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Want to hear what industry experts really think about the cyber threats they face? ShadowTalk is a weekly cybersecurity podcast, made by practitioners for practitioners, featuring analytical insights on the latest cybersecurity news and threat research. Threat Intelligence Analyst John Dilgen brings extensive expertise in cyber threat intelligence and incident response, specializing in researching threats impacting ReliaQuest customers. John and his guests provide practical perspectives on the week’s top cybersecurity news and share knowledge and best practices to help businesses mitigate the most pertinent cyber threats. With over 1,000 customers worldwide and 1,200 teammates across six global operating centers, ReliaQuest delivers security outcomes for the most trusted enterprise brands in the world.
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- Today31 min
Compromised Hotel Gateways, Fake Microsoft Domains, and the APT28-Adjacent Campaign That Bypasses MFA Without a Phishing Click
An employee connects to hotel Wi-Fi, receives a familiar Microsoft 365 sign-in prompt, and authenticates. No phishing email. No malicious link. No suspicious attachment. Yet an attacker walks away with a valid, MFA-satisfied session token. Join hosts Alexandra Moore and John Dilgen as they break down: How compromised hotel and conference-center Wi-Fi gateways silently redirect Microsoft authentication trafficWhy hardcoded DNS, opportunistic encrypted DNS, and MFA may not stop the attack...
- 1 weeks ago28 min
The Largest Patch Tuesday Ever: 622 CVEs, a 1,380% Phishing Surge, and the Two-Front War on Initial Access
Defenders aren't losing ground on one front, they're losing it on two at once. The largest Patch Tuesday in history just dropped alongside a 1,380% surge in phishing, and threat actors aren't waiting for you to catch up. Join hosts Alexandra Moore and John Dilgen as they break down: How new extortion group Helix and ClickFix are weaponizing identity compromise at scale Why 622 vulnerabilities in a single week signals a permanent shift in the discovery ratePractical defenses for bot...
- 2 weeks ago23 min
FortiBleed, 70,000 Compromised Devices, and the Credential Economy Powering Every Breach
When a 20-person team using AI, automated tools, and a list of default credentials compromised 70,000 devices across 194 countries they exposed how mature the criminal market behind credential theft has become. Initial access brokers are now packaging pre-validated enterprise access for an average of $113,000, and the window from information stealer infection to ransomware deployment is just seven days. Join hosts Tehman Tariq and John Dilgen as they break down: The mechanics behind FortiBlee...
- 3 weeks ago42 min
Inside Conti's Leaked Chats: 300,000 Messages, a Criminal Empire, and the Ransomware Playbook Still Running Today
When 300,000 internal messages from the world's most prolific ransomware gang were leaked, they exposed more then a shadowy underground network, a full company. HR departments. Conti operated with the structure of a mid-sized software firm, and that changes how defenders need to think about the ransomware landscape today. Join host John and special guest Geoff White, journalist and author of Rinsed, as they discuss: How Conti's internal org chart compares to a legitimate software companyThe h...
- 4 weeks ago25 min
How Hackers Are Using AI Right Now: Faster Attacks, Smarter Malware, and a New Arms Race
AI is not replacing threat actors, instead it is making them faster, cheaper, and harder to stop. From AI powered phishing campaigns generating thousands of pages simultaneously, to a newly discovered macOS implant called Gaslight that injects fabricated system error messages into AI powered triage pipelines, the arms race between attackers and defenders is accelerating. The question is not whether AI is being used against your organization. It is whether your defenses are keeping pace. Join ...
- Jun 24, 202628 min
Klue, Kali365, OAuth: When the Front Door Is a Trusted Integration
In the Klue compromises threat actors walked in through a trusted integration, using legitimate credentials to quietly siphon Salesforce CRM data at scale. The challenge isn't just responding to Klue. It's recognizing that every OAuth-connected integration in your environment is part of your attack surface. Join hosts Alexandra and John as they discuss: How compromised Klue integrations were leveraged to exfiltrate Salesforce CRM dataAttribution and what it signals about the evolving data ext...
- Jun 17, 202619 min
ShinyHunters' Expanding Toolkit: Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day Exploitation and the BreachForums Defense Gaps
ShinyHunters dominated headlines this week: a zero-day, a BreachForums listing, and unverified claims all hitting at once. The problem isn't just keeping up with the volume. It's knowing which of it is real, which is noise, and what your team actually needs to act on. Join hosts Tehman and John as they discuss: ShinyHunters zero-day exploitation of CVE-2026-35273Why a BreachForums listing extends the threat well beyond the initial compromiseWhat proactive, resource-development-stage detection...
- Jun 10, 202623 min
China-Linked Cyber Espionage: How OP-512 Exploited Legacy IIS Servers and Evaded Detection
Your team built defenses around known China-linked clusters. The file hashes are tracked. The behavioral patterns are documented. What those weren't built to catch is a new cluster that studied those exact defenses and engineered around them. A China-linked attacker compromised an internet-facing IIS server, maintained access for over 75 days, and came back on fresh infrastructure. With four China-linked clusters converging on the same legacy IIS stack in twelve months, defenders building det...
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About ShadowTalk: Powered by ReliaQuest
Want to hear what industry experts really think about the cyber threats they face? ShadowTalk is a weekly cybersecurity podcast, made by practitioners for practitioners, featuring analytical insights on the latest cybersecurity news and threat research. Threat Intelligence Analyst John Dilgen brings extensive expertise in cyber threat intelligence and incident response, specializing in researching threats impacting ReliaQuest customers. John and his guests provide practical perspectives on the week’s top cybersecurity news and share knowledge and best practices to help businesses mitigate the most pertinent cyber threats. With over 1,000 customers worldwide and 1,200 teammates across six global operating centers, ReliaQuest delivers security outcomes for the most trusted enterprise brands in the world.
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