(Presented by Material Security: We protect your company’s most valuable materials -- the emails, files, and accounts that live in your Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 cloud offices.)

Three Buddy Problem - Episode 79: We cover MongoBleed (CVE‑2025‑14847), exposed MongoDB deployments, and the sad realization that zero-day attacks are a normal, everyday occurrence. Plus, AI’s expanding role and misuse across products and workflows, proximity attacks against Bluetooth audio devices, spyware sanctions de-listings, and ransomware economics.

In a special mailbag segment, we give our book recommendations and respond to common questions from the listeners.

Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, Ryan Naraine and Costin Raiu.

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Transcript (unedited, AI-generated)
Sponsored by Material Security
MongoDB Server Security Update (Dec 2025)
CVE Record: CVE-2025-14847
Censys on MongoBleed
European Space Agency hit by cyberattack
Security pros plead guilty to ransomware
US removes sanctions for three execs tied to spyware maker Intellexa
Bluetooth Headphone Jacking: A Key to Your Phone
Dan Geer Black Hat 2015 keynote
Book Review: Infected - A Candid Look at VirusTotal’s Birth and Legacy
Infected: From Side Project to Google: The Journey Behind VirusTotal
The Human Factor (Inside the CIA's dysfunctional intelligence culture)
A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do
Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money
Cult of the Dead Cow (by Joseph Menn)
The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story
Thinking in Systems (PDF)
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
The Denial of Death: Ernest Becker
Energy and Civilization: A History by Vaclav Smil
DeepLearning.AI

893: When Good Intentions Aren't Enough

ONE Extraordinary Marriage Show

Gap Between Intentions and Change

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