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**Defensive Security Podcast – Malware, Hacking, Cyber Security & Infosec**

Defensive Security is a weekly information security podcast which reviews recent high profile cyber security breaches, data breaches, malware infections and intrusions to identify lessons that we can learn and apply to the organizations we protect.

Latest Episodes:

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 350 Jun 10, 2026

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Links to this week’s stories:

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/ai-assisted-exploit-development-scanner-detection
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/california-ag-sues-23andme-over-2023-breach-exposing-health-data/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/palo-alto-globalprotect-vpn-auth-bypass-flaw-now-exploited-in-attacks/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/29/microsoft-under-fire-for-threatening-security-researcher-with-criminal-investigation/
https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/megalodon-malware-infects-thousands-github-repos

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 349 Jun 04, 2026

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Links to this week’s stories:

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/claude-mythos-ai-finds-10000-high.html
https://www.tenable.com/blog/key-findings-from-the-verizon-dbir-2026
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/cisa-admin-leaked-aws-govcloud-keys-on-github/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/grafana-breach-caused-by-missed-token-rotation-after-tanstack-attack/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-links-repo-breach-to-tanstack-npm-supply-chain-attack/
https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/npm-adds-2fa-gated-publishing-and.html

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 348 May 24, 2026

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Links to this week’s stories:

https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/05/14/security-pros-doubt-canvas-attackers-really-deleted-stolen-student-data/5240799

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 347 May 22, 2026

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Links to this week’s stories:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/instructure-reaches-agreement-with-shinyhunters-to-stop-data-leak/
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/06/1-in-8-workers-say-selling-company-logins-is-justifiable/5231104
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/02/ai-digs-up-decades-of-code-debt-patch-up/5219734
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/11/anthropics-bug-hunting-mythos-was-greatest-marketing-stunt-ever-says-curl-creator/5238111
https://www.securityweek.com/cyber-insurance-data-gives-cisos-new-ammo-for-budget-talks/

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 346 May 15, 2026

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Links to this week’s stories:

https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/csa-cisos-prepare-post-mythos-exploit-storm
https://www.csoonline.com/article/4159292/insurance-carriers-quietly-back-away-from-covering-ai-outputs.html
https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/hackers-used-ai-to-steal-hundreds-of-millions-of-mexican-government-and-private-citizen-records-in-one-of-the-largest-cybersecurity-breaches-ever
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/payouts-king-ransomware-uses-qemu-vms-to-bypass-endpoint-security/
https://cybermagazine.com/news/how-cybercriminals-breached-gta-maker-rockstar

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 345 Apr 22, 2026

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Links to this week’s stories:

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/axios-attack-complex-social-engineering-industrialized
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-venom-phishing-attacks-steal-senior-executives-microsoft-logins/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-new-unc6783-hackers-steal-corporate-zendesk-support-tickets/
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/bluehammer-windows-exploit-microsoft-bug-disclosure-issues
https://www.businessinsider.com/mercor-lawsuits-data-breach-2026-4

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 344 Apr 14, 2026

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Links to stories:

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640648/Emergency-Microsoft-Oracle-patches-point-to-wider-cyber-issues
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/27/security_boffins_harvest_bumper_crop/
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/the-hidden-cost-of-cybersecurity.html?m=1
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/trivy_compromise_litellm/
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/axios-supply-chain-attack-pushes-cross.html?m=1

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 343 Apr 04, 2026

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Here are the links we discuss this week:

https://www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/more-attackers-logging-in-not-breaking-in
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stryker-attack-wiped-tens-of-thousands-of-devices-no-malware-needed/
https://www.csoonline.com/article/4147833/cisa-urges-it-to-harden-endpoint-management-systems-after-cyberattack-by-pro-iranian-group.html
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/widely-used-trivy-scanner-compromised-in-ongoing-supply-chain-attack/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/21/delve-accused-of-misleading-customers-with-fake-compliance/

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 342B Mar 28, 2026

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This time it’s not a rerun!

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Here are the links we discuss this week:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-payment-rate-drops-to-record-low-as-attacks-surge/
https://www.securityweek.com/recent-cisco-catalyst-sd-wan-vulnerability-now-widely-exploited/
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/nation-state-actor-ai-malware-assembly-line
https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ransomware-identity-ai-cloudflare/813319/
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/anthropic-finds-22-firefox.html?m=1