The Defensive Line Podcast

The Defensive Line Weekly delivers actionable cybersecurity intelligence every week, translating the latest threats, vulnerabilities, and breaches into practical defensive advice for blue teamers. Subscribe for prioritised security recommendations that work for organisations of all sizes—curated and analysed by experienced security practitioners. thedefensiveline.substack.com

The Defensive Line Podcast is a technology podcast hosted by The Defensive Line, with 31 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.

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  Episode #20

  The Defensive Line Weekly Podcast 020

  Jun 3, 202610 minS1

  <p>Gogs unpatched remote code execution</p><p>* Rapid7</p><p>* BleepingComputer</p><p>* SecurityWeek</p><p>ShinyHunters: Charter and Carnival</p><p>* BleepingComputer — Charter</p><p>* BleepingComputer — Carnival</p><p>* The Record</p><p>* Carnival Corporation notice</p><p>FBI warning: Silent Ransom Group</p><p>* FBI IC3 Advisory</p><p>* The Record</p><p>* SecurityWeek</p><p>* CyberScoop</p><p>Honourable mentions</p><p>* Palo Alto GlobalProtect: Rapid7, Palo Alto Networks advisory, CISA KEV</p><p>* ChatGPT share links: Push Security, BleepingComputer</p><p>* GREYVIBE: WithSecure Labs, The Hacker News</p><p>* npm supply chain: Microsoft Security Blog</p> <...

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  Episode #19

  The Defensive Line Weekly Podcast 019

  May 27, 202615 minS1

  <p>Story 1: Developer Supply Chains Under Sustained Assault</p><p>* OX Security — TeamPCP / GitHub breach</p><p>* StepSecurity — Nx Console VS Code extension</p><p>* GitHub Security Blog — Investigating unauthorised access</p><p>* SafeDep — Megalodon mass GitHub repo backdooring</p><p>* StepSecurity — Megalodon CI/CD secrets exfiltration</p><p>* Aikido Security — Laravel-Lang supply chain attack</p><p>* Snyk — Laravel-Lang supply chain advisory</p><p>* The Hacker News — Packagist supply chain attack</p><p>* Socket — TrapDoor cross-ecosystem campaign</p><p>Story 2: Kali365 — FBI Warns of oh-auth Token Theft Platform</p><p>* FBI IC3 Public Service Announcement</p><p>* Arctic Wolf — Kali365 token and session thef...

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  The Defensive Line Podcast

  The Defensive Line Weekly Podcast 018

  May 20, 202614 minS0

  <p>The Defensive Line Weekly is a weekly intelligence briefing for blue teamers and security leaders — the stories that matter most, with clear implications and practical defensive actions. This podcast is the audio version of the weekly Defensive Line Substack newsletter, bringing the same curated analysis to your ears. Voices are AI generated, but the analysis and script is human curated.</p><p>Topic 1: South Staffordshire Water — 22 Months Undetected</p><p>* ICO enforcement notice</p><p>* The Record</p><p>* BleepingComputer</p><p>* Help Net Security</p><p>* Computer Weekly</p><p>Topic 2: BlackFile — Vishing and Real-Time AitM</p><p>* Google...

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  The Defensive Line Podcast

  The Defensive Line Weekly Podcast 017

  May 13, 202613 minS0

  <p>The Defensive Line Weekly is a weekly intelligence briefing for blue teamers and security leaders — the stories that matter most, with clear implications and practical defensive actions. This podcast is the audio version of the weekly Defensive Line Substack newsletter, bringing the same curated analysis to your ears. Voices are AI generated, but the analysis and script is human curated.</p><p>ShinyHunters / Canvas Breach</p><p>* Bitdefender Technical Advisory</p><p>* Instructure Incident Update</p><p>* Krebs on Security</p><p>* Push Security analysis</p><p>* Halcyon</p><p>* PCMag</p><p>PAN-OS CVE-2026-0300</p><p>* Palo Al...

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  Episode #16

  The Defensive Line Weekly Podcast 016

  May 6, 202616 minS1

  <p>The Defensive Line Weekly is a podcast version of our weekly Substack intelligence summary — the security stories that matter most for blue teamers and security leaders, with clear implications and practical defensive actions. AI voices are used, but the content is human curated and written with the support of AI.</p><p>Topic 1: Helpdesk Impersonation Continues to Succeed</p><p>* CrowdStrike — Cordial Spider adversary profile</p><p>* CrowdStrike — Snarky Spider adversary profile</p><p>* Google / Mandiant GTIG — Expansion of ShinyHunters SaaS data theft</p><p>* Unit 42 / RH-ISAC — Extortion in the enterprise: defending against BlackFile attacks</p><p>* CyberScoop — CrowdStrike names Cordia...

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