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Wire fraud, identity spoofing, and PII exposure now top the list of operational risks for private capital. In a world of ongoing fraud risk, fiduciary responsibility doesn't end with sound investment decisions — it must extend to operational best practices that protect every capital event. But how? Todd Sorrel, CEO & Co-Founder at 6lock, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how ever evolving AI attacks are increasing the chances of wire fraud. From voice cloning to deep fakes to impersonation, trust-based, high-touch controls for money transfer processes are inadequate. Todd will share how Zero Trust and verify principles are the only way to defend against these sophisticated wire fraud attacks. Optiv: The One Partner to Advise, Deploy and Operate. That's Cybersecurity Simplified - Black Hat interview with John Hurley, Chief Revenue Officer of Optiv This segment will focus on Optiv's unmatched ability to advise, deploy and operate complete cybersecurity programs. With more than 6,000 clients and 450 technology partners, Optiv is the one clients trust to handle real-world cyber complexity, reduce risk and deliver real results. Learn why Optiv is the most trusted brand in cyber at https://securityweekly.com/optivbh. The Shift to Machine-Led Security: What's Next for Cyber Defense - Black Hat interview with Galina Antova, CEO and Co-Founder of Kai Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing cybersecurity- not only by making attacks faster and more sophisticated, but also by forcing defenders to rethink how security operations are built. In this conversation, Kai CEO and co-founder Galina Antova discusses why the industry is moving toward machine-led security, what is preventing organizations from trusting autonomous AI, and what recent survey data from hundreds of CISOs reveals about where cybersecurity is headed next. To learn more about Kai, please visit: https://securityweekly.com/kaibh Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-463

AppSec has always emphasized techniques and tools for discovering vulns, along with taxonomies and lists for describing them. But just piling up more CVEs into a prioritized patching queue has never been an effective strategy. Nidhi Aggarwal talks about some of the economics and decisions that orgs evaluate when figuring out how to improve and protect their software. LLMs might be effective assistants in generating code, but only when they have the context of secure patterns to follow. We also talk about what some of the bug bounty data reveals in terms of successful researchers finding more impactful vulns and why the combination of domain expertise and curiosity remains profitable. Segment Resources https://www.hackerone.com/blog/finding-fast-fixing-slow-rising-exposure-debt Vulnerability discovery and remediation gap in the AI era AI-generated code is changing how vulnerabilities are created, discovered, and managed. This segment explores why finding more vulnerabilities doesn't necessarily mean reducing exposure, how teams can validate exploitability and prioritize real risk, and where agentic AI can support defenders without replacing human security expertise. It also looks at what continuous threat exposure management means for enterprise security teams in practice. Everyone's a Builder Now: Securing the AI-Powered Enterprise: Black Hat Interview with Gil Geron, CEO of Orca Security AI is fundamentally changing software development, turning employees across the business into builders and reshaping how organizations think about innovation and risk. In this session, Orca Security CEO Gil Geron explores what this shift means for enterprise leaders and why security must evolve alongside the next generation of AI-powered software creation. Segment Resources: https://orca.security/resources/press-releases/orca-security-extends-its-platform-to-the-new-generation-of-ai-builders/ https://orca.security/platform/ai-appgen-security/ This segment is sponsored by Orca Security. Visit https://securityweekly.com/orcabh to learn more about them! Bugcrowd Launches Pathseeker: Flipping the Script on Traditional Pentesting: Black Hat Interview with Braden Russell, CTO of Bugcrowd Bugcrowd is launching Savant Pathseeker, the first product in its new Agentic Offensive Testing line, which combines continuous agentic pentesting with on-demand human validation. The launch comes as the security industry grapples with a growing "AI slop" problem, where unchecked AI-generated vulnerability reports have overwhelmed bug bounty programs and even forced some, like Curl, to shut theirs down. Braden will unpack how Bugcrowd is positioning Savant Pathseeker as a response to that industry-wide trust problem, not just a new product launch. Segment Resources: https://www.bugcrowd.com/products/pathseeker/ https://www.bugcrowd.com/press-release/bugcrowd-introduces-savant-pathseeker-delivering-continuous-agentic-pentesting-across-the-attack-surface/ https://www.bugcrowd.com/products/platform https://www.bugcrowd.com/products/ai-powered-security-intelligence/ Apply for early access at https://securityweekly.com/bugcrowdbh Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-398

