Phoenix Cast - Task Force Phoenix

Gen. Tim Haugh Jul 23, 2026

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle sit down with General Tim Haugh, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), the 19th Director of NSA and 4th Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of American cyber power. The general makes his case for keeping the dual hat, takes on the CSIS and FDD reports calling for an independent cyber service, and explains why Cyber Command 2.0, built on lessons from SOCOM’s post-9/11 maturation, gets the nation to better outcomes faster. The conversation moves from his proposal for a specialized court to accelerate industry takedowns of adversary infrastructure, to why agentic AI is about to create identity problems at a scale we’ve never seen, to whether a service with no enlisted personnel could ever actually work. Along the way, Haugh reflects on leading the two very different cultures of NSA and CYBERCOM, life after 34 years in uniform, and the advice he’d give his second lieutenant self. If you want to hear how one of the most consequential leaders in the cyber community thinks about the decisions shaping the force right now, this is the one.

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Links:

60 Minutes (Haugh on China / critical infrastructure, 12 Oct 2025):

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-hacking-us-critical-infrastructure-retired-general-tim-haugh-warns-60-minutes-transcript/

USCYBERCOM 2024 Posture Statement:

https://www.cybercom.mil/Media/News/Article/3739700/posture-statement-of-general-timothy-d-haugh-2024/

DefenseScoop - "We want to be at mastery" (Feb 2025):

https://defensescoop.com/2025/02/20/cybercom-wants-more-consistent-readiness-approach-across-services/

DefenseScoop - CYBERCOM 2.0 House briefing (Feb 2025):

https://defensescoop.com/2025/02/12/cybercom-2-0-model-house-lawmakers-receive-first-briefing/

FDD - Implementing CYBERCOM 2.0 Should Not Postpone Establishing a Cyber Force (Apr 2026):

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/04/23/implementing-cybercom-2-0-should-not-postpone-establishing-a-cyber-force/

Air & Space Forces - Former CYBERCOM commanders urge caution on a separate service (Dec 2025):

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/former-cybercom-commanders-new-military-cyber-service/

Yale Jackson School Blue Center Senior Fellow announcement:

https://jackson.yale.edu/news/general-timothy-haugh-named-blue-center-senior-fellow/

Ballistic Ventures Strategic Advisor announcement (Jul 2025):

https://ballisticventures.com/former-nsa-director-and-commander-of-u-s-cyber-command-gen-timothy-d-haugh-joins-ballistic-ventures-as-strategic-advisor/

CISA Joint Advisory AA24-038A - Volt Typhoon:

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-038a

Air Force Biography:

https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/1286007/timothy-d-haugh/

MCCES (Murello & Shankar) Jun 22, 2026

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, host John mentally travels back to the Marine Corps Communication Electronics School in 29 Palms, the place where the cast was basically born, to talk with Col Arun Shankar, MCCES’s commanding officer, and LtCol Steve Morello, who leads Communication Training Battalion. The conversation digs into how the comm community is shifting from being “just plumbers” to owning information management, why how you employ a C2 system now matters as much as the system itself, and the cybersecurity training gaps the schoolhouse is racing to close. John presses them on managing risk, virtualizing hands-on training, and how they’re using AI to compress a three-year curriculum cycle down to days. If you claim comm or cyber, lead Marines, or just want to hear how the schoolhouse is modernizing to keep pace with Ukraine-era threats, this homecoming episode is worth the listen.

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Links:

- Murello bio (MCCES): https://www.mcces.marines.mil/Leaders/Biography/Article/3929785/lieutenant-colonel-steven-murello/

- Shankar bio (MCCES): https://www.mcces.marines.mil/Leaders/Biography/Article/3929593/colonel-arun-shankar/

- Shankar Hoover Q&A (Nov 2022): https://www.hoover.org/news/qa-lieutenant-colonel-arun-shankar-us-marine-corps-national-security-affairs-fellow

- "Assured C2: Pivoting the 06xx Community," MCG Nov 2022: https://mca-marines.org/blog/gazette/assured-c2/

- "Offensive Cyberspace Operations," MCG Feb 2023: https://www.mca-marines.org/wp-content/uploads/Offensive-Cyberspace-Operations-Shankar.pdf

- USNI News, "Virtual Tech in Marine Comms School Saves Time, Money" (Feb 2026): https://news.usni.org/2026/02/23/virtual-tech-in-marine-comms-school-saves-time-money

Book Recommendations

Col Shankar: Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman; Range by David Epstein.

LtCol Murello: Mindset by Carol Dweck; White Sun War by Mick Ryan; 10 to 25 by David Yeager.

Tailored Intelligence From the Deep: Inside Qintel Jun 02, 2026

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, John and Rich sit down with Keith Mularski and Damon Mathews from Qintel. Keith is the former FBI agent who went undercover in DarkMarket as "Master Splyntr," eventually becoming a top-five spammer in the world and a "made man" in the cybercriminal underground before the operation culminated in 80+ arrests. Damon is a retired Marine CI/HUMINT officer now running national security operations at Qintel, and he walks through the years of policy fights and lawyer wrangling that came with pulling human collection into cyberspace. The conversation gets into attribution, what counts as intelligence versus evidence, and when "name and shame" is the right move. Worth a listen if you've ever wondered how 20 years of global collection becomes an 80% solution at the operational level, or why your Uber Eats password might be the thing that outs your tradecraft.

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Links:

Qintel - Platform Blue: https://www.qintel.com/platformblue

https://www.pghtech.org/news-and-publications/Qintel

Mathews - https://cipress.podbean.com/e/marine-ci-secrets-damon-matthews-on-multi-use-human-networks-high-stakes-ops/

Mularski - Pitt Cyber bio: https://www.cyber.pitt.edu/people/keith-mularski

Police1 - Witness to History (DarkMarket / Master Splyntr): https://www.police1.com/fbi/articles/witness-to-history-darkmarket-the-fbi-agent-who-became-master-splyntr-UuhOCI9r3Qfyo1du/

Canvas Hack, Firefox Using Mythos & Dirty Frag May 14, 2026

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle break down a packed week in cyber: the Canvas ed-tech breach by Shiny Hunters that hit 9,000 schools and 275 million records right at testing season (both of their kids' schools are scrambling to go non-digital), Firefox's eye-opening collaboration with Anthropic's Mythos model that surfaced 271 vulnerabilities in a single release for a fraction of the cost of a traditional bug bounty, and the Dirty Frag Linux kernel zero-day that escalates to root in seconds — but whose fix breaks IPsec VPNs and file sharing. They also dig into the new MAR ADMIN making AI training mandatory for every Marine, and John collects on Kyle's gaslighting from two episodes ago about model quality degradation (Anthropic basically said "whoops"). Stick around for John's hot take that ASIs — Authorized Service Interruptions — are officially dead in a world where chained vulnerabilities and 271 patches can drop in a single release.

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Links - Canvas Hack:

Canvas Login Portals Hacked - ShinyHunters Extortion Campaign (BleepingComputer)

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/canvas-login-portals-hacked-in-mass-shinyhunters-extortion-campaign/

Hackers Deface School Login Pages After Claiming Another Instructure Hack (TechCrunch)

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/07/hackers-deface-school-login-pages-after-claiming-another-instructure-hack/

2026 Canvas Security Incident (Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Canvas_security_incident

Links - Firefox Using Mythos:

Claude Mythos Has Found 271 Zero-Days in Firefox (Schneier on Security)

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/claude-mythos-has-found-271-zero-days-in-firefox.html

The Zero-Days Are Numbered (Mozilla Blog)

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/privacy-security/ai-security-zero-day-vulnerabilities/

Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview (Mozilla Hacks)

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/05/behind-the-scenes-hardening-firefox/

Claude Mythos Finds 271 Firefox Flaws, Mozilla Believes It Shifts Security Toward Defenders (Help Net Security)

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/22/claude-mythos-mozilla-vulnerabilities-scanning/

Claude Mythos Finds 271 Firefox Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek)

https://www.securityweek.com/claude-mythos-finds-271-firefox-vulnerabilities/

Mythos and Cybersecurity (Schneier on Security)

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/mythos-and-cybersecurity.html

Links - Dirty Frag:

New Linux ‘Dirty Frag’ Zero-Day With PoC Exploit Gives Root Privileges (BleepingComputer)

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-dirty-frag-zero-day-with-poc-exploit-gives-root-privileges/

Linux Kernel Dirty Frag LPE Exploit Enables Root Access Across Major Distributions (The Hacker News)

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/linux-kernel-dirty-frag-lpe-exploit.html

Active Attack: Dirty Frag Linux Vulnerability Expands Post-Compromise Risk (Microsoft Security Blog)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/08/active-attack-dirty-frag-linux-vulnerability-expands-post-compromise-risk/

RHSB-2026-003 Networking Subsystem Privilege Escalation - Linux Kernel (Red Hat)

https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2026-003

Dirty Frag PoC Exploit (V4bel/dirtyfrag GitHub)

https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag

The Warrant Officer Part 2 - CW4 Justin Helphenstine Apr 24, 2026

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Rich — with Kyle sidelined by what Rich suspects was an AI-orchestrated exploit — welcome CW4 Justin Helphenstine, a U.S. Army cyber warrant officer with 22+ years of service and deep offensive cyber operations experience. The conversation digs into what Army cyber warrant officers actually do versus their Marine Corps counterparts, how the talent pipeline has matured from the early days when there wasn’t even a cyber MOS, and the real tension between retaining senior technical talent and losing them to the private sector. Justin makes the case that as cyber tools become commodified on both offense and defense, the warrant officer’s true value proposition shifts from technical wizardry to creating shared understanding — and he surprises John by arguing that warrant officers should learn to speak the language of joint warfighting functions and doctrine, not just binary. The episode builds to a spirited exchange on the cyber force debate, force generation versus force employment, and whether agentic AI will fundamentally change what it means to be a cyber professional — with Justin warning that outsourcing communication skills to AI is “skipping leg day” for military professionals.

