Three Buddy Problem

(Presented by TLPBLACK: High-fidelity threat intelligence and research tools for modern security teams. From curated Passive DNS and real-time C2 monitoring to actionable IOC feeds and daily malware samples, we help defenders detect, hunt, and disrupt threats faster, with seamless integration into SIEM and SOAR workflows.) Three Buddy Problem - Episode 92: Costin walks through real-world ransomware incident response while Juanito makes the case for AI-generated operating systems that never run anyone else's code. Plus, debates on whether vulnerability research is cooked, why nobody should pay ransoms, and what the security industry looks like after the massive AI flood. Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, Ryan Naraine and Costin Raiu. 0:00 – Introductory banter 2:00 – Costin's ransomware incident response work 3:30 – How attackers break in: Fortinet vulnerabilities everywhere 6:30 – Hunting for ransomware decryption keys 9:00 – Breaking into ransomware C2s and monitoring leak sites 12:00 – The ransom payment debate: should you ever pay? 16:00 – Why "don't pay the ransom" is overgeneralized 21:00 – How ransomware gangs price their demands 24:00 – The AI-pilling of the security industry 28:30 – Nicholas Carlini, Ptacek, and "vulnerability research is cooked" 35:00 – Towards a generative-first operating system 41:00 – Code factories, trusted computing, and killing dependencies 48:00 – Microsoft and Apple's AI positioning 56:00 – Chris St. Myers' "Cognitive Rust Belt" essay 1:18:00 – Choice, The Matrix, and the illusion of control 1:38:00 – Supply chain attacks, North Korea, and dependency sprawl

(Presented by TLPBLACK: High-fidelity threat intelligence and research tools for modern security teams. From curated Passive DNS and real-time C2 monitoring to actionable IOC feeds and daily malware samples, we help defenders detect, hunt, and disrupt threats faster, with seamless integration into SIEM and SOAR workflows.) Security Conversations: Jeremy Bannon, founder/CEO of The Cyber Health Company, joins Ryan Naraine to discuss why executive personal cybersecurity is a growing blind spot for organizations, and real-world incidents where personal compromises became corporate crises. Plus, why CISOs struggle to secure the C-suite's personal lives, and how a healthcare-inspired model (complete with risk scores, care plans, and concierge support) can help companies close the gap. 0:00 — Introduction to The Cyber Health Company 1:00 — Why personal security is a blind spot for organizations 2:00 — Real examples: Disney hack, Instagram compromise, productivity loss 6:50 — Executives circumventing IT policy and Shadow-AI 8:43 — Digital immunity: resilience and incident response readiness 10:25 — The healthcare model for cybersecurity communication 12:14 — How the Cyber Health Score and risk coefficient work 15:34 — OSINT intake: why your social security number isn't private 17:26 — The state of executive security hygiene and the concierge model 35:00 — AI, deepfakes, and the scaling of commodity attacks

(Presented by TLPBLACK: High-fidelity threat intelligence and research tools for modern security teams. From curated Passive DNS and real-time C2 monitoring to actionable IOC feeds and daily malware samples, we help defenders detect, hunt, and disrupt threats faster, with seamless integration into SIEM and SOAR workflows.) Three Buddy Problem - Episode 91: This week we dig into Google's new cyber threat disruption unit announced at RSAC, Kaspersky confirming Coruna is a direct evolution of Operation Triangulation, and a cascading supply chain compromise that chained through LiteLLM, Trivy, and Checkmarx into thousands of software pipelines. Plus, VCs and the breathless AI hype, Apple's iOS 26.4 and silent patches, the FCC's ban on foreign-made routers, and Symantec catching an APT looking for Chinese military data. Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, Ryan Naraine and Costin Raiu. 0:00 Intro & Pre-Show Banter 3:08 JAGS in San Francisco: RSAC week recap 6:05 Google Launches Cyber Disruption Unit — What's Actually New? 13:43 Why Separate Disruption Units Matter: ROI & Budget Justification 29:11 Haroon Meer's RSA Reality Check: The AI Hype Machine 32:37 The VC Ponzi Cycle & How Easy Money Hollowed Out Cybersecurity 47:32 ENT.ai & Tenex AI Hackathon at RSAC 53:08 Kaspersky Links Corona Exploit Kit to Operation Triangulation 1:08:09 Trenchant Cleanup & Lessons from Equation Group Burns 1:19:31 Apple iOS Patches, Hong Kong Device Passcode Law 1:27:53 Handala Hacks FBI Director Kash Patel's Personal Gmail 1:37:32 LeakBase Admin "Chucky" Arrested in Russia — FSB Gets the Data 1:45:38 Supply Chain Attacks: TeamPCP Hits LiteLLM & Trivy 2:04:34 FCC Bans Foreign-Made Routers — But What Do We Buy?

(Presented by Thinkst Canary: Most Companies find out way too late that they’ve been breached. Thinkst Canary changes this. Deploy Canaries and Canarytokens in minutes and then forget about them. Attackers tip their hand by touching ’em giving you the one alert, when it matters. With zero admin overhead and almost no false-positives, Canaries are deployed (and loved) on all 7 continents.) Three Buddy Problem - Episode 90: We remember GReAT teammate Sergey Mineev, the legendary malware hunter behind discoveries like Equation Group and Project Sauron (Remsec), including stories about his methods and why he was the best to ever do it. Plus, another in-the-wild iOS exploit kit discovery and a long overdue conversation about Apple's responsibility to hundreds of millions of users on older iOS versions; the ProPublica Microsoft/FedRAMP bombshell, Interlock ransomware sitting on a Cisco zero-day, the White House AI policy framework, and Supermicro co-founder $2.5 billion AI chip smuggling bust. Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, Ryan Naraine and Costin Raiu.

(Presented by TLPBLACK: High-fidelity threat intelligence and research tools for modern security teams. From curated Passive DNS and real-time C2 monitoring to actionable IOC feeds and daily malware samples, we help defenders detect, hunt, and disrupt threats faster, with seamless integration into SIEM and SOAR workflows.) Three Buddy Problem - Episode 89: We discuss Iran hacktivist group 'Handala' wiper attacks against US medical device maker Stryker, Microsoft Intune MDM tool abuse, and whether Iran's cyber retaliation is as scary as the headlines suggest. Plus, ESET's discovery that Russia's APT28 original implant developers are back after years of silence, Dutch intelligence warnings on Russian campaigns targeting Signal and WhatsApp accounts, Apple finally patching Coruna exploit kit vulnerabilities for older iPhones, and Google sharing Coruna samples that raise new questions about the exploit kit's proliferation chain. Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, Ryan Naraine and Costin Raiu.