James Azar

CyberHub Podcast

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The Hub of the Infosec Community. A daily podcast with host and CISO James Azar delivering the latest cybersecurity headlines without the FUD and addressing risk, impact, and mitigation for cybersecurity practitioners globally. The show airs live at 9AM EST Monday through Thursday on YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Twitch. Our mission is to provide substantive and quality content that’s more than headlines or sales pitches. We want to be a valuable source to assist those cybersecurity practitioners in their mission to keep their organizations secure.

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James Azar

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Russia Loses Starlink on Battlefield, CISA at 38% in DHS Shutdown, First Chrome Zero-Day of 2026 17.02.2026 14:53

🎙️ Russia Loses Starlink on Battlefield, CISA at 38% in DHS Shutdown, First Chrome Zero-Day of 2026 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1062: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Canada Goose 600K records leaked by ShinyHunters Infostealer now targeting OpenClaw AI agent configs 500K VKontakte a...

300+ Chrome Extensions Steal Data from 37M Users, LVMH Brands Fined $25M, 6M Dutch Records Stolen 16.02.2026 17:47

🎙️ 300+ Chrome Extensions Steal Data from 37M Users, LVMH Brands Fined $25M, 6M Dutch Records Stolen 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1061: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Google Links China Iran Russia and North Korea to Coordinated Cyber Operations Targeting the Defense Industrial Base...

Apple Patches Exploited Zero-Day, $2K Spyware Hacks Any Phone, First Malicious Outlook Add-In 12.02.2026 17:16

🎙️ Apple Patches Exploited Zero-Day, $2K Spyware Hacks Any Phone, First Malicious Outlook Add-In 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1060: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Crazy Ransomware Gang Abuses Employee Monitoring Tool and SimpleHelp RMM for Persistence Chinese-Linked VoidLink AI-Gene...

Microsoft Patches 6 Zero-Days, China Hacks Singapore Telecoms, North Korea Deepfake Mac Malware 11.02.2026 17:50

🎙️ Microsoft Patches 6 Zero-Days, China Hacks Singapore Telecoms, North Korea Deepfake Mac Malware 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1059: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Chinese Cyberspies UNC3886 Breach All Four Singapore Telecom Operators FortiOS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability All...

SmarterTools Hacked By Own Software, Ivanti Zero-Days Hit EU, China Rehearses Cyber Attacks 10.02.2026 16:15

🎙️ SmarterTools Hacked By Own Software, Ivanti Zero-Days Hit EU, China Rehearses Cyber Attacks 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1058: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Threat Actors Exploit SolarWinds Web Help Desk Flaws to Deploy Velociraptor for C2 BeyondTrust Warns of Critical 9.9 Pre-A...

BridgePay Ransomware Attack Outage, Spain Ministry of Science Breach, State Actor Targets 155 Countries 09.02.2026 16:11

🎙️ BridgePay Ransomware Attack Outage, Spain Ministry of Science Breach, State Actor Targets 155 Countries 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1057: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Flickr Security Incident Tied to Third-Party Email System DKnife Implant Used by Chinese Threat Actor for Adve...

Locked Up: Lessons from the Ransomware Frontline with Zach Lewis 07.02.2026 42:42

In this gripping interview, James Azar sits down with Zach Lewis , CIO and CISO at the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis and author of Locked Up: Cybersecurity Threat Mitigation Lessons from a Real-World LockBit Ransomware Response . Together, they unpack the lived chaos of a ransomware attack — not as theory, but as a raw, human, boots-on-the-ground experience. Buy Here: htt...

Harvard UPenn Data Leaked ShinyHunters, CISA SolarWinds RCE Exploit, VMware ESXi ZeroDay Ransomware 05.02.2026 17:00

🎙️ Harvard UPenn Data Leaked ShinyHunters, CISA SolarWinds RCE Exploit, VMware ESXi ZeroDay Ransomware 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1056: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: CISA Warns of Five-Year-Old GitLab Flaw Exploited in Attacks Critical N8N Flaws Disclosed Along with Public Exploi...

