The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast

LimaCharlie

An accessible but technical podcast about cybersecurity and the people who keep the internet safe. The podcast is built as a series of segments: we will be looking back at the last couple of weeks in cybersecurity news, talking to different people in the industry about areas of their expertise, we're going to break apart some of the TTPs being used by adversaries, and we will even cover a little bit of hacker history.

  1. Drones damage data centers, Iranian cyber retaliation, Sloppy Lemming & Honeywell vulnerability / Intel Chat [#300]

    20H AGO

    Drones damage data centers, Iranian cyber retaliation, Sloppy Lemming & Honeywell vulnerability / Intel Chat [#300]

    In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some intel being shared in the LimaCharlie community. Iranian drone strikes damaged three Amazon Web Services data center facilities in the Middle East, highlighting the physical risks associated with large-scale cloud infrastructure.Cyber activity linked to Iran and pro-Iranian actors has intensified following a joint US–Israeli military strike on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several other government officials.The India-linked advanced persistent threat group known as “Sloppy Lemming” has significantly increased its cyber operations over the past year, targeting organizations in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and other parts of South and Southeast Asia.A cybersecurity researcher has reported a potentially serious vulnerability in Honeywell’s IQ4 building management controller, though the vendor disputes both the severity and practical impact of the issue.Support our show by sharing your favorite episodes with a friend, subscribe, give us a rating or leave a comment on your podcast platform. This podcast is brought to you by LimaCharlie, maker of the SecOps Cloud Platform, infrastructure for SecOps where everything is built API first. Scale with confidence as your business grows. Start today for free at limacharlie.io.

    36 min
  2. Learning how to trust that AI is secure with Saurabh Shintre from Realm Labs / Defender Fridays [#299]

    22H AGO

    Learning how to trust that AI is secure with Saurabh Shintre from Realm Labs / Defender Fridays [#299]

    Saurabh Shintre, Founder and CEO of Realm Labs, is on Defender Fridays today to discuss securing AI from within. Saurabh previously led the AI security research at Splunk and Symantec. He has been at the forefront of AI security research for nearly a decade with multiple publications and patents and regularly features on public forums on issues regarding security and AI. Saurabh holds a PhD from Carnegie Mellon. Learn more at https://www.realmlabs.ai/ Register for Live Sessions Join us every Friday at 10:30am PT for live, interactive discussions with industry experts. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about the field, these sessions offer an engaging dialogue between our guests, hosts, and you – our audience. Register here: https://limacharlie.io/defender-fridays Subscribe to our YouTube channel and hit the notification bell to never miss a live session or catch up on past episodes! Sponsored by LimaCharlie This episode is brought to you by LimaCharlie, a cloud-native SecOps platform where AI agents operate security infrastructure directly. Founded in 2018, LimaCharlie provides complete API coverage across detection, response, automation, and telemetry, with multi-tenant architecture designed for MSSPs and MDR providers managing thousands of unique client environments. Why LimaCharlie? Transparency: Complete visibility into every action and decision. No black boxes, no vendor lock-in.Scalability: Security operations that scale like infrastructure, not like procurement cycles. Move at cloud speed.Unopinionated Design: Integrate the tools you need, not just those contracts allow. Build security on your terms.Agentic SecOps Workspace (ASW): AI agents that operate alongside your team with observable, auditable actions through the same APIs human analysts use.Security Primitives: Composable building blocks that endure as tools come and go. Build once, evolve continuously.Try the Agentic SecOps Workspace free: https://limacharlie.io Learn more: https://docs.limacharlie.io/ Follow LimaCharlie Sign up for free: https://limacharlie.io/ LinkedIn: / limacharlieio X: https://x.com/limacharlieio Community Discourse: https://community.limacharlie.com/ Host: Maxime Lamothe-Brassard - CEO / Co-founder at LimaCharlie

    31 min
  3. North Korean malware interviews, FortiGate firewall compromised, Cisco zero-day & Citrini Research AI future / Intel Chat [#298]

    6D AGO

    North Korean malware interviews, FortiGate firewall compromised, Cisco zero-day & Citrini Research AI future / Intel Chat [#298]

    In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some intel being shared in the LimaCharlie community. GitLab’s Threat Intelligence Team published detailed findings on North Korean activity associated with the Contagious Interview campaign and broader IT worker operations.A financially motivated, Russian-speaking threat actor used generative AI tools to compromise more than 600 Fortinet FortiGate firewall instances between January and February, according to Amazon Web Services.Cisco has released emergency patches for a critical zero-day vulnerability in its Catalyst SD-WAN products that has been actively exploited in the wild.Citrini Research presents a forward-looking scenario framed as a June 2028 macro memo describing a “Global Intelligence Crisis” triggered by abundant AI-driven intelligence.Support our show by sharing your favorite episodes with a friend, subscribe, give us a rating or leave a comment on your podcast platform. This podcast is brought to you by LimaCharlie, maker of the SecOps Cloud Platform, infrastructure for SecOps where everything is built API first. Scale with confidence as your business grows. Start today for free at limacharlie.io.

