🔴 Oct 14's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1265

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Yo, what's up, everybody? Welcome to the party. Today is Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 This is Simply Cyber's Daily Cyber Threat Brief podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Gerald Auger, coming to you from the Buffer Auger Flow Studio. And if you're looking to stay current on the top cyber news while high-fiving with like-minded cyber security professionals, then you're in the right place. So get your coffee, get comfortable. We got a great show for you. Let's cook.

All right, good morning to everybody. Marcus Kyler, and Marcus Kyler, excuse me. Ian Marlowe, not just another brick in the wall, love the Pink Floyd reference, let's go. Matt Meares, Tom Lavin, Iron Zeppelin, Buffalo looking pretty tight, CyberSecBacon, guys, listen, over the next hour, me, you, and the entire Simply Cyber community are gonna go through the eight top cyber stories of the day. You'll get the headline and the surface level information like you'll get anywhere else. And then we're gonna double click on it, go down deep into the weeds and get additional insight, additional value, all with the intent of helping you level up like an absolute boss. I am a huge advocate of you being the CEO of you. So we're all about support, inclusion and empowerment here. So we're gonna do that. But of course, you can't have all work, no play or else we're gonna turn into Jack Nicholson and the Shining and end up in a hedge maze, not looking so hot. So we split it up, we do some fun stuff. Every single day of the week has a special segment. Wednesdays is way back Wednesday, halfway through the show. We'll look at a piece of Retro Tech. And some of us will be like, yeah, we've got one of those back in the back room. Some of you might be like, what is this old person? It's all about good times. It's all about fun. The more things change, the more they stay the same. If you're here for the first time, let us know with a hashtag first timer in chat. Hashtag first timer in chat. If you're here for the first time, we are a supportive, inclusive community, which means newcomers are absolutely welcome here, and we welcome them with open arms and John McClain sound effects. PirateKitty7130 was a first timer at one point, and now PirateKitty is a long timer. Sonny Allen, EmmanuelB72, my guy Phil Stafford, Ellie Matice, the real vanilla ice down at A1A, Beachwood Avenue. Guys, it's all about good times. Did you know that the Daily Cyber Threat Brief is the first episode of Cyber Threat Brief? Each episode's worth half a CPE. Say what? Let's rewind that. Every episode is worth half a CPE. Go to cyberthreatbrief.simplycyber.io.

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