Cyberside Chats: Cybersecurity Insights from the Experts – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Technical and general information from the podcast's RSS feed.

Cyberside Chats: Cybersecurity Insights from the Experts

Chatcyberside

Technology

News

Business

Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 68

Stay ahead of the latest cybersecurity trends with Cyberside Chats! Listen to our weekly podcast every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. ET, and join us live once a month for breaking news, emerging threats, and actionable solutions. Whether you’re a cybersecurity professional or an executive looking to understand how to protect your organization, cybersecurity experts Sherri Davidoff and Matt Durrin will help you stay informed and proactively prepare for today’s top cybersecurity threats, AI-driven attack and defense strategies, and more!

Join us monthly for an interactive Cyberside Chats: Live!

Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/LMGsecurity

Register Here: https://lmgsecurity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4FpdxB0VQo6aURK1p7_k_g

Read moreCollapse

Site

RSS

Apple

Recent rankings

Latest chart positions across Apple Podcasts and Spotify rankings.

Apple Podcasts

🇨🇦 Canada - technology
29/04/2026
#98
🇺🇸 USA - technology
24/04/2026
#97
🇨🇦 Canada - technology
16/04/2026
#90
🇺🇸 USA - technology
16/04/2026
#83
🇨🇦 Canada - technology
15/04/2026
#73
🇺🇸 USA - technology
15/04/2026
#69
🇨🇦 Canada - technology
14/04/2026
#47
🇺🇸 USA - technology
14/04/2026
#57
🇨🇦 Canada - technology
13/04/2026
#45
🇺🇸 USA - technology
13/04/2026
#57

Spotify

No recent rankings available

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Links found in episode descriptions and other podcasts that share them.

See all

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
6 shares
https://www.lmgsecurity.com/resources/hiring-security-checklist/
4 shares
http://www.LMGsecurity.com
3 shares

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t_ntuSXniw
3 shares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALsXbShTWJk
2 shares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB8iriZJ57k
2 shares

RSS feed quality and score

Technical evaluation of the podcast's RSS feed quality and structure.

See all

RSS feed quality

To improve

Score global : 58%

Publication history

Monthly episode publishing history over the past years.

Year

Latest published episodes

Recent episodes with titles, durations, and descriptions.

See all

We don’t break in, we badge in

Episode 67

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 • Duration 28:40

In this episode, Matt interviews Tom and Derek from our pen test team to break down why attackers often don’t need to hack their way in at all.

While most organizations invest heavily in tools like EDR and SIEM, Tom and Derek share how they regularly get inside buildings using nothing more than confidence, a good story, and sometimes even a box of donuts. From posing as copier technicians to tailgating behind employees, their experiences show that people are often the easiest way into an organization.

And once they’re in, things escalate fast. Physical access can quickly turn into network access, whether it’s plugging in a device, jumping on an unlocked workstation, or moving through the environment with far fewer restrictions than an external attacker would face.

The big takeaway is simple. Real-world testing exposes what audits miss. Doors get propped open, employees try to be helpful, and small gaps add up in ways most organizations never see on paper.

If you’re not testing your people and your physical controls, you’re only testing part of your security.

Key takeaways:

1. Attackers target people first, not systems - Social engineering consistently bypasses even mature technical controls.

2. Physical access equals full compromise - Once inside your facility, most security controls can be circumvented quickly.

3. Un-tested controls are assumed to fail - If you’re not running social engineering or physical assessments, you don’t know your real risk.

4. Culture is a security control - Employees must feel empowered to challenge, verify, and report suspicious behavior.

5. Real-world testing reveals what audits miss - Offensive social engineering exposes how attacks succeed, not just theoretical vulnerabilities.

Read moreCollapse

Stryker Attack Analysis: Cybersecurity and insurance perspectives

Episode 66

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 • Duration 35:15

A $25 billion medical device company brought to a standstill—without a zero-day exploit.

In this episode of Cyberside Chats, Sherri Davidoff is joined by cyber insurance expert Bridget Quinn Choi to unpack the Stryker cyberattack and what it reveals about modern enterprise risk. From compromised admin credentials to the abuse of Microsoft Entra and Intune, this incident highlights how attackers are increasingly using trusted tools to cause widespread disruption.

We explore what likely happened, why this wasn’t a “sophisticated” attack in the traditional sense, and how a single identity compromise can cascade into operational shutdown. Bridget brings a unique perspective from the cyber insurance world—explaining how insurers evaluate risk, why some large companies choose to go without coverage, and what organizations lose when they do.

