Prime Cyber Insights: Kernel Shadows and the AI Frontier
This episode explores the sophisticated kernel-mode rootkits used by Chinese state hackers, the urgent federal mandate to patch the MongoBleed vulnerability, and the evolving role of AI in security operations.
- 🚀 Introduction: Special guest Thatcher Collins joins to discuss systems-level security.
- 🕵️ Stealth in the Kernel: Analyzing the ToneShell backdoor and how the Mustang Panda group uses signed drivers to bypass Windows security.
- 📉 The MongoBleed Mandate: CISA's emergency order to patch a massive flaw in MongoDB instances affecting 42% of cloud environments.
- 🤖 The AI Paradox: Balancing the 'Taker, Shaper, Maker' roles in the SOC with the risks of agentic AI and hallucinations.
- 🛰️ Closing: A high-level look at security through the lens of scientific rigor.
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