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
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 threat intelligence at CoreWeave, to share her perspective on how AI is used in the modern enterprise, the infrastructure needed to support it, and how she sees adversaries both using and attacking it.
AI hasn’t necessarily given adversa
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 sophisticated adversaries. It’s packed with stories from the front lines and trends that define the modern threat landscape.
Joining Adam to dig into its findings is Katie Blankenship, Sr. Manager of the Global Threat Analysis Cell for the
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 planet. Today, she joins Adam and Cristian to discuss how adversaries are targeting SaaS vendors, the most underappreciated SaaS misconfigurations, and what the future of the shared responsibility model looks like.
SaaS is a continuously grow
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 CrowdStrike’s coordinated takeover of the Glassworm botnet. Glassworm was a global threat targeting software developers through the open-source supply chain. This infection vector stood out — open-source ecosystems are based on trust, and adversaries
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 adversaries drove more than 58% of state-sponsored interactive intrusions against the sector, creating the greatest intelligence collection threat to tech companies.
These threat actors are escalating espionage against tech businesses to steal
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 industry that has become a major target for adversaries.
Financial services is the fourth most-targeted industry as of Q1 2026 and accounts for 12% of all observed adversary activity. eCrime adversaries target the industry for financial gain.
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 discovery and exploitation. Now, we’re diving into how companies are working together to face these evolving security risks.
CrowdStrike Chief Business Officer Daniel Bernard spends much of his time talking with partners and customers about how
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 to discover and exploit vulnerabilities faster than defenders can patch them.
It’s a valid concern. Even without advanced AI algorithms, researchers can build tools to automate the vulnerability discovery process. Now, the rise of increasin
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 OverWatch, joins Adam in this episode to discuss his team’s approach to detecting and responding to these attacks.
When a supply chain attack uses a zero-day vulnerability to breach a target, it’s often the CVE that grabs attention. But the
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 offensive cyber operations, streamlining regulations, modernizing and protecting federal networks, securing critical infrastructure, leading in new technologies, and developing talent.
In this episode, Rob Sheldon, Sr. Director of Public Policy and
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 spotlights adversaries’ heightened speed, their evolving use of AI, an increase in activity from China and North Korea, and the growth of supply chain attacks, zero-day exploitation, and cloud targeting.
For new listeners, the annual Global T
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 CrowdStrike OverWatch mission and dives into his stories from the front lines of threat hunting.
This team detects adversaries in customer environments before they can achieve their nefarious goals. “Our mission is to outcompete your adversary,” Brod
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 CHOLLIMA, PRESSURE CHOLLIMA, and LABYRINTH CHOLLIMA.
Each adversary has specialized goals and tradecraft. While LABYRINTH CHOLLIMA continues to prioritize espionage and targets specific industries, GOLDEN CHOLLIMA and PRESSURE CHOLLIMA focus on
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 Assistant Director of the FBI and current Executive Advisor to the Founder and CEO of CrowdStrike.
In some ways, it’s similar to taking down criminals in the physical world. But the speed and scale of cybercrime operations exacerbate the ch
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, and how cyberattacks look in different regions of the world.
To recap 2025, we’re revisiting the topics that resonated most with our listeners to share year-end updates. Adam and Cristian cover the I-Soon data leaks, evolution of China as a
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 from six EU countries, Australia, Canada, the U.K., and the U.S., along with Europol and 30 private sector partners, including CrowdStrike. The dismantled infrastructure consisted of hundreds of thousands of infected computers containing se
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 open and elusive answers are found.
Tillmann Werner, VP of Intelligence Production at CrowdStrike, has been a member of the CrowdStrike Intelligence team since 2012 and has analyzed many of these cold cases. In this episode, he joins Adam to
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) likely considers politically sensitive, the likelihood of it producing code with severe security flaws increases by up to 50%.
Stefan Stein, manager of the CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations Data Science team, joined Adam and Cristian
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 from ongoing conflicts.
The CrowdStrike 2025 European Threat Landscape Report breaks down these trends. In this episode, Adam and Cristian cover the highlights.