We also dig into phishing-resistant MFA, governance of powerful admin tools, and the evolving role of insurance as both a financial backstop and a driver of better security practices.

If your organization relies on centralized identity and device management systems, this is a conversation you can’t afford to miss.

Key Takeaways for Security Leadership

1. Use Cyber Insurance as a Security Maturity Lever Don’t treat cyber insurance as a checkbox—it can actively strengthen your security program. Use underwriting requirements to benchmark your controls, ask brokers and carriers where you differ from peers, and take advantage of included services like threat intelligence and incident response support. Approach renewal as a security review, not just a policy purchase.

2. Treat Self-Insurance as a Strategic Risk Decision—Not a Cost Savings Measure If you’re considering self-insuring cyber risk, account for what you’re giving up: external validation of your controls, a built-in incident response ecosystem, and coordinated support during a crisis. This should be a board-level discussion focused on whether the organization can handle a major operational outage—not just absorb the financial loss.

3. Secure Your Device Management Systems—Because They Can Control Everything at Once Systems used to manage laptops, servers, and mobile devices can push changes across your entire organization. If attackers gain access, they can disrupt operations at scale. Treat these as central control hubs, limit administrative access, and apply strong monitoring and authentication controls.

Data Is Hazardous Material: How Data Brokers Telematics and Over-Collection Are Reshaping Cyber Risk

Episode 56

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 • Duration 19:25

The FTC has issued an order against General Motors for collecting and selling drivers’ precise location and behavior data, gathered every few seconds and marketed as a safety feature. That data was sold into insurance ecosystems and used to influence pricing and coverage decisions — a clear reminder that how organizations collect, retain, and share data now carries direct security, regulatory, and financial risk.

In this episode of Cyberside Chats, we explain why the GM case matters to CISOs, cybersecurity leaders, and IT teams everywhere. Data proliferation doesn’t just create privacy exposure; it creates systemic risk that fuels identity abuse, authentication bypass, fake job applications, and deepfake campaigns across organizations. The message is simple: data is hazardous material, and minimizing it is now a core part of cybersecurity strategy.

Key Takeaways:

1. Prioritize data inventory and mapping in 2026

You cannot assess risk, select controls, or meet regulatory obligations without knowing what data you have, where it lives, how it flows, and why it is retained.

2. Reduce data to reduce risk

Data minimization is a security control that lowers breach impact, compliance burden, and long-term cost.

3. Expect that regulators care about data use, not just breaches

Enforcement increasingly targets over-collection, secondary use, sharing, and retention even when no breach occurs.

4. Create and actively use a data classification policy

Classification drives retention, access controls, monitoring, and protection aligned to data value and regulatory exposure.

5. Design identity and recovery assuming personal data is already compromised

Build authentication and recovery flows that do not rely on the secrecy of SSNs, dates of birth, addresses, or other static personal data.

Venezuela’s Blackout: Cybercrime Domino Effect

Episode 55

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 • Duration 13:42

When Venezuela experienced widespread power and internet outages, the impact went far beyond inconvenience—it created a perfect environment for cyber exploitation.

In this episode of Cyberside Chats, we use Venezuela’s disruption as a case study to show how cyber risk escalates when power, connectivity, and trusted services break down. We examine why phishing, fraud, and impersonation reliably surge after crises, how narratives around cyber-enabled disruption can trigger copycat or opportunistic attacks, and why even well-run organizations resort to risky security shortcuts when normal systems fail.

We also explore how attackers weaponize emergency messaging, impersonate critical infrastructure and connectivity providers, and exploit verification failures when standard workflows are disrupted. The takeaway is simple: when infrastructure collapses, trust erodes—and cybercrime scales quickly to fill the gap.

Read moreCollapse

What the Epstein Files Teach Us About Redaction and AI

Episode 54

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 • Duration 15:28

The December release of the Epstein files wasn’t just controversial—it exposed a set of security problems organizations face every day. Documents that appeared heavily redacted weren’t always properly sanitized. Some files were pulled and reissued, drawing even more attention. And as interest surged, attackers quickly stepped in, distributing malware and phishing sites disguised as “Epstein archives.”

In this episode of Cyberside Chats, we use the Epstein files as a real-world case study to explore two sides of the same problem: how organizations can be confident they’re not releasing more data than intended, and how they can trust—or verify—the information they consume under pressure. We dig into redaction failures, how AI tools change the risk model, how attackers weaponize breaking news, and practical ways teams can authenticate data before reacting.

