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Adversary Universe Podcast
Modern adversaries are relentless. Today’s threat actors target organizations around the world with sophisticated cyberattacks. Who are they? What are they after? And most importantly, how can you defend against them? Welcome to the Adversary Universe podcast, where CrowdStrike answers all of these questions — and more. Join our hosts, a pioneer in adversary intelligence and a specialist in cybersecurity technology, as they unmask the threat actors targeting your organization.
Episodes
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New CrowdStrike Report Spotlights Agentic AI Campaigns
How is the threat landscape looking these days? “A lot is going on,” as Adam puts it. “The speed and the volume of the activity, everything is on fire.” To…
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Inside the Cyber Superintelligence Lab with CrowdStrike’s Bartley Richardson
Bartley Richardson, Chief AI and Autonomous Systems Officer at CrowdStrike, recently took the stage at Fal.Con 2026 to announce CrowdStrike’s Cyber…
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China’s 15th Five-Year Plan: What You Need to Know
Over the past several decades, China’s five-year plan has provided a roadmap to the country's innovation and economic growth. It details what China is…
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Preparing for an AI-Powered Future with Amazon CSO Steve Schmidt
Steve Schmidt, SVP and CSO at Amazon, sees firsthand how both defenders and adversaries are using AI to their advantage. In this episode, he joins Adam and…
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AI as a Weapon, Target, and Enterprise Reality with CoreWeave’s Natasha Eastman
“What are these AI systems attached to that make them such a huge risk?” “Everything.” Today, the Adversary Universe podcast welcomes Natasha Eastman, head of…
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Unpacking the CrowdStrike 2026 Threat Hunting Report with CrowdStrike’s Katie Blankenship
The CrowdStrike 2026 Threat Hunting Report is now live! The report sheds light on how our threat hunters and analysts hunt and defend against the world’s most…
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SaaS Security Threats to Worry About, with Salesforce’s Kelly McCracken
Kelly McCracken, SVP of the Cyber Security Operations Center at Salesforce, leads one of the most complex and high-scale cyber operation environments on the…
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Examining the Glassworm Takeover with Tillmann "Bot Slayer" Werner
He’s back, and he’s ready to talk botnet takeovers. Tillmann Werner, VP of Intelligence Production at CrowdStrike, returns to the podcast to discuss…
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China Targets Technology to Steal AI Capabilities It Can’t Build
The technology sector is the most targeted in the world by eCrime and state-sponsored threat actors. Between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026, China-nexus…
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Adversaries Follow the Money: The CrowdStrike 2026 Financial Services Threat Landscape Report
The CrowdStrike 2026 Financial Services Threat Landscape report is now live! Adam and Cristian are here to break down the trends and techniques affecting an…
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The Partnerships Taking on AI Security: Daniel Bernard, CrowdStrike Chief Business Officer
The previous episode of the Adversary Universe podcast explored the “vuln-pocalypse” and the implications of advanced AI models accelerating vulnerability…
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The "Vuln-pocalypse" Looms: Are We Cooked?
