The Bare Metal Cyber — Friday Edition is your end-of-week cybersecurity intelligence wrap, turning five days of breaking threats into one fast, actionable update. For the week ending October 17th, 2025, we unpack everything from nation-state intrusions and zero-day exploits to record-setting DDoS attacks, policy moves, and vendor fallout — all explained in plain English for business leaders, defenders, and technology teams alike.

This week’s episode dives into F5’s confirmed breach where attackers stole BIG-IP source code and vulnerability data, the UK’s £14-million fine against Capita for poor breach response, and the discovery of a six-billion-record data leak from an unsecured Elasticsearch cluster. You’ll also hear how phishing campaigns spoofed LastPass and Bitwarden to install remote-control tools, why the massive “ClickFix” campaign tricked users into running malicious commands, and how Microsoft’s October patch cycle delivered 172 fixes — including six exploited zero-days — just as Windows 10 reached its support deadline.

We’ll explain how Chinese threat groups turned ArcGIS servers into backdoors, why VPNs and backup configurations became attacker blueprints, and how North Korea seeded npm with malicious packages to target developers. Plus, researchers exposed satellite traffic leaking unencrypted calls and telemetry, Apple doubled its bug bounty to $2 million, and the Aisuru botnet reached nearly thirty terabits per second in record-breaking denial-of-service floods.

Each story includes three things: what happened, why it matters, and one clear action you can take now. Whether you manage risk, run IT, or lead a security program, you’ll walk away knowing exactly where to focus your attention next week.

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In this episode, we dive into the unsettling paradox of Schrödinger’s Firewall—where your data is both safe and already compromised in the looming quantum era. Listeners will learn why today’s trusted encryption methods like RSA and ECC may soon resemble digital Swiss cheese, how Q-Day could arrive faster than expected, and what industries—from finance to healthcare to defense—stand to lose the most. We also unpack the race to post-quantum cryptography, exploring emerging algorithms, hybrid models, and the global urgency to prepare before attackers unlock decades of encrypted information.

Beyond awareness, this episode sharpens critical cybersecurity skills. You’ll gain practical insight into crypto agility, strategies for testing and adopting quantum-safe algorithms, and approaches to educating leadership teams about long-term risks. You’ll also learn how to identify vulnerable systems, evaluate vendors, and build resilience into your security architecture. By the end, you’ll be equipped not only to understand the quantum threat but to act on it with clarity and foresight. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com.