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Links:
The death of expertise: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Expertise-Campaign-Established-Knowledge/dp/0190469412

Katie Moussouris & Project Glasswing Apr 15, 2026

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle welcome Katie Moussouris — founder and CEO of Luta Security, creator of Microsoft’s first bug bounty program, and architect of Hack the Pentagon — to break down Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and what it means when an AI model can find hundreds of real-world vulnerabilities at scale. Katie walks through the staggering complexity of coordinating multi-party vulnerability disclosure across 40 organizations, drawing on her own experience running similar efforts at Microsoft, and doesn’t shy away from the hard questions about whether the cybersecurity workforce is cooked or about to boom. The conversation heats up as the crew debates how much of Glasswing is marketing versus genuine emergency, whether offensive and defensive AI use can coexist responsibly, and what all of this means for critical infrastructure, supply chains, and the warfighter. Katie closes with a bold call for universal basic income funded by AI productivity — and if that doesn’t make you hit play, nothing will.

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Links:

Project Glasswing (Anthropic):

https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing

Luta Security:

https://www.lutasecurity.com

Hack the Pentagon (USDS):

https://www.usds.gov/projects/hack-the-pentagon

Katie Moussouris - "Fixing a Hole: The Labor Market for Bugs" (MIT Press):

https://direct.mit.edu/books/edited-volume/3582/chapter-abstract/120140/

Obligatory XKCD

https://xkcd.com/2347/

Kyle Kills Databases Apr 06, 2026

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle dive into two cautionary tales from Kyle’s AI-powered workflow — one where he spent $70 proving that AI detection tools are fundamentally broken, and another where he nearly lost his entire CRM database to a vibe-coded update gone wrong. Kyle walks through his process of writing a Marine Corps Gazette article using AI as a drafting assistant, only to have two leading detection tools flag it as “100% AI” three times in a row — sparking a broader debate about whether “did AI write this?” is even the right question to ask. Then things get real when Kyle discovers his customer database has been wiped by a bad code push, blindly trusts AI’s hallucinated diagnosis, and burns three and a half hours chasing ghosts before realizing the data was there all along. It’s a masterclass in why human-in-the-loop verification matters, why the basics like backups still apply in the age of vibe coding, and why tokens are cheap but trust is expensive.

Links:

AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference

https://a.co/d/09aSZxzu

Vibe Coding: Building Production-Grade Software with GenAI, Chat, Agents, and Beyond
https://a.co/d/0j6Uj0K5

Gen AI Conference Mar 24, 2026

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle break down the recent “hack” of McKinsey’s internal AI platform Lilly — where a security startup’s automated agent gained full root access through unsecured API endpoints in under two hours — sparking a lively debate on what actually constitutes a hack and why zero trust architecture still matters more than ever. The crew covers exciting new GenAI.mil features including Agent Builder and API key access, Anthropic’s upgrade of Claude Code’s context window from 200K to a million tokens, and what context rot means for power users. Kyle then delivers a fired-up debrief from the USMC Generative AI Workshop at Quantico, where Marines from across the Corps showcased everything from AI-powered recruiting simulations to homegrown tools, and the hosts challenge listeners to start building MOS-specific prompt libraries to multiply impact across the force. If you want a masterclass in both the promise and the pitfalls of AI adoption in the military, this one’s packed from start to finish.

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Links:

MCKINSEY HACKhttps://www.inc.com/leila-sheridan/an-ai-agent-broke-into-mckinseys-internal-chatbot-and-accessed-millions-of-records-in-just-2-hours/91314432

WHAT IS AN API?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API

WHAT IS BOLA?https://owasp.org/www-project-web-security-testing-guide/latest/4-Web_Application_Security_Testing/12-API_Testing/02-API_Broken_Object_Level_Authorization

OBLIGATORY XKCD:

https://xkcd.com/327/

Every Marine an AI Rifleman Mar 04, 2026

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle dive into a passionate debate about why the military needs to stop relying on a single "AI guy" in every unit and instead adopt an "every Marine an AI rifleman" mentality — training all service members in AI fundamentals the same way every Marine learns basic marksmanship. Kyle breaks down what AI "marksmanship" actually looks like (spoiler: it's way more approachable than you think, and it doesn't require a data science degree), while Rich draws on his experience driving an AI-enabled vehicle to illustrate what real human-machine teaming feels like in practice. The crew also unpacks a recent Claude Code "vulnerability" headline that turns out to be more about prompt injection basics than a true sky-is-falling flaw, and they geek out over Claude Code's new Remote Control feature that lets developers manage coding sessions from their phone while out grabbing groceries. Whether you're a senior leader wondering how to roll out AI training or a Lance Corporal curious about where to start, this one's packed with practical takes and a few great book recommendations to get you moving.

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Links:

Claude Remote Code:

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/claude-code-flaws-allow-remote-code.html

Claude Remote Control:

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/remote-control

GenAI.mil:
https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4376420/war-department-launches-ai-acceleration-strategy-to-secure-american-military-ai/

Clawd & Order: AI in the Wild Feb 12, 2026

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle break down the rapidly evolving world of agentic artificial intelligence through the story of Clawd—also known as Molt and now OpenClaw. They explain what AI agents are, how tools like Claude Code and full-system agents are changing the way humans interact with machines, and why this shift is both powerful and potentially risky. The hosts explore real-world implications ranging from productivity and security to misinformation, open-source automation, and the viral “AI-only social network” phenomenon. They also reflect on the broader impact of human-machine teaming, discussing how leadership, communication, and creativity will shape the future of technology, cybersecurity, and modern warfighting.

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Links:

Clawdbot: https://www.computerworld.com/article/4125939/by-whatever-name-moltbolt-clawd-openclaw-this-uber-ai-assistant-is-a-security-nightmare.html

Anthropic Economic Index

https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index

Peter Steinberger Website

https://steipete.me/

Moltbookhttps://www.moltbook.com/

ADM Clapperton (ret) Jan 30, 2026

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Rich are joined by special guest Vice Admiral (ret) Craig Clapperton - the former Commander of Navy’s Fleet Cyber Command. They discuss how technical mastery, leadership development, and career progression differ across ranks, and why early-career officers and operators must prioritize deep warfighting competence before broadening into team leadership and enterprise impact. They also explore how to brief and influence senior leaders effectively, integrate kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities, and build trust through competency, character, and integrity in high-stakes cyber and joint operations.

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Current Events to start 2026 Jan 14, 2026

In this episode of the Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle kick off 2026 with a jam-packed current events roundup covering the React to Shell vulnerability (think Log4Shell but for the front end), the Marine Corps' new drone training requirements, Google's TPU announcements that might have NVIDIA sweating, and the launch of GenAI.mil. They also share some exciting podcast milestones, dish out their 2026 predictions, and Kyle reveals his holiday vendetta against PowerPoint that resulted in building his own AI-powered presentation tool.

