Best Cyber Security Week In Review Podcasts (2025)

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Week in Review: Celebrating 5 years of Cyber Security Headlines 45:50

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Link to episode page This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino. This is our milestone edition, celebrating five years of the daily Cyber Security Headlines news podcast. Our guests today will be the CSH reporters themselves, reflecting on some stories from this week as well as their favorite stories from th…

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Malicious nx Packages, AI worker scam, Salt Typhoon attacks Netherlands 8:56

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Malicious nx Packages leak GitHub, Cloud, and AI Credentials North Korean remote worker scheme boosted by generative AI The Netherlands announces Salt Typhoon penetration Huge thanks to our sponsor, Prophet Security Security teams are drowning in alerts - many companies generate upwards of 1000 or more alerts a day, and nearly half go ignored. That…

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Aug 28, 25] Season 3 E32: Under the Radar 49:53

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The Army’s MV-75 tiltrotor has been moving fast -- quietly. Design is almost 90% complete, and a second generation is in the works. And how did they get to skip Milestone A? We take a newsy deep dive into that program with the Army program manager, Col. Jeff Poquette, and Bell vice president Ryan Ehinger. Powered by GE!…

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Salt Typhoon expands, AI-powered ransomware, Anthropic warns of vibe-hacking 7:39

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FBI warns of expanded Chinese hacking campaign AI-powered ransomware is a thing now Anthropic warns about “vibe-hacking” Huge thanks to our sponsor, Prophet Security SOC analyst burnout is real - repetitive tasks, poor tooling, and constant alert noise are driving them out. Prophet Security fixes this. Their Agentic AI Analyst handles alert triage …

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DEFAERO Daily Pod [Aug 27, 25] Latest Aquisition and Industrial Policy Headlines w/ Bialos, McGinn & Clark 50:07

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Jeff Bialos, a former deputy undersecretary of defense for industrial policy who now heads the defense practice at the Eversheds Sutherland law firm, Dr. Jerry McGinn who also served in the Pentagon’s Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy office and now leads the Center for the Industrial Base at the Center for Strategic and International Studie…

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DOGE puts critical SS data at risk? CISA warns of new exploited flaw, K-Pop stock heist attacker extradited to South Korea 7:10

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DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says CISA warns of actively exploited Git code execution flaw Alleged mastermind behind K-Pop celebrity stock heist extradited to South Korea Huge thanks to our sponsor, Prophet Security Your security analysts didn’t sign up to chase false alarms all day. With Prophet Security’s AI SOC …

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DEFAERO Strategy Series [Aug 26, 25] Sam Bendett & Eugene Rumer on Russia, Ukraine 35:18

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On today’s Strategy Series program, sponsored by General Atomic Aeronautical Systems, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and Dr. Eugene Rumer, the director of the Russia and Eurasia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the outlook for peace between Ukrai…

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Farmers Insurance also hit by Salesforce breach, UpCrypter phishing campaign, Pakistan hits Indian government agencies 8:20

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If Salesforce flutters its wings in San Francisco... How is this still tricking people? From tagging to bagging Huge thanks to our sponsor, Prophet Security Security teams are drowning in alerts - many companies generate upwards of 1000 or more alerts a day, and nearly half go ignored. That’s where Prophet Security comes in. Their AI SOC platform a…

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DEFAERO Daily Pod [Aug 25, 25] Week in Review & Byron Callan’s Week Ahead 31:07

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On today’s Look Ahead program, sponsored by HII, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the defense industrial impact of stalled peace talks between Ukraine and Russia; the outlook for European defense despite capitulation on tariffs and former…

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Malicious Go module, new Mirai botnet, Silk Typhoon exploits cloud 9:26

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Malicious Go module steals credentials via Telegram Mirai-based botnet resurfaces targeting systems globally Silk Typhoon hackers exploit cloud trust to hack downstream customers Huge thanks to our sponsor, Prophet Security Ever feel like your security team is stuck in a loop of alert fatigue and manual investigations? Meet Prophet Security. Their …

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Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Aug 24, ’25 Business Report] 54:34

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On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic advisory consultancy join host Vago Muradian to discuss another record week on Wall Street as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says an interest rate cut might be nee…

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Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Washington Roundtable Aug 22, ’25] 1:00:38

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On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, former Pentagon Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, former Pentagon comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Cavas Ships co-host Chris Servello join De…