Many cybersecurity conversations of late are discussing the impending “vuln-pocalypse” — a term used to describe a scenario in which AI-powered tools are used…
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Hunting Supply Chain Attacks with Jared Myers, Director, CrowdStrike OverWatch
Supply chain attacks targeting AI have recently been making headlines — and keeping the CrowdStrike OverWatch team busy. Jared Myers, director of CrowdStrike…
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Breaking Down the New National Cybersecurity Strategy
The Trump administration has released a national cybersecurity strategy that commits to strengthening defenses through six core pillars: employing more…
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Speed, Stealth, and AI: The CrowdStrike 2026 Global Threat Report
It’s that time of year: The CrowdStrike 2026 Global Threat Report is live, and Adam and Cristian are here to break down the key findings. This year’s report…
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Interview with a Threat Hunter: Brody Nisbet, Sr. Director of CrowdStrike OverWatch
Threat hunting is hard to define, but Brody Nisbet, Sr. Director of CrowdStrike OverWatch, breaks down the basics in an episode that starts with the…
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LABYRINTH CHOLLIMA Evolves into Three Adversaries
LABYRINTH CHOLLIMA, which is among the most prolific DPRK-nexus adversaries that CrowdStrike tracks, has evolved into three separate threat actors: GOLDEN…
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Taking Down Cybercriminals with Shawn Henry, Former FBI Leader
How do you take down a cybercriminal? Last month, we explored that question through the lens of Operation Endgame. Today, we ask Shawn Henry, former Executive…
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2025 Wrapped: Updates on This Year’s Hottest Topics
This was a busy year for the Adversary Universe podcast. We covered the emergence of new adversaries, the weaponization of AI, critical CrowdStrike research…
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Is This Endgame? How Takedowns Are Reshaping eCrime
In November 2025, a major public-private sector collaboration took down three significant malware networks. Operation Endgame involved law enforcement agencies…
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Defrosting Cybersecurity’s Cold Cases with CrowdStrike’s Tillmann Werner
Not all cybercrimes are resolved. Some threat groups disappear completely, and some malware is never seen again. But sometimes, a long-dormant case is cracked…
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Prompted to Fail: The Security Risks Lurking in DeepSeek-Generated Code
CrowdStrike research into AI coding assistants reveals a new, subtle vulnerability surface: When DeepSeek-R1 receives prompts the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
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Extortion Rises and Nation-State Activity Intensifies: The CrowdStrike 2025 European Threat Landscape Report
Europe is a prime target for global adversaries. There is a strong emphasis on eCrime across the region as well as a rise in hacktivism and espionage stemming…
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Thriving Marketplaces and Regional Threats: The CrowdStrike 2025 APJ eCrime Landscape Report
In the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region, a burgeoning set of threat actors is emerging with a different language set, distinct tools, and an ecosystem where…
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A Brief History of Ransomware
Ransomware is not new, but the ransomware of today is very different from the ransomware of 1989. Today’s episode doubles as a history lesson, as Adam and…
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Tech Sector Targeting, Innovation Race, Fal.Con Countdown
This week’s episode arrives as Adam and Cristian are gearing up for Fal.Con, CrowdStrike’s annual event taking place next week in Las Vegas. They’ll be…
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Live at Black Hat: What’s AI Really Capable Of?
This year at Black Hat, the topic of AI was everywhere — from hallway chats to the expo floor. Adam and Cristian took a break from the action for a rare…
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Cloud Intrusions Rise, eCrime Thrives, Governments Under Attack: CrowdStrike 2025 Threat Hunting Report
In the first half of 2025 alone, cloud intrusions were up 136% compared to all of 2024. China was a big driver — CrowdStrike saw a 40% year-over-year surge in…
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The Return of SCATTERED SPIDER
They never really left — they just got quieter, faster, and bolder. In this episode of the Adversary Universe podcast, Adam and Cristian trace the resurgence…
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Ask Us (Almost) Anything: Threat Intel, Adversaries, and More
You asked, and we answered. This episode of the Adversary Universe podcast takes a deep dive into questions from our listeners. What did you want to know?…
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When the Adversary Shows Up in Person
Physical security and IT security have gone hand in hand for a long time. While cybersecurity teams are rightfully focused on protecting their virtual…
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Where AI Fits in the Adversary’s Toolbox
Would you rather have an adversary profile you based on your AI chat history or tell your AI chatbot to forget everything it knows about you? That’s one of…
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Catching Up on Cloud Attack Paths with Cloud Threat Specialist Sebastian Walla
Today’s adversaries are increasingly operating in the cloud — and Sebastian Walla, Deputy Manager of Emerging Threats at CrowdStrike, is watching them. In this…
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Inside the CrowdStrike 2025 Latin America Threat Landscape Report
Latin America has become a hotspot for cyber activity. Threat actors around the world, particularly eCriminals, are targeting organizations operating in…
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OCULAR SPIDER and the Rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service
Ransomware has become more difficult for organizations to defend against, but easier for adversaries to deploy. The rise of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) — a…
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Meet LUNAR SPIDER: The Inner Workings of an eCrime Adversary
