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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 357 15.08.2026 59Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Stories: 1. Ransomware Gangs Bypass the CEO, Target the 40-Something IT Managerhttps://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/09/ransomware-gangs-skip-the-ceo-head-straight-for-the-40-something-it-manager/5284499 2. Ransomware Attacks Spike While Industry Attention Shifts to AIhttps://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/07/ransomware-attacks-spike-as-world-distracted-by-ai/5284934 3. ChainDrop supply chain compromise: Anatomy of a self-propagating wormhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/08/04/chaindrop-supply-chain-compromise-anatomy-self-propagating-worm/ 4. AI Agent Tried to Backdoor a Real Open-Source Repo During a Security Testhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/08/claude-mythos-5-tried-to-backdoor-real.html 5. Cloudflare Ditches Most Third-Party Security Tools — But Says Don’t Copy Themhttps://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/04/cloudflare-has-mostly-ditched-third-party-security-tools-suggests-not-trying-that-at-home/5282600
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 356 15.08.2026 54Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Stories: https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/anthropic-claude-ai-hacking-test/826708 https://thecybersecguru.com/news/openai-ai-agent-containment-escapes-hugging-face-investigation/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/after-the-break-in-what-attackers-do-once-theyre-already-inside/ https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/why-resetting-passwords-no-longer-stop-attacks https://cybersecuritynews.com/adform-advertising-platform-compromised/
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 355 08.08.2026 1Std. 7Min.

  https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/21/sonicwall-sma-zero-days-exploited-cve-2026-15409-cve-2026-15410/https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/qilin-ransomware-attackers-exploit-pan.htmlhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/07/worlds-largest-ai-model-repository.htmlhttps://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/https://www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/identity-attacks-overtake-exploits-top-ransomware-causehttps://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/21/estee-lauder-data-breach-oracle-ebs/
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 354 26.07.2026 50Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Stories: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/07/enterprise-ai-still-smarting-from-leaping-before-looking/5267353 https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/07/github-ai-agent-leaks-private-repos-when-asked-nicely/5267924 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-it-support-calls-on-microsoft-teams-push-etherrat-malware/ https://databreaches.net/2026/07/04/adapthealth-says-attackers-sweet-talked-their-way-into-cloud-systems-and-stole-patient-data https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/ai-agent-exploits-langflow-rce-to.html  
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 353 11.07.2026 59Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Links to stories: https://www.securityweek.com/massive-password-spray-campaign-targeting-azure-cli/ https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/2026-cybersecurity-assessment-gap.html https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/klue-investigating-supply-chain-attack-salesforce-integrations/823532/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-900-oracle-e-business-instances-exposed-to-ongoing-attacks https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/third-party-breaches-teaches-education-lesson-vendor-risk  
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 352 03.07.2026 1Std. 2Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. This week’s stories: https://www.securityweek.com/npm-12-will-change-script-execution-behavior-to-prevent-supply-chain-attacks/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openclaw-ai-agent-found-falling-for-phishing-attacks-spills-user-data/ https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-vulnerability-remediation-prioritization-directive/822504/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-hijack-auth-flow-spy-on-isolated-network-for-a-decade/ https://doublepulsar.com/an-update-on-fortibleed-whats-happening-with-victim-orgs-c0671a50e7f4
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 351 27.06.2026 1Std. 11Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Links to this week’s stories: https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/06/05/if-you-dont-fall-for-these-extortionists-calls-theyll-show-up-with-usb-sticks/5251891 https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/only-10-of-socs-say-theyre-getting.html?m=1 https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/dashlane-explains-how-attackers-managed-to-download-encrypted-password-vaults/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-hijack-thousands-of-sites-for-clickfix-and-fakeupdate-attacks/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/hackers-used-metas-ai-support-bot-to-seize-instagram-accounts/ https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-cybersecurity-hype-reality-check-gartner/821867/0:0
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 350 10.06.2026 1Std. 7Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Links to this week’s stories: https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/ai-assisted-exploit-development-scanner-detection https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/california-ag-sues-23andme-over-2023-breach-exposing-health-data/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/palo-alto-globalprotect-vpn-auth-bypass-flaw-now-exploited-in-attacks/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/29/microsoft-under-fire-for-threatening-security-researcher-with-criminal-investigation/ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/megalodon-malware-infects-thousands-github-repos
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 349 04.06.2026 1Std. 5Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Links to this week’s stories: https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/claude-mythos-ai-finds-10000-high.html https://www.tenable.com/blog/key-findings-from-the-verizon-dbir-2026 https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/cisa-admin-leaked-aws-govcloud-keys-on-github/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/grafana-breach-caused-by-missed-token-rotation-after-tanstack-attack/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-links-repo-breach-to-tanstack-npm-supply-chain-attack/ https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/npm-adds-2fa-gated-publishing-and.html
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 348 24.05.2026 56Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Links to this week’s stories: https://www.securityweek.com/openai-hit-by-tanstack-supply-chain-attack/ https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/developer-workstations-are-now-part-of.html https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/ivanti-fortinet-sap-vmware-n8n-patch.html https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/05/14/security-pros-doubt-canvas-attackers-really-deleted-stolen-student-data/5240799 https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/05/14/security-pros-doubt-canvas-attackers-really-deleted-stolen-student-data/5240799
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 347 22.05.2026 56Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Links to this week’s stories: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/instructure-reaches-agreement-with-shinyhunters-to-stop-data-leak/ https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/06/1-in-8-workers-say-selling-company-logins-is-justifiable/5231104 https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/02/ai-digs-up-decades-of-code-debt-patch-up/5219734 https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/11/anthropics-bug-hunting-mythos-was-greatest-marketing-stunt-ever-says-curl-creator/5238111 https://www.securityweek.com/cyber-insurance-data-gives-cisos-new-ammo-for-budget-talks/
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 346 15.05.2026 1Std. 12Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Links to this week’s stories: https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/csa-cisos-prepare-post-mythos-exploit-storm https://www.csoonline.com/article/4159292/insurance-carriers-quietly-back-away-from-covering-ai-outputs.html https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/hackers-used-ai-to-steal-hundreds-of-millions-of-mexican-government-and-private-citizen-records-in-one-of-the-largest-cybersecurity-breaches-ever https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/payouts-king-ransomware-uses-qemu-vms-to-bypass-endpoint-security/ https://cybermagazine.com/news/how-cybercriminals-breached-gta-maker-rockstar
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 345 22.04.2026 1Std.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Links to this week’s stories: https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/axios-attack-complex-social-engineering-industrialized https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-venom-phishing-attacks-steal-senior-executives-microsoft-logins/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-new-unc6783-hackers-steal-corporate-zendesk-support-tickets/ https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/bluehammer-windows-exploit-microsoft-bug-disclosure-issues https://www.businessinsider.com/mercor-lawsuits-data-breach-2026-4
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 344 14.04.2026 56Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Links to stories: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640648/Emergency-Microsoft-Oracle-patches-point-to-wider-cyber-issues https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/27/security_boffins_harvest_bumper_crop/ https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/the-hidden-cost-of-cybersecurity.html?m=1 https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/trivy_compromise_litellm/ https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/axios-supply-chain-attack-pushes-cross.html?m=1
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 343 04.04.2026 1Std. 22Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Here are the links we discuss this week: https://www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/more-attackers-logging-in-not-breaking-in https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stryker-attack-wiped-tens-of-thousands-of-devices-no-malware-needed/ https://www.csoonline.com/article/4147833/cisa-urges-it-to-harden-endpoint-management-systems-after-cyberattack-by-pro-iranian-group.html https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/widely-used-trivy-scanner-compromised-in-ongoing-supply-chain-attack/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/21/delve-accused-of-misleading-customers-with-fake-compliance/
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 342B 28.03.2026 1Std. 4Min.