Most enterprise AI today is a conversation — it summarizes, suggests, recommends. Harman unpacks what changes when AI actually executes across endpoints, and the governance problem that creates. Where does the human stay in the loop, and where do they get out of the way? This segment is sponsored by Tanium. Visit https://securityweekly.com/tanium to learn more about them! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-611

The threat landscape has become more interconnected, disruptive, and complex. Ransomware is now as much about extortion and data theft as it is about encryption. Supply chain events can create outages that ripple far beyond the initial target, and business interruption increasingly comes from third-party and cloud dependencies. How should CISOs prepare for these scenarios? Dan Bowden, Global Business CISO at Marsh, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how to connect cyber risk to the outcomes boards care about most: resilience, financial exposure, regulatory impact, and reputation. CISOs need to position cyber as an enterprise risk, not a technical risk, that can be measured, prioritized, and managed alongside other strategic risks. Dan will discuss the results of Marsh's Cyber Catalyst research and Global Cyber Claims Report. Visit https://securityweekly.com/infosecworld2026 and save 30% on your ISW pass with code: ISW26-SWSAVINGS The Agent Is the New Insider: Why Human Risk Doesn't Stop at People: Black Hat Interview with Leslie Nielson, CISO at Mimecast AI agents now act with the same credentials and access as the humans who deployed them, but without the judgment or accountability that comes with actual employment. Mimecast CISO Leslie Nielsen argues that treating agentic AI as a brand new, standalone security category is the wrong instinct: agents are an extension of human risk, and the controls organizations already use to manage people are the right foundation for managing machines. In this conversation, Nielsen unpacks the growing gap between security leaders who expect AI driven attacks and those who feel prepared for them, and what that gap means for CISOs walking the floor at Black Hat. Segment Resources: Mimecast's new whitepaper Securing The Agentic Enterprise: https://assets.mimecast.com/api/public/content/securing-the-agentic-enterprise?v=ea66db05 Mimecast's landing page for thought leadership resources: https://www.workprotected.com/ Mimecast's State of Human Risk Report: https://www.mimecast.com/resources/ebooks/state-of-human-risk/ Mimecast's Threat Intelligence Hub: https://www.mimecast.com/threat-intelligence-hub/ For more information about Mimecast please visit: https://securityweekly.com/mimecastbh Ransomware Moves up the Org Chart: Managers Are Prime Targets: Black Hat Interview with Brett Stone-Gross, Sr. Director, Threat Intelligence at Zscaler When a ransomware attack makes headlines, attention usually turns to the organization that was breached, the systems encrypted, data stolen, and disruption or ransom demand that followed. Less, if anything, is revealed about the employees compromised at the start of the attack, and what makes those individuals valuable targets. New Zscaler ThreatLabz research examines this early stage of a real-world ransomware attack. ThreatLabz identified victims of a campaign associated with a ransomware group known for gaining initial access, stealing large amounts of corporate data, and selectively encrypting critical systems. The findings show who those victims were and how their roles and authority could help an attacker move deeper into an organization. This is part of ongoing ransomware research by ThreatLabz. The Zscaler ThreatLabz 2026 Ransomware Report, coming in the next two months, will include additional data on ransomware victims, the latest ransomware trends, targets, and tactics, and the risks enterprises should prepare for next. This segment is sponsored by Zscaler. Visit https://securityweekly.com/zscalerbh to learn more about them! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-462

Sandboxing, least privilege, and monitoring are well-established controls in terms of the defenses they provide against unexpected and unauthorized actions. But being well-established in theory doesn't always translate to successful in practice. Kieran Human talks about some of the properties that a good sandbox should have and how monitoring creates a feedback loop to refine allow lists and access controls. In practice, the potential unpredictable behavior of an agent isn't much different from malware. We talk through some of the ways orgs can securely deploy agents without unnecessarily increasing their attack surface. Resources https://www.threatlocker.com/blog/the-principle-of-least-privilege-for-ai-agents https://www.threatlocker.com/blog/applying-threatlocker-to-agentic-ai-tools https://www.threatlocker.com/blog/why-the-five-eyes-alliance-sees-zero-trust-as-the-best-defense-against-agentic-ai-threats This interview is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-397