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Links

Kyle’s “The 8 Levels of AI Learning for Modern Commanders”https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/8-levels-ai-learning-modern-commanders-kyle-kmo-moschetto-mxuyc

ReactShell:

https://securityboulevard.com/2026/01/top-cves-of-december-2025/

TorchTPU:

https://hyperframeresearch.com/2025/12/24/can-googles-torchtpu-eventually-bridge-nvidias-cuda-moat/

WSJ: “Why AI Will Widen the Gap Between Superstars and Everybody Else”https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/ai-workplace-tensions-what-to-do-c45f6b51?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

USMC drone program: https://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/4366306/approved-training-requirements-for-small-unmanned-aerial-systems/

USMC AI WORKSHOP MARADMINhttps://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/4367572/united-states-marines-corps-generative-and-agentic-artificial-intelligence-work/

II MEF Leadership AI:

https://www.iimef.marines.mil/News/article-display/Article/4364616/ii-mef-advanced-ai-command-course/

Self-Paced AI Training (Military discount available)

https://ftcg.io/self-paced-training

Vibe Coding book (Gene Kim and Steve Yegge):

https://itrevolution.com/product/vibe-coding-book/

Gas Town:

https://steve-yegge.medium.com/welcome-to-gas-town-4f25ee16dd04

DC I - General Carter Dec 30, 2025

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest LtGen Jerry Carter, the Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Information. They discuss the evolution of the DCI role, the cultural and organizational challenges of building a cohesive information warfare community, the urgency of adapting faster in cyberspace and AI, and why winning future conflicts requires rethinking how the Marine Corps fights, learns, and innovates in a persistent state of competition.

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Links:

Books mentioned:

-The Kill Chain - https://a.co/d/iWefKB4

-Next War: Reimaginging How We Fight - https://a.co/d/8l0dDqz
-Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War - https://a.co/d/faqu9uZ

Gen Heritage Dec 23, 2025

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest MajGen (ret) Ryan Heritage - the former J3 (Director of Operations) for US Cyber Command, and Commander of Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command.

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Marine Corps AI Nov 13, 2025

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest Capt Chris Clark - the Marine Corps Artificial Intelligence Lead in the Marine Corps Deputy C

Links:

-(USMC Fellowships) https://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/4315247/fy26-artificial-intelligence-fellowship-programs/

-https://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/4325857/update-to-maradmin-46025-fy26-artificial-intelligence-fellowship-programs/

-(Private Sector Solutions) https://www.anduril.com/article/anduril-s-eagleeye-puts-mommandant for Information Service Data Office to discuss Marine Corps AI. Have a listen, and let us know what you think!

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ission-command-and-ai-directly-into-the-warfighter-s-helmet/

-(Inference at the Edge) https://research.ibm.com/blog/northpole-ibm-ai-chip

Kurzgesagt video on AI Slop AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet

Future of Comm Part 3 Nov 07, 2025

In this episode of the Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guests Cols Russ Belt and Kevin Stepp, the II MEF and I MEF G-6s. They continue the discussion started by Col Matt Schroer on Episode 122, and LtCols Berdela and Henderson on Episode 123 about the future of communications formations.

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CSIS Cyber Force Project Oct 24, 2025

In this episode of the Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guests Josh Stiefel and LTG (ret) Edward Cardon, the architects of CSIS’ Cyber Force project.

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Links:

CSIS announcement: https://youtu.be/f-u_P9yp6AI?si=ykRebsVoEtFC3BkP

CSIS 16 Sept panel: https://www.csis.org/events/launch-commission-us-cyber-force-generation

McCrary Institute: Cyber Force, ROI, and the Case for Reform with Ed Cardon & Josh Stiefel

Current events: AI for payments, more vulns Sep 30, 2025

What should leaders take from Brickstorm, a 150-year-old company felled by one password, and an easy Microsoft global-admin misstep—plus how agent-to-agent payments could evolve? In this episode of the Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle connect the dots for you. Have a listen, and let us know what you think!

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-brickstorm-malware-used-to-steal-us-orgs-data-for-over-a-year/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/how-one-bad-password-ended-158-year-old.html?m=1don't forget to join our LinkedIn Group to connect with fellow Phoenix Casters. If you enjoyed the episode, help us out by leaving one of those coveted 5-star reviews on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening!

Links:

https://dirkjanm.io/obtaining-global-admin-in-every-entra-id-tenant-with-actor-tokens/

https://colinmcnamara.com/blog/understanding-a2a-ap2-protocols-builder-guide

Future of Comm Part 2 Sep 12, 2025

Continuing the conversation from Episode 122 with Col Matt Schroer, The Phoenix Cast hosts John, Rich, and Kyle sit down with Glenn Berdela and John Henderson—Commanding Officers of 2d Network Battalion and 8th Communications Battalion—to explore where communications formations are headed next.

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Future of Comm Part 1 Aug 19, 2025

In this episode of the Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest Col Matt Schroer - Enterprise and Expeditionary Communications Branch Head, Deputy Commandant for Information (DC I), Information Command, Control, Communications and Computers (IC4). They discuss the future of Marine Corps communications and some of the work being done to move the Marine Corps enterprise forward.

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Thunderstruck Aug 11, 2025

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest LtCol Brian Kerg - Commanding Officer of Comm Squadron 38 to discuss the basics of a Communications Squadron, and an upcoming competition that MWCS-38 will be having - Thunderstruck. Have a listen, and let us know what you think!

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Links:

ThunderStruck Announcement on LinkedIn: https://rb.gy/19d6y2

ThunderStruck Announcement from ‘Do You Even Comm, Bro?’ on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMVcy-msnoM/?hl=en

MWCS-38 Homepage: https://www.3rdmaw.marines.mil/Units/MACG-38/MWCS-38/

Marine Corps Warfighting Publication 3-20: Aviation Operations https://www.marines.mil/Portals/1/Publications/MCWP%203-20%20Formerly%20MCWP%203-2.pdf?ver=2017-10-11-094942-787

MWCS-38 at Project Convergence Capstone 5: https://defensescoop.com/2025/04/14/marines-accomplish-two-communications-firsts-at-armys-project-convergence/

MWCS-38 Developing the Comm-Sensor Integration Team: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/492346/project-convergence-capstone-5-returns-california-expands-indo-pacific-aor

Marine Corps Aviation Learning Management System (MCALMS): https://mcalms.usmc.mil/

Maneuver Chess: Integrating Think and Fight Drills into Military Training: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2024/november/maneuver-chess-integrating-think-and-fight-drills-military

Internal MWCS-38 Super Squad Competition review on LinkedIn :

https://shorturl.at/6c9Gi

MCP Explainer and GPU Hammer Jul 24, 2025

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle discuss MCP, and MCP vulnerabilities, and GPU Hammer. Have a listen, and let us know what you think!

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Links:

MCP -

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/supercharging-aws-database-development-with-aws-mcp-servers/?sc_channel=sm&sc_campaign=DBA_AWS_for_Data&sc_publisher=LINKEDIN&sc_country=global&sc_geo=GLOBAL&sc_outcome=awareness&sc_category=Amazon%20Q&linkId=835893819

Vulnerabilities -

https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/critical-vulnerability-in-anthropics.html

https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/gpuhammer-new-rowhammer-attack-variant.html

AI 2027 Jun 27, 2025

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle discuss AI 2027. Have a listen, and let us know what you think!

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Links:

https://ai-2027.com/

https://www.perplexity.ai/page/new-research-shows-openai-s-la-l4Sns0ZRR6K7266VFz6HuA

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Alignment_Problem_Machine_Learning_a/Lh_WDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

https://www.nist.gov/caisi

https://fedscoop.com/trump-administration-rebrands-ai-safety-institute-aisi-caisi/

https://www.amazon.com/Alignment-Problem-Machine-Learning-Values/dp/0393635821

https://www.amazon.com/Life-3-0-Being-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1101946598

https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Wave-Technology-Twenty-first-Centurys/dp/0593593952

https://www.amazon.com/Human-Machine-Team-Artificial-Intelligence-Revolutionize/dp/B0948LGS3K

https://www.csis.org/podcasts/ai-policy-podcast

Scary AI May 23, 2025

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest Robert Teller and they talk through some of the scarier sides of AI.

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Quantum Frontiers and Warfighting Apr 18, 2025

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest Capt Dan Choi for the first episode in a series about quantum technologies. Have a listen, and let us know what you think!

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Links:

Videos:

-Introducing: Quantum 101 with Katie Mack | Playlist (Perimeter Institute)

-A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

-Companies, countries battle to develop quantum computers | 60 Minutes

-Majorana 1 Explained: The Path to a Million Qubits

-Understanding Quantum Information & Computation Series Trailer | Playlist (IBM)

-Quantum communication | QuTech Academy

-Secure quantum communication: Safe from hackers

-The Quantum Internet | Stephanie Wehner | TEDxVienna

-Quantum Sensing Explained | SandboxAQ

Books:

-What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics

-Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

Papers:

-Quantum Information Processing, Sensing and Communications: Their Myths, Realities and Futures

-Quantum Technology and the Military-Revolution or Hype?

News/Blogs:
-The Quantum Insider

Even More AI News Mar 28, 2025

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle talk about AI in the news, and some reflections on what it means.

