Podcast Episodes

Where AI Fits in the Adversary’s Toolbox

Episode 51

Would you rather have an adversary profile you based on your AI chat history or tell your AI chatbot to forget everything it knows about you?

That’s one of many questions Adam and Cristian explore in…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Catching Up on Cloud Attack Paths with Cloud Threat Specialist Sebastian Walla

Episode 50

Today’s adversaries are increasingly operating in the cloud — and Sebastian Walla, Deputy Manager of Emerging Threats at CrowdStrike, is watching them. In this episode, he joins Adam and Cristian to …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside the CrowdStrike 2025 Latin America Threat Landscape Report

Episode 49

Latin America has become a hotspot for cyber activity. Threat actors around the world, particularly eCriminals, are targeting organizations operating in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Car…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

OCULAR SPIDER and the Rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service

Episode 48

Ransomware has become more difficult for organizations to defend against, but easier for adversaries to deploy. The rise of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) — a model in which ransomware operators writ…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Meet LUNAR SPIDER: The Inner Workings of an eCrime Adversary

Episode 47

To anticipate threat actors’ behavior, we must understand them. That’s why CrowdStrike closely tracks the evolution and activity of 257 named adversaries, including the eCrime actor LUNAR SPIDER.

“T…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

NSOCKS: Insights into a Million-Dollar Residential Proxy Service

Episode 46

When an adversary wants to target an organization, they want to make it look like they’re coming from a regional or local internet service provider. This makes their activity seem more legitimate and…

Published on 8 months ago

China’s Cyber Enterprise Grows: CrowdStrike 2025 Global Threat Report

Episode 45

China’s cyber enterprise is rapidly growing: China-nexus activity was up 150% across industries in 2024, with a 200-300% surge in key sectors such as financial services, media, manufacturing, and ind…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

A Deep Dive into DeepSeek and the Risks of Foreign LLMs

Episode 44

DeepSeek took the internet by storm earlier this year, making headlines and sparking conversations about its development, use, and associated risks. Today, Adam and Cristian take a deep dive into the…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Putting a Spotlight on Energy Sector Threats with Corelight's Greg Bell

Episode 43

Cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure have made more headlines in recent years, sparking concern about how these systems are protected. Adversaries are taking aim at older technologies that …

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

See You I-Soon: A Peek at China’s Offensive Cyber Operations

Episode 42

“It would not be an understatement to say that China is the number one national security concern that I think we have here in the West.”

China’s offensive cyber activity has undergone a massive shift…

Published on 10 months ago