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Apple’s urgent update, Scattered Spider sentence, Microsoft seeks SSD feedback 8:44

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Apple urges iPhone, iPad and Mac update ASAP Scattered Spider operative gets 10 years and a big fine Microsoft seeks customer feedback on SSD failure issues Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor Does logging into a portal security questionnaire feel like punishment? We get it. Other solutions offer browser extensions that require you to do all the c…

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Aug 21, 25] Season 3 E31: Truth Bomb 52:57

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As the US Air Force gets ready for a new Chief of Staff, the Mitchell Institute is about to publish what they’re calling the Mother of All Reports, laying out ways ahead for the service’s readiness, operations, force mix, and more. It’s author, retired colonel JV Venable, explains it all. And, yes, airpower headlines. All powered by GE!…

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Apple zero-day patch, Jailbreaking ChatGPT-5 Pro, 7-year old Cisco Vulnerability exploited 8:57

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A patch today keeps the zero-day away Jailbreaking ChatGPT-5 Pro The thing about vulnerabilities is they stay vulnerable Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor It’s Thursday. Have you been personally victimized by a portal security questionnaire this week? Most solutions just give you a browser extension to copy and paste answers in, still leaving ho…

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DEFAERO Daily Pod [Aug 20, 25] JustinSherman on Russia’s Cyber Industry During the War on Ukraine 37:54

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On today’s Technology Podcast, sponsored by Elbit America, Justin Sherman, the founder of Global Cyber Strategies advisory firm and a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss his new report for the Center for Naval Analyses — “Hacking and Firewalls Und…

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UK drops Apple backdoor mandate, Allianz Life breach impacts 1.1M, attack stifles speed cameras 7:13

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UK agrees to drop 'backdoor' mandate for Apple devices Massive Allianz Life data breach impacts 1.1M people Speed cameras knocked out after cyber attack Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor If portal questionnaires were a person, you’d block them by now. Endless clicks, bad navigation, and expanding questions stacked like russian nesting dolls, all…

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Defense & Aerospace Technology Report [Aug 19, 25] Announcing Apex Defense #2 w/ Bryan Clark 34:19

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On this month’s innovation conversation to highlight key topics in the countdown to the Apex technology and innovation conference January 27-28, 2026, in Washington, sponsored by Clarion Defence, Bryan Clark, the director of the Center for Defense Concepts & Technology at the Hudson Institute, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian t…

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Workday breach, post-quantum alliance, Chinese group targets Taiwan 8:15

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Workday confirms data breach An alliance to unify post-quantum cryptography New Chinese threat actor targeting Taiwan Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor If the thought of logging into a portal questionnaire makes you want to throw your laptop away, you’re not alone. Most solutions just give you a browser extension to copy and paste answers, still…

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DEFAERO Daily Pod [Aug 19, 25] Eugene Rumer on Russia-Ukraine & Byron Callan’s Week Ahead 34:00

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On today’s Look Ahead program, sponsored by HII, joining Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian are Dr Eugene Rumer of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to discuss what’s next after President Trump aligned with Russia’s Vladimir Putin after their summit in Alaska and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders…

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Cisco firewall warning, Colt Telecom cyberattack, CISA’s OT request 7:49

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Cisco warns of maximum-severity defect in firewall software UK’s Colt Telecom suffers cyberattack CISA implores OT environments to lock down critical infrastructure Huge thanks to our sponsor, Conveyor Have you been personally victimized by portal security questionnaires? Conveyor is here to help. Endless clicks, bad navigation, and expanding quest…

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Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Aug 16, ’25 Business Report] 49:32

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On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic advisory consultancy join host Vago Muradian to discuss a flat week on Wall Street as inflation continues to rise as higher baseline tariffs are passed along to consumers;…

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Week in Review: ShinyHunters-Scattered Spider merge, DARPA AI prize, Water infrastructure volunteers 30:29

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Link to episode page This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Steve Zalewski, co-host, Defense in Depth Thanks to our show sponsor, Vanta Do you know the status of your compliance controls right now? Like…right now? We know that real-time visibility is critical for security, but when it comes to…

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NFC fraud reappears, Canada government breach, Zoom’s critical flaw 8:08

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New wave of NFC relay fraud, call hijacking, and root exploits in banking sector Canada’s House of Commons suffers cyberattack Zoom fixes critical Windows client flaw that could enable privilege escalation Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta Do you know the status of your compliance controls right now? Like...right now? We know that real-time visibil…