Read moreCollapse

Amazon's Warning: The New Reality of Initial Access

Episode 53

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 • Duration 15:55

Amazon released two security disclosures in the same week — and together, they reveal how modern attackers are getting inside organizations without breaking in.

One case involved a North Korean IT worker who entered Amazon’s environment through a third-party contractor and was detected through subtle behavioral anomalies rather than malware. The other detailed a years-long Russian state-sponsored campaign that shifted away from exploits and instead abused misconfigured edge devices and trusted infrastructure to steal and replay credentials.

Together, these incidents show how nation-state attackers are increasingly blending into human and technical systems that organizations already trust — forcing defenders to rethink how initial access really happens going into 2026.

Key Takeaways

1. Treat hiring and contractors as part of your attack surface.

Nation-state actors are deliberately targeting IT and technical roles. Contractor onboarding, identity verification, and access scoping should be handled with the same rigor as privileged account provisioning.

2. Secure and monitor network edge devices as identity infrastructure

Misconfigured edge devices have become a primary initial access vector. Inventory them, assign ownership, restrict management access, and monitor them like authentication systems — not just networking gear.

3. Enforce strong MFA everywhere credentials matter

If credentials can be used without MFA, assume they will be abused. Require MFA on VPNs, edge device management interfaces, cloud consoles, SaaS admin portals, and internal administrative access.

4. Harden endpoints and validate how access actually occurs

Endpoint security still matters. Harden devices and look for signs of remote control, unusual latency, or access paths that don’t match how work is normally done.

5. Shift detection from “malicious” to “out of place”

AI Broke Trust: Identity Has to Step Up in 2026

Episode 51

Tuesday, December 23, 2025 • Duration 32:44

AI has supercharged phishing, deepfakes, and impersonation attacks—and 2025 proved that our trust systems aren’t built for this new reality. In this episode, Sherri and Matt break down the #1 change every security program needs in 2026: dramatically improving identity and authentication across the organization. 

We explore how AI blurred the lines between legitimate and malicious communication, why authentication can no longer stop at the login screen, and where organizations must start adding verification into everyday workflows—from IT support calls to executive requests and financial approvals. 

Plus, we discuss what “next-generation” user training looks like when employees can no longer rely on old phishing cues and must instead adopt identity-safety habits that AI can’t easily spoof. 

If you want to strengthen your security program for the year ahead, this is the episode to watch. 

Key Takeaways:

Audit where internal conversations trigger action. Before adding controls, understand where trust actually matters—financial approvals, IT support, HR changes, executive requests—and treat those points as attack surfaces. 
Expand authentication into everyday workflows. Add verification to calls, video meetings, chats, approvals, and support interactions using known systems, codes, and out-of-band confirmation. Apply friction intentionally where mistakes are costly. 
Use verified communication features in collaboration platforms. Enable identity indicators, reporting features, and access restrictions in tools like Teams and Slack, and treat them as identity systems rather than just chat tools. 
Implement out-of-band push confirmation for high-risk requests. Authenticator-based confirmation defeats voice, video, and message impersonation because attackers rarely control multiple channels simultaneously. 
Move toward continuous identity validation. Identity should be reassessed as behavior and risk change, with step-up verification and session revocation for high-risk actions. 
Redesign training around identity safety. Teach employees how to verify people and requests, not just emails, and reward them for slowing down and confirming—even when it frustrates leadership.

The 5 New-ish Microsoft Security Features to Roll Out in 2026

Episode 50

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 • Duration 20:49

Microsoft is rolling out a series of new-ish security features across Microsoft 365 in 2026 — and these updates are no accident. They’re direct responses to how attackers are exploiting collaboration tools like Teams, Slack, Zoom, and Google Chat. In this episode, Sherri and Matt break down the five features that matter most, why they’re happening now, and how every organization can benefit from these lessons, even if you’re not a Microsoft shop.

We explore the rise of impersonation attacks inside collaboration platforms, the security implications of AI copilots like Microsoft Copilot and Gemini, and why identity boundaries and data governance are quickly becoming foundational to modern security programs. You’ll come away with a clear understanding of what these new-ish Microsoft features signal about the evolving threat landscape — and practical steps you can take today to strengthen your security posture.