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Links:

Disney employee article:

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/disney-hack-nullbulge-ai-slack-b2705487.html

Cloudflare AI against AI:

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/cloudflare-turns-ai-against-itself-with-endless-maze-of-irrelevant-facts/

Bleeping computer AI training set data article:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nearly-12-000-api-keys-and-passwords-found-in-ai-training-dataset/

Deep Research: Prompting for Garcia Mar 09, 2025

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle talk about deep research. They cover what it is, some use cases, and the output of some prompts.

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Kyle’s Deep Research Video: https://youtu.be/mWThivNH75w

Perplexity 1 - Make an AI FitRep Process

PDF Doc: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IuFm58qRvcP2pS_79f6AiDTOX6xjzB3l/view?usp=sharing

Direct Link:https://www.perplexity.ai/search/i-would-like-to-create-an-ai-p-HMg0s3n9TfKijhKSYfhJxg

Perplexity 2 - Use cases for Marines

PDF Doc: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mh3bXy-P76cGqk1b_bqFomGPCbR5t5up/view?usp=sharing

Direct Link: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/i-run-a-podcast-for-cyber-secu-YP.2kJRNSJmGlbPb6DfsXg

MIU Feb 07, 2025

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest Michael Frank and Jimmy Mastrom from the Marine Innovation Unit. Listen as they discuss the relationship between the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Marine Innovation Unit, how they are supporting Marines, and about innovation in general.

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Links:

Unit X

https://www.amazon.com/Unit-Pentagon-Silicon-Valley-Transforming/dp/1668031388

https://www.marforres.marines.mil/MIU/

https://www.marforres.marines.mil/MIU/Join/Application/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/marine-innovation-unit/posts/?feedView=all

Cyber Trust Mark Reactions Jan 17, 2025

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle discuss the new Cyber Trust Mark.

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Links:

https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/fcc-launches-cyber-trust-mark-for-iot.html

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/07/white-house-launches-u-s-cyber-trust-mark-providing-american-consumers-an-easy-label-to-see-if-connected-devices-are-cybersecure/

Army CIO Dec 20, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest Leonel Garciga, CIO of the Army. They discuss what a CIO does, how to serve as a principle advisor to a service secretary, and some thoughts on DEVOPS.

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Links:

Mr Garciga bio: https://www.cio.gov/about/members-and-leadership/garciga-leonel/

https://defensescoop.com/2024/03/09/army-new-policy-software-development-practices/

https://defensescoop.com/2024/04/22/army-rethinks-approach-ai-enabled-risks-project-linchpin/

Kurzgesagt YouTube video on finding the source of random info:

https://youtu.be/bgo7rm5Maqg?si=Gc6BojRJbIPVfBK8

https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Machine-Origins-Rebellion-Against-ebook/dp/B09N3G2TG9

https://www.amazon.com/Revenge-Tipping-Point-Overstories-Superspreaders/dp/0316575801

What’s next for workloads, SSH concern, and WiFi attack Dec 04, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle discuss some thoughts on where workloads are going, the potential for SSH to leak metadata, and a new WiFi attack.

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Links:

Broadcom / VMware / etc -

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/broadcom_vmware_acquisition_first_anniversary/

VMware on AWS - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/migration-and-modernization/whats-next-for-vmware-workloads-on-aws/

SSH keystroke bypass - https://crzphil.github.io/posts/ssh-obfuscation-bypass/

WiFi Attack -

https://www.wired.com/story/russia-gru-apt28-wifi-daisy-chain-breach/

MC Birthday, DORA State of DEVOPS, and much more Nov 15, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle discuss excitement around the Marine Corps birthday, a graphic novel from Gene Kim, DORA’s DEVOPS report, Google joining JWCC, a podcast with Gen Nakasone, and some announcements from OpenAI.

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Links:

Marine Corps Birthday: https://www.cmc.marines.mil/Birthday/

Phoenix Proejct Graphic novel: https://a.co/d/5pDZdip

Origional Phoenix Project: https://a.co/d/a2Bapd3

Unicorn Project: https://a.co/d/cd4dwgn

DORA DEVOPS: https://dora.dev/

Google joins JWCC: https://breakingdefense.com/2024/10/full-house-google-to-be-final-jwcc-partner-authorized-for-secret-level-cloud-work-in-2025/

Nakasone on mic drop: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/180-mic-drop-exclusive-gen-nakasone-says-reports-about/id1225077306?i=1000675737757

OpenAI buys chat.com

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/06/openai-acquired-chat-com/

OpenAI websearch

https://openai.com/index/searchgpt-prototype/

AI, Cyber Power, and Spying on Internet Traffic Oct 30, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle discuss some recent articles on AI, cyber power, and widespread spying on the internet.

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Links:

https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-unveils-experimental-swarm-framework-igniting-debate-on-ai-driven-automation/

https://github.com/openai/swarm

https://www.politico.com/sponsor-content/2024/09/11/chinas-strategy-to-annex-taiwan-is-more-about-cyber-power-than-firepower

https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/the-chinese-hackers-spying-on-us-internet-traffic/65f72237-a374-41da-907a-3dcaa9abbd55

Pagers/Radios, CISA white hot take & Spotlight on Multinational Tech Collab Oct 08, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle discuss exploding pagers, CISA’s hot take, and international collaboration.

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Links:

BBC pager article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz04m913m49o

NPR pager article:

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/g-s1-23812/lebanon-israel-exploding-pagers-hezbollah-international-law. Points of Interest: 1. One particular focus is Article 7(2) of the Amended Protocol II of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, which was added to an international law focused on the use of conventional weapons in 1996. Both Israel and Lebanon have agreed to it; 2. It prohibits the use of booby traps or "objects that civilians are likely to be attracted to or are associated with normal civilian daily use;" 3. "U.S. Defense Department also references that same article from those amended 1996 protocols in its own "Law of War Manual," with an oft-cited example of communications headsets that Italian military units booby-trapped with explosives after retreating during World War II.

CISA: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/20/cisa_software_cybercrime_villains/

AUKUS EW challenge article:

https://defensescoop.com/2024/09/26/aukus-inaugural-electronic-warfare-challenge-winners/

The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West

https://a.co/d/cqH7Nns

PIXHELL RAMBO No Such Podcast and Tech Regulation Sep 23, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich and Kyle discuss some interesting EXFIL potentials presented by security researchers, a surprising new podcast, and some new technology regulation.

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Links:

PIXHELL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-pixhell-acoustic-attack-leaks-secrets-from-lcd-screen-noise/

RAMBO:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-rambo-attack-steals-data-using-ram-in-air-gapped-computers/

No such podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-such-podcast/id1763301518

Tech regulation:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/google-and-apple-lose-legal-battles-in-europe-and-now-owe-billions-in-fines-and-back-taxes

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/05/nx-s1-5064624/google-justice-department-antitrust-search

https://www.wired.com/story/european-commission-big-tech-regulation-outlook/

Crowdstrike, PRC tradecraft, Campaign Hack Sep 13, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle talk about the crowdstrike outage, PRC tradecraft, and the hack of a political campaign and the attribution of that hack.

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Links:

Crowdstrike - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/crowdstrike-update-crashes-windows-systems-causes-outages-worldwide/

Kernel access -

https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/22/windows_crowdstrike_kernel_eu/

PRC Tradecraft -

https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/3830375/nsa-joins-in-releasing-case-studies-showing-prc-tradecraft-in-action/

Campaign Hack -

https://apnews.com/article/iran-fbi-trump-intelligence-community-52641cd66412d7c01d73876acab3d989

Attribution -

https://www.stimson.org/2024/advancing-accountability-in-cyberspace/

More Cyber Force Discussion Aug 30, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich and Kyle are joined by …..

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Links:

Irregular Warfare Podcast 1: https://irregularwarfare.org/podcasts/do-we-need-a-cyber-force-part-1-arguments-for-a-seventh-service/#:~:text=This%20episode%20is%20a%20two,recruitment%2C%20training%2C%20and%20retention.

Irregular Warfare Podcast 2:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/irregular-warfare-podcast/id1514636385?i=1000664818586

Dual Hat Article

https://therecord.media/new-review-will-examine-nsa-and-cyber-commands-dual-hat-structure

Posture statement:

https://www.cybercom.mil/Media/News/Article/3739700/posture-statement-of-general-timothy-d-haugh-2024/
WOTR: https://warontherocks.com/2024/07/a-cyber-force-is-not-the-only-solution/

Subs and Cyber Jul 30, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich and Kyle are joined by CDR Paul Schreiner and they discuss leading a technical force.