They start with cybercrime, a major theme of the report. The five most targete
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 they interact with adversaries across the threat landscape.
The CrowdStrike 2025 APJ eCrime Landscape Report explores the trends and issues facing organizations operating in this part of the world. For example, criminal groups in APJ are f
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 Cristian look back at how a prolific global threat has evolved over the decades.
Gone are the days of malware arriving on floppy disks and victims waiting weeks to restore their systems in exchange for $200 ransom payments. “The early days of
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 recording a live episode on some fascinating LLM research presented at the show, so stay tuned for that in a couple of weeks.
Amid their prep, they took the time to sit down for a conversation starting with a simple prompt: What are today’s securi
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 in-person conversation about how adversaries are weaponizing AI, how defenders are using agentic AI, and what we should all be thinking about as AI evolves as an offensive and defensive tool.
The AI threat is real, and advanced adversaries in par
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 intrusions from suspected cloud-conscious China-nexus threat actors. In the government sector, interactive intrusions increased 71%, and targeted intrusion activity jumped 185%.
The CrowdStrike OverWatch threat hunting team has a firsthand
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 of SCATTERED SPIDER, one of today’s most aggressive and sophisticated adversary groups.
Once known for SIM swapping and gaming community exploits, SCATTERED SPIDER has evolved into a high-speed, high-impact ransomware crew targeting the retai
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? Well, a lot about adversaries, but also about career paths and the threat intel space. Tune in to hear the answers to questions like:
• How did you break into the threat intelligence space?
• Who is the first adversary CrowdStrike
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 environments, they should also have an eye on whether an adversary is walking through the front door.
“Anytime there’s a physical boundary, an adversary is going to look to cross over that — whether it be in person or using some technology to get
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 many questions Adam and Cristian explore in this episode on how adversaries are integrating AI into cyberattacks. These days, it seems AI is everywhere — and that includes the adversary’s toolbox. Adam and Cristian describe multiple forms of ma
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 episode, he joins Adam and Cristian to dive into the latest cloud attack techniques and the adversaries behind them.
So, who are they? SCATTERED SPIDER and LABYRINTH CHOLLIMA are two of the threat actors targeting and navigating cloud envir
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 Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Latin America-based cybercriminals are emerging as well.
The CrowdStrike 2025 Latin America Threat Landscape Report provides key insights into this activity. In its pages, the CrowdStrike Cou
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 model in which ransomware operators write the malware and affiliates pay to launch it — has lowered the barrier to entry so threat actors of all skill levels can participate and profit.
OCULAR SPIDER is one such operator. This adversary, n
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, including the eCrime actor LUNAR SPIDER.
“They almost behave like a startup; they’re constantly testing and innovating and developing what they’re doing,” Adam says of the group. “It’s an interesting paradigm when you think about how these eCri
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 their activity seem more legitimate and buys time until they get caught. Proxies, which adversaries can use to conceal the origin of malicious traffic, are essential to this process.
NSOCKS is a residential proxy provider that CrowdStrike
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 services, media, manufacturing, and industrials/engineering. CrowdStrike identified seven new China-nexus adversaries in 2024.
“After decades investing in offensive cyber capabilities, China has achieved parity with some of the top players
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, Adam and Cristian take a deep dive into the new AI model.
At a time when new AI models are constantly emerging, the launch of DeepSeek has led to questions and concerns around AI model security, data security, and national security. What is Dee
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 are taking aim at older technologies that are both essential to everyday life and difficult to secure.
Our guest for this episode is Greg Bell, chief strategy officer at Corelight. Before he co-founded the network security firm, Greg spent mos
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 cyber activity has undergone a massive shift: What used to be simple smash-and-grab operations in the mid-2000s have evolved into sophisticated business models. We got a lens into this environment through a leak stemming from Chinese company I-S
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 that defined this year and what they expect as we head into 2025.
Tune in to hear their observations on changing eCrime activity in Latin America, Chinese adversaries evolving their tactics and targeting telecommunications entities, the di
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 detection and response tools alerting security teams to their activity. To improve their success rate, many are turning to cross-domain attacks.
