Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Welcome to Data Security Decoded. In this episode, Caleb Tolin welcomes back Joe Hladik, Head of Rubrik Zero Labs, for a focused look at how identity-driven threats are redefining modern security. Drawing insights from Rubrik Zero Labs’ latest report, Identity Crisis: Understanding and Building Resilience Against Identity-Driven Threats, Joe explains why identity has become the new perimeter in an era where hybrid and multi-cloud environments dominate.

Threat actors have moved beyond using AI to speed up operations. They're now embedding large language models directly into malware. In this Intel Chat, Matt Bromiley and Chris Luft discuss Google's Threat Intelligence Group findings on malware families like PromptFlux and PromptSteal. These threats query LLMs mid-execution to dynamically alter behavior, obfuscate code, and generate system commands on demand.

Learn about the shift from physical to virtual data centers in the 2000s and the rise of ransomware attacks that take advantage of security blind spots (e.g. lack of endpoint protection) to target hypervisors and breach your data. Learn why you need to shift from prevention only to cyber resilience for stronger defenses against modern adversaries (Scattered Spider, UNC5112, and others). Rubrik can help.

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some intel being shared in the LimaCharlie community. 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.