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The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast

An accessible but technical podcast about cybersecurity and the people who keep the internet safe. The podcast is built as a series of segments: we will be looking back at the last couple of weeks in cybersecurity news, talking to different people in the industry about areas of their expertise, we"re going to break apart some of the TTPs being used by adversaries, and we will even cover a little bit of hacker history.

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39:30

#49 - The history of LimaCharlie with Founder & CEO,...

The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast ·

2023/07/21

On this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we sit down with LimaCharlie Founder & CEO, Maxime Lamothe-Brassard, and talk about the history and vision of the SecOps Cloud Platform.About the SecOps Cloud Platform:The SecOps Cloud Platform is a construct for delivering the core components needed to secure and monitor any given organization: things like, deploying endpoint capabilities through a single agent regardless of the technology, alerting and correlating from logs regardless of

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#48 - Intel Chat: Rust Bucket, RedEnergy, Charming...

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2023/07/13

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.The RustBucket malware allows operators to download and execute various payloads.Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new Stealer-as-a-Ransomware named RedEnergy used in attacks against energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors.Charming Kitten sends a lure masquerading as a senior fellow with the Royal United Services Institute to a

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#47 - Tips for submitting papers to conferences with...

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2023/07/06

On this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we have a conversation around best practices for submitting papers to conferences with Huxley Barbee, Security Evangelist at runZero & organizer of BSidesNYC.Throughout Huxley's career, he has held key positions at Cisco, Datadog and now runZero. He is passionate about cybersecurity and supporting the community in order to create a better security posture for all.Huxley encourages our listeners to connect with him on various platforms as

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#46 - Intel Chat: RedEyes, The Flea, JS dropper...

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2023/06/29

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.ASEC discovered that RedEyes is distributing and using an infostealer with wiretapping features.Symantex is reporting that The Flea has continued to focus on foreign ministries in a recent attack campaign that ran from late 2022 into early 2023.Deep Instinct’s Threat Research Lab recently noticed a new strain of a JavaScript-based dropper that is delivering

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#45 - Hacker History: SolarWinds

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2023/06/28

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we recount some hacker history, and with the help of John Bambenek, tell the story of one of the largest and most complicated supply chain attacks in history: SolarWinds On December 13, 2020, The Washington Post reported that multiple government agencies were breached through SolarWinds's Orion software.Victims of this attack include the cybersecurity firm FireEye, the US Treasury Department, the US Department of Commerce's National

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#44 - Intel Chat: Fake GitHub repos, NPM poison,...

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2023/06/24

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.VulnCheck comes across a malicious GitHub repository that is claimed to be a Signal 0-day.CheckMarx are reporting that Without altering a single line of code, attackers poisoned the NPM package “bignum” by hijacking a S3 bucket.Team CYMRU has released a detailed publication on Vidar infrastructure which encompasses both the primary administrative aspects and

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39:04

#43 - A conversation about AI in cybersecurity with...

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2023/06/21

On this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we have a conversation about AI in cybersecurity with Jon Bagg, Founder & CEO of Salem Cyber.Jon Bagg is the creator of Salem Cyber, an innovative cyber analysis technology that helps scale their alert investigation capacity so they can find threats in the noise.The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast: a show about cybersecurity and the people that defend the internet.

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#42 - Intel Chat: Atomic Wallet, Azure goes down, BEC...

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2023/06/15

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.$35 million has reportedly been stolen from users of Atomic Wallet.On June 9th the Microsoft Azure Portal was down on the web as a result of suspected DDOS.The US Department of Justice has indicted 6 people for their involvement in a $6 million dollar business email compromise scam.CVE-2023-27997 was reported by Fortinet on June 13th (Fortinet hardening

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#41 - A conversation about edge computing with...

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2023/06/13

On this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we have a conversation about edge computing with Theresa Lanowitz, Head of Evangelism and Portfolio Marketing at AT&T Cybersecurity.Theresa Lanowitz is a proven global influencer and speaks on trends and emerging technology poised to help today’s enterprise organizations flourish. Theresa is currently the head of evangelism at AT&T Business - Cybersecurity.Prior to joining AT&T, Theresa was an industry analyst with boutique analyst

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#40 - Intel Chat: BlackCat, RaidForums Exposed,...

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2023/06/08

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.BlackCat makes some changes geared towards improving its tradecraft and increasing the likelihood of data theft and encryption.A new hacking forum called Exposed has publicly leaked a substantial database from the infamous RaidForums.A critical vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer software.Camaro Dragon targets European foreign affairs entities linked to

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#39 - A conversation about DFIR with Devon Ackerman,...

