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  • Patch and move on? Why vulnerability response doesn't end there

    Patch and move on? Why vulnerability response doesn't end there
    29 Oct 2026
    Fresh off the PHP2Shell advisory, former DHS CISO and acting deputy CIO Hamad Baidwan — now executive CISO at Knox Systems, the largest federal managed cloud — joins Safe Mode to break down what actually happens in the hours after a high-severity vulnerability drops. He walks through why "patch it and move on" gives teams a false sense of security, how to map internet reachability in environments that change by the hour, and what a CISA KEV listing really signals to defenders. Baidwan also reflects on writing DHS's first-ever AI cybersecurity guidance, what he'd add to that playbook today — starting with AI agent identity — and why he thinks compliance has drifted into security theater.
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    40 min
  • Even safe mode can't save PHP this time

    Even safe mode can't save PHP this time
    23 Oct 2026
    Two critical PHP bugs, found by AI before attackers, leaked before the embargo, patched a day early. Cisco Talos' Matt Olney joins Safe Mode — the show, not PHP's deprecated directive, though neither has ever stopped an exploit — for the part the headlines skipped and what the future holds for the vulns moving forward
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    32 min
  • The messy middle of AI-powered bug disclosure

    The messy middle of AI-powered bug disclosure
    15 Oct 2026
    AI is making vulnerabilities easier to find, but who’s going to fix them? On this episode, Greg Otto talks with Josh Bressers, VulnCheck’s director of coordinated vulnerability disclosure about the growing flood of AI-generated security reports. Bressers explains why those findings are increasingly legitimate, how VulnCheck uses AI to streamline incoming reports, and why coordinating fixes still requires a human touch. They also explore the pressure on open-source maintainers, the risks of AI-generated patches, and the widening gap between the cost of discovering vulnerabilities and fixing them. The conversation turns to a fundamental question: What would it take to fund and maintain open-source software like the essential infrastructure it is?
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    33 min
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