Security Weekly Podcast Network (Video)

Interview with Harish Peri from Okta Oktane Preview: building frameworks to secure our Agentic AI future Like it or not, Agentic AI and protocols like MCP and A2A are getting pushed as the glue to take business process automation to the next level. Giving agents the power and access they need to accomplish these lofty goals is going to be challenging, from a security perspective. How do put AI agents in the position to perform broad tasks autonomously without granting them all the privileges? How do we avoid making AI agents a gold mine for attackers - the first place they stop once they hack into our companies? These are some examples of the questions Okta aims to answer at this year’s Oktane event, and we aim to kick off the conversations a little early - with this interview! Segment Resources: Check out securityweekly.com/oktane for all our live coverage during the event this year! More information about the event and how you can attend can be found here: https://www.okta.com/oktane/ AI at Work 2025: Securing the AI-powered workforce Topic - Indirect Prompt Injection Getting Out of Hand Reports of indirect prompt injection issues have been around for a while. Of particular note was Michael Bargury's Living off Microsoft Copilot presentation from Black Hat USA 2024. Simply sending an email to a Copilot user could make bad stuff happen. Now, at Black Hat 2025, we've got more: the ability to plunder any data resource connected to ChatGPT (they call these integrations "Connectors") from Tamir Ishay Sharbat at Zenity Labs. The research is titled AgentFlayer: ChatGPT Connectors 0click Attack. Looks like Google Jules is also vulnerable to what the Embrace the Red blog is calling invisible prompts. Sourcegraph's Amp Code is also vulnerable to the same attack, which encodes instructions to make them invisible. What's really going to ruffle feathers is the fact that all these companies know this stuff is possible, but don't seem to be able to figure out how to prevent it. Ideally, we'd want to be able to distinguish between intended instruction and instructions injected via attachments or some other means outside of the prompt box. I guess that's easier said than done? News Finally, in the enterprise security news, Drones are coming for you… to help? One of the most powerful botnets ever goes down Phishing training is still pointless Microsoft sets an alarm on its phone for 8 years from now to do post-quantum stuff vulns galore in commercial ZTNA apps GenAI projects are struggling to make it to production Adblockers could be made illegal - in Germany Windows is getting native Agentic support Automating bug discovery AND remediation? Public service announcement: time is running out for Windows 10 All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-421

Humans wiped out by 2040, Okta, Elastic, Bad Bots, Berserk Bear, Siemens, Philip K. Dick, Aaran Leyland, and More, on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-505

This segment is sponsored by Flashpoint. Visit https://securityweekly.com/flashpoint to learn more about them! Recent leaks tied to LockBit and Black Basta have exposed the inner workings of two of the most notorious ransomware groups—revealing their tactics, negotiation strategies, and operational infrastructure. For defenders, this rare window into adversary behavior offers critical intelligence to strengthen incident response and prevention strategies. In this interview, we'll break down what these leaks reveal and how security teams can use this intelligence to proactively harden their defenses, including: Key takeaways from the LockBit and Black Basta leaks—and what they confirm about ransomware operations How leaked playbooks, chats, and toolkits can inform detection and response Practical steps to defend against modern ransomware tactics in 2025 In the security news: Practical exploit code Old vulnerabilities, new attackers AI and web scraping - the battle continues 0-Days: You gotta prove it WinRAR 0-Day LLM patch diffing $20 million bug bounty Your APT is showing Hacking from the routers Its that easy eh? NIST guidance on AI Words have meaning Developers knowingly push vulnerable code My Hackberry PI post is live: https://eclypsium.com/blog/build-the-ultimate-cyberdeck-hackberry-pi/ Resources: Inside the LockBit Leak: Rare Insights Into Their Operations: https://flashpoint.io/blog/inside-the-lockbit-leak/?utmcampaign=WBHostedSCMedia2025&utmsource=SCMedia&utmmedium=email&sfcampaign_id=701Rc00000S48bZIAR 2025 Ransomware Survival Guide: https://flashpoint.io/resources/e-book/2025-ransomware-survival-guide/?utmcampaign=WBHostedSCMedia2025&utmsource=SCMedia&utmmedium=email&sfcampaign_id=701Rc00000S48bZIAR AI and Threat Intelligence: The Defenders’ Guide https://go.flashpoint.io/ai-and-threat-intelligence-guide?utmcampaign=WBHostedSCMedia2025&utmsource=SCMedia&utmmedium=email&sfcampaign_id=701Rc00000S48bZIAR Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-888