    43 min
  4. AI Red Teaming with John V from the Institute for Security and Technology / Defender Fridays [#297]

    FEB 27

    AI Red Teaming with John V from the Institute for Security and Technology / Defender Fridays [#297]

    John V, AI risk, safety, and security at the Institute for Security and Technology (IST), joins Defender Fridays today. John's work spans AI red teaming, adversarial machine learning, AI evals and validation, and AI risk assessment, including policy work at the intersection of AGI and nuclear strategic stability. Learn more at https://securityandtechnology.org/ Register for Live Sessions Join us every Friday at 10:30am PT for live, interactive discussions with industry experts. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about the field, these sessions offer an engaging dialogue between our guests, hosts, and you – our audience. Register here: https://limacharlie.io/defender-fridays Subscribe to our YouTube channel and hit the notification bell to never miss a live session or catch up on past episodes! Sponsored by LimaCharlie This episode is brought to you by LimaCharlie, a cloud-native SecOps platform where AI agents operate security infrastructure directly. Founded in 2018, LimaCharlie provides complete API coverage across detection, response, automation, and telemetry, with multi-tenant architecture designed for MSSPs and MDR providers managing thousands of unique client environments. Why LimaCharlie? Transparency: Complete visibility into every action and decision. No black boxes, no vendor lock-in.Scalability: Security operations that scale like infrastructure, not like procurement cycles. Move at cloud speed.Unopinionated Design: Integrate the tools you need, not just those contracts allow. Build security on your terms.Agentic SecOps Workspace (ASW): AI agents that operate alongside your team with observable, auditable actions through the same APIs human analysts use.Security Primitives: Composable building blocks that endure as tools come and go. Build once, evolve continuously.Try the Agentic SecOps Workspace free: https://limacharlie.io Learn more: https://docs.limacharlie.io Follow LimaCharlie Sign up for free: https://limacharlie.io LinkedIn: / limacharlieio X: https://x.com/limacharlieio Community Discourse: https://community.limacharlie.com/ Host: Maxime Lamothe-Brassard - CEO / Co-founder at LimaCharlie

    31 min

  5. FEB 25

    How to Strengthen Cyber Resilience in an AI Era with Chris Cochran from SANS Institute [#296]

    On this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we speak with Chris Cochran, Field CISO & Vice President of AI Security at SANS Institute, about how to navigate the future of AI risk and security strategy Chris works at the intersection of cyber defense, AI safety, and emerging risk, where the threats are converging and the playbooks are still being written. His career has taken him from the Marine Corps to NSA, U.S. Cyber Command, the U.S. House of Representatives, Mandiant, and Netflix. Across every role, one throughline: understanding adversaries, building high-trust teams, and translating complex problems into strategies leaders can act on. Today, Chris advises organizations, governments, and research institutions on AI governance, agentic threat preparedness, and unifying safety and security into a single discipline. He contributes to global standards efforts including the EU AI Act (via OWASP AI) and leads executive education on cybersecurity and AI strategy at SANS. Support our show by sharing your favorite episodes with a friend, subscribe, give us a rating or leave a comment on your podcast platform. This podcast is brought to you by LimaCharlie, maker of the SecOps Cloud Platform, infrastructure for SecOps where everything is built API first. Scale with confidence as your business grows. Start today for free at limacharlie.io

    31 min
  6. DoppelBrand targets fortune 500s, Android malware Keenadu, attackers expand AI adoption & endless AI-driven threats / Intel Chat [#295]

    FEB 23

    DoppelBrand targets fortune 500s, Android malware Keenadu, attackers expand AI adoption & endless AI-driven threats / Intel Chat [#295]

    In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some intel being shared in the LimaCharlie community. A financially motivated threat actor known as GS7 is conducting a large-scale phishing campaign called Operation DoppelBrand, targeting Fortune 500 companies by impersonating their corporate login portals.Kaspersky researchers have analyzed a newly identified Android malware strain named Keenadu that provides attackers with remote control over infected devices.Application Programming Interfaces continue to be a primary attack surface, and new research from Wallarm shows the problem is accelerating as AI adoption expands.Hacker News outlines cybersecurity technology priorities for 2026, framing the environment as one of continuous instability rather than periodic disruption.Support our show by sharing your favorite episodes with a friend, subscribe, give us a rating or leave a comment on your podcast platform. This podcast is brought to you by LimaCharlie, maker of the SecOps Cloud Platform, infrastructure for SecOps where everything is built API first. Scale with confidence as your business grows. Start today for free at limacharlie.io.