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Court filing system hack explained, PA AG weighs in on attack, Fortinet attacks raise concerns 7:22

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Hack of federal court filing system exploited security flaws known since 2020 Pennsylvania attorney general says cyberattack knocked phone, email systems offline Spike in Fortinet VPN brute-force attacks raises zero-day concerns Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta Do you know the status of your compliance controls right now? Like...right now? We know…

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Fortinet SSL VPNs getting hammered, The Netherlands critical infrastructure compromise, Africa the most targeted for cyber attacks 7:26

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The hits just keep on coming Where's the Little Dutch Boy when you need him? I felt the ransomware down in Africa Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta Do you know the status of your compliance controls right now? Like...right now? We know that real-time visibility is critical for security, but when it comes to our GRC programs…we rely on point-in-time…

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North Korean crypto theft, Microsoft rolls out back up, four charged in global scheme 9:07

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North Korean crypto theft Microsoft rolls out PC back up during attack U.S. charges four in $100M global fraud scheme Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta Do you know the status of your compliance controls right now? Like...right now? We know that real-time visibility is critical for security, but when it comes to our GRC programs…we rely on point-in-…

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DARPA code prize, ScarCruft adds ransomware, Columbia breach tally 8:21

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DARPA awards $4 million prize for AI code review at DEF CON North Korea ScarCruft group adds ransomware to its activities Columbia University hack affects over 860,000 Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta Do you know the status of your compliance controls right now? Like...right now? We know that real-time visibility is critical for security, but when…

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Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Aug 10, ’25 Business Report] 47:54

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On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic advisory consultancy join host Vago Muradian to discuss another up week on Wall Street even as President Trump escalated his trade war leveraging America’s economic power …

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Week in Review: UK LegalAid collapse, public ransomware approval, Salesforce breach impact 30:03

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Link to episode page This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Montez Fitzpatrick, CISO, Navvis Thanks to our show sponsor, ThreatLocker ThreatLocker® is a global leader in Zero Trust endpoint security, offering cybersecurity controls to protect businesses from zero-day attacks and ransomware. Th…

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Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Washington Roundtable Aug 08, ’25] 56:51

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On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, former Pentagon Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, and former Pentagon comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago…

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Hybrid Exchange flaw, France telecom breach, Dialysis company attack 7:44

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Microsoft warns of high-severity flaw in hybrid Exchange deployments France’s third-largest mobile operator suffers breach Dialysis company’s April attack affects 900,000 people Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker ThreatLocker® is a global leader in Zero Trust endpoint security, offering cybersecurity controls to protect businesses from zero-d…

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Aug 07, 25] Season 3 E30: Summer Breeze 46:18

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Time to kick back and review where US airpower stands, especially the US Air Force. And it’s air show season, so the perfect guest for both is Doug Birkey, Executive Director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, also a Collings Foundation insider and just back from Oshkosh. Plus headlines in airpower. All powered by GE!…

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Gemini AI hijacked, Nvidia rejects AI chip backdoors, phishers abuse Microsoft 365 6:23

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Hackers hijacked Google’s Gemini AI with a poisoned calendar invite to take over a smart home Nvidia rejects US demand for backdoors in AI chips Google says hackers stole its customers’ data by breaching its Salesforce database Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker ThreatLocker® is a global leader in Zero Trust endpoint security, offering cybers…

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DEFAERO Daily Pod [Aug 06, 25] Mark Montgomery on INDOPACOM, CYBER & Budget Headlines 43:36

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Mark Montgomery, a retired US Navy rear admiral who is now the senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the executive director of the Cyber Solarium 2.0 project, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss how to improve defense cooperation with Taiwan to …

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PBS confirms data breach, TSMC fires engineers over theft, Cloudflare: Perplexity is web scraping 7:04

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PBS confirms data breach after employee info leaked on Discord servers TSMC fires engineers over suspected semiconductor secrets theft Cloudflare on Perplexity web scraping techniques to avoid robot.txt and network blocks Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker ThreatLocker® is a global leader in Zero Trust endpoint security, offering cybersecurit…

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DEFAERO Strategy Series [Aug 05, 25] Richard Danzig on Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity & National Security 43:49

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On today’s Strategy Series program, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Richard Danzig, the 71st Secretary of the US Navy and Rand Corporation trustee; joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss his new report for the think tank — “Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and National Security: The Fierce Urgency…

