The Daly Threat Report with Joe Daly

Korbein Schultz: “The 'Jason Bourne' Breach” How does a 25-year-old insider bypass billions of dollars in elite government cybersecurity? With a $42,000 payout, a serious "Jason Bourne" complex, and a personal smartphone. In this episode, we dive into the shocking case of Korbein Schultz, a U.S. Army intelligence analyst recently sentenced to seven years in prison for selling highly classified mil...

Jack Teixeira - “The Discord Insider” How does a 22-year-old IT specialist perpetrate one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history? He ignores the rules and brings his personal smartphone to work. In this episode we are joined by Shawnee Delaney, CEO of Vaillance Group, former case officer for the DIA, and expert on insider threats. We unpack th...

Kevin Mallory - “The Micro-SD Spy” In early 2017, Kevin Patrick Mallory—a former CIA undercover operative and DIA senior intelligence officer who once held a Top Secret clearance—was $230,000 in debt and falling months behind on his mortgage. Desperate for a lifeline, he answered a LinkedIn message from a Chinese intelligence officer posing as a think tank representative. This single exchange spar...

In this episode of The Daily Threat podcast from NVIDIA GTC, host Joe Daly interviews cybersecurity veteran Paul Kalatayud about emerging wireless security challenges in AI data centers. Paul, a five-time Fortune 100 CISO with 26 years of experience, discusses how AI has evolved from a technical to a business conversation and the implications for physical security. The conversation covers three ma...

In this episode of The Daly Threat podcast, host Dr. Brett Walkenhorst interviews Scott Stapp, a retired Air Force general and former CTO at Northrop Grumman, about the security risks posed by smartphones on Navy ships. Stapp explains how adversaries can now use commercial satellite constellations like Starlink and advanced RF collection capabilities to geolocate military vessels through sailor's...

In this episode of the Daly Threat Podcast, host Joe Daly sits down with Dale “Woody” Wooden of Weathered Security to unpack one of the most misunderstood topics in secure-facility design: RF shielding. Despite its reputation—and its cost—shielding is rarely the airtight solution facility owners expect.

🎙️ The Daly Threat Report:"The Nearest Neighbor Attack" Your network is secure—but is your neighbor's? In this episode, Joe Daly (Bastille) and Shawnee Delaney (Vaillance Group) break down the "Nearest Neighbor Attack," where Russian APT28 actors bypassed hardened defenses by exploiting wireless proximity and compromising nearby businesses. Using dual-homed systems, guest Wi-Fi weaknesses, and wir...

🎙️ The Daly Threat Report: "A Pocket Full of Secrets"\ What happens when wireless policy fails, and the threat is already inside the perimeter? In this five-minute micro-brief, Bastille’s Joe Daly breaks down the Michael Schena espionage case—a real-world example of insider threat tradecraft that evaded technical security for nearly three years. Joined by Shawnee Delaney (CEO, Vaillance Group and...

🎙️ The Daly Threat Report: "Stuttgart Spy Ring" What if your parking lot became a battlefield in the RF spectrum? In this five-minute tactical intelligence brief, Joe Daly (Bastille) and Shawnee Delaney (Vaillance Group) dissect a Russian-directed surveillance operation conducted outside Stuttgart Army Airfield. This episode explores how a modified civilian vehicle became a mobile SIGINT (signals...