Risk and Resilience

This week we cover five stories that all point at the same uncomfortable truth - the systems we trust to keep us safe are failing quietly, and the bill is coming due. A US military contractor built government-grade iPhone spyware. An insider sold it to Russia. Criminals are now using it on everyday people. We break down what Coruna is, how it got out, and what your institution should be doing abou...

In this episode I break down four major stories that reveal where the biggest risks are heading - from AI automation to cloud data breaches and mobile banking threats. An AI agent is spreading so fast that regulators are stepping in, a well-known hacker group is threatening companies using stolen Salesforce data, an alleged insider incident raises concerns around Social Security records, and a ban...

In this episode, we cover seven stories that sit at the intersection of geopolitics, technology, and financial risk. From Iranian state-linked hackers confirmed inside U.S. banking networks, to regulators forcing a reckoning on cloud concentration, to AI systems taking over operational decision-making without adequate governance, the risks are converging faster than most institutions are moving. S...

This week, Anthropic refused the Pentagon's demand to deploy Claude without safeguards on surveillance. The government's response? A supply chain risk designation. When Anthropic refused the Pentagon's demand to deploy Claude AI without safeguards on surveillance and autonomous weapons, the government responded with economic coercion, designating the company as a "supply chain ris...

Happy New Year! This is our first episode of 2025, and I want to start by wishing all my listeners a happy, healthy, and successful year ahead. In this week’s episode - Week 2 of 2025 - we’ll dive into the most critical updates in the world of cybersecurity and geopolitics. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s coming up: Volt and Salt Typhoon : Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeting critical U.S. infr...

Welcome to Risk and Resilience and you're tuned into the weekly update where I bring you the latest and most crucial developments in cybersecurity and technology.    This week I will be covering    Interbank Data Breach: Extortion Attempt and Customer Data Leak  CrowdStrike Outage: Impact, Response, and Lessons for Operational Resilience  Delta Air Lines Seeks Damages from CrowdStrike and Microsof...

Welcome to Risk and Resilience and you're tuned into the weekly update where I bring you the latest and most crucial developments in cybersecurity and technology.   This week I will be covering   Internet Archive Suffers Major Security Breach, Affecting 31 Million Accounts Google Launches Global Signal Exchange to Combat Online Scams and Fraud Critical Security Flaws Discovered in Fortinet Product...

Welcome to Risk and Resilience and you're tuned into the weekly update where I bring you the latest and most crucial developments in cybersecurity and technology.   This week I will be covering   China-linked threat actors compromised some U.S. internet service providers   Kaspersky deleted its anti-malware software from customers' computers across the United States  Google says several major US c...

Risk and Resilience Week 38 Podcast: This week I cover the following in my podcast. Meta's AI training: Using public Facebook/Instagram posts since 2007 Microsoft's Patch Tuesday: 79 updates, 4 zero-day fixes Fortinet breach: 440GB data leaked, affecting 0.3% of customers TfL cyber attack: Passenger data compromised, 17-year-old arrested UK data centers now critical infrastructure: Boostin...

Key Headlines: Russian Military Cyber Actors Targeting Critical Infrastructure – FBI, CISA, NSA, and international partners release a critical advisory on Russian cyber threats to US and global infrastructure. Massive IT Crime Damages – IT crimes cause a staggering 91 billion rubles in damage over just seven months. Election Security Concerns – Intelligence officials warn of increasing foreign inf...