Cross-domain attacks span multiple domains within an organization’s environment; namely, identity
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 infrastructure. This was the first time he publicly spoke about LIMINAL PANDA, a China-nexus state-sponsored threat actor that has been targeting telecommunications organizations since at least 2020.
LIMINAL PANDA is a newly named adversary, b
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 emulating adversary activity to achieve specific objectives in their clients’ environments. Their goal is to find an organization’s weaknesses — before a real adversary does — so it can strengthen its security posture. But what does a red team a
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 interesting turn when the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) claimed hacktivist entity Anonymous 64 targeted China and its territories with attempted disinformation and public communication disruption. The Chinese government further alleged
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 BITWISE SPIDER ransomware as a service operation. CrowdStrike often works with law enforcement to identify, track and stop cyber threats, and we played a key role in this operation.
In this episode, Adam and Cristian are joined by a member of Cr
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 resources. Though it has a small code base, the kernel plays a critical role in how systems and applications operate, interact and stay secure.
Due to the current architecture and design of Windows systems, cybersecurity products running in the platf
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 and partners, in Las Vegas for four days of keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops and demos.
Adam and Cristian will both be speaking at this year’s show. In this episode, they share the talks they’re most excited about and how they tie into t
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 internships are invaluable opportunities to learn how security pros operate in the real world and understand the responsibilities each role requires.
CrowdStrike’s University Program welcomes interns across virtually every field to gain this real-worl
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 responded to the first of several incidents in which FAMOUS CHOLLIMA threat actors targeted 30+ US-based companies. The insiders claimed to be US residents and were hired for remote IT positions, which granted them access they exploited to attem
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: Fernando Madureira. Fernando is the Global CISO of Cosan, a Brazilian conglomerate of several businesses spanning energy, transportation and logistics, and other sectors that operates around the world.
Given Cosan’s size and the nature of its busin
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 and Cristian unpack what happens in the aftermath of a takedown, including how some groups splinter, reemerge and even rebrand.
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 defenders know?
In this episode, Adam and Cristian explore how adversary behavior shifts as their activity is discovered and tracked. Today’s adversaries carefully research their victims. They read corporate blog posts and craft their techniques ba
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 in recent years, and it’s time we take a deep dive into the many factors at play.
In this episode, Adam and Cristian examine the dynamics between the two nations, the drivers of their evolving cyber activity and the key adversaries involved
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 this episode from Shelly Giesbrecht, Director of Professional Services at CrowdStrike, it remains a top cybersecurity challenge for all organizations.
Today’s social engineers are more convincing than ever. Gone are the days of clunky phishi
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 Street movement and the Anonymous hacktivist collective. But the practice of hacking as a form of civil disobedience goes back to the 1990s. It has taken many forms in the years since, driven by a wide range of hacktivists around the world.
In
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 may indicate malicious activity is afoot.
Andrew Munchbach, CrowdStrike’s Global VP, Field Engineering, joins Adam and Cristian in this week’s episode to explore what threat hunting is, how it works, and what makes a good threat hunting progr
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 learning who is behind it? Each attempt at an intrusion can reveal a lot about an adversary — who they are, what they’re doing and what their motivations may be.
This information can not only inform your response to an attack but how you strength
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 and share insights to understand adversaries’ intentions, as well as the scope and scale of their activity. In this special episode of the Adversary Universe podcast, Adam and Cristian are joined by Morgan Adamski, Chief of the CCC and gove
CrowdStrike CSO Shawn Henry on Election Security, Nation-State Threats and His FBI Career
CrowdStrike Chief Security Officer Shawn Henry joined CrowdStrike as employee number 19 after a 24-year career at the FBI, where he retired as the Bureau’s Executive Assistant Director.
