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  1. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    Matan Bar-Efrat (CEO, Rein Security): The chatbot gave us their API key! | S6 E3 (opens the original)

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    At Black Hat, Matan Bar-Efrat's team took over an AI shopping assistant by talking to it. No zero days, nothing sophisticated. The chatbot handed over its API key, and the guardrails built to protect it fell to the same manipulation they were meant to stop. This episode is about what securing AI agents actually takes once they're running real business processes. Covered in this episode: • The Black Hat "Bye Bye" demo: owning an AI shopping agent through conversation alone, and why the guardrails

  2. Episode · Aug 28, 2026

    Howard Ting (CEO, Opal Security): Why AI Agents Break Identity | S6 E1 (opens the original)

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    Ask any attacker the best way into a company: compromise an identity. 26 years into cybersecurity, Howard Ting says the problems he worked on at RSA in 2000 are still unsolved. This episode is about why, and what AI agents are about to do to the identity stack. Covered in this episode: Why standing permissions are still the easiest way into an organisation, and why nobody revokes access once the need expires Rubber stamping: what actually happens when a manager faces 100 access requests every mo

  3. Episode · Aug 21, 2026

    SECURE& | “4,000 Malware Families Soon 15,000” with Danny Quist | S5 Ep13 (opens the original)

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    AI has made malware easier, cheaper and faster to develop. 🤖 But is it actually making malware better — or just creating more of it ? On the latest Secure & Scale Podcast, Jack Brandwood sits down with Danny Quist, CTO at PolySwarm and a malware reverse engineer with 20 years of experience, to explore how AI is changing the threat landscape. 🎙️ They discuss: • AI and the democratisation of malware • The future of malware detection • How AI could transform analysis • Why human judgement still mat

  4. Episode · Aug 19, 2026

    SECURE& | “Guardrails Mean You Already Crashed” with Ian Amit | S5 Ep12 (opens the original)

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    AI is getting faster. But faster doesn't always mean better. 🎙️In the latest Secure & Scale Podcast, we sit down with Ian Amit, Founder of Gomboc, to explore where AI delivers in cybersecurity, and where it falls short. 🤖The key issue? Precision.Generative AI is great for creative tasks. But when you're fixing cloud infrastructure, “almost correct” isn't good enough.Inside the conversation:• Why deterministic AI matters for security engineering• How cloud misconfigurations create massive attack

  5. Episode · Aug 17, 2026

    SECURE& | “AI Is a JET - You’re Driving It” with Michael Brown | S5 Ep11 (opens the original)

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    AI isn't going to replace everyone in cybersecurity. But it is going to change which work humans do. 🤖🔐🎙️ The latest episode of the Secure & Scale Podcast features Michael Brown, who has worked for companies like Trail of Bits, US Army and Georgia Tech Research Institute. Michael has spent years working at the intersection of AI, machine learning and software security. In the conversation, he breaks down where AI genuinely belongs in security, and where we're forcing it into problems it was neve

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