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Links:

Essentialism: https://www.amazon.com/Essentialism-Disciplined-Pursuit-Greg-McKeown/dp/0753555166

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: https://www.amazon.com/Subtle-Art-Not-Giving-Counterintuitive/dp/B01I29Y344/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3JR53SRUD6QJ3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.98Ga1R6dC37EmS5v-Mai-Ay9ntrk9WkoqQSmsHS2MBHc2khPCBREv43lou1ZsLrHM1FMx0ao-g_rnOlwTAJtpveYy_gtu0WyU8nGN9OeWVG50dFRSqhyxf-Bwh_cf0bltLodUmLiJVQTJYAN00DfjVPYn6ainryhpo8rsWCjWja6quHEc5BRoH9-GH7XM5DsSEb8UeEIUL9ADPeKFAwCYzzfA4b0YxaV7FGG9Kmpi8A.-8_IySYWg-wm7EDN3hP3zwQqbPzpaTdGsL_M15yUs1Y&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+subtle+art+of+not+giving+a+fck&qid=1722255188&s=books&sprefix=the+subtle+%2Cstripbooks%2C104&sr=1-2

Force Design Unleashed: USMC's CJADC2 Jul 15, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest Thomas “TJ” Johnson, Chief Scientist for Project Dynamis and the MAGTF C2 MVP from MCTSSA.

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DISARM with Dr Pablo Breuer Jul 12, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich and Kyle are joined by Dr Pablo Breuer and they discuss the DISARM framework.

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Links:

DISARM website - https://www.disarm.foundation/framework

BlackHat talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trxzyEfG8cY&t=6s&pp=ygUVYmxhY2toYXQgcGFibG8gYnJldWVy

STIX/TAXI - https://www.first.org/resources/papers/munich2016/wunder-stix-taxii-Overview.pdf

Trust me I’m Lying - https://www.amazon.com/Trust-Me-Lying-Confessions-Manipulator/dp/1591846285

LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media

https://www.amazon.com/LikeWar-Weaponization-P-W-Singer/dp/1328695743

How to Lose the information War: Nina Jankowicz

https://a.co/d/08YE6l6U

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark: Carl Sagan

https://a.co/d/01C7dhRb

Microsoft Recall, GEN Nakasone (ret), NDAA cyber study Jul 08, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle talk through some interesting news of note around AI enabled screenshots, what GEN Nakasone is doing in retirement, and a cyber force study potentially being included in the NDAA.

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Links:

Recall - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-recall-ai-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/

Nakasone -

https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2024/05/08/gen-paul-nakasone-named-founding-director-of-institute-for-national-defense-and-global-security/

https://openai.com/index/openai-appoints-retired-us-army-general/

NDAA -

https://defensescoop.com/2024/06/14/assessment-independent-cyber-force-passes-house-senate-defense-committee/

https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/cyber-force-on-hold

Real Actual AI Jun 05, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by fellow Marine and special guest Dan Tadross, Scale AI’s Head of Federal Delivery, as they talk about an AI product for military planners available NOW.

Tune in to hear how Dan used software to improve deck cycles, the G-BOSS system, and then directed his passion for AI to Donovan. Want to know what Donovan is? Have a listen and find out.

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Links:

WOTR - https://warontherocks.com/2023/04/how-large-language-models-can-revolutionize-military-planning/

https://www.duffelblog.com/p/chatgpt-not-allowed-to-learn-mdmp-majors-remain-relevant-for-now

https://scale.com/

Craig Clarkson - MCTSSA CO May 17, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest Col Craig Clarkson, the Commanding Officer of MCTSSA, and they talk about leading technical teams, what MCTSSA is up to lately, and his call to action.

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Links:

Amazon leadership principles: https://www.amazon.jobs/content/en/our-workplace/leadership-principles

The Rise of Cyber-Physical Systems:

https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2023/11/the-rise-of-cyber-physical-systems

Liminal Warfare and Conceptual Envelopment:
https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/liminal-and-conceptual-envelopment-warfare-age-dragons

Anthony Crain Apr 26, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest Anthony Crain and they talk about teaching/coaching, Agile and DEVOPS, and if AI is promising or concerning for project management professionals.

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Links:

Pocket Coach Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@pocketcoach5606

John’s Post Comparing Agile with USMC doctrine:

https://www.unadulteratednerdery.com/2021/12/21/agile-isnt-transformative-its-doctrine/

Elevate book: https://www.audible.com/pd/Elevate-Audiobook/B072N67MB2?source_code=GPAGBSH0508140001&ipRedirectOverride=true&gclid=CjwKCAjw5v2wBhBrEiwAXDDoJYnbAFRh0uf0vPetjsTUNCuf4nlopK2JvvZ3F3kARHglMo2QEjf4bRoCU4sQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Anthony Video on Time Boxing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h89xbVbas_c

FDD Cyber Force Discussion Apr 12, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle discuss the FDD document recommending a cyber force.

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Links:

Report: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/03/25/united-states-cyber-force/#easy-footnote-bottom-16-229141

https://www.crowdstrike.com/cybersecurity-101/living-off-the-land-attacks-lotl/

https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/identifying-and-mitigating-living-land-techniques

Video discussion: https://www.fdd.org/events/2024/03/25/exploring-the-potential-of-a-us-cyber-force/

Chat with Tim Gramp Mar 15, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest Tim Gramp - USMC Chief Engineer - and DC SEAL. Tim is the first SES to join the cast, and they discuss what an SES is, the best way to leverage the civilian workforce, and what the STRL designation MCTSSA received means to the warfighter.

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Links:

-https://www.marcorsyscom.marines.mil/Leadership/Leadership-View/Article/3033657/mr-timothy-m-gramp/

-https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/3657402/mctssa-designated-corps-first-strl-accelerating-force-modernization/

-https://rt.cto.mil/ddre-rt/dd-rtl/strl/

-https://news.usni.org/2024/03/04/marines-accelerating-new-technology-fielding-to-the-fleet

-https://lexfridman.com/podcast/

-https://www.acquired.fm/
-https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Fourth-Turning-Is-Here/Neil-Howe/9781982173739

Wireshark, Leaked Hacking Tools, Freaking out about Google Feb 29, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle discuss some recents events in the news - banning Wireshark, the alleged leak of hacking tools, and Kyle finishes by providing some perspective on how Google sunsets projects.

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Links:

Wireshark website (donate here): https://www.wireshark.org/

SharkFest: https://sharkfest.wireshark.org/

Hacking tool leak: https://cybernews.com/news/github-leak-exposes-chinese-cyber-ops/

Lockbit:

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68344987 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrest-lockbit-ransomware-members-release-decryptor-in-global-crackdown/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/lockbit-hackers-swagger-display-after-police-leak-identities-online-2024-02-20/

Single, double, triple, quadruple extortion - https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/ransomware-double-extortion-and-beyond-revil-clop-and-conti

From the Coast to the Clouds Feb 16, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest Jonathan White and they talk about the Coast Guard’s cloud journey.

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Links:

Coast Guard is Hiring!

https://www.gocoastguard.com/

Learn more about the Coast Guard
https://www.uscg.mil

Return of the Carl Jan 26, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are re-joined by special guest Olivia Garard. Turns out man moons ago Clausewitz checked out some art, and it got him thinking. Olivia translated those thoughts, and we talk about it.

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Links:

https://classicsofstrategy.com/2023/09/27/clausewitzs-artikel-on-art-an-introduction/

https://classicsofstrategy.com/2023/09/28/on-art-and-the-theory-of-art/

Pearly gates of cyberspace

https://www.amazon.com/Pearly-Gates-Cyberspace-History-Internet/dp/0393320537/ref=asc_df_0393320537/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=658836661081&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13760603136521005999&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007880&hvtargid=pla-1297315372681&psc=1

Youtube art of coding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6avJHaC3C2U

US DoD Strategy for Operations in the Information Environment
https://media.defense.gov/2023/Nov/17/2003342901/-1/-1/1/2023-DEPARTMENT-OF-DEFENSE-STRATEGY-FOR-OPERATIONS-IN-THE-INFORMATION-ENVIRONMENT.PDF

Kyle Tinkers with AI Programming Jan 22, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Rich, listen as Kyle talks through his journey of using low code / no code and AI enabled tools to solve a problem he came across.

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Links:

Kyle’s Google Doc: Generative AI Learning for RAG & ChatBot applications

https://pro.academind.com/

https://cursor.sh/

Chat with Jason Passwaters and Mike DeBolt Jan 12, 2024

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle welcome special guests Jason Passwaters and Mike DeBolt for a talk on the commercial intelligence space.

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Links:

Intel 471 - https://intel471.com/

Cyber Underground Handbook - https://intel471.com/resources/cyber-underground-handbook

General Intelligence Handbook YouTube Series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLayAdMfJunBDSXjSWkG4mHQaxDBdIRhDK

Cyber HUMINT - https://intel471.com/blog/gaining-the-intelligence-advantage-with-cyber-humint-part-one

The Holiday Episode Dec 31, 2023

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle discuss a couple of current events and reflect on the year and what they are thankful for.

