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The Cyber Resilience Brief: A SafeBreach Podcast

The Cyber Resilience Brief is your 15-minute pulse on how organizations can build stronger defenses and achieve true cyber resilience. Each episode dives into the practical realities of Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS), adversarial exposure validation, and the evolving strategies that keep modern enterprises secure. Hosted by Tova Dvorin and brought to you by SafeBreach — the leader in Adversarial Exposure Validation — this podcast features insights from cybersecurity leaders, integration

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Ep. 48 - Iran's 12 Days of Cyber War: How Missiles...

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2026/03/04

June 2025 marked a turning point in cyber warfare.In this episode of The Cyber Resilience Brief, Tova Dvorin and offensive engineer Adrian Cully break down the cyber escalation that followed Operation Rising Lion — what some analysts now describe as Iran’s 12 days of cyber war.As missiles struck Iranian strategic targets, coordinated hacktivist groups like Cyber Avengers and Handala launched psychological operations, mass SMS spoofing campaigns, and attacks targeting operational technology (OT)

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00:10:35

Ep. 47 - APT42 & Iran’s AI Social Engineering:...

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2026/02/25

Iran’s APT42 — also known as Charming Kitten or Mint Sandstorm — is redefining social engineering with generative AI, deepfake voice cloning, and long-term phishing campaigns.In this episode of the Cyber Resilience Brief, we break down how Iranian state-sponsored threat actors are using AI-powered phishing, MFA fatigue attacks, credential harvesting, and hack-and-leak operations to target journalists, political campaigns, academics, and enterprise executives.You’ll learn:How APT42 builds months-long

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00:08:57

Ep. 46 - Blueprint Thieves: Inside Iran’s Industrial...

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2026/02/18

In this episode of The Cyber Resilience Brief, we break down the modern reality of Iranian cyber warfare and industrial espionage. Host Tova Dvorin and offensive security engineer Adrian Culley analyze the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of APT33, OilRig (APT34), and MuddyWater — three of the most active Iranian state-sponsored threat actors targeting energy, aviation, manufacturing, government, and critical infrastructure.From intellectual property theft and aerospace breaches to DNS

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00:10:07

Ep. 45 - Teen Hackers, SIM Swaps & Russian Ransomware

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2026/02/11

In Part 2 of our Russia cyber threat series, we unpack the Western cybercrime ecosystem powering Russian ransomware operations.We examine Scattered Spider, LAPSUS$, and Shiny Hunters, and how social engineering, SIM swapping, MFA bypass, and AI-driven voice spoofing are breaching Fortune 100 companies — without zero-days.Learn how access brokers commoditize breaches, why help desks are prime targets, and what this shift means for CISOs and security teams.If you’re only testing firewalls, you’re

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Ep. 44 - DynoWiper: A Nation-State Wiper Targeting...

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2026/02/08

In this special bonus episode of The Cyber Resilience Brief, host Tova Dvorin is joined by SafeBreach threat research expert Adrian Culley to examine DynoWiper, a destructive nation-state wiper malware observed targeting Poland’s energy sector.First detected in late December 2025, DynoWiper has been linked to attacks on Polish wind farms and combined heat and power (CHP) plants, signaling a shift away from financially motivated ransomware toward pure disruption of critical infrastructure.The episode

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Ep. 43 - Russian Threat Actors: Useful Fools and...

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2026/02/04

In this episode, Tova Dvorin and Adrian Culley break down the realities of Russian intelligence and cyber security, separating myth from fact. They explore how Russian state actors rely on proxy actors and cybercriminal marketplaces rather than direct operations, and why attribution challenges make cyber attacks so difficult to trace.The discussion highlights the difference between state-sponsored cyber activity and financially motivated cybercrime—and why defenders must rethink traditional

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00:10:59

Ep. 42 - Iran’s Cyber Shadow War: IRGC, MOIS, and the...

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2026/01/27

Episode 2 of 6 – Iran’s Cyber Program ExplainedIn Iran’s Cyber Shadow War: IRGC, MOIS, and the Battle for Control, we continue our deep-dive into Iran’s cyber operations by exposing the internal power struggle driving its most dangerous digital attacks.Iran does not operate a single, unified cyber command. Instead, two rival organizations—the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)—run competing cyber missions with very different goals, tactics,

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00:11:30

Ep. 41 - Iran’s Cyber Awakening: From Stuxnet to...

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2026/01/21

How did Iran evolve from a regional actor into one of the world’s most disruptive cyber threat forces? In the first episode of our Iran threat series, we trace the pivotal moments that shaped Iran’s modern cyber doctrine — from the Stuxnet attack on Natanz to the rise of destructive wiper malware like Shamoon and today’s era of stealthy, persistent access operations. Host Tova Dvorin is joined by Adrian Culley, Offensive Cyber Security Engineer at SafeBreach, to unpack how Iran turned humiliation

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Ep. 40 - CRINK: The Cyber Threat Accelerating Right Now

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2026/01/14

China. Russia. Iran. North Korea.As geopolitical tensions escalate—especially involving China and Iran—their cyber activity isn’t slowing down. It’s converging. In this episode of The Cyber Resilience Brief, Tova Dvorin and Adrian Culley unpack CRINK: an intelligence-community term rarely used in the commercial market, but critical for defenders to understand now. CRINK isn’t a formal alliance so much as it’s a shared playbook. Chinese pre-positioning, Russian disruption, Iranian sabotage, and

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Ep. 39 - The Shadow War is Already Here: How CISOs...

