Happy New Year! This is our first episode of 2025, and I want to start by wishing all my listeners a happy, healthy, and successful year ahead.

In this week’s episode - Week 2 of 2025 - we’ll dive into the most critical updates in the world of cybersecurity and geopolitics. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s coming up:

• Volt and Salt Typhoon: Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeting critical U.S. infrastructure.
• Gravy Analytics Breach: Hackers threaten to expose sensitive location data and personal movements.
• AI Spear Phishing Study: A chilling revelation—AI now matches human experts in creating deceptive phishing campaigns.
• UK Ministry of Defence: Stronger cybersecurity demands for its supply chain in response to escalating threats.
• Geopolitical Cyber Warfare: A cyber clash between the Philippines and China over territorial disputes.

From state-sponsored hackers embedding themselves in U.S. networks to the alarming rise of AI-driven cyber threats, this episode has it all. Let’s dive in, starting with the evolving cyber warfare landscape involving Volt and Salt Typhoon.

Welcome to Risk and Resilience and you're tuned into the weekly update where I bring you the latest and most crucial developments in cybersecurity and technology.

This week I will be covering

• Interbank Data Breach: Extortion Attempt and Customer Data Leak

• CrowdStrike Outage: Impact, Response, and Lessons for Operational Resilience

• Delta Air Lines Seeks Damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft After Costly Outage

• Ledger Fined €750,000 by French Data Protection Authority for Data Breaches

• Russian "Doppelganger" Campaign Exploits Domain Registrars to Spread Disinformation

• RedLine and Meta: Disruption of Two Major Infostealer Operations

• Senator Warner Calls for Action from Domain Registrars to Combat Foreign Influence Campaign

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Welcome to Risk and Resilience and you're tuned into the weekly update where I bring you the latest and most crucial developments in cybersecurity and technology.

This week I will be covering

• Internet Archive Suffers Major Security Breach, Affecting 31 Million Accounts
• Google Launches Global Signal Exchange to Combat Online Scams and Fraud
• Critical Security Flaws Discovered in Fortinet Products, CISA Issues Warning
• Palo Alto Networks Discloses Multiple Vulnerabilities in Expedition Software
• Cisco Patches Critical Command Execution Flaw in Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
• Microsoft's October Patch Tuesday Addresses 118 Vulnerabilities, Including Five Zero-Days
• UK Financial Sector Conducts SIMEX 24 Simulation Exercise to Test Resilience
• MoneyGram Confirms Cyberattack, Customer Data Compromised
• MITRE Launches AI Incident Sharing Initiative to Enhance AI System Security
• UK Government Announces Upcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to Strengthen National Defenses

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