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Links:

Ukraine:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67691222

PacketPushers:

https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs060-power-micro-generation-for-data-center/

DHH stuff:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7142965560153104384/

https://world.hey.com/dhh/we-have-left-the-cloud-251760fb

https://world.hey.com/dhh/the-big-cloud-exit-faq-20274010

Current Events Around AI Dec 11, 2023

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle discuss current events, with a focus on a slew of AI topics.

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Links:

A couple of Podcasts to Listen to:

https://podcasts.google.com?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmV5ZW9uYWkubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M%3D&episode=ZTM5OTVkZjUtZWNhMi00ODQ4LTkwN2ItYTBmNmQ5YWFjZmFh

https://podcasts.google.com?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS81NG5BR2NJbA%3D%3D&episode=NmU5MGJhZDctNDgwZi00OTc0LTkyZjgtZDRlNzY1MjBiNDNj

Articles we discuss:

https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-altmans-ouster-openai-was-precipitated-by-letter-board-about-ai-breakthrough-2023-11-22/

https://openai.com/blog/introducing-gpts

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/25/how-crisis-openai-sam-altman-unfolded#:~:text=And%20a%20major%20event%20in,the%20alleged%20breaches%20of%20trust.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/11/21/23971765/openai-sam-altman-microsoft

https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/CSET-Decoding-Intentions.pdf

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-takes-chip-business-revenue-crown-from-tsmc

https://youtu.be/3d0kk88IE8c?si=mbkXS_Vw5ZZStyO4

TAK Nov 22, 2023

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich and Kyle are joined by special guests Ryan Mclean and Maj Steve Magee to discuss all things TAK.

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Links:

A seat at the table (book) - https://www.amazon.com/A-Seat-at-Table-Mark-Schwartz-audiobook/dp/B0767H9ZMM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1NT0IPPB1XDVF&keywords=a+seat+at+the+table&qid=1695399655&sprefix=a+seat+at+the+table%2Caps%2C1032&sr=8-1

TAK website - https://tak.gov/

YouTube: https://youtu.be/H8L239kQnqU?si=zoVJwnhTyV-IJe8_

MCCOG with Col Eovito Oct 27, 2023

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich and Kyle are joined by special guest Col Bryan Eovito to discuss the latest with the Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Group.

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Links:

House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Sub-committee for Cyberspace, Innovative Technology, and Information Systems (CITI) Hearing on the DoD Replicator Program:

-https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings/citi-hearing-can-it-work-outside-perspectives-dods-replicator-program

DoD Replicator Program:

-https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/3507156/deputy-secretary-of-defense-kathleen-hicks-keynote-address-the-urgency-to-innov/

-https://warontherocks.com/2023/09/scaling-the-future-how-replicator-aims-to-fast-track-u-s-defense-capabilities/

MoveIT, Looney Tunables, iPhone zero days, state of DEVOPS Oct 13, 2023

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle discuss a trio of terrible items from the news. They also discuss Google’s state of DEVOPS report.

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Links:

Looney Tunables -

https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2023/10/03/cve-2023-4911-looney-tunables-local-privilege-escalation-in-the-glibcs-ld-so

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/exploits-released-for-linux-flaw-giving-root-on-major-distros/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ

https://hackaday.com/2023/10/06/this-week-in-security-looney-tunables-not-a-0-day-and-curl-warning/

MoveIt - https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/25/moveit-mass-hack-by-the-numbers/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKI26YxLOJ3LtfPNiJcdBP7BjU5pY0NLPt_rZ1BSmhkA67JuGSVuYD5tuhnZTBdr6h-hdVsmq97cSlvBy-cClsH8C5uTJ5sLvcl9QDYYhdFqMu_8FDx4wLMOKUb7ixUEF2kg6NXDtajrK38ERHg4zm487zavIDNsKJrbDr4h-fGE

https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/financial-firms-breached-in-moveit-cyberattacks-now-face-lawsuits

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-moveit-hack-and-what-it-taught-us-about-application-security/

https://www.progress.com/moveit

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sony-confirms-data-breach-impacting-thousands-in-the-us/

Apple Zero Days:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-emergency-update-fixes-new-zero-day-used-to-hack-iphones/?fbclid=IwAR1V3v3W0kJslsY59ayfrB0UswUzpE9bP0ARmlp1VDLDjx2po4WDUoKuGWs_aem_AVWQ2hLENrbnURcSsKrImQS79tU85DLt59xWTfeGF7ByyJ61n4Nt8jnosltfbzscecE&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102657#:~:text=Mac%3A%20Choose%20Apple%20menu%20%EF%A3%BF,system%20files%22%20is%20turned%20on.

State of DevOps Report:

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/devops-sre/announcing-the-2023-state-of-devops-report

Industrial DevOps:

https://itrevolution.com/product/industrial-devops-book/

National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence:

https://www.nscai.gov/

2DMARDIV RXR and C2 Oct 06, 2023

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest Maj Mike Holdridge to discuss the finer art of integration. How he used it during some of 2DMARDIV’s Recon / Counter Recon (RXR) Command and Control efforts, how it is important when working with other services, and much more!

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Links:

Cuomo cast - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0NnW7mGPejy7ShiaTTPC0b

So good they can’t ignore you (book) - https://www.amazon.com/So-Good-They-Cant-Ignore-You-audiobook/dp/B009CMO8JQ/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=580766089613&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9007853&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=14511546083734599107&hvtargid=kwd-329614426959&hydadcr=21909_13324147&keywords=so+good+they+can+t+ignore+you&qid=1695265691&sr=8-1

Range (book) - https://www.amazon.com/Range-David-Epstein-audiobook/dp/B07N6MPWLS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=U5ABOFOL3FNF&keywords=range&qid=1695265723&s=audible&sprefix=range%2Caudible%2C68&sr=1-1

Cyber Fires Sep 15, 2023

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guests Jack Schweitzer and Col Jake Portaro to discuss the cyber fires process and the relation to targeting.

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DEVOPS Explainer Sep 01, 2023

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle talk about the basics of DEVOPS and provide some examples of military applicability.

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Current Events Aug 11, 2023

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle discuss a slew of articles of interest and current events worthy of your consideration. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. Links: Solarwinds: https://www.wired.com/story/the-untold-story-of-solarwinds-the-boldest-supply-chain-hack-ever/ New domains: https://blog.google/products/registry/8-new-top-level-domains-for-dads-grads-tech/ https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/13fsvl5/the_zip_tld_sucks_and_it_needs_to_be_immediately/jjxivcp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Zenbleed: https://cybersecuritynews.com/aws-zenbleed-attacks/ GameOver(lay): https://thehackernews.com/2023/07/gameoverlay-two-severe-linux.html?_m=3n%2e009a%2e3107%2eit0ao0egkj%2e23bw&m=1 PyPI: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pypi-temporarily-pauses-new-users-projects-amid-high-volume-of-malware/ China LoL: https://media.defense.gov/2023/May/24/2003229517/-1/-1/0/CSA_Living_off_the_Land.PDF Microsoft Exchange365 Breach: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/07/14/analysis-of-storm-0558-techniques-for-unauthorized-email-access/ Defender IOT: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-previews-defender-for-iot-firmware-analysis-service/?fbclid=IwAR08GUK_CxMY_EhsZi2EwNl3zlgolHan2-rkV11UVyEeEeZyH41E5SgI_7I_aem_AaGJSY9KfdRFYfMcsXu--32Np4pCTG2HQvRcuJJZr9U2zAxczEjsP3Vtugm8lN6Sptc&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Expeditionary Communications Course Jul 28, 2023

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guests CWO Daniel Belew and Maj Toby Pope to talk about the Expeditionary Communications Course. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts.

MCTSSA Fleet Support Jul 14, 2023

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guests Rick Bobst and TJ Johnson from Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity. They discuss Warfighter Support Division and some interesting initiatives they are working on. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix and be sure to follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. Links: What is a Panasonic Toughbook? Force Design 2030

Cyber Legal Jun 09, 2023

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. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. 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/

War-Winning Software May 26, 2023

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. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. 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

Reaction Cast: Universal LLM Jailbreak May 08, 2023

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. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. 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

Charlie and the Software Factory Apr 14, 2023

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

GitHub Private Key Exposure, Ukraine, Better help privacy Apr 06, 2023

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. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. 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

Project DYNAMIS and the Future for Comm Mar 29, 2023

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. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. 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

Marine Corps Software Factory announcement Mar 10, 2023

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. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. Links: https://www.hqmc.marines.mil/mcswf

VMware vuln, Twitter makes SMS Premium Feb 24, 2023

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. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. 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

Comm Battalion Commanders Feb 10, 2023

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. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts.