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2023/06/06

On today's episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast we are joined Devon Ackerman, Global Service Line Leader for Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) services at Kroll Cyber.Prior to Kroll, Devon served as a Supervisory Special Agent at the FBI's Operational Technology Division in the CART Field Operations Unit. He navigated digital forensic issues, managed 56 FBI Division executive management relationships, organized team deployments during mass incident response events such as the

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#38 - Intel Chat: Donut, Agrius, Kimsuky, Pikabot,...

The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast ·

2023/06/01

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.FortiGaurd Labs encounters a kernel driver that makes use of the open-source donut tool.Checkpoint researchers observe Iranian threat actor Agrius operating against Israeli targets.SentielOne notes changes in the ongoing campaign by Kimsuky.Microsoft uncovers stealthy malicious activity aimed at critical infrastructure in the United States.ZScaler Threatlabz

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#37 - A conversation about securing the build...

The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast ·

2023/05/30

On today's episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast we are joined by security engineer Adnan Khan to talk about securing the build pipeline and explore some common vulnerabilities in enterprise Github configurations.Organizations using GitHub Actions with self-hosted runners are at risk of attackers gaining an internal network foothold from the Internet if they compromise one developer’s personal GitHub access token. Key configuration adjustments can secure these pipelines and limit the damage

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#36 - Intel Chat: Red Stinger, 3 new Apple Zero Days,...

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2023/05/25

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.Malware Bytes researchers reporting on the Red Stinger group which has targeted entities in Ukraine.Apple is reporting three new zero days affecting iPhones, iPads, Macs and even Apple watches and TVs.The folks over at CISCO Talos have recently identified a new RA group that has been operating since at least April 22, 2023.Check Point researchers have

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#35 - A conversation about mental health in...

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2023/05/24

On this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we have a conversation about mental health in cybersecurity with Amanda Berlin, CEO of Mental Health Hackers.Mental Health Hackers' stated mission is to educate tech professionals about the unique mental health risks faced by those in our field – and often by the people who we share our lives with – and provide guidance on reducing their effects and better manage the triggering causes.They also aim at providing support services to those who may

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#34 - Special Episode: Operation Medusa cuts the head...

The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast ·

2023/05/18

On this special episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we have a longer-form discussion about the recent FBI takedown of the Russian malware known as Snake. The FBI dismantled the global peer-to-peer network of Snake-infected computers with Operation MEDUSA in coordination with multiple cybersecurity agencies.Resources referenced in this show:Press release from the Department of JusticeCISA's cybersecurity advisoryCISA breakdown of the Snake malwareThe Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast: a

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#33 - Hacker History: Stuxnet (Part 2)

The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast ·

2023/05/16

This episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders podcast is the second part in a two-part mini-series about the greatest cyber attack ever conceived: Stuxnet.Joining to help us tell the story is Kim Zetter, Journalist and Author - Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon.If you have not heard the first episode it is recommended that you do so before listening to this one. You can listen to the first episode here: Stuxnet (Part 1)Stuxnet is a malicious computer

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#32 - Intel Chat: APT41, Sidewinder & Operation...

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2023/05/11

In this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.Threatmmon have uncovered a targeted PowerShell backdoor malware attack that bypasses normal detection methodology.Researchers have uncovered an attack that is based on a classic sideloading technique with a twist in which a first-stage clean application sideloads a second clean application and auto-executes it.US authorities have announced the seizure of 13

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#31 - Intel Chat: 3CX Inception, QuaDream goes down,...

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2023/05/04

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.The initial attack vector of 3CX’s network was via malicious software downloaded from Trading Technologies websiteQuaDream has allegedly fired all of its staff and is shutting down its operations in the coming daysState-sponsored campaigns targeting global infrastructure: looks like obvious targeting to support future destructive attacksA new

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#30 - A conversation on the history of security...

The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast ·

2023/05/02

On this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders podcast we have a conversation around the history of security tooling with Dr. Anton Chuvakin, Security Advisor at Office of the CISO, Google Cloud.Dr. Anton Chuvakin is currently involved with security solution strategy at Google Cloud, where he arrived via Chronicle Security (an Alphabet company) acquisition in July 2019. He is also a co-host of Cloud Security Podcast http://www.twitter.com/CloudSecPodcastUntil June 2019, Dr. Anton Chuvakin was a

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