Threat Aware

Max Kurek, Cody Kretsinger, Seth Loe, Aidan Brown
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Threat Aware is a cybersecurity podcast network for security practitioners, business leaders, and anyone trying to make sense of a threat landscape that never stops moving. Hosted by Galactic's security team, dedicated shows cover attacker tactics, AI risk, security leadership and honest conversations on what good security actually requires. New episodes drop weekly.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    The Risky Bit 03: The AI Panic Filter

    The news says AI agents have broken loose and infected the internet. Some of that deserves your attention, and a lot of it will send you chasing ghosts. Seth Loe breaks down how to tell the difference with a quick test he calls SCAM. New episodes of Threat Aware drop weekly. Subscribe so you never miss one.

    The Risky Bit 03: The AI Panic Filter

  2. Sep 23

    Unauthorized Opinions 04: The AI Security Window Is Closing

    AI-enabled cyberattacks are already here, and the window for defenders to respond is short. That's the claim in the OpenAI open letter signed by hundreds of organizations, including direct competitors. Max, Seth, and Cody get into why you should treat this as a capital-I Incident, why technical debt bites first, whether the defender's window is real or a very good sales frame, and what Dario Amodei's subsequent pacing essay changes. Read the open letter: https://openai.com/collective-cyberdefense/ Unauthorized Opinions is part of the Threat Aware podcast network. New episodes weekly. Subscribe and never miss one.

    Unauthorized Opinions 04: The AI Security Window Is Closing

  3. Sep 16

    Beyond Intelligence 02: Why AI Governance Won't Save You

    There's a pile of AI frameworks out there, and they're not built to compete. Some govern how you run AI, others secure the systems you ship. Aidan Brown untangles the two, shows which question each one answers, and why passing an AI audit and stopping an attack are two different jobs. Beyond Intelligence is part of the Threat Aware podcast network. New episodes weekly. Subscribe and never miss one.

    Beyond Intelligence 02: Why AI Governance Won't Save You

  4. Sep 9

    Privilege Escalation 02: Your MFA Is a Speed Bump (How Attackers Walk Right Past It)

    There are two kinds of MFA. One, attackers beat before breakfast. The other, they can't touch. Almost everyone's running the first one and calling it done. Cody Kretsinger pulls from his red team years to show you which is which... and how an attacker got into the account before the phone even buzzed.

    Privilege Escalation 02: Your MFA Is a Speed Bump (How Attackers Walk Right Past It)

  5. Sep 2

    The Risky Bit 02: The Warning from OpenAI and Anthropic

    OpenAI put out a letter warning that AI-enabled attacks get far worse in the coming months, not years, and hundreds of companies signed on, Anthropic and Microsoft among them. Seth Loe on why your business continuity plan is worthless the moment it assumes the water, power, and internet stay on.

    The Risky Bit 02: The Warning from OpenAI and Anthropic

  6. Aug 26

    Privilege Escalation 01: Half a Second From Disaster

    In the inaugural episode of Privilege Escalation, Galactic's Director of Security Research, Cody Kretsinger, details a backdoor that came within days of reaching nearly every Linux computer on earth. One engineer caught it by accident, when he noticed his logins were half a second slow. The attacker spent three years volunteering on the project, earning the trust he needed to plant the backdoor.   Subscribe to the Threat Aware podcast network. New episodes drop every week.

    Privilege Escalation 01: Half a Second From Disaster

  7. Aug 19

    Unauthorized Opinions 03: Cost of a Data Breach 2026

    IBM's Cost of a Data Breach report just dropped. Attackers now go undetected for 183 days, ransomware crews would rather torch your reputation than encrypt your files, and Cody doesn't buy the AI-blamed stats for a second. Max, Seth, and Cody on why the fix is still the basics, 21 editions later. Get access to the Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026 here: https://www.ibm.com/reports/data-breach

    Unauthorized Opinions 03: Cost of a Data Breach 2026

  8. Aug 12

    The Risky Bit 01: Wars Without Bombs

    An Iran-linked group breached a California water utility, said it could've shut the water off, and called it a warning. Two weeks later twelve states were hit through internet-facing PLCs. Seth Loe on how little it takes, why your grid and factory are next, and the Stuxnet irony underneath it all.

    The Risky Bit 01: Wars Without Bombs

  9. Aug 5

    Beyond Intelligence 01: Your AI Agent Didn't Go Rogue

    In this episode, Aidan digs into two recent cases where AI agents slipped out of environments everyone believed were sealed and reached systems they were never meant to touch. Every headline called it going rogue. He argues the word is wrong, and that getting it wrong has you shopping for a better model when all you needed was a sentence telling the agent where to stop. Also in this episode: the ten-year-old boat racing game that explains the whole thing, and the two boundaries that are always wider than your diagram. Beyond Intelligence is part of the Threat Aware podcast network, which also brings you Unauthorized Opinions, Privilege Escalation, and The Risky Bit. New episodes drop weekly. Subscribe so you never miss an episode.

    Beyond Intelligence 01: Your AI Agent Didn't Go Rogue

  10. Jul 28

    Unauthorized Opinions 02: When Critical AI Functions Suddenly Disappear

    Earlier this year, a US export-control directive took Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 offline for every customer worldwide, with no warning and no transition window. Access returned 19 days later, but the chats and tokens lost in between did not. Max, Cody, Seth and Aidan work through what that means for anyone whose daily workflow now runs through a single AI vendor. Also in this episode: the AI exclusions that are quietly starting to appear in commercial security policies, plus a high-profile data breach that impacted nearly 7 million people.   Unauthorized Opinions is part of the Threat Aware podcast network, which also brings you Privilege Escalation, Beyond Intelligence, and The Risky Bit. New episodes drop weekly. Subscribe so you never miss an episode.

    Unauthorized Opinions 02: When Critical AI Functions Suddenly Disappear

  11. Jul 28

    Unauthorized Opinions 01: What's the Deal with CMMC?

    In this episode, Max, Cody, Seth and Aidan discuss the Pentagon’s suspension of CMMC Phase 2 that puts third-party assessments on hold and gives a reform task force 60 days to report back. They also tell their “welcome to cybersecurity” stories and make some inaugural inductions into the Cybersecurity Hall of Fame and Hall of Shame.    Unauthorized Opinions is part of the Threat Aware podcast network, which also brings you Privilege Escalation, Beyond Intelligence, and The Risky Bit. New episodes drop weekly. Subscribe so you never miss an episode.

    Unauthorized Opinions 01: What's the Deal with CMMC?
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About

Threat Aware is a cybersecurity podcast network for security practitioners, business leaders, and anyone trying to make sense of a threat landscape that never stops moving. Hosted by Galactic's security team, dedicated shows cover attacker tactics, AI risk, security leadership and honest conversations on what good security actually requires. New episodes drop weekly.

Information

  • Creator
    Max Kurek, Cody Kretsinger, Seth Loe, Aidan Brown
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Max Kurek, Cody Kretsinger, Seth Loe, Aidan Brown
  • Show Website
    Threat Aware