ChatGPT, DoD Cloud Contract, Google Management Traits? Jan 13, 2023

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle discuss the award of Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability and ChatGPT. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. 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/

On Tactics, On Operations Dec 30, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest Brett Friedman and the team talks about tactics, whether or not the operational level of war exists, and even a bit of force design. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. Links: https://www.usni.org/press/books/tactics https://www.usni.org/press/books/operations https://www.amazon.com/American-Way-War-Military-Strategy/dp/025328029X https://www.amazon.com/21st-Century-Ellis-Operational-Strategic/dp/1612518079/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=21st+century+ellis&qid=1671484665&s=books&sprefix=21st+century+ellis%2Cstripbooks%2C115&sr=1-1 https://press.armywarcollege.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1619&context=monographs

Return of Clausewitz Dec 09, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are re-joined by special guest Olivia Garard and they talk Clausewitz and the Defense. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. Links: https://mwi.usma.edu/some-clausewitzian-thoughts-on-the-ukrainian-defense/

Multi-domain C2 operations Dec 02, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest Col Jeremy Winters, and they discuss all things Marine Air Control Group. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9gTAjbiQEM&ab_channel=MarineCorpsRecruiting https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Chain-Defending-America-High-Tech/dp/B086KQC2H2/ https://www.amazon.com/Limitless-Upgrade-Anything-Faster-Exceptional/dp/B086WPC14V/ https://www.amazon.com/Three-Dangerous-Men-Irregular-Warfare/dp/B095J93H5C/ https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-James-Kerr-audiobook/dp/B00FK500ZK/ https://www.themiloffice.com/

Mobile Forensics Nov 11, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest Jessica Hyde, and they discuss all things Mobile Forensics. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. Links: https://www.hexordia.com/ https://dfirdiva.com/ https://thisweekin4n6.com/ https://www.13cubed.com/ https://aboutdfir.com/a-beginners-guide-to-the-digital-forensics-discord-server/ https://cyberdefenders.org/blueteam-ctf-challenges/ https://www.youtube.com/c/DFIRScience https://dfir.pubpub.org/pub/inkjsqrh/release/2 https://www.swgde.org/documents/published-complete-listing https://www.giac.org/podcasts/trust-me-im-certified/power-of-mind-over-matter-with-jessica-hyde/

Digital Transformation, Software Dev and Factories, and VMware Tanzu Oct 31, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest Aaron Swain. They discuss what a Director of Digital Transformation does, software factories/software development, and the state of the software within the DoD. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts.

Exchange Vuln and Meetings Oct 11, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle discuss an exchange vulnerability and some thoughts on meetings - when to have them, what we need to fix, and even a tie into doctrine and planning. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. Links: Exchange vuln: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-confirms-new-exchange-zero-days-are-used-in-attacks/ Adam Grant (tweet): https://twitter.com/adammgrant/status/1575919115621249025?s=46&t=3ssUn0PdP9nZeSGThMitSg Bloomberg Article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-26/are-meetings-a-waste-of-time-pointless-plans-cost-big-companies-100m Book: The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why https://a.co/d/eaMtKZk

BYOD for the Marine Corps? Sep 07, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest Col Brian Russell and we discuss whether BYOD is the right thing for the Marine Corps. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. Links: Fedscoop article on BYOD: https://www.fedscoop.com/army-to-kick-off-bring-your-own-device-byod-pilot-in-coming-weeks/ Brian’s article for the MCA: https://mca-marines.org/blog/2022/07/12/before-firing-a-shot-operations-in-the-information-environment-in-the-marine-corps/ NIST 800-207: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-207/final CrowdStrike’s Zero Trust overview: https://www.crowdstrike.com/cybersecurity-101/zero-trust-security/ Google BeyondCorp: https://cloud.google.com/beyondcorp Okta’s BeyondCorp Website: https://beyondcorp.com

Password Manager hack Sep 02, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle talk through a recent password manager hack, accessing air gapped data through LEDs, and NDAA language around vulnerabilities. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts. Links: Bloomberg article about LastPass: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-25/the-world-s-most-popular-password-manager-says-it-was-hacked Air gapped computers hacked through switch/network card LED lights: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/etherled-air-gapped-systems-leak-data-via-network-card-leds/?fbclid=IwAR0KzowuUfZ_V5yKfcuwEmhn7DrcsasMQf8YHCbrtj6FjqXOy14iecjXsq8 NDAA: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7900/text Sect 6722

FD2030, RXR, and the role of Comm/Cyber/Intel Aug 29, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest LtCol Scott Cuomo and the team talks about Force Design 2030, Recon/Counter-Recon, and what experience Scott has experimenting with the concepts, and his recommendations for Comm / Intel / and Cyber Marines.

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Links:

WoTR podcast with MGen Donovan:

https://warontherocks.com/2022/08/the-task-force-at-the-bleeding-edge-of-the-marine-corps/

Scott’s critique of Owen West’s article:

https://warontherocks.com/2022/07/on-the-ground-truth-and-force-design-2030-reconciliation-a-way-forward/

FD2030 articles:

https://mca-marines.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Case-for-Change.pdf

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/journals/military-review/online-exclusive/2021-ole/berger-future/

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2022/april/stand-forces-adapt-or-perish

https://warontherocks.com/2020/05/getting-the-context-of-marine-corps-reform-right/

https://mca-marines.org/wp-content/uploads/Not-Yet-Openly-at-War-But-Still-Mostly-at-Peace.pdf

Strategic Advantage Depends on Cyber Vulnerabilities of Weapon Systems Article Aug 19, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle discuss an article about strategic advantage and how the authors of the article feel cyber contributes (or fails to contribute).

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Links:

Hill Article: https://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/3591153-us-strategic-advantage-depends-upon-addressing-cybersecurity-vulnerabilities-of-weapon-systems/amp/

BGen Jay Matos Aug 12, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest BGen Jay Matos and talk Task Force NetMod, the direction of the 06XX MOS, and what software development will look like in the Marine Corps.

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Links:

JADC2-https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/2972369/jadc2-implementation-plan-finalized-signed-by-defense-leadership/

JWCC-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Enterprise_Defense_Infrastructure

Thunderdome-https://www.fedscoop.com/disa-setting-direction-for-thunderdome-cybersecurity-initiative/

Army Software Factory-https://www.fedscoop.com/marines-to-embed-at-army-software-factory%EF%BF%BC/

MCDP 8-https://www.marines.mil/News/Publications/MCPEL/Electronic-Library-Display/Article/3077947/mcdp-8-information/

PyPI Jul 15, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle talk through PyPI announcing they were rolling out 2FA for critical repos and some of the fallout as a result of this decision.

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Links:

Snark: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snark

PyPI article: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pypi-mandates-2fa-for-critical-projects-developer-pushes-back/?fbclid=IwAR1miz9zGORelshF19IwWZ_GdGClAMCOdvXlDBfXiVwVzWKuHYcwZCkHKPE&fs=e&s=cl

Ethical hacking gone wrong: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-says-hijacking-libraries-stealing-aws-keys-was-ethical-research/

Space Force Jun 13, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle talk about all things Space Force with special guest Erika Teichert.

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Links:

“Aliens” Space Marines getting ready: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j3wJqvesDc
Interesting Videos on Space Debris/Junk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeQnv_IWttw and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS1ibDImAYU )
https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/2961417/marine-corps-establishes-17xx-information-maneuver-occupational-field/
Joint Publication 2-01.1 - Joint Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Intelligence Support to Targeting (https://irp.fas.org/doddir/dod/jp2_01_1.pdf )

Web 3.0 Security, Passwordless login, iPhone offline hack May 27, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle talk about some current event type of things. Have a listen to hear about an angry admin getting 7 years in prison, a passwordless movement, security implications of web 3.0, and an iPhone hack that works when your phone is powered off.

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Links:

Passwordless:

https://developers.google.com/identity/fido

https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html

Quick Reaction: Lapsus$ Ronin and Atlassian May 06, 2022

Show notes

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle talk about a pair of recent hacks and some SaaS downtime.

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Links:

-https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/04/leaked-chats-show-lapsus-stole-t-mobile-source-code/

-https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/a-closer-look-at-the-lapsus-data-extortion-group/

-https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/03/22/dev-0537-criminal-actor-targeting-organizations-for-data-exfiltration-and-destruction/

-https://www.wired.com/story/okta-hack-microsoft-bing-code-leak-lapsus/

-https://fortune.com/2022/03/24/mastermind-lapsus-microsoft-nvidia-okta-hack-16-year-old-living-mom/

-https://gizmodo.com/lapsus-hackers-are-stealing-microsoft-samsung-okta-d-1848687645

-https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/scoop-atlassian?s=r

CSSP and the “Basics” of what the 06XX Community provides Apr 22, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle welcome two special guests - a pair of CWOs - Jon Cole and Rob Mawson. Adding to the conversation started in Episode 51 - DCO-IDM, the team talks about the role of the 06XX community in cybersecurity, and what the roles of the 0630 and 0670 Chief Warrant Officers.