Step Finance $40M Crypto Theft Exec Devices Compromised, Iron Mountain Data Breach, React Native Zero-Day 04.02.2026 15:06

🎙️ Step Finance $40M Crypto Theft Exec Devices Compromised, Iron Mountain Data Breach, React Native Zero-Day 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1055: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Sean Cairncross Discusses White House Cybersecurity Strategy at ITI Cloud Storage Payment Scam Floods Inboxe...

Notepad++ Supply Chain Hack by China, Panera Bread 5.1M Breach, APT28 Exploit Discovered 03.02.2026 16:21

🎙️ Notepad++ Supply Chain Hack by China, Panera Bread 5.1M Breach, APT28 Exploit Discovered 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1054: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: DynoWiper Data Wiping Malware Discovered in Active Campaigns Researchers Find 341 Malicious ClawHub Packages in Supply Chain...

Bumble Match Dating Apps Data Breaches, Marquis Blames SonicWall Cloud Backup, Crypto $158B Illicit Funds 02.02.2026 17:08

🎙️ Bumble Match Dating Apps Data Breaches, Marquis Blames SonicWall Cloud Backup, Crypto $158B Illicit Funds 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Andy’s GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/31de09e7f Ep – 1053: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: MoltBook AI Vulnerability Discovered in Platform Coupang Acting...

Poland Grid Cyberattack 30 Facilities, eScan Breached Malicious Update, FBI Seizes RAMP Cybercrime Forum 29.01.2026 16:20

🎙️ Poland Grid Cyberattack 30 Facilities, eScan Breached Malicious Update, FBI Seizes RAMP Cybercrime Forum 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Andy’s GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/31de09e7f Ep – 1052: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: eScan Confirms Update Server Breached to Push Malicious Update C...

ShinyHunters 100+ Orgs Phishing Campaign, Russia Delta Security Cyberattack, 800K Telnet Servers Exposed 28.01.2026 16:23

🎙️ ShinyHunters 100+ Orgs Phishing Campaign, Russia Delta Security Cyberattack, 800K Telnet Servers Exposed 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Andy’s Go FundMe: https://gofund.me/31de09e7f Ep – 1051: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Nearly 800,000 Telnet Servers Exposed to Remote Attacks Fortine...

China Hacked Downing Street Phones for Years, Nova Ransomware KPMG Netherlands, Microsoft Office Zero-Day 27.01.2026 15:40

🎙️ China Hacked Downing Street Phones for Years, Nova Ransomware KPMG Netherlands, Microsoft Office Zero-Day 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1050: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Access System Flaws Enabled Hackers to Unlock Doors at Major European Firms New ClickFix Attacks Abuse Windo...

Crunchbase Data Breach Confirmed, Nike Probes Hack, Fortinet FortiCloud Not Fully Patched 26.01.2026 16:03

🎙️ Crunchbase Data Breach Confirmed, Nike Probes Hack, Fortinet FortiCloud Not Fully Patched 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1049: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Dresden State Art Collections Hit by Cyberattack ShinyHunters Claim to Be Behind SSO Account Data Theft Attacks Russian Sand...

Manufacturing Giant Luxshare Data Leak, Database Mega-Patch, Already Patched Firewall Exploited 22.01.2026 16:57

🎙️ Manufacturing Giant Luxshare Data Leak, Database Mega-Patch, Already Patched Firewall Exploited 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1048: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: LastPass Users Targeted with Backup-Themed Phishing Emails Cisco Enterprise Communications CVE-2026-20045 Vulnerabilit...

McDonald's India Everest Ransomware Attack, EU Plans China Telecom Phase Out, NK Hackers Target Workers 21.01.2026 20:02

🎙️ McDonald's India Everest Ransomware Attack, EU Plans China Telecom Phase Out, NK Hackers Target Workers 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1047: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Weaponized Invite Enabled Calendar Data Theft via Google Gemini Three Flaws in Anthropic MCP Git Server Discov...

