In this edition of the Wide World of Cyber podcast Patrick Gray talks to Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos about the F5 incident. They talk about what happened, whether it’s a big deal, and why private equity ownership of mid-tier cybersecurity companies is often a red flag.
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The Wide World of Cyber podcast is back! In this episode host Patrick Gray chats with Alex Stamos and Chris Krebs about Microsoft’s entanglement in China.
Redmond has been using Chinese engineers to do everything from remotely support US DoD private cloud systems to maintain the on premise version of the SharePoint code base. It’s all blown up in the press over the last month, but how did we get here? Did Microsoft make these decisions to save money? Or was it more about getting access to the Chinese market? And how can we all make the world’s most important software company stop doing things like this? Tune in to the Wide World of Cyber podcast to find out!
This episode is also available on Youtube.
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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau are joined by special guest Chris Krebs to discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They talk through:
Israeli “hacktivists” take out an Iranian state-owned bank
Scattered-spider and friends pivot into attacking insurers
Securing identities in a cloud-first world keeps us awake at night
Microsoft takes the “aas” out of SaaS for Europe, leaving us with just software!
An AI prompt injection into M365 exfils corporate data
This week’s episode is sponsored by Kroll’s Cyber practice. Kroll Cyber Associate Managing Director George Glass is based in London and talks through his experiences helping organisations in the UK deal with the Scattered Spider attacks.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
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Iran’s Bank Sepah disrupted by cyberattack claimed by pro-Israel hacktivist group | CyberScoop
Iran orders officials to ditch connected devices
Heightened Cyberthreat Amidst Israel-Iran Conflict
Threat group linked to UK, US retail attacks now targeting insurance industry | Cybersecurity Dive
Coming to Apple OSes: A seamless, secure way to import and export passkeys - Ars Technica
Cyberattack on Washington Post Compromises Email Accounts of Journalists
Hackers impersonating US government compromise email account of prominent Russia researcher | The Record from Recorded Future News
A good one to talk to Chris about:
Breaking down ‘EchoLeak’, the First Zero-Click AI Vulnerability Enabling Data Exfiltration from Microsoft 365 Copilot
CISA warns of supply chain risks as ransomware attacks exploit SimpleHelp flaws | Cybersecurity Dive
Whole Foods supplier making progress on restoration after cyberattack left shelves empty | The Record from Recorded Future News
Ransomware attack on ticketing platform upends South Korean entertainment industry | The Record from Recorded Future News
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In this podcast, Patrick Gray chats with SentinelOne’s Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos about the huge changes afoot in the United States government and what they mean for the threat environment. From the director of NSA being fired to massive job cuts at CISA and huge foreign policy shifts, tomorrow’s threat environment is going to be very different to today’s. Tune in to hear analysis from two of the best in the business!
This episode is also available on Youtube.
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In this episode of the Wide World of Cyber podcast Risky Business host Patrick Gray chats with SentinelOne’s Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos about AI, DeepSeek, and regulation.
From its bad transport security to its Chinese ownership and the economic implications of China “entering the chat”, everyone’s freaking out over this new model. But should they be?
Pat, Alex and Chris dissect the model’s significance, the politics of it all and how AI regulation in Europe, the US and China will shape the future of LLMs.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
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In this edition of the Wild World of Cyber podcast Patrick Gray sits down with SentinelOne’s Chief Intelligence and Public Policy Officer Chris Krebs to talk all about Chinese cyber operations.
They look at the Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon campaigns, the last 20 years of Chinese operations, and the evolution of the cyber roles of China’s Ministry of State Security and People’s Liberation Army.
It’s a very dense hour of conversation!
This podcast was recorded in front of an audience at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
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Kara discusses the “pacing threat” that is China – from TikTok to cyberattacks to semiconductors and Taiwan – with two cybersecurity experts: Dimitri Alperovitch, co-founder and former CTO of CrowdStrike and author of the new book World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century, and Chris Krebs, Chief Intelligence Officer at SentinelOne and former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under President Trump (until he was fired in a tweet for batting down Trump’s election lies).
The episode features an expert question from a previous On guest: former Congressman Mike Gallagher, the Republican from Wisconsin who chaired the Select Committee on the CCP. If you like this episode, make sure you go back to listen to that conversation as well.
This conversation was taped live at American University on April 19, 2024.
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