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Links:

https://terminallance.com/2013/01/18/terminal-lance-245-myths-and-legends-v/

Cyber Manpower Management Apr 04, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle talk with MSgt Tim Gastonguay - the enlisted monitor for the 17XX MOS. The team talks assignments, recommendations for interacting with your monitor, and some general information for the cyberspace MOS.

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Links:

-https://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/2958811/establishment-of-the-information-maneuver-1700-occupational-field/

https://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/2978720/talent-management-strategy-group/

-https://www.amazon.com/Talent-War-Special-Operations-Organizations-ebook/dp/B08GFG5C53

-https://www.marines.mil/News/Publications/MCPEL/Electronic-Library-Display/Article/900339/mco-13008-ch-1/

https://www.marines.mil/Portals/1/MCO%201300.8.pdf

-https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Hypothesis-Finding-Modern-Ancient/dp/0465028020

Conti and Current Events Mar 14, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle talk about a series of cyber issues around current events. They discuss the Conti leaks, Anonymous announcing war via tweet, and ICANN responding to a de-listing request.

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Links:

Conti: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/conti-ransomware-group-diaries-part-iii-weaponry/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conti_(ransomware)

https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa21-265a

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/conti-cybergang-gloated-when-leaking-victims-data-now-the-tables-are-turned/

Anon:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/27/anonymous-the-hacker-collective-that-has-declared-cyberwar-on-russia

https://www.engadget.com/apple-tv-plus-severance-trailer-213716350.html

Kilkullen accidental guerilla

https://www.amazon.com/Man-Without-Face-Unlikely-Vladimir/dp/1594486514

ICANN: https://www.engadget.com/icann-says-it-wont-kick-russia-off-the-internet-212332356.html

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/icann-wont-revoke-russian-internet-domains-says-effect-would-be-devastating/

UBA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaaDLcC0ahM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoS9_Mr_K2E

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Accidental_Guerrilla/

DCO-IDM Companies Mar 11, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle welcome special guests Maj Kris Drake and Lt Trevor Barrow to talk about DCO-IDM. What is it, how does it work? What does this acronym even stand for? All this and more are available for your listening pleasure!

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CISA's Warning and Ukraine Feb 25, 2022

In this quick take episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle discuss a warning from CISA. Does the warning deviate from what we have covered on previous casts, or reinforce what we have been saying from the beginning? What is different about this? Do uniformed developers bring something special to the table? If we decide to take on more uniformed developers, how do we train them? Retain them? Have a listen to get this and more.

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Links:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/cisa-warns-upgrade-your-cybersecurity-now-to-defend-against-potential-critical-threats/

To Dev or not to Dev Feb 14, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle talk with special guest Maj Erik Rye about all things Dev. Do uniformed developers bring something special to the table? If we decide to take on more uniformed developers, how do we train them? Retain them? Have a listen to get this and more.

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Links:

https://www.mitre.org/sites/default/files/publications/pr-19-03715-2-modernizing-dod-requirements-enabling-speed-agility-and-innovation.pdf

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=e-7AgFoAAAAJ&hl=en

Gaming Security Jan 28, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle talk about the security of video games, a new phishing vector via google docs, and a concerning trend of security programs shipping with embedded cryptocurrency mining software.

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Links:

https://www.ifsecglobal.com/global/pokemon-go-security-risks-flagged-by-the-cia-middle-eastern-states-and-data-security-experts/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1677720/

https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/esg_technical_validation_google_cloud_for_gaming.pdf

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/500m-avira-antivirus-users-introduced-to-cryptomining/

https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/cyber-threats-to-the-online-gaming-industry/

https://threatpost.com/sega-security-aws-s3-exposed-steam/177352/

Phoenix Cast and Cognitive Crucible Jan 11, 2022

The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association.

In this crossover episode of the Phoenix Cast and Cognitive Crucible, John Bicknell is joined by John Schreiner, Kyle Moschetto, and Rich Vaccariello. The podcast hosts discuss why they started their respective casts, how they view competition, the key take-away of their casts, the top must-listen episodes, and the other podcasts they listen to.

Quick Reaction Log4Shell Jan 10, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle talk about the latest vulnerability disclosure Log4j (also called Log4Shell). The hosts discuss what the vulnerability is, why it is important, and the recommended actions to remediate (as well as what to do if you can’t do that right now).

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Links:

CISA statement: https://www.cisa.gov/news/2021/12/11/statement-cisa-director-easterly-log4j-vulnerability

Explanation through memes: https://blog.devgenius.io/log4shell-as-explained-by-metaphor-and-memes-38de224a2eb7

Tidings of Teamwork & Technology Jan 10, 2022

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle each bring a topic to discuss. Rich opens the discussion with the new version of JEDI - the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability, John discusses how Spotify scales Agile, and Kyle brings it home with the concept of the minimum viable security product.

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Links:

Wires of War: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1982144432/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_dl_48SYDY7N23PYRJ6CGENZ

Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/technology/google-pentagon-artificial-intelligence.html

Agile at Spotify: https://www.atlassian.com/agile/agile-at-scale/spotify

Minimum Viable Security Product: https://mvsp.dev

Innovation Challenge Winners Dec 03, 2021

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle talk with the winners of the 2021 innovation challenge Maj. Vic Castro and Cpl. Will Crum. They discuss why they entered, how they went about creating their successful app, and their thoughts on how the Marine Corps can further benefit from efforts like this.

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Links:

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/407879/mef-wins-micro-app-innovation-challenge-against-coders-across-marine-corps

Talent Management Nov 19, 2021

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle talk about the recently released talent management 2030. Going through the points of the executive summary, the hosts provide their reaction to the document and what the implications of the proposed changes could mean for the force.

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Cybersecurity Month Nov 05, 2021

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle talk about some of the basics of cybersecurity. Covering the topics Passwords, Phishing, and Supply Chain, the hosts provide recommendations on how to make improvements in your personal life and in the field. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts.

BGen Pasagian - MARCORSYSCOM Oct 22, 2021

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle welcome special guest BGen AJ Pasagian, the Commanding General of Marine Corps Systems Command. The cast gets schooled on all things acquisitions, as BGen Pasagian walks the team through what he wishes Comm and Cyber Marines knew, his thoughts on securing the supply chain, and what needs to change. Check out the links below to listen to “Equipping the Corps”, the official podcast of MCSC. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts.

Links:

Equipping the Corps: https://open.spotify.com/show/19i98tZ6gEOw6rawOb4pQe

IT Doesn't Matter: https://hbr.org/2003/05/it-doesnt-matter

WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250217709/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_7Z4J0JB5JMGNVKGV7T7N

With the Authors: Responsible Cyber Offense Oct 08, 2021

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle welcome special guests Perri Adams, Dave Aitel, George Perkovich, and JD Work. The guests discuss their article “Responsible Cyber Offense” explaining to the hosts why they wrote the article, going through the specific recommendations point by point, and then answering what they wish they could add. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts and please share to continue the conversation.

Links: https://www.lawfareblog.com/responsible-cyber-offense

Clausewitz and Cyber Oct 01, 2021

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle welcome special guest Olivia Garard - @teaandtactics on Twitter. In a departure from the norm for the cast, Olivia takes the mic and discusses concepts from her book “An Annotated Guide to Tactics: Carl von Clausewitz’s Theory of the Combat” and whether or not the hosts think Clausewitz actually applies to Cyber. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts.

Links:

Olivia’s book: https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/GuidetoTactics-web.pdf

Olivia’s Podcast appearance on PME.com: https://www.professionalmilitaryeducation.com/carl-von-clausewitz-theory-of-the-combat/

Hot Take: Confluence and Exit of Air Force's First CFO Sep 24, 2021

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle go it alone without a guest. They discuss the latest vulnerability in Confluence (CVE-2021-2608) and the exit of the Air Force’s first Chief Software Officer. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts.

Links:

Confluence: https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/09/03/atlassian-releases-security-updates-confluence-server-and-data

Nick Chaillan: https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/03/usaf_chief_software_officer_quits_angry_post

DCGS-A/Palantir: https://www.defensenews.com/land/2019/03/29/palantir-who-successfully-sued-the-army-just-won-a-major-army-contract/

THE Warrant Officer Sep 17, 2021

In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle talk with special guests Capt Leila Doumanis and CWO5 (Ret) Jason Kirk about the mythical Chief Warrant Officer rank. They discuss the transition, balancing hands-on keyboard, teaching, and how to maintain proficiency. Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: @USMC_TFPhoenix (Now verified!) Follow MARFORCYBER & MCCOG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Leave your review on Apple Podcasts.

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