  This time it’s not a rerun! ]Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Here are the links we discuss this week: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-payment-rate-drops-to-record-low-as-attacks-surge/ https://www.securityweek.com/recent-cisco-catalyst-sd-wan-vulnerability-now-widely-exploited/ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/nation-state-actor-ai-malware-assembly-line https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ransomware-identity-ai-cloudflare/813319/ https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/anthropic-finds-22-firefox.html?m=1
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 341 09.03.2026 1Std. 6Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Here are the links we discuss this week: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amazon-ai-assisted-hacker-breached-600-fortigate-firewalls-in-5-weeks/ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/open_source_registries_fund_security/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/infostealer-malware-found-stealing-openclaw-secrets-for-first-time/ https://www.securityweek.com/api-threats-grow-in-scale-as-ai-expands-the-blast-radius/ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/19/rmm_rat_trustconnect/
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 340 24.02.2026 1Std. 3Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Links to this week’s stories: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/02/notepad_hijacking_lotus_blossom/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-job-recruiters-hide-malware-in-developer-coding-challenges/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amos-infostealer-targets-macos-through-a-popular-ai-app/ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/10/ai_agents_messaging_apps_data_leak/ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/11/payroll_pirates_business_social_engineering/
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 339 16.02.2026 1Std. 7Min.

  Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Links to the stories we cover in this episode: https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/29/faster_patching_please_cry_infoseccers/ https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/mandiant-finds-shinyhunters-using.html?m=1 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/marquis-blames-ransomware-breach-on-sonicwall-cloud-backup-hack/ https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/researchers-find-175000-publicly.html?m=1 https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/openclaw-ai-runs-wild-business-environments
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  Defensive Security Podcast Episode 338 02.02.2026 58Min.

    Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Links to the stories we cover in this episode: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-security-testing-apps-to-breach-fortune-500-firms/ https://www.securityweek.com/analysis-of-6-billion-passwords-shows-stagnant-user-behavior/ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/20/group_ib_ai_cycercrime_subscriptions/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/voidlink-cloud-malware-shows-clear-signs-of-being-ai-generated/ https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/mandiant-releases-rainbow-table-that-cracks-weak-admin-password-in-12-hours/