open Weight Models & The China Question

Examining DeepSeek, Kimi, and other Chinese models that are rapidly catching up to frontier capabilities, plus Meta's internal restrictions on competitor model usage and what it reveals about the industry.

Beats by Dre Bluetooth RCE Vulnerability

A year-old vulnerability finally patched that gave attackers remote code execution on Bluetooth headphones, allowing microphone access, call initiation, and complete device control within proximity range.

Nightmare Eclipse & The Rogue Planet Exploit

The latest Windows Defender zero day from the controversial researcher, featuring a race condition that allows malware placement in System32. We discuss the painful disclosure saga, MSRC's reputation crisis, and what this means for bug bounty programs.

The Bug Bounty Crisis

Why researchers are revolting against major programs like MSRC and Apple, the broken social contract of responsible disclosure, and how AI is reshaping the economics of vulnerability research.

Karuna & Darksword: The $40 Million Exploit Kit

Discussing the leaked government contractor iOS exploits found on public websites and what it tells us about the crashing value of zero days in the AI era.