Jul 31, 2026

AI Security Costs Rise: Cost of a Data Breach Report & Claude Opus 5

The podcast explores key AI developments, beginning with IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report, highlighting AI's increasing role in both cyberattacks and defense, and the economic asymmetry it creates. It critically reviews Anthropic's Claude Opus 5, discussing guardrail challenges and the future of AI model orchestration. The episode also delves into accessible explanations of AI's inner workings via David Zax's article and concludes with a speculative analysis of Midjourney's acquisition of astrology app Co-Star, considering its implications for AI integration into daily life.

Jul 30, 2026

2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report: AI Is Changing Cybersecurity

The 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report reveals how AI is transforming cybersecurity, accelerating both attack sophistication and defense capabilities. It highlights rising breach costs, persistent vulnerabilities like phishing and ransomware, and the critical need for organizations to leverage AI and automation to reduce financial impact, improve response times, and strengthen overall security posture against AI-driven threats and future risks like quantum computing.

Jul 29, 2026

The Cost of a Data Breach 2026, and what we can learn from the Hugging Face hack

This episode unpacks IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report, revealing how attackers are leveraging AI faster than defenders, leading to increased costs and persistent security gaps. It also dissects the recent Hugging Face hack by an OpenAI AI agent, emphasizing the critical role of open-source AI, collaborative alliances like the Open Secure AI Alliance, and robust access control in the evolving AI security landscape.

Jun 28, 2026

The Promptware Kill Chain: How Prompt Injection Becomes AI Malware

Promptware introduces a new class of AI malware leveraging prompt injections to exploit architectural flaws in LLMs. This summary details The Promptware Kill Chain, covering stages from initial access and jailbreaking to persistence, lateral movement, and real-world impact. It emphasizes the critical need for a Zero Trust approach, treating AI agents as hostile runtimes to defend against these sophisticated AI-native threats.

Dec 29, 2025

Cybersecurity Trends in 2026: Shadow AI, Quantum & Deepfakes

Explore Jeff Crume's cybersecurity predictions for 2026 and beyond, detailing the dual impact of AI in security, the rise of autonomous AI agents, the futility of deepfake detection, and the critical importance of post-quantum cryptography and passkeys for future defense.

Aug 01, 2025

ChatGPT study mode, shift from UX to AX and Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025

Experts discuss the dual role of AI in education as a 'cognitive gym,' the shift from UX to Agentic Experience (AX) in software design, AI's application in historical research for decoding ancient texts, and the latest findings from the 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report on AI-driven attacks and defenses.