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Could your own AI agents run a ransomware attack?
Ransomware is evolving well beyond locking systems, and agentic AI is introducing a category of security risk most organizations are not yet equipped to handle. On The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, Behnaz Karimi, Senior Cybersecurity Analyst at Accenture and independent ransomware researcher, walks through what that shift actually looks like. The full conversation includes.
AI Chat: Grok CLI data exfiltration, AI vs. patching, distillation wars & shadow AI [339]
AI Chat with Maxime Lamothe-Brassard and Chris Luft. A new segment on the podcast: AI news in cybersecurity that is less than 24 hours old, discussed while it is still hot. Joining Chris for these conversations is LimaCharlie founder and CEO Maxime Lamothe-Brassard. In this episode: Stories covered: Chapters: The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast — a podcast about cybersecurity and the people that keep the internet safe. New episodes drop weekly.
Cut Through the Noise: Learn How to Spot the Threats That Matter
Security teams today face an overwhelming volume of alerts, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish genuine threats from everyday noise. As attackers become more adept at blending into legitimate activity, organizations need smarter ways to prioritize, investigate, and respond.
Lessons from a CISA Security Incident - The 443 Podcast - Episode 378
This week on the podcast, we review an after action report from CISA on a security incident they responded to back in May. After that, we cover a vulnerability in Amazon's Q Extension for VSCode before covering a research post from Microsoft on Giga Wiper.
Why Human Behavior Has Become Cybersecurity's Fastest-Changing Attack Surface
For years, cybersecurity has largely focused on strengthening technology. Organizations invested in better endpoint protection, stronger identity controls, advanced threat detection, and AI-powered security operations. Those investments remain essential, but they're no longer enough. The next major cybersecurity challenge isn't simply keeping pace with attackers. It's keeping pace with how people work.
Intel Chat: Dialogflow Rogue Agent, ghost phishing, CISA KEV deadline & HalluSquatting [338]
Intel Chat with Matt Bromiley and Chris Luft. Matt and Chris break down four stories from the week in threat intel: Stories covered: Chapters: The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast — a podcast about cybersecurity and the people that keep the internet safe. New episodes drop weekly. Subscribe wherever you listen.
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AI Innovation Challenge: Help Shape the Future of Cybersecurity
Artificial intelligence is transforming cybersecurity, and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are at the forefront of that evolution. That's why we're launching the WatchGuard AI Innovation Challenge, an opportunity for MSPs to share ideas for AI agents and automations that help security teams work smarter, operate more efficiently, and better protect their customers.
Can we defend against ai-powered attackers?
In this week's Intel Chat, Chris Luft and Matt Bromiley discuss how the same AI capabilities fueling adversaries are available to defenders too. Matt's takeaway: you don't need to buy an AI product to keep pace. The same way an attacker points AI at a code base, defenders can point it at detection rules and telemetry. Chris adds that as more developers use these models to check their own code, the playing field will level out, though the next year or two will likely bring a spike in exploits from lower-skilled attackers leveraging AI before defenses catch up.