To anticipate threat actors’ behavior, we must understand them. That’s why CrowdStrike closely tracks the evolution and activity of 257 named adversaries…
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NSOCKS: Insights into a Million-Dollar Residential Proxy Service
When an adversary wants to target an organization, they want to make it look like they’re coming from a regional or local internet service provider. This makes…
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China’s Cyber Enterprise Grows: CrowdStrike 2025 Global Threat Report
China’s cyber enterprise is rapidly growing: China-nexus activity was up 150% across industries in 2024, with a 200-300% surge in key sectors such as financial…
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A Deep Dive into DeepSeek and the Risks of Foreign LLMs
DeepSeek took the internet by storm earlier this year, making headlines and sparking conversations about its development, use, and associated risks. Today…
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Putting a Spotlight on Energy Sector Threats with Corelight's Greg Bell
Cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure have made more headlines in recent years, sparking concern about how these systems are protected. Adversaries…
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See You I-Soon: A Peek at China’s Offensive Cyber Operations
“It would not be an understatement to say that China is the number one national security concern that I think we have here in the West.” China’s offensive…
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The Most Prolific Adversaries and Threats of 2024
It has been another busy year for defenders and adversaries alike. As we wrap up 2024, Adam and Cristian reflect on the nation-state and eCrime threat activity…
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Cross-Domain Attacks: Know Them, Find Them, Stop Them
Adversaries have realized their time-honored attack methods involving clunky malware and malicious attachments are no longer working, largely due to endpoint…
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LIMINAL PANDA and the Implications of Global Telco Targeting
On Nov. 19, 2024, Adam testified in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on Chinese cyber threats to critical…
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Exploring Offensive Security with CrowdStrike Red Teamers
If a business wants to know what an adversary might be capable of, they can seek the help of a red team. These cybersecurity professionals are tasked with…
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The Latest in China-Taiwan Cyber Tensions
China and Taiwan have a long history of geopolitical tension that has evolved from land and sea to cyberspace. Relations between the two recently took an…
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How CrowdStrike Tracked INDRIK SPIDER from Origin to Takedown
On Oct. 1, 2024, an international law enforcement coalition announced the disruption of a senior member of INDRIK SPIDER, who was also an affiliate of the…
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Small But Mighty: The Kernel’s Essential Role in Cybersecurity Defense
The kernel is the brain of the operating system. It controls everything that happens on a computer and has full access to the hardware and all system…
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Coming Soon to Las Vegas: Adversary Universe Previews #FalCon2024
Next week marks the start of Fal.Con 2024. CrowdStrike’s annual conference brings together cybersecurity leaders and practitioners, as well as our customers…
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Intern Spotlight: Starting A Cyber Career with CrowdStrike
For students aspiring to work in cybersecurity, sitting in a classroom isn’t enough to gain the skills and experience they need to succeed. Industry…
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Hunting the Rogue Insiders Operating for FAMOUS CHOLLIMA
FAMOUS CHOLLIMA, a new adversary CrowdStrike is tracking, has recently made headlines for its insider threat activity. In April 2024, CrowdStrike Services…
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Talking OT Security with Fernando Madureira, Global CISO of Cosan
Where in the world are Adam and Cristian? In this episode, they’re coming to you live from São Paulo, Brazil, where they sat down with a special guest…
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How Adversaries Respond to Law Enforcement Takedowns
What happens when there is a takedown of a major cybercriminal group or law enforcement activity has a major impact on its leadership? In this episode, Adam…
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When the Adversary Knows They’re Caught
How do adversaries react when they know they’re being tracked? How do they respond to organizations that are on to them — and how do they know what the…
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Unpacking China-India Cyber Tensions
What happens when two cyber superpowers — and the most populous countries in the world — target one another? Tensions between China and India have been rising…
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Understanding Social Engineering with Shelly Giesbrecht, Director, Professional Services
Social engineering is not a new threat — adversaries have long used psychological manipulation to gain access, money, information and more. But as we learn in…
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Hacktivism and the JACKALs Behind It
The rise of hacktivism — the use of hacking techniques to make a statement supporting a political or social cause — is often associated with the Occupy Wall…
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Building a Strong Threat Hunting Program with Andrew Munchbach
Organizations fear adversaries will attack. Threat hunters assume adversaries are already in the system — and their investigations seek unusual behavior that…
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Adversary Attribution: What It Means and How It Works
Today’s conversation explores a common question around adversary activity: Why does attribution matter? When a cyberattack hits, why go to the trouble of…
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LIVE from Gov Threat Summit: A Chat with Morgan Adamski, Chief of the NSA’s Cybersecurity Collaboration Center
The National Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (CCC) was created based on a growing need for the public and private sectors to work together…