    40 min
  7. How is AI reshaping app security? With Farshad Abasi from Eureka DevSecOps / Defender Fridays [#294]

    FEB 20

    How is AI reshaping app security? With Farshad Abasi from Eureka DevSecOps / Defender Fridays [#294]

    This week on Defender Fridays, Farshad Abasi, Founder and CEO of Forward Security and Eureka DevSecOps, discusses how AI can help us set a new standard in app and cloud security. Farshad brings over 27 years of industry experience to the forefront of cybersecurity innovation. His professional journey includes key technical roles at Intel and Motorola, evolving into senior security positions as the Principal Security Architect for HSBC Global, and Head of IT Security for the Canadian division. Farshad's commitment to the field extends to his role as an instructor at BCIT, where he imparts his wealth of knowledge to the next generation of cybersecurity experts. His diverse experience, which spans startups to large enterprises, informs his approach to delivering adaptive and reliable solutions. Engaged actively in the cybersecurity community through roles in BSides Vancouver/MARS, OWASP Vancouver/AppSec PNW, and as a CISSP designate, Farshad's vision and leadership continue to drive the industry forward. Under his guidance, Forward Security is setting new standards in application and cloud security. Learn more at https://www.eurekadevsecops.com/ and https://forwardsecurity.com/ Register for Live Sessions Join us every Friday at 10:30am PT for live, interactive discussions with industry experts. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about the field, these sessions offer an engaging dialogue between our guests, hosts, and you – our audience. Register here: https://limacharlie.io/defender-fridays Subscribe to our YouTube channel and hit the notification bell to never miss a live session or catch up on past episodes! Sponsored by LimaCharlie This episode is brought to you by LimaCharlie, a cloud-native SecOps platform where AI agents operate security infrastructure directly. Founded in 2018, LimaCharlie provides complete API coverage across detection, response, automation, and telemetry, with multi-tenant architecture designed for MSSPs and MDR providers managing thousands of unique client environments. Why LimaCharlie? Transparency: Complete visibility into every action and decision. No black boxes, no vendor lock-in.Scalability: Security operations that scale like infrastructure, not like procurement cycles. Move at cloud speed.Unopinionated Design: Integrate the tools you need, not just those contracts allow. Build security on your terms.Agentic SecOps Workspace (ASW): AI agents that operate alongside your team with observable, auditable actions through the same APIs human analysts use.Security Primitives: Composable building blocks that endure as tools come and go. Build once, evolve continuously.Try the Agentic SecOps Workspace free: https://limacharlie.io Learn more: https://docs.limacharlie.io Follow LimaCharlie Sign up for free: https://limacharlie.io LinkedIn: / limacharlieio X: https://x.com/limacharlieio Community Discourse: https://community.limacharlie.com/ Host: Maxime Lamothe-Brassard - CEO / Co-founder at LimaCharlie

    31 min
  8. Russian cyber ops, Sygnia, Ollama & TeamPCP / Intel Chat [#293]

    FEB 16

    Russian cyber ops, Sygnia, Ollama & TeamPCP / Intel Chat [#293]

    In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some intel being shared in the LimaCharlie community. Russian cyber operations have maintained a consistent focus on exploiting both tactical and strategic targets within the defense industrial base, particularly in the context of the war in Ukraine.Sygnia has disclosed a large-scale, AI-driven scam operation involving over 150 cloned websites impersonating law firms.A joint investigation by SentinelLabs and Censys has revealed a growing ecosystem of publicly exposed AI compute infrastructure, driven largely by deployments of Ollama - an open-source framework for running large language models locally.Flare has identified a widespread, ongoing campaign attributed to a threat actor group known as TeamPCP -also operating under aliases such as PCPcat and ShellForce - which has compromised over 60,000 servers worldwide since late December.Support our show by sharing your favorite episodes with a friend, subscribe, give us a rating or leave a comment on your podcast platform. This podcast is brought to you by LimaCharlie, maker of the SecOps Cloud Platform, infrastructure for SecOps where everything is built API first. Scale with confidence as your business grows. Start today for free at limacharlie.io.

    36 min
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An accessible but technical podcast about cybersecurity and the people who keep the internet safe. The podcast is built as a series of segments: we will be looking back at the last couple of weeks in cybersecurity news, talking to different people in the industry about areas of their expertise, we're going to break apart some of the TTPs being used by adversaries, and we will even cover a little bit of hacker history.

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