Surveillance, Murder Hornets, Portmantau, TrueCONF, Siemens, N-Able, Robo-Tips, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-609

Artificial intelligence has quickly evolved from a productivity tool into an active participant in many organizations' daily operations. As organizations give AI greater autonomy within their environment, they're also granting them access to sensitive systems and data. That creates a new challenge for IT and security teams: How do you enable AI to assist productivity without compromising security? Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how zero trust principles can prevent an AI breakout. Rather than relying solely on the AI tool's built-in safeguards, organizations can choose to enforce security policies using ThreatLocker. Rob will discuss how ThreatLocker can enforce AI boundaries through Allowlisting, Ringfencing™, Endpoint Firewall, and Web Content Control, with Community Policies that govern what agentic AI tools can run, do, access, and reach. Segment resources: - https://www.threatlocker.com/blog/the-principle-of-least-privilege-for-ai-agents - https://www.threatlocker.com/blog/applying-threatlocker-to-agentic-ai-tools - https://www.threatlocker.com/blog/why-the-five-eyes-alliance-sees-zero-trust-as-the-best-defense-against-agentic-ai-threats This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! In the leadership and communications segment, 3 cybersecurity issues that should keep every CEO awake at night, You Don't Find Your Leadership Style. You Mentor Your Way Into It., Cybersecurity Starts With Communication – And We May Be Getting It Wrong, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-461

All sorts of cybersecurity disciplines are adopting agents to help humans save time and automate routine activities. Sai Kiran Uppu describes his work on creating a platform for agents to analyze external threat intel, examine internal systems, and present triage decisions to operators. This type of work is especially useful to orgs that deal with petabytes of data and thousands of systems. And, as Kiran notes, it's important to keep that scale from blowing up your budget or turning triage into a procession of false positives. Ideally, this kind of threat intel that's paying attention to attack trends and searching internal systems for evidence of compromise also turns into proactive defenses. We talk about some of the ways to engage developers to improve security visibility into their services and harden their designs against common attacks. After that discussion we're running two sponsored interviews from Black Hat. AI Pentesting and the Future of Cybersecurity: Black Hat interview with Chris Wallis, Founder and CEO of Intruder This segment discusses how AI addresses the long-standing gap between traditional pentesting and automated vulnerability scanning. Intruder CEO and founder Chris Wallis dives into the nuances of AI-enabled security and how these offerings will impact mid-market security teams. Segment Resources: https://www.intruder.io/platform/ai-pentesting https://www.intruder.io/blog/ai-pentesting-the-depth-of-a-pentest-on-demand https://www.intruder.io/blog/ai-web-app-pentesting-test-on-every-major-release Intruder's continuous exposure management platform helps security, IT, and engineering teams stop breaches before they start. For more information about Intruder's products and services, please visit https://securityweekly.com/intruderbh. How Menlo Security Is Securing AI Agents from Prompt Injection: Black Hat Interview with Ramin Farassat, Chief Product Officer of Menlo Enterprises are deploying AI agents like Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and Claude Code faster than they can secure them, and attackers are exploiting that gap through prompt injection. Hidden instructions get buried in web pages, files, and even images that a human would never notice but an AI agent reads and acts on. Menlo Security is building Menlo Agent Runtime Security (MARS) to close that gap, running every agent session in an isolated cloud that sanitizes content before an agent can act on it. Ramin Farassat, Menlo Security's Chief Product Officer, will discuss why the exposure lives in the connectors and integrations around the model rather than the model itself, and how security teams can put controls on the agent attack surface without blocking agentic AI outright. Segment Resources: https://www.menlosecurity.com/product/ai-agent-security MARS is now available today, please visit https://securityweekly.com/menlobh Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-396

Famous Mathematician feuds, Delta Flight 591, Lazarus, Akira, Computer History, Zoom, Clones, LiteLLM, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-607

