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The Monday Microsegment for the week of July 6. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. Hackers break into a network tailor-made for sharing World Cup and other security plans. Ransomware just married AI in the first known completely autonomous ransomware attack. And from Brussels to Travis County, spyware watchers just got a wake-up call. Plus, Trupt...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of June 29. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. Officials warn about frontier AI as a Chinese model closes the gap with Mythos. Icarus burns a dozen security firms, thanks to an old password.  And ShinyHunters goes back to school in another attack against the education sector. Plus, Christer Swartz joins us for...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of June 22. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. A stolen password list leaves thousands of Fortinet firewalls wide open. Researchers crack Apple's A12 and A13 chips with an exploit no update can fix. And is the freeze on Anthropic's most powerful AI models starting to thaw? Plus, Trevor Dearing explains why org...

In this episode, Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Jen Ellis, founder of NextJenSecurity, for a sharp and wide-ranging conversation about why so many of cybersecurity's biggest debates keep missing the point. Just weeks after a major AI breakthrough sent shockwaves through the security industry, Jen brings her trademark candour to the questions everyone is asking: from the real mechanics of ransomw...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of June 15. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. Patch me if you can. Microsoft releases its biggest Patch Tuesday in years. Meta says "I spy" to spyware firm NSO Group lurking in WhatsApp. And Chinese hackers are putting AI to use.  Plus, Gary Barlet joins us to discuss why AI is exposing a cybersecurity realit...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of June 8. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. The White House puts AI security to the test. Passwords lose their starring role in cyberattacks. And IronWorm wriggles its way into npm packages. Plus, Aishwarya Ramani joins us to break down the takeaways from this year’s Verizon DBIR.  Head to The Zero Trust Hub...

In this episode, Raghu Nandakumara sits down with two heavyweights in cybersecurity: Dr. Anton Chuvakin (Google Cloud) and Erik Bloch (Illumio), for a candid, often funny, and occasionally sobering look at why detection and response keeps fighting the same battles it was fighting 20 years ago. From the birth of SIEM and the coining of "EDR," to the short-lived reign of XDR, to today's AI hype cycl...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of June 1. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. Iran’s MuddyWater group steps up espionage efforts — without making a splash A botnet built to hunt software developers has been taken offline. And nearly six million cruise ship passengers' data just went overboard. Plus, Aishwarya Ramani joins us to break down th...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of May 25. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. One compromised dev tool, 3800 stolen GitHub repos. Mythos is finding software bugs faster than humans can patch them. And the White House shelves a planned executive order on frontier AI models. Plus, hear what Christer Swartz declares as May's boo and bravo! Head...

In this episode, Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Andrew Rubin, Founder & CEO of Illumio, for a candid conversation about the next phase of AI-driven cybersecurity risk. Just weeks after a major AI breakthrough sparked shockwaves across the security industry, Andrew shares his immediate reaction — from the sobering implications of machine-speed vulnerability discovery to a frank assessment of why...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of May 18. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. Schools get their data back — but on what terms? Google catches the first AI-built cyber exploit in the wild. And lawmakers press Homeland Security to get ready for AI attacks — and fast. And Trevor Dearing joins us on Ask the Expert.  Head to The Zero Trust Hub: h...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of May 11. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. School’s out, but not for summer. Hackers shut down finals week for thousands of universities.   An AI model found the most valuable target on a breached network. No one asked it to. A nine-year-old Linux flaw now has a public exploit — and no patch. And Erik Bloch...

In this episode, Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Neil Robinson for a candid look at how one of the industry’s top security leaders is thinking about the next phase of AI-driven cybersecurity risk. Just weeks after a major AI breakthrough sparked shockwaves across the security industry, Neil shares his immediate reaction — from genuine excitement about the technology’s progress to the sobering imp...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of May 4. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. Want access to the latest frontier AI models? Get on the invite list. Hackers are hijacking email accounts — I’ve got a bad feeling about this.  It’s a trap! Attackers infiltrate popular software development environments. And John Kindervag joins us on Ask the Exper...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of April 27. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. Anthropic's restricted AI bug hunter just leaked. And now China has a rival of its own. Are Chinese hackers hiding behind your old router? And after thirteen months in limbo, Trump's pick to run CISA is walking away. And Christer Swartz joins us to discuss April’...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of April 20. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. Microsoft’s biggest patch day this year includes a live SharePoint exploit. Two million Amtrak records leak. Did the railroad choo-choo-choose not to pay a ransom? And researchers find malware aimed at Israel’s water supply. New AI models like Anthropic’s Mythos...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of April 13. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. A new AI model upends everything you thought you knew about cybersecurity A dozen companies. Thousands of zero-days. One secret patch sprint. And state-sponsored hackers want what Mythos has — so they're already building it. And Trupti Shiralkar joins us to unpac...

Recorded live at RSA Conference 2026, this episode of The Segment features a compelling conversation between host Raghu Nandakumara and Theresa Payton—the first female White House Chief Information Officer and a leading voice on cybersecurity, AI, and digital risk. They tackle a critical question: If organizations are spending more than ever on cybersecurity, why are outcomes getting worse? Drawin...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of April 6. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. Your JavaScript library just phoned North Korea. New details on last year’s banking software breach amid a flurry of lawsuits. And Team PCP hackers breach the EU through a tool…built to stop hackers.  John Kindervag joins to talk about the latest Zero Trust push o...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of March 30. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. ShinyHunters scales up its Salesforce extortion campaign, hitting major targets around the globe. Zero-day exploits aren’t cool. Do you know what’s cool? Negative -day exploits. And it’s sunshine and cyber alerts for the Golden State as California municipalities...

Social engineering attacks may evolve with new technology, but the core tactic hasn’t changed in decades: exploiting human trust. In this episode of The Segment , host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Timothy Kromphardt , Senior Threat Researcher at Proofpoint to explore how modern scams actually work behind the scenes. Tim spends his days engaging directly with threat actors—sometimes for months...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of March 23. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. The 3.4 million records exposed in massive healthcare tech breach Federal officials hunt for answers in the wake of Iran’s attack on Stryker Why cybercriminals are ditching malware for phone calls And Christer Swartz joins us for a Boos and Bravos segment!  Head...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of March 16. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. As many as two hundred thousand devices wiped clean by Iranian hackers. A new class of malware uses AI to rewrite its own source code. And confidence vs. reality: New research shows that most security teams can’t stop a breach in real-time. And John Kindervag arg...

AI is moving faster than any technology shift we’ve seen before—but security is still being treated as an afterthought.   In this episode of The Segment , host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Joshua Woodruff, Founder & CEO of Massive Scale AI, to explore what it really takes to adopt AI, especially agentic AI, without putting your business at risk. Josh brings nearly 30 years of experience across...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of March 9. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. Google unmasks an advanced — maybe government-leaked — exploit kit targeting Apple devices. Iran’s Muddy Waters hacking group is shaping up to be a clear threat to U.S. networks. And the White House signals that the best cyber defense might be cyber offense. And A...