Cybersecurity News & Analysis by Cyber Sidekicks - Your Weekly Update’

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Cybersecurity News & Analysis by Cyber Sidekicks - Your Weekly Update’ is a technology podcast hosted by Cyber Sidekicks, with 81 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Cyber Sidekicks hosts Cybersecurity News & Analysis by Cyber Sidekicks - Your Weekly Update’, a technology show with 81 episodes published.

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  Episode #81

  No Place to Hide: The High-Fidelity Future of AI Impersonation

  Aug 18, 202636 min

  In this week's episode, Christina are Rory are joined by Russ Bentley , EVP Product Management at ZeroFox to discuss the alarming ease with which AI can now be used to create ultra-realistic and convincing impersonations and the resulting challenges for executive protection. Some great points by Russ, including the need for a return to foundational social engineering awareness. Recommendations: focus on the "basic tells" that are more resistant to AI manipulation - such as questioning the context and character of the contact. Is the topic expected? Is there artificial urgency? Is it out of character for that individual to reach out in this way? NEWS Black Hat Roundup - Rory and Christina select their picks of new and interesting announcements! IBM Partners with OpenAI to Accelerate Secure AI Deployment for Enterprises Across Core Operations AI agent hacks gym to get its user a spot in Pilates class Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in the following episode. SpeakPipe link - https://www.speakpipe.com/Cyber_Sidekicks Or, send us an email: Christina Richmond – christina@richmondadvisorygroup.com Rory Duncan – rory@richmondadvisorygroup.com Subscribe to our Newsletter - "Signal, not noise" Our monthly newsletter is free to subscribers! Sign-up now at Richmond Advisory Group . Technology we use Podcast Recording Platform – Cleanfeed.com Cyber Sidekicks Show Host – Podbean.com Edited & mastered in GarageBand

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  Episode #80

  Why AI is not the (only) answer in Cybersecurity

  Aug 11, 202644 min

  SPECIAL EPISODE: this week, Christina & Rory take the plunge and debate the merits of AI and AI Agents in cybersecurity strategy. What are the pros & cons? How can AI benefit those managing cyber defence vs. the cyber criminals, nation state actors and other attackers pushing on the offensive side? It's often been called an "arms race", so where will it end - if it can? What are the lessons that cybersecurity professionals should bear in mind, and what role will humans have in the rapidly developing security industry? CALL FOR FEEDBACK: we'd love to hear your thoughts! Send us an email to your choice of address below. Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in the following episode. SpeakPipe link - https://www.speakpipe.com/Cyber_Sidekicks Or, send us an email: Christina Richmond – christina@richmondadvisorygroup.com Rory Duncan – rory@richmondadvisorygroup.com Subscribe to our Newsletter - "Signal, not noise" Our monthly newsletter is free to subscribers! Sign-up now at Richmond Advisory Group . Technology we use Podcast Recording Platform – Cleanfeed.com Cyber Sidekicks Show Host – Podbean.com Edited & mastered in GarageBand

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  Episode #79

  The Server in the Corner: Securing the Forgotten AI Attack Surface

  Aug 4, 202632 min

  In this week's episode, Jim LaRoe , CEO of Symphion , discusses the critical security risks associated with printers and IoT devices, which he argues are the most overlooked endpoints in the modern AI-enabled threat landscape. LaRoe emphasizes that while printers are often treated as "dumb appliances," they have evolved into sophisticated servers that reside inside the organizational network. Printers typically represent 20% of all network endpoints, yet they frequently exist in a "print silo" outside the visibility and control of IT and security teams. NEWS Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system C-Suites Pivot from AI Adoption to Unlocking Value as Escalating Token Costs Trigger Fiscal Scrutiny Cyera to acquire Oasis Security in reported $1B deal Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in the following episode. SpeakPipe link - https://www.speakpipe.com/Cyber_Sidekicks Or, send us an email: Christina Richmond – christina@richmondadvisorygroup.com Rory Duncan – rory@richmondadvisorygroup.com Subscribe to our Newsletter - "Signal, not noise" Our monthly newsletter is free to subscribers! Sign-up now at Richmond Advisory Group . Technology we use Podcast Recording Platform – Cleanfeed.com Cyber Sidekicks Show Host – Podbean.com Edited & mastered in GarageBand

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  Episode #78

  The Pentest Renaissance: Synack on Offensive Security & AI Agents

  Jul 28, 202645 min

  Paul Mote , VP Solutions Architect at Synack , chats with Christina & Rory about how artificial intelligence is forcing a radical shift in offensive security and vulnerability management, including why the increasing number of autonomous attacks requires much more robust autonomous defenses. The solution? Organizations must move toward continuous automated patching or blocking to avoid falling hopelessly behind in an expedited attack sequence... NEWS Hugging Face experiences cyberattack carried out end-to-end by agentic AI Sophos releases its “State of Ransomware 2026” report Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in the following episode. SpeakPipe link - https://www.speakpipe.com/Cyber_Sidekicks Or, send us an email: Christina Richmond – christina@richmondadvisorygroup.com Rory Duncan – rory@richmondadvisorygroup.com Subscribe to our Newsletter - "Signal, not noise" Our monthly newsletter is free to subscribers! Sign-up now at Richmond Advisory Group . Technology we use Podcast Recording Platform – Cleanfeed.com Cyber Sidekicks Show Host – Podbean.com Edited & mastered in GarageBand

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  Episode #77

  When Bots Go Rogue: Sysdig and the Agentic Threat Actors

  Jul 21, 202631 min

  This week we follow-up on a story from last week's episode about the rise of Agentic Threat Actors (ATAs). Christina & Rory chat with Michael Clark , Senior Director of Threat Research at Sysdig about their discovery of JADEPUFFER, an ATA considered to be the first instance of agentic ransomware - an attack where a Large Language Model (LLM) is on the other end of the connection rather than a human operator. By exploiting the Langflow platform, the agent then autonomously attempted to perform automated database extortion against MySQL instances. But did it achieve its objectives? Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in the following episode. SpeakPipe link - https://www.speakpipe.com/Cyber_Sidekicks Or, send us an email: Christina Richmond – christina@richmondadvisorygroup.com Rory Duncan – rory@richmondadvisorygroup.com Subscribe to our Newsletter - "Signal, not noise" Our monthly newsletter is free to subscribers! Sign-up now at Richmond Advisory Group . Technology we use Podcast Recording Platform – Cleanfeed.com Cyber Sidekicks Show Host – Podbean.com Edited & mastered in GarageBand

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