Reimagining Cyber - real world perspectives on cybersecurity

For years, cybersecurity leaders have focused on identity as the new perimeter. MFA, Zero Trust, SSO, and identity protection became the center of modern security strategies. But while everyone was focused on identity, attackers never stopped targeting something much older: internet-facing infrastructure. VPNs. Firewalls. Remote access appliances. Recent attacks involving Check Point, Fortinet, Ivanti, SonicWall, and others show that the perimeter never really disappeared. In this episode, Ty...

Scattered Spider has become one of the most disruptive cybercrime groups in the world—not because of advanced malware or zero-day exploits, but because of its mastery of social engineering and identity attacks. In this episode, Tyler Moffitt explores how the group is evolving its tactics. Rather than targeting organizations at random, Scattered Spider appears to be moving industry by industry, reusing successful playbooks across sectors including casinos, retail, insurance, and airlines. Once...

ClickFix is a fast-growing social engineering technique appearing in malware campaigns, compromised websites, fake CAPTCHA prompts, and browser verification scams. In this episode Tyler Moffitt explains how attackers compromise legitimate sites by exploiting unpatched CMS or plugins, inject malicious JavaScript, and then trick visitors into “verifying” by opening Run/PowerShell and pasting a preloaded command that downloads malware, leading to info stealers and potentially ransomware.&n...

Two weeks ago on Reimagining Cyber, we explored how agentic AI could become the next major security choke point. Since then, things have escalated. Enterprises are restricting — even banning — AI agents. Security teams are scrambling to regain visibility. Vendors are rushing out “agent security” features. And early warning signs are already surfacing. In this episode, Tyler Moffitt answers the critical question: Did agentic AI just move from innovation to crisis? What changed in just a matter...

Agentic AI is moving fast — and it’s changing how risk shows up inside modern organizations. Autonomous AI agents are no longer just answering questions. They’re wired into cloud consoles, internal tools, ticketing systems, and finance platforms, acting on our behalf with real permissions and real consequences. And in the rush to automate, many teams are quietly centralizing access in ways security models were never designed to handle. In this episode, Ben sits down with Tyler Moffitt to brea...

Microsoft Defender is often treated as “good enough” security—built in, always on, and quietly doing its job. But what happens when malware convinces Windows to turn it off without triggering alarms? In this episode, cybersecurity expert Tyler Mofitt breaks down a real-world Windows malware campaign that disables Defender before anything else happens. No zero-days. No flashy exploits. Just a quiet abuse of built-in trust that causes Windows to step aside its own protection. He walks through h...