As cyber threats become more AI-powered, attacks continue to rise. Threats can arise from all areas of a company's IT infrastructure, however most attacks utilize a domain name to infiltrate systems. How secure is your domain ecosystem? Ihab Shraim, Chief Technology Offider at CSC Digital Brand Services, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss why domain security is a fundamental blind spot in corporate cybersecurity programs. Ihab will discuss his team's research finding that 67% of Forbes Global 2000 companies have implemented fewer than half of recommended domain security measures. He will also outline the key domain security practices that teams should implement to protect their organization from the risk of domain attacks. Segment Resources: CSC 2026 Domain Security Report: https://www.cscdbs.com/en/resources/domain-security-report-2026/ CSC 2026 CISO Outlook Report: https://www.cscdbs.com/en/resources/ciso-outlook-2026-report/ How AI Is Reshaping What's Possible for Leaders of The Security Program - Black Hat Interview with Greg Baker, Co-founder and CEO of Balance Theory Cybersecurity leaders are still making high-stakes decisions with fragmented data, static assessments, and market guidance that is often slow, expensive, or commercially biased. Greg Baker will explore how AI can create a continuously updated understanding of both the enterprise security program and the market around it—giving CISOs the context to model scenarios, prioritize investments, and move from insight to action with greater speed and confidence. For more information about Balance Theory, please visit: https://securityweekly.com/balancetheorybh The Business Case for Cybersecurity Workforce Resilience - Black Hat Interview with Lynn Dohm, Executive Director of WiCyS The joint report from WiCyS and FourOne Insights reveals that mentorship, skills-based promotion, and third-party partnerships don't just improve workforce outcomes — they deliver measurable ROI, including more than $125,000 in savings per employee. As cybersecurity leaders grapple with persistent talent shortages, AI-driven skill shifts, and demographic headwinds, the report positions workforce resilience as a measurable business advantage — not just an HR initiative. Segment Resources: https://www.wicys.org/resources/the-roi-of-resilience/ https://www.wicys.org/initiatives/the-wicys-cyber-talent-study/ This segment is sponsored by Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS). Visit https://securityweekly.com/wicysbh to learn more about them! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-460

Finding flaws has always been a focus of appsec. And now with open source projects and open weight models orgs have modern tools to review code and conduct pentests. Rishi Sharma describes the motivation behind creating a platform of LLM-driven security tools and the effective ways to keep the tools in scope, on budget, and for engineering teams. We talk about how prompts influence LLM activity, as well as the external constraints to keep the LLMs on task. And even if finding flaws is a major focus of appsec, its goal should be delivering secure software and systems. We touch on some of the ways to keep bugs from creeping back into software and why it's more important to care about vuln classes than vuln counts. Episode Resources: https://projectdiscovery.io/research/ai-coding-impact-report https://projectdiscovery.io/blog/oh-my-rogue-agent Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-395

Interview 1: Robin Macfarlane from RRMac Associats The Mattress Money Principle: What a 50-Year Veteran Knows About System Fragility In this interview, Robin and Adrian discuss how technology has evolved over the past 50 years. Despite massive technological changes over the decades: the PC revolution, the Internet, smartphones, the Cloud, and now Generative AI - the majority of financial institutions still use mainframes and midrange machines. Why? We explore the reasons why older technology persists alongside the new and the lessons retiring technologists can pass on to new generations inheriting an increasingly diverse tech landscape. Interview 2 with Kyle Sandy from Logically Operational Clarity as the New Customer Experience Kyle Sandy joins Adrian to discuss how prioritizing resilience affects how organizations should plan for incident response. In the past, security teams were focused on prevention and limiting breach damage. Today, boards want to know how long it will take to recover operations. The interview wraps up with a discussion of the right and wrong way to handle a breach and the three most important things every company must get right in order to handle an incident well. Interview 3 with Todd Thiemann from Omdia AI Agents and Identity Security: How Enterprises Are Rewriting the Rules Todd joins ESW with some eye-opening survey insights on the topic of IAM for AI agents. While cybersecurity conversations about internal AI use often revolve around the SOC and security operations, Omdia surveyed identity professionals for a more holistic enterprise perspective. Unsurprisingly, AI agent use is as diverse as enterprise business units. The surprises are around where the budget comes from for these AI projects, and how authentication is handled. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-471

This week: When you are not at summer camp you can't read about it The Fettle continues Using the CFAA against AI Social contracts are not security models VSCode extentions, again Bugtraq is back! NVIDA, LVFS, and unraveling AI infrastructure More routers that come with backdoors Do we care about LPE? Even more AI that finds vulnerabilities When AI breaks its own guardtails Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-938