The industry is obsessed with vulnerabilities. From vulnerability assessment to vulnerability management to exposure management and even zero days, we love to talk about vulnerabilities. But what about misconfiguration? By definition it's a vulnerability or weakness, but it doesn't have a CVE (common vulnerability enumeration). Should we ignore it? Danny Jenkins, CEO and Founder at ThreatLocker, joins BSW to discuss why misconfigurations matter. Simply, you can prevent many cyberattacks by eliminating your misconfigurations. That's why ThreatLocker released Defense Against Configurations (DAC). Danny will discuss the benefits of DAC, including: Immediate visibility into system misconfigurations before they become vulnerabilities Compliance transparency, showing exactly where systems fall short of industry standards One unified view, with filters by criticality, system, and framework Actionable insights, updated weekly and delivered straight to customers’ inboxes Segment Resources: https://www.threatlocker.com/press-release/threatlocker-launches-dac-empowering-organizations-with-real-time-visibility-into-configuration-risks-and-compliance-gaps https://www.threatlocker.com/platform/defense-against-configurations This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! In the leadership and communications segment, CEO Blind Spots That Put Your Company at Risk, The CISO Mindset Shift: From Risk Defender to Business Accelerator in the Age of AI, When “Yes, and…” Backfires, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-409

The cult of Doug, Crime, Pipemagic, Clickfix, Cats in Space, Uncle Silvio, Josh Marpet, and more on the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-504

A smaller attack surface should lead to a smaller list of CVEs to track, which in turn should lead to a smaller set of vulns that you should care about. But in practice, keeping something like a container image small has a lot of challenges in terms of what should be considered minimal. Neil Carpenter shares advice and anecdotes on what it takes to refine a container image and to change an org's expectations that every CVE needs to be fixed. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-344

Interview with Snehal Antani - Rethinking Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Vulnerability management is broken. Organizations basically use math to turn a crappy list into a slightly less crappy list, and the hardest part of the job as a CIO is deciding what NOT to fix. There has to be a better way, and there is... Segment Resources: https://horizon3.ai/intelligence/blogs/vulnerability-management-is-broken-there-is-a-better-way/ This segment is sponsored by Horizon3.ai. Visit https://securityweekly.com/horizon3 to learn more about them! Topic - Andy Ellis's Black Hat Expo Experience Andy Ellis visited every booth at Black Hat. Every. Single. One. He wrote up what he learned and we discuss his findings! https://www.duha.co/state-of-security-vendors-blackhat-2025/ News Finally, in the enterprise security news, Tons of handy new and free tools! is cybersecurity really at the latter stages of consolidation? new books is our obsession with risk quantification hurting our credibility? AI trends is there an impending AI layoff-pocalypse? we explain the kids’ favorite new term: Clanker All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-420

Creepy chatbots, Fortinet, CISA, Agentic AI, FIDO, EDR, Aaran Leyland, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-503

We kick things off with a deep dive into the Hackberry PI and how to build one. Then in the security news: Will Perplexity buy Chrome? ESP32 Bus Pirates Poisoned telemetry Docker image security Fully Open Source Quantum Sensors Securing your car, Flippers, and show me the money Bringing your printer and desktop to Starbucks Paying a ransom? You need approval AI: Shield or Spear? No authentication? That's a problem Transient Bugs: A realistic threat? You can run Linux And who still uses AOL dial-up? Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-887

As brands grow more digital, the threats grow more personal. Attackers impersonate executives, spin up fake websites, and leak sensitive data — hurting business reputations and breaking customer trust. How do you defend your organization's reputation and customers' trust? Santosh Nair, Co-Founder and CTO at Styx Intelligence, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how to defend trust and reputation in the age of AI. Santosh will cover both the company and executive challenges of defending against the latest AI attacks, including: Impersonations and Deepfakes Employee Scams Financial Fraud Segment Resources: - https://styxintel.com/blog/what-is-brand-protection/ - https://styxintel.com/blog/brand-impersonation-hurts-business/ - https://styxintel.com/blog/social-engineering-tactics/ In the leadership and communications section, Mind the overconfidence gap: CISOs and staff don’t see eye to eye on security posture, Your AI Strategy Needs More Than a Single Leader, Avoid These Communication Breakdowns When Launching Strategic Initiatives, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-408