Today, he joins Adam and Cristian for a wide-ranging conversation exploring his early days at CrowdStrike and transition to the private sector, his perspective on the 2016 DNC breach and the risks modern elections
A Human at the Keyboard: CrowdStrike Reports 60% Jump in Interactive Intrusions
The days of automated cyberattacks are dwindling: last year CrowdStrike saw a 60% jump in interactive intrusions, a type of attack in which a human is on the other side, working to break in and navigating their target environment as soon as they gain access. Most (75% of) attacks in 2023 didn’t involve malware at all — in nearly all cases, the adversary relied on identity-related techniques or exp
The Dark Personality Traits Fueling Cybercrime
CrowdStrike has long said, “You don’t have a malware problem — you have an adversary problem.” Much like we analyze the malware and tools used in cyberattacks, we must also learn about the people who orchestrate them.
Adam and Cristian are joined by Cameron Malin, a behavioral profiler who specializes in understanding adversaries and the “why” behind their activity. Cameron built the FBI’s Cyber
Demystifying North Korea: Why the "Hermit Kingdom" Is a Cyber Threat to Watch
Though the inner workings of North Korea remain a mystery to much of the world, its global cyber activity has been tracked and analyzed for years. CrowdStrike’s Counter Adversary Operations team, which tracks five North Korean threat actors, has a unique perspective on the country’s evolution as a global cybersecurity threat and the many ways it has used cyber capabilities to achieve its goals.
In
AI Through the Defender’s Lens: A Chat with CrowdStrike’s Global CTO
Cristian is joined by CrowdStrike Global CTO Elia Zaitsev to revisit the world of AI and large language models (LLMs), this time from the perspective of modern defenders.
While this space has seen explosive growth in the past year, most organizations are still working to determine how LLM technology fits into their cybersecurity strategies. In this episode, Cristian and Elia unpack the rapid evol
Inside Russia’s Laboratory of Cyber Operations — and Beyond
In mid-December 2023, an adversary CrowdStrike tracks as VOODOO BEAR targeted Ukrainian telecom provider Kyivstar, wreaking havoc and disrupting thousands of systems and assets.
The Russia-linked adversary has for years treated Ukraine as its “lab of offensive cyber operations”, testing attack techniques and demonstrating the destructive behavior it has become known for since it emerged in late 2
Adversary Universe: 2023 Highlights
It has been a whirlwind year for the cybersecurity industry.
In this episode of the Adversary Universe podcast, we revisit clips from standout episodes of 2023. Tune in to catch pieces of our conversations on the evolution of cloud-focused cyberattacks, the rise of cyber activity from Iran and China, the process of discovering and mitigating vulnerabilities, the role of AI in the cyber threat lan
Inside the ”Alphabet Soup” of Incident Reporting Regulations
Organizations around the world must navigate a growing number of cyber incident reporting regulations mandated by government bodies.
In the U.S., these regulations come from agencies including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and others. This “alphabet soup” of regulations, as Cristian puts it, ca
Data Extortion Dethrones Ransomware as the Threat to Watch
Today’s adversaries are working smarter, not harder — and it’s clear in the way their tactics are evolving.
In this episode, Adam and Cristian explore the way adversaries are shifting their focus to data extortion. Instead of deploying noisy ransomware, more threat actors are quietly stealing data and threatening to publicly leak it if they’re not paid. Tune in to learn what’s driving this change
Urgent Care Required: The State of Healthcare Cybersecurity
At a time when breaches make headlines daily, the healthcare sector is among the most popular adversary targets.
Cyberattacks against healthcare organizations have spiked in recent years, disrupting patient care, jeopardizing safety and privacy, and obstructing compliance with industry regulations. In this episode, Cristian is joined by Dennis Egan, director of healthcare services for CrowdStrike
Iran’s Rise from Nascent Threat Actor to Global Adversary
“Iran’s digital presence is something we don’t want to underestimate.”
Though its cyber activity has been making headlines during a dynamic past few weeks, Iran’s history as a major player in the threat landscape spans decades. In this episode, Adam and Cristian take you back to the days of Stuxnet and trace Iran’s evolution from nascent threat actor to prominent nation-state adversary. Tune in t
Inside China’s Evolution as a Global Security Threat
China is the source of some of the most prolific and aggressive nation-state cyber activity organizations face.
Every business vertical, across every geography, is affected by China’s unrelenting focus on growth and power. In this episode, Adam and Cristian take you through the evolution of Chinese threat activity from the early 2010s through today, closely examining the myriad ways they seek to
Have You Been Breached?
