Today’s episode is one of those stories that, when you start pulling the thread, the whole thing just keeps unravelling. We are going to talk about the Mercor breach. Now, if that name doesn’t ring a bell, Mercor is a ten-billion-dollar...
So, today’s episode is one of those stories that really does hit home. Not a bank breach. Not some government leak. I want to talk about the water coming out of your tap. On March 14th, 2026, hackers dropped ransomware on a water treatment...
If you’ve been watching the cybersecurity space for the last two years, you’ve noticed something. Almost every breach report, every vendor pitch, every board meeting — AI is in the conversation. Sometimes as the hero, sometimes as the...
In this week’s episode, I am joined by my good old friend Shakel Ahmed, a cybersecurity practitioner with over 20 years of experience across some of the most demanding environments in the industry. We are covering the importance of skills and...
Just over a week ago, on 11 March 2026, a cyberattack brought one of the world’s largest medical device makers to its knees. Stryker – a $25 billion company that manufactures surgical robots, joint implants and emergency equipment...
It has been a little while since my last update episode, and a lot has been happening in the world of cybersecurity. So today I want to catch you up on three things that have been on my radar and, more importantly, should be on yours. First, we are...
In late February 2026, a Meta executive lost her entire email inbox when an AI agent she was using deleted everything despite explicit instructions to confirm before taking action. At the same time, over 40K OpenClaw AI agent instances were found...
Cisco Live is one of the largest networking and security conferences in the world, bringing together thousands of IT and security professionals for a week of learning, innovation, and hands-on experience — and this year, I was there, working as a...
On June 27, 2024, millions of people worldwide suddenly couldn’t access one of the internet’s most popular DNS services—not because of a cyberattack in the traditional sense, but because a single network in Brazil convinced the internet...
On January 17, 2025, the European Union’s Digital Operational Resilience Act — known as DORA — became fully enforceable, fundamentally changing how financial institutions across Europe manage cyber and operational risk. One year into...