Key Takeaways

Treat collaboration platforms as high-risk communication channels. Attackers increasingly use Teams, Slack, Zoom, and similar tools to impersonate coworkers or support staff, and organizations should help employees verify unexpected contacts just as rigorously as they verify email.
Make it easy for users to report suspicious activity. Whether or not your platform offers a built-in reporting feature like Microsoft’s suspicious-call button, employees need a simple, well-understood way to escalate strange messages or calls inside collaboration tools.
Monitor external collaboration for anomalies. Microsoft’s new anomaly report highlights a growing need across all ecosystems to watch for unexpected domains, unusual activity patterns, and impersonation attempts that occur through external collaboration channels.
Classify and label sensitive data before enabling AI assistants. AI tools such as Copilot, Gemini, and Slack GPT inherit user permissions and may access far more information than intended if organizations haven’t established clear sensitivity labels and access boundaries.
Enforce identity and tenant boundaries to limit data leakage. Features like Tenant Restrictions v2 demonstrate the importance of restricting where users can authenticate and ensuring that corporate data stays within approved environments.

The Extension That Spied on You: Inside ShadyPanda’s 7-Year Attack

Episode 49

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 • Duration 20:58

A massive 7-year espionage campaign hid in plain sight. Harmless Chrome and Edge extensions — wallpaper tools, tab managers, PDF converters — suddenly flipped into full surveillance implants, impacting more than 4.3 million users. In this episode, we break down how ShadyPanda built trust over years, then weaponized auto-updates to steal browsing history, authentication tokens, and even live session cookies. We’ll walk through the timeline, what data was stolen, why session hijacking makes this attack so dangerous, and the key steps security leaders must take now to prevent similar extension-based compromises.

Key Takeaways

Audit and restrict browser extensions across the organization. Inventory all extensions in use, remove unnecessary ones, and enforce an allowlist through enterprise browser controls.

Treat extensions as part of your software supply chain. Extensions can flip from safe to malicious overnight. Include them in risk assessments and governance processes.

Detect and mitigate session hijacking. Monitor for unusual token reuse, shorten token lifetimes where possible, and watch for logins that bypass MFA.

Enforce enterprise browser security controls. Use Chrome/Edge enterprise features or MDM to lock down permissions, block unapproved installations, and enable safe browsing modes.

Reduce extension sprawl with policy and training. Educate employees that extensions carry real security risk. Require justification for new installations and empower IT to remove unnecessary ones.

Please tune in weekly for more cybersecurity advice, and visit www.LMGsecurity.com if you need help with your cybersecurity testing, advisory services, and training.

Resources:

KOI Intelligence (Original Research): https://www.koi.ai/blog/4-million-browsers-infected-inside-shadypanda-7-year-malware-campaign

Inside Jobs: How CrowdStrike, DigitalMint & Tesla Got Burned

Episode 48

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 • Duration 23:27

Insider threats are accelerating across every sector. In this episode, Sherri and Matt unpack the CrowdStrike insider leak, the two DigitalMint employees indicted for BlackCat ransomware activity, and Tesla’s multi-year insider incidents ranging from nation-state bribery to post-termination extortion. They also examine the 2025 crackdown on North Korean operatives who used stolen identities and deepfake interviews to get hired as remote workers inside U.S. companies. Together, these cases reveal how attackers are buying, recruiting, impersonating, and embedding insiders — and why organizations must rethink how they detect and manage trusted access.

Key Takeaways

Build a culture of ethics and make legal consequences explicit. Use real cases — Tesla, CrowdStrike, DigitalMint — to show employees that insider misconduct leads to indictments and prison time. Clear messaging, training, and leadership visibility reinforce deterrence.
Enforce least-privilege access and conduct quarterly access reviews. Limit who can view or modify sensitive dashboards, admin tools, and SSO consoles. Regular recertification ensures employees only retain the permissions they legitimately need.
Deploy screenshot prevention and data-leak controls across critical systems. Implement watermarking, VDI/browser isolation, screenshot detection, and DLP/CASB rules to deter and detect unauthorized capture or exfiltration of sensitive data.
Strengthen identity verification for remote and distributed employees. Use periodic identity rechecks and require company-managed, attested devices for sensitive roles. Prohibit personal-device access for privileged work to reduce impersonation risk.
Monitor high-risk users with behavior and anomaly analytics. Flag unusual patterns such as off-hours access, atypical data movement, sudden repository interest, or crypto-related activity on work devices. Behavioral analytics helps uncover malicious intent even when credentials appear valid.
Require your vendors to follow the same insider-threat safeguards you use internally. Ensure MSPs, SaaS providers, IR partners, and software vendors enforce strong access controls, identity verification, monitoring, and device security. Vendor insiders can quickly become your insiders.

Cyberside Chats: Cybersecurity Insights from the Experts – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Cyberside Chats: Cybersecurity Insights from the Experts – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Other99+

Youtube12

Amazon7

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Similar podcasts and content

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Other99+

Youtube12

Amazon7