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Threat Aware

Threat Aware

By: Max Kurek Cody Kretsinger Seth Loe Aidan Brown
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Threat Aware is a cybersecurity podcast network for security practitioners, business leaders, and anyone trying to make sense of a threat landscape that never stops moving. Hosted by Galactic's security team, dedicated shows cover attacker tactics, AI risk, security leadership and honest conversations on what good security actually requires. New episodes drop weekly.

2026 Max Kurek, Cody Kretsinger, Seth Loe, Aidan Brown Economics
Episodes
  • The Vendor Who Let Them In | The Risky Bit 04

    The Vendor Who Let Them In | The Risky Bit 04
    28 Oct 2026

    Attackers breached Target through a small air conditioning company with an unrestricted VPN into the network. Seth Loe is joined by Bob Jenner of The Network Doctor to discuss why vendor access keeps turning into the way in, what zero trust checks that a VPN never does, and how attackers spent 9 days inside an environment on a stolen password with no MFA before launching ransomware that reached 190 million people.

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    35 min
  • Unauthorized Opinions 05: Urgently Hiring! Someone to Patch the FBI

    Unauthorized Opinions 05: Urgently Hiring! Someone to Patch the FBI
    21 Oct 2026

    On September 22nd, someone defaced the FBI’s recruiting site and walked off with data on agents and applicants, all to pressure the Bureau into taking down a blog post. Max, Seth, Cody, and Aidan dig into how one unpatched vulnerability opened the door, why the FBI can’t hand the blame to its contractor, and the human cost under the headline.


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    47 min
  • Beyond Intelligence 03: From AI Punchline to Deepfake Heist

    Beyond Intelligence 03: From AI Punchline to Deepfake Heist
    14 Oct 2026

    The same AI that ran a snack shop into the ground and sold a Tahoe for a dollar is now cloning voices and finding software holes for whoever asks first. Aidan Brown walks from the stuff that makes you laugh to the part that doesn’t: a voice-cloned call that moved millions, and the bug-finding tools helping attackers and defenders race for the same flaws.
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    27 min
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