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2026/01/12

The Shadow War is already underway — and it’s being fought in cyberspace. In this episode of The Cyber Resilience Brief, host Tova Dvorin and cybersecurity strategist Adrian Culley explore how escalating global tensions are redefining modern warfare and what that means for CISOs and security teams today. We break down how nation-state cyber threats from Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are operating in a state of persistent engagement — planting access, stealing data, disrupting critical

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Ep. 38: The Evolution of Offensive Cybersecurity

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2026/01/07

Offensive cybersecurity didn’t start with phishing or ransomware; it began with codebreaking, curiosity, and a drive to understand how systems fail.In this episode of The Cyber Resilience Brief, host Tova Dvorin and SafeBreach Senior Sales Engineer Adrian Culley explore the evolution of offensive security — from early hacking and penetration testing to modern Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) and continuous adversarial exposure validation. You’ll learn why point-in-time testing is no longer

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Ep. 37 - Emennet Pasargad Exposed: How Iran’s IRGC...

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2025/12/30

Emennet Pasargad is one of the most active and aggressive Iranian cyber threat groups operating today — tied directly to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Cyber Electronic Command.In this episode of Cyber Resilience Brief, SafeBreach Senior Sales Engineer Adrian Culley breaks down who Emennet Pasargad really is, how they operate through shell companies and phishing campaigns, and why their tactics pose both cybersecurity and geopolitical risks. You’ll learn how this Iranian nation-state

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Ep. 36 - TIBER-EU Explained: How Threat-Led Red...

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2025/12/23

Threat-led red teaming is no longer optional in Europe — it’s becoming the foundation of cyber resilience.In this episode of The Cyber Resilience Brief, host Tova Dvorin is joined by Adrian Culley, SafeBreach’s offensive security expert for Europe and the UK, to break down the TIBER-EU framework and why it’s reshaping how financial institutions and critical infrastructure organizations approach cyber defense. Originally developed by the European Central Bank, TIBER-EU (Threat Intelligence-Based

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Ep. 35 - BAS, APTs, AEV, and CTEM Explained: A...

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2025/12/17

In this episode of the Cyber Resilience Brief, hosts Tova Dvorin and Adrian Culley clearly and practically explain some of the most commonly used — and most commonly misunderstood — terms in modern cybersecurity.Together, they break down: What Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) actually means in practice How Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) operate — and why persistence matters What Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) is (and what it isn’t) How CTEM (Continuous Threat Exposure Management)

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Ep. 34 - Inside the Jaguar Land Rover Cyberattack:...

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2025/12/10

The Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack has already cost the UK billions — and exposed a critical weakness in modern cybersecurity: supply chain risk. In this episode of The Cyber Resilience Brief, SafeBreach hosts Tova Dvorin and Adrian Culley sit down with Steve Cobb, CISO of SecurityScorecard, to unpack what really happened, why groups like Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters, and Lapsus are becoming more coordinated, and what CISOs must do now to protect against cascading third-party failures.We break

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Ep. 33 - BRICKSTORM Reemerges: CISA & NSA Warn of New...

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2025/12/07

In Episode 33 of The Cyber Resilience Brief, hosts Tova Dvorin and Adrian Culley revisit the BRICKSTORM threat—this time through the lens of the new CISA, NSA, and Canadian Cyber Centre joint advisory. While Episode 24 explored BRICKSTORM’s origin, stealth techniques, and UNC5221’s long-term espionage campaign, this episode focuses on what’s changed, and why BRICKSTORM remains a critical concern for defenders in 2025 and into 2026.Tova and Adrian break down the advisory’s latest findings, including

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Ep. 32 - Inside “The Com”: The Social-Engineering...

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2025/12/03

In this episode of The Cyber Resilience Brief, host Tova Dvorin and offensive security expert Adrian Culley expose The Com—the decentralized cybercrime collective behind threat groups like Lapsus$, Scattered Spider (UNC 3944 / Octo Tempest), and ShinyHunters. Together, they break down how this teenage-to-young-adult adversary ecosystem has weaponized vishing, MFA fatigue, SIM-swapping, and cloud exfiltration to breach giants including Microsoft, Okta, Nvidia, MGM Resorts, and more. You’ll

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Ep. 31 - From Exercise to Efficacy: Resilience as a...

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2025/11/26

In this final episode of our November Critical Infrastructure series, The Cyber Resilience Brief host Tova Dvorin and SafeBreach offensive engineer Adrian Culley explore what it truly means to measure resilience — not just talk about it.They break down how the CISA resilience framework (“Know, Assess, Plan, and Continuously Improve”) connects directly to modern validation tools like Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS), Adversary Exposure Validation (AEV), and Continuous Red Teaming (CART). Discover

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Ep. 30 - Bridging IT and OT - A Unified Red Team View

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2025/11/19

As IT and OT environments converge, critical infrastructure faces an evolving threat landscape where cyberattacks can have real-world, physical consequences. In this episode of The Cyber Resilience Brief, host Tova Dvorin and Adrian Culley, Offensive Cybersecurity Engineer at SafeBreach, explore how Continuous Automated Red Teaming (CART) delivers a unified approach to testing and securing IT/OT boundaries. Learn how continuous validation, segmentation assurance, and evidence-based remediation help

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Ep. 29 - The Domino Effect: Validating Supply Chain...

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2025/11/12

In this episode of The Cyber Resilience Brief, hosts Tova Dvorin and Adrian Culley explore the domino effect of supply chain vulnerabilities within critical infrastructure. Using real-world examples like SolarWinds, MOVEit, and Log4j, they unpack how a single compromised vendor can ripple across entire sectors—and how Adversary Exposure Validation (AEV) can help break that chain.Adrian explains how AEV models third-party attack paths and validates resilience across shared dependencies, while Tova

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