The impact of Mythos and Florida Man, confidence gaps, phishing, & AI adoption - Chris Wallis, Deepen Desai, Erich Kron - ESW #458

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of AI on vulnerability management, the rise of phishing attacks, and the confidence gap in enterprise security.

The Weekly Enterprise News This week, in the enterprise security news, Copy Fail The hits keep coming for CVE, NIST and NVD Cyber attacks on breathalyzers insurance carriers pulling support for AI Florida Man pleads guilty ignore the humanities at your own peril offense and defense don't scale the same is it okay to be left behind? scientists gave cocaine to salmon Mind the Gap: Confidence, AI, and the Future of Exposure Management Former ethical hacker, now founder and CEO of Intruder, Chris Wallis explores whether AI can bridge the divide between finding vulnerabilities and understanding real-world attack context as exploit windows continue to shrink. This conversation dives into the structural "confidence gap" uncovered in Intruder's 2026 Security Middle Child Report, where executive risk appetite is increasingly decoupled from front-line operational reality. Check out Intruder's Security Middle Child Report at https://securityweekly.com/intruderrsac . Modern Phishing Attacks Are Under Multi-Channel Siege Recently, there has been a shift in cybercriminals' behavior, marked by a surge in total phishing attack volume. These attacks are fueled by high-scale automation and a…

People in this episode

Host: Adrian Sanabria

Guest: Chris Wallis

Topics covered

• enterprise security
• AI adoption
• phishing attacks
• confidence gap
• cyber attacks
• vulnerability management

Keywords

• AI
• phishing
• cybersecurity
• confidence gap
• vulnerabilities
• Intruder
• Florida Man
• Security Middle Child Report

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Intruder, NIST, NVD

Places: Florida

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