
Phoenix Cast
A podcast about cybersecurity, technology and innovation issues in the military.
Latest episodes

Jun 9, 2023 • 59min
Cyber Legal
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle chat with CAPT Pete Pascucci on all things cyber legal. Does cyber legal handle defensive AND offensive cyber? What is an authority? When should you involve your cyber legal team? We answer all of this and more, plus we managed the maximum amount of fun with the minimum amount of billable hours.
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Links:
Book recommendation: https://www.amazon.com/Tubes-Andrew-Blum-audiobook/dp/B00870FL4A/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tubes+a+journey&qid=1685661250&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/Tallinn-Manual-International-Applicable-Operations/dp/1316630374/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tallinn+manual&qid=1685661314&s=audible&sr=1-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc
Podcast recommendations:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/topic/cyberlaw-podcast
https://www.nationalsecuritylawpodcast.com/
Cyber news sites:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/
https://www.thecipherbrief.com/

May 26, 2023 • 1h 5min
War-Winning Software
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest Bryon Kroger and discuss cATO and cRMF, UX design and investing in the right practices and career paths.
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Links:
Rise8 Origin Story: https://rise8.us/resources/rise8-origin-story
Prodacity event: https://rise8.us/events/prodacity
Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale 1st Edition, Kindle Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Enterprise-Performance-Organizations-Innovate-ebook/dp/B08DDK2X52/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1684441037&sr=8-3

May 8, 2023 • 55min
Reaction Cast: Universal LLM Jailbreak
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle discuss LLM jailbreaks, the Flipper0 getting banned from Amazon, the leak that has been part of national news, and an asset key thief vuln in google cloud.
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Links:
LLM Jailbreak article: https://adversa.ai/blog/universal-llm-jailbreak-chatgpt-gpt-4-bard-bing-anthropic-and-beyond/
Marine Squad defeats AI:
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marines-ai-paul-scharre/
https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2023/04/26/zero-trust-could-have-limited-pentagon-leak-navy-cto-says/
Flipper0 - https://flipperzero.one/
Banned by Amazon - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/flipper-zero-banned-by-amazon-for-being-a-card-skimming-device-/#:~:text=Amazon%20has%20banned%20the%20sale,as%20a%20card%2Dskimming%20device
Asset Key Thief:
https://engineering.sada.com/asset-key-thief-disclosure-cfae4f1778b6

Apr 14, 2023 • 52min
Charlie and the Software Factory
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guests Lieutenant Colonels Charlie Bahk and Sam Gray. They talk about software development and the newly announced Marine Corps Software Factory.
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Links:
https://tanzu.vmware.com/software-factory

Apr 6, 2023 • 35min
GitHub Private Key Exposure, Ukraine, Better help privacy
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle discuss GitHub exposing it’s private key, the Ukraine Software Warrior Brigade and better help sharing personal user data.
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Links:
GitHub Priv Key: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/githubcom-rotates-its-exposed-private-ssh-key/
Ukraine Software Warrier Brigade:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraines-deadly-computer-science-brigade-russia-invasion-drone-engineer-software-wartime-weaponry-production-e0643979
Ukraine from google:
https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/fog-of-war-how-the-ukraine-conflict-transformed-the-cyber-threat-landscape/amp/
Better help:
https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/03/ftc-says-online-counseling-service-betterhelp-pushed-people-handing-over-health-information-broke

Mar 29, 2023 • 1h 5min
Project DYNAMIS and the Future for Comm
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest Col Jason Quinter and the team talks JADC2, Project DYNAMIS, and comm architectures of the future.
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Links:
Palantir vs DCGS-A: https://www.defensenews.com/land/2019/03/29/palantir-who-successfully-sued-the-army-just-won-a-major-army-contract/
MC Times JADC2 article:
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2023/02/23/how-jadc2-is-like-a-grill-according-to-one-marine-colonel/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb&SToverlay=de88742f-46f7-4f2c-819d-3b36a47d6a7e

Mar 10, 2023 • 37min
Marine Corps Software Factory announcement
In this episode of Phoenix Cast - recorded in Austin TX during SXSW - hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest LtCol Charlie Bahk, and the team discusses the announcement of the Marine Corps Software Factory.
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Links:
https://www.hqmc.marines.mil/mcswf

Feb 24, 2023 • 49min
VMware vuln, Twitter makes SMS Premium
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle talk about a new(ish) VMware vulnerability, Twitter making SMS MFA a paid feature, and some strange things about Bing AI.
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Links:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vmware-warns-admins-to-patch-esxi-servers-disable-openslp-service/
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/attackers-can-exploit-flaw-in-vmware-esxi-hypervisor-in-multiple-ways
https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/global-ransomware-attack-vmware-exsi-hypervisors-continues-to-spread
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/cisa-releases-recovery-script-for-victims-of-esxiargs-ransomware
https://github.com/cisagov/ESXiArgs-Recover
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/twitter-two-factor-authentication-acting-up-how-to-secure-your-account
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/17/23605073/twitter-blue-charge-sms-2fa
https://darknetdiaries.com/transcript/87/
https://www.lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcast-chatgpt-tells-all

Feb 10, 2023 • 1h 6min
Comm Battalion Commanders
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guests LtCols Dave Burton and Jeff Rohman - the Commanders of 8th and 9th Comm. They discuss planning for Command, how they’ve organized their respective battalions, and all other things Comm Bn.
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Jan 13, 2023 • 49min
ChatGPT, DoD Cloud Contract, Google Management Traits?
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle discuss the award of Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability and ChatGPT.
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Links:
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatGPT#cite_note-code_red-37
Google on ChatGPT: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/technology/ai-chatgpt-google-search.html
https://www.theinsaneapp.com/2022/12/top-chat-gpt-examples.html
JWCC: https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3243483/department-names-vendors-to-provide-joint-warfighting-cloud-capability/