Ingram Micro Ransomware 42K Impacted, 4 in 5 Small Businesses Hit by Cyberscams, Jen Easterly RSAC CEO 20.01.2026 16:02

🎙️ Ingram Micro Ransomware 42K Impacted, 4 in 5 Small Businesses Hit by Cyberscams, Jen Easterly RSAC CEO 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1046: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Germany Cyber Dome Collaboration with Israel Announced TP-Link Patches Vulnerability Exposing VIGI Cameras to H...

Cybersecurity Firms React China Software Ban, Iranian State TV Hacked Anti-Regime, Black Basta Police Raids 19.01.2026 16:56

🎙️ Cybersecurity Firms React China Software Ban, Iranian State TV Hacked Anti-Regime, Black Basta Police Raids 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1045: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: China-Linked Hackers Exploited Sitecore Zero-Day for Initial Access Five Malicious Chrome Extensions Disco...

South Korean Giant Kyowon Ransomware Data Theft, Poland Cyberattack Grid Russia, Beijing Bans US Israeli Cyber Software 15.01.2026 17:09

🎙️ South Korean Giant Kyowon Ransomware Data Theft, Poland Cyberattack Grid Russia, Beijing Bans US Israeli Cyber Software 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1044: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Microsoft Disrupts RedVDS Cybercrime Scam Infrastructure France Fines Free Mobile $42 Million...

Belgian Hospital Cyberattack Shuts Servers, Microsoft Patch Tuesday 3 Zero-Days, 40 Countries NK IT Theft 14.01.2026 16:48

🎙️ Belgian Hospital Cyberattack Shuts Servers, Microsoft Patch Tuesday 3 Zero-Days, 40 Countries NK IT Theft 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1043: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Adobe Patches Critical Apache Tika Bug in ColdFusion SAP's January 2026 Security Updates Patch Critical Vuln...

University of Hawaii Cancer Center Ransomware, Spanish Energy Giant Endesa Breach, Target Dev Server Offline 13.01.2026 16:40

🎙️ University of Hawaii Cancer Center Ransomware, Spanish Energy Giant Endesa Breach, Target Dev Server Offline 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1042: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Russia's APT28 Targeting Energy Research Defense Collaboration Entities CISA Orders Feds to Patch Gogs RC...

Instagram Denies 17M Account Breach, $26M Crypto Stolen Truebit, BreachForums Database Leaked 324K 12.01.2026 17:43

🎙️ Instagram Denies 17M Account Breach, $26M Crypto Stolen Truebit, BreachForums Database Leaked 324K 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1041: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Exploit for VMware Zero-Day Flaws Likely Built a Year Before Public Disclosure Chinese-Linked Hackers Exploit VMwar...

Spanish Airline Attributes Breach to November Incident, Illinois Agency Exposed Data, UK Cyber Action Plan 08.01.2026 17:51

🎙️ Spanish Airline Attributes Breach to November Incident, Illinois Agency Exposed Data, UK Cyber Action Plan 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1040: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Australia's Scams Framework Criticized Over Major Exclusions Alleged Cyber Scam Kingpin in Cambodia Arreste...

Jaguar Land Rover Sales Down 43% After Cyberattack, Taiwan Energy Sector Attacks Up 10x, LockBit 5.0 Emerges 07.01.2026 14:42

🎙️ Jaguar Land Rover Sales Down 43% After Cyberattack, Taiwan Energy Sector Attacks Up 10x, LockBit 5.0 Emerges 🚨 Join us on the CyberHub Podcast as we break down today’s biggest cybersecurity stories shaping global risk and resilience. Ep – 1039: Today's episode will discuss the latest news: Critical Dolby Vulnerability Patched in Android Devices Veeam Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability in Backu...