A cyberattack is any security team’s worst nightmare — but the earlier a breach is detected, the faster you can respond and mitigate the damage.
In this episode, we’ll share the warning signs that could indicate a breach has occurred, the immediate next steps to take in the incident response process, and why having the right data is essential to a successful recovery.
Please note that all referen
The Rise of the Access Brokers
When an adversary seeks entry into an organization, they no longer need to develop their own vulnerability exploits or steal credentials.
Many turn to access brokers, the sellers of credentials, exploits and other tools threat actors can buy and use to gain initial access. In this episode, we discuss who access brokers are, how they gain and sell access, and their crucial role in the cybercrime e
Inside the AI, Cloud and Platform Innovations Previewed at Fal.Con 2023
Adversaries are moving and innovating at a rapid pace — but so are we.
In this bonus episode, Adam and Cristian chat about the biggest announcements from Fal.Con, CrowdStrike’s annual conference, which took place last week in Las Vegas. Tune in to hear their take on new and developing technologies like Charlotte AI Investigator and Falcon Foundry, why they’re excited about the Bionic acquisition
Adversaries and AI: Today’s Reality and Tomorrow’s Potential
Artificial intelligence. It’s the hot topic in cybersecurity today.
Everyone is curious about it, excited about its use cases and nervous about the problems it may cause in the wrong hands. Adam and Cristian get right into the questions you want answered: How are adversaries using AI today? How might they use it in the future? What should businesses really be worried about? Tune in to learn the t
Ransomware Actors Mark Their Calendars for Back-to-School
School is back in session — and adversaries have already done their homework.
They know educational institutions often lack the resources and expertise to keep up with the wave of ransomware, data extortion and other attacks pummeling their systems. Cristian and Adam examine why schools are a common target, the threats they face and how they can best defend themselves. In this episode, we also he
Invisible Threats: Discovering, Tracking and Mitigating Vulnerabilities
Vulnerabilities are the unlocked doors allowing adversaries a foothold into your organization.
Left unpatched, they provide an entryway for intruders to break in, move laterally and wreak havoc. This episode shares everything you want to know about vulnerability intelligence: What types of vulnerabilities are most common? How should organizations prioritize patching? What is an n-day flaw? Learn
Intel-Led Threat Hunting with CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations
“Scary and incredible.” “Terrifying.”
Adam and Cristian dig into new data from CrowdStrike’s recently formed Counter Adversary Operations Unit. A new report reveals adversaries are growing faster and smarter, with a focus on collecting identities and pilfering cloud environments.
In this episode, learn what’s behind the massive 583% year-over-year jump in Kerberoasting attacks and the 147% jump i
Is Microsoft’s Monoculture a National Security Risk?
Multiple U.S. government agencies were recently breached after adversaries exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory. With Microsoft vulnerabilities at the heart of some of the worst breaches in recent history, many in the cybersecurity industry are beginning to wonder: Do the dangers of the Microsoft monoculture outweigh the benefits?
In this special bonus episode, Adam and
Cloud is the New Battleground
Most organizations rely on cloud services or infrastructure to power their day-to-day operations — and adversaries know it. In this episode, we’ll explore how threat actors use the cloud to their advantage: how they breach cloud environments, the actions they take once they’re in, and the ways they use the cloud as a tool in their attacks. We’ll also discuss how organizations often unknowingly put
Who is the Adversary?
Behind every cyberattack, there is an adversary. These adversaries target organizations large and small, across all industries, to steal money, information and more from their victims.
Understanding these adversaries can help you protect your business — and we’re here to help. In the first episode of the Adversary Universe Podcast, we introduce you to our expert hosts, Adam Meyers and Cristian Rod
Adversary Universe Podcast Trailer
Welcome to the Adversary Universe podcast, the best place to learn about the threat actors behind today’s cyberattacks.
We’ll dig deep into the adversaries we’re tracking here at CrowdStrike, the tactics and techniques they employ, threats we’ve seen in the wild, and most importantly, how all of this information can help you better defend your organization.
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