Back to (or Start) Fundamentals? - Rajesh Khazanchi - PSW #923

About this episode

The episode discusses various cybersecurity topics including breach readiness and the implications of AI in security, featuring an interview with Rajesh Khazanchi.

This week: Larry's in the host seat and chaos ensues. We dig into: A very questionable story about tracking a warship with a $5 Bluetooth tracker Serial-to-IP devices quietly sitting in critical infrastructure… and full of holes New York regulators mandating MFA and asset inventory—aka CIS Control #1 is now breaking news A ransomware negotiator who decided to double-dip (and landed in prison) "Brand new" hard drives that come preloaded… with someone else's data The Vercel breach: no zero-day, just shadow IT, stolen tokens, and bad decisions AI-driven vulnerability discovery and the looming "vulnpocalypse" Quantum crypto debates: real threat or just another security boogeyman? Mirai is STILL alive—because apparently we still don't patch routers And yes… Flipper Zero makes an appearance (no, you're not hacking airplanes… calm down) Then, we rebroadcast an interview from RSAC. Breach Readiness for Measurable Risk Reduction in the Age of AI Cyber leaders no longer debate whether a breach will occur. What has changed is the speed and scale at which AI now enables those breaches. The real question is how far an attacker can move once inside. In this conversation, Rajesh Khazanchi…

People in this episode

Host: Larry

Guest: Rajesh Khazanchi

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• breach readiness
• AI in security
• vulnerability discovery
• infrastructure security
• ransomware
• regulatory compliance

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• breach readiness
• AI
• vulnerability
• ransomware
• infrastructure
• MFA
• quantum crypto
• Mirai
• Flipper Zero

Sponsors

ColorTokens

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vercel, CIS

Products: Flipper Zero, Bluetooth tracker, hard drives, AI, Quantum crypto, Mirai

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