GitHub bans vindictive security researcher - 2026-05-26 – Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News

This episode covers a CISA contractor’s accidental exposure of AWS GovCloud credentials and internal system details on GitHub, the FBI’s efforts to patch vulnerable routers, and a critical NGINX vulnerability with public proof-of-concept code. The team also discusses Microsoft’s handling of a disputed Azure Backup security finding, the challenges of vulnerability disclosure and CVE assignment, and GitHub’s ban of security researcher Nightmare Eclipse following the publication of unpatched Windows vulnerability research.

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Chapters

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Getting to Chili's
(05:45) - GitHub bans vindictive security researcher - 2026-05-26
(07:09) - Story # 1: CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github
(10:45) - Story # 2 - PoC Code Published for Critical NGINX Vulnerability
(12:53) - Story # 3 - Anthropic’s restricted Claude Mythos model may be coming to Claude Code
(16:16) - Story # 4 - The FBI just remotely reset thousands of home and small office routers – and your TP-Link could be on the hitlist
(22:37) - Story # 5 - Drupal to Release Emergency Core Security Updates Amid Fears of Rapid Exploitation
(25:52) - Story # 6 - Microsoft rejects critical Azure vulnerability report, no CVE issued
(28:09) - Story # 7 - GitHub bans vindictive security researcher dropping Windows zero-days: “I will make sure your bones are shattered”
(30:41) - Story # 8a - A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale
(32:16) - Story # 8b - TeamPCP breached GitHub’s internal codebase via poisoned VS Code extension
(35:21) - Story # 10 - Ubiquiti patches three max severity UniFi OS vulnerabilities
(37:51) - Story # 11 - Pizza Hut's AI system caused 'cascading' problems and $100M in damages, franchisee alleges in new suit
(43:55) - Story # 12 - Data Leak at German Hospital
(45:00) - Story # 13 - Microsoft shuts down illegal code-signing operation used by ransomware crims to mask their malware
(47:50) - Story # 14 - Chicken News
(50:07) - Story # 15 - New Windows 'MiniPlasma' zero-day exploit gives SYSTEM access, PoC released
(51:04) - Story # 15b - Might someone pass along that Crowdstrike and Nessus are having a moment?