Cybersecurity News & Analysis by Cyber Sidekicks - Your Weekly Update’

AI & the Future of Pentesting - Insights from NetSPI’s Kurtis Shelton

This week we discuss the future of penetration testing and AI in cybersecurity with NetSPI’s Principal AI Researcher Kurtis Shelton.
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The State of Incident Response with Trustwave’s Damian Archer

This week:
The challenges of talent & recruitment in the security services sector and the state of the incident response market with Trustwave's Damian Archer.
News about how AI Agents and Assistants are affecting Google, and Gitlab via Indirect Prompt Injection (IPI) attacks!
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AI Agents & Threat Intelligence - Insights from Verizon DBIR with Alex Pinto'

THIS WEEK
Verizon DBIR, AI Agents and the Future of Threat Intelligence with Special Guest Alex Pinto, Associate Director of Threat Intelligence at Verizon!
NEWS
EU Cybersecurity Agency ENISA Launches European Vulnerability Database
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NEXT WEEK
Special Guest: Damian Archer, VP Consulting & Professional Services, Americas at Trustwave
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RSAC 2025 Recap - Identity Hygiene & AI Insights

Show Notes
In an extended episode this week, we recap on who we met and what we saw at RSAC 2025!
We also talk identity hygiene and AI Agents with Rosario Mastrogiacomo of SPHERE Technology Solutions
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Live from RSAC 2025 - Cybersecurity Insights with IBM

LIVE FROM RSAC 2025
This week's episode was recorded live at RSAC 2025! For the first time we recorded using video: https://youtu.be/1LcUnxaJOaI
We discuss some of our takeaways from the show - including trends, acquisition news, Agentic AI, and more.
This week's special guests are: Mark Hughes, Global Managing Partner, Cybersecurity Services at IBM, and Jake Paulson, Deputy Head of IBM X-Force (Head of Delivery & Strategy).
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Chatting with Microsoft's Ed Martin about cybersecurity - Cyber Sidekicks EP#14

SHOW NOTES
This week's Special Guest
Our special guest this week is veteran cybersecurity expert Ed Martin, who leads the Product Management function for Microsoft Threat Intelligence.
RSAC & Security Tinkerers
Information on Pitch For Charity - pitchforcharityinfo@okta.com
Sponsor Okta’s website = https://www.okta.com
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IBM X-Force 2025 Threat Intelligence Index - Cyber Sidekicks EP13

NEWS
IBM X-Force 2025 Threat Intelligence Index
AI Hallucinations Create a New Software Supply Chain Threat
 
RSA & Security Tinkerers
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Okta - https://www.okta.com
SentinelOne - https://www.sentinelone.com
 
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Google Unified Security announcement, Cyber Sidekicks EP#12

Episode Notes
NEWS
Google announces Google Unified Security (GUS)
Oracle Faces Mounting Criticism as It Notifies Customers of Hack
RSA & Security Tinkerers
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AI Security Survey Results Preview, Cyber Sidekicks EP#11, 8 March 2025

Episode Notes
AI SECURITY SURVEY RESULTS PREVIEW
Richmond Advisory Group has surveyed 300 US-based security professionals regarding their use and planned adoption of AI Security tools. We preview some of the results in this episode...
If you would like to learn more, please contact either Christina or Rory via the links below!
NEWS
Google DeepMind Unveils Framework to Exploit AI’s Cyber Weaknesses
EvilCorp & RansomHub Working Together to Attack Organizations Worldwide
RSA LATEST
Reminder: RSAC 2025 – April 28 to May 1 – Moscone Center, San Francisco
As of the 8th April we have only three weeks – 21 sleeps! – until the first day of the show!
We have a PACKED schedule…
Looking forward to meeting with friends, colleagues – new and old – and all the lovely tech vendors and service providers who will be attending.
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MUSIC
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
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Crypto hunting rats? Cyber Sidekicks Ep#10, 1 April 2025

S1 EPISODE#10 - SHOW NOTES
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NEWS
Microsoft Warns of New StilachiRAT Malware
Legacy Medical Devices Remain Easy Targets for Ransomware
THIS WEEK'S GUEST
This week’s special guest is Saryu Nayyar, the Founder and CEO of Gurucul
Saryu talks with us about User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), next-gen SIEM and how AI/ML and automation can help with incident triage and identifying the “unknown unknowns”
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Rory Duncan - rory@richmondadvisorygroup.com
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