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Microsoft & Google lead zero day exploits, Plague Linux malware maintains SSH access, panel to create US Cyber Force 8:20

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Microsoft and Google among most affected as zero day exploits jump 46% Vietnamese hackers use PXA Stealer, hit 4,000 IPs and steal 200,000 passwords globally New Plague Linux malware stealthily maintains SSH access Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker ThreatLocker® is a global leader in Zero Trust endpoint security, offering cybersecurity contr…

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DEFAERO Daily Pod [Aug 04, 25] Week in Review & Byron Callan’s Week Ahead 39:26

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On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses the latest headlines and looks at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.By Defense & Aerospace Report, sponsored by Bell

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Akira’s SonicWall zero-day, UK Legal-Aid suffers, Luxembourg 5G attack 8:50

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Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker ThreatLocker® is a global leader in Zero Trust endpoint security, offering cybersecurity controls to protect businesses from zero-day attacks and ransomware. ThreatLocker operates with a default deny approach to reduce the attack surface and mitigate potential cyber vulnerabilities. To learn more and start y…

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Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Aug 03, ’25 Business Report] 55:57

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On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic advisory consultancy join host Vago Muradian to discuss a down market on tariff concerns and sharply red…

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Week in Review: Surveillance camera vulnerabilities, data sovereignty conundrum, French submarine cyberattack 30:47

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Link to episode page This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Derek Fisher, Director of the Cyber Defense and Information Assurance Program, Temple University – also check out Derek’s substack. Thanks to our show sponsor, Dropzone AI Security teams everywhere are drowning in alerts. That’s why c…

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Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Washington Roundtable Aug 01, ’25] 1:00:03

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On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former Pentagon Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, former Pentagon comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studi…

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Breaking Down Chaos: Tactics and Origins of a New RaaS Operation 15:33

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Hazel is joined by threat intelligence researcher James Nutland to discuss Cisco Talos’ latest findings on the newly emerged Chaos ransomware group. Based on real-world incident response engagements, James breaks down Chaos’ fast, multi-threaded encryption, their use of social engineering and remote access tools like Quick Assist, and the group’s l…

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ATM Raspberry Pi breach, Easterly West Point cancellation, Chinese company-hacker link 8:53

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NATM network breached and attacked through 4G Raspberry Pi Easterly’s appointment to West Point rescinded Report links Chinese companies to tools used by state-sponsored hackers Huge thanks to our sponsor, Dropzone AI Security teams everywhere are drowning in alerts. That's why companies like Zapier and CBTS turned to Dropzone AI—the leader in auto…

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jul 31, 25] Season 3 E29: Silent Service 56:16

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Electra is a fascinating company that straddles the line between traditional aviation and advanced air mobility. Their hybrid, quiet, ultra-short-takeoff aircraft are finding interest from the US military. We learn more from Donn Yates, their head of government markets. Powered by GE!By Defense & Aerospace Report, sponsored by Bell

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Oh No! Lenovo, French submarine data breach, Russian pharmacy cyberattack 7:51

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Oh No! Lenovo You sunk my battleship! Or did you? Russians unable to get a taste of their own medicine Huge thanks to our sponsor, Dropzone AI Security teams everywhere are drowning in alerts. That's why companies like Zapier and CBTS turned to Dropzone AI—the leader in autonomous alert investigation. Their AI investigates everything, giving your a…

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Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jul 30, ’25] Preparing Land Forces for Warfare Today 37:34

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On today’s Land Warfare Series program, sponsored American Rheinmetall, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and Dr. Eugene Rumer, the director of the Russia and Eurasia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the latest on the Ukraine war, how both sides are…

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Telecom Orange hacked, $2.4M Bitcoin seized from Chaos, Scattered Spider’s tactics evolve 6:43

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Critical Authentication Flaw Identified in Base44 Vibe Coding Platform French telecom giant Orange discloses cyberattack FBI seizes $2.4M in Bitcoin from new Chaos ransomware operation Huge thanks to our sponsor, Dropzone AI What if your SOC could investigate every single alert without burning out your team? That's exactly what Dropzone AI does. Th…

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Defense & Aerospace Technology Report [Jul 30, 25] Dr Jim Lewis on US AI Efforts 34:34

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On today’s Technology Report podcast, Dr. Jim Lewis, a distinguished fellow with the Tech Policy Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss President Trump’s new strategy to maintain America’s artificial intelligence lead against rising competitors; status of the Stargate Pro…