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S1:E4 - 42% increase in zero-day vulnerabilities & Phishing leading AI Assisted Initial Access
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Security is moving faster than the people trying to stop it - and attackers are already using AI to widen the gap. Tom Hafemann joins Owahn Bazydlo and Paul Marco for a sharp, unfiltered conversation about why vulnerability exploitation, patching, third-party risk, and AI-powered attacks are becoming harder to ignore.
The episode starts with a sobering stat from the 2026 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report: a 42% increase in zero-day vulnerabilities exploited before public disclosure. But the real value here is how the conversation turns that number into practical reality. Tom…
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