Microsoft Threatens Vuln Researchers; Shadow Brokers Revisited

From Three Buddy Problem by Security Conversations

May 30, 2026 · 1h 60m

About this episode

The episode discusses Microsoft's legal threats against vulnerability researchers and revisits the Shadow Brokers leak on its 10th anniversary.

( Presented by Ent.ai : Ent delivers intent-aware security that protects every action, adapts to every workflow, and works for every user. Enterprise threat detection, reimagined. ) Three Buddy Problem - Episode 99 : Microsoft is now threatening legal action against researchers who drop zero-days. We debate whether it's a fair line against extortion, or amateur-hour PR from a company that already torched its own research community? Costin plays reluctant defender, JAGS says the damage was done years ago, and Ryan reopens the long history of silent fixes and stolen bounties. Plus, on the 10th anniversary of the Shadow Brokers leak, we discuss some enduring mysteries, theories on attribution and an interesting trail that leads to Edward Snowden. We also unpack Rob Joyce's warning that China's cyber explosives are already planted in US infrastructure, and the Pope's warnings about around artificial intelligence. Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade , Ryan Naraine and Costin Raiu . Timestamps: 0:00 - Introductory banter 2:03 - The Pope's AI paper 3:35 - New sponsor: Brandon Dixon's Ent Security 9:34 - Costin's Chinese-model OSINT rabbit hole 13:34 - Codex, GPT-5.5, and the "American AI…

People in this episode

Host: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade

Guests: Ryan Naraine, Costin Raiu

Topics covered

vulnerability research
cybersecurity
legal threats
Shadow Brokers
artificial intelligence
China's cyber threats

Keywords

Microsoft
vulnerability researchers
Shadow Brokers
cybersecurity
artificial intelligence
China
Edward Snowden
legal threats

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, Shadow Brokers