🔴 Sep 18's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1247

Dr. Gerald Auger (0:00)

All right, what's up, everybody? Welcome to the party. Today is Friday, yes, sir!

September 18th, 2026 This is Simply Cyber's Daily Cyber Threat Brief Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Gerald Auger. Slept through the night for the first time all week for all those who have been following the, following the sickness. And I'm not talking about, I forget what band it was from the, maybe stained, like down with the sickness, whoever that was, uh, Oh yeah. You know, still not feeling great, but hey, you know, we'll take the wins when we get. Guys, over the next hour, me, you, Steve Young, James McQuiggan, deaf, not nice. Guys, we're gonna be ripping the top cyber stories of the day. Get your coffee, get ready. We are off and running. You have started your Friday correctly. Let's get ready to cook.

Hello, hello, hello. Super pumped to have you. Disturbed. Thank you, Techno Viking. Down with the sickness. That whole era, for those who weren't alive then, like disturbed, staying trapped, god smack, it was a whole scene. Obviously, Korn ruled the airwaves. Korn said it, Woodstock 99, please stop.

Guys, over the next hour, here's the promise to you. You are dialed in, you are activated, you are online with Simply Cyber's Daily Cyber Threat Brief. Podcast of the Year Award Winner for Top Cyber News Breakdowns. Now, what makes us the Podcast of the Year? What can you expect if you stick around? Well, we're gonna go through eight cyber stories of the day. That is today's news, September 18th. We'll get the headline, the surface level stuff, the things that you will get if you doom scroll on your phone. But what we're gonna go is beyond those headlines, give you additional insights and value. I've got 20 plus years of experience, collectively right above my head, this live chat feed that you can see right here, whether you're watching on LinkedIn or YouTube, listening on your audio podcast, AppaChoice. We have collectively the Simply Cyber community bringing the heat and we're talking, I know this is gonna sound crazy, thousands of years of professional experience to bear on those stories in order to get you to have the most value that you possibly can get. Now, for all these stories, I don't know what they are. And this is the part that blows people's minds. People don't realize this, honestly.

I always, they're always blown away. I do not know what stories are gonna happen. I literally have no idea what might pop up. So you're gonna get my honest reaction, my honest breakdown in the moment. I've done it for over a thousand episodes. It's fine. I love our industry. I have a lot of experience and knowledge. Whatever you throw at me, I got something for you. So we don't research or prep here.

James McQuiggan (3:15)

Ain't nobody got time for that.

Dr. Gerald Auger (3:17)

But what we do have time for is CPEs. Every single episode of the Daily Cyber Threat Brief, including today's episode, September 18th, episode 1,247 is worth half a CPE. So go to cyberthreatbrief.simplycyber.io/cpe.

Claim your CPE for free. I don't charge no paywalls, no membership fees, no subscribers, no monthly recurring revenue. Oh, Jerry, you're terrible at business. Fine. Whatever. Not my problem. It's certainly not your problem. So get your CPEs here. Put your name, your email, two checkboxes. Hit this yellow button and on October 1st, it'll be like Christmas morning or Hanukkah morning or Kwanzaa morning. Let's be inclusive here.

On October 1st, you open your email and what's going to be there? It's going to look like a six-pack of fresh-baked muffins, piping hot CPE evidence from me to you capturing all that you did. It's a great little program we got. Now, if you're here for the first time and you're like, holy crap, this guy's a lot. Well, you're right. Welcome to the party, pal.

I am a lot and that's part of the charm or it's not. I'll tell you what, I am unabashedly me. And that's what's up. So, if you're here for the first time, drop a hashtag first timer. The coffee is flowing. My blood type is dark roast. Let's go. Squad members, of course, if you see a first timer, drop a hashtag first timer in chat. Go ahead and spam the John McLean emotes and let it fly. Mad Destroyers here. His blood type is also a Colombian bean.

Oh boy. Every single day of the week has a special segment, guys. And Friday's a double shot.

Lindsay (5:13)

Piao, piao, piao.

Dr. Gerald Auger (5:15)

Double shot. James Aquigin at 35,000 feet is going to delight us with dad jokes of the week. Now, here's another little thing that I don't prep for. James, oh my god, James Aquigin sends me the jokes on text message Thursday night every week, and it's the one text message notification I never clear out immediately until 8:30 a.m. on Friday morning. So I see these jokes for the first time. I read them live with you and I do my best delivery. So stay tuned for that. It's always good times. Also, also just a quick little opportunity to promote. If you are going to Simply CyberCon, if you are going to Simply CyberCon, okay? By default, you will get a copy, or there's a really strong possibility, you will get a copy of James McQuiggan in Michelle Khan's new book, A Megabyte of Dad Jokes. We purchased, by the way James, I have to pay you for those. We purchased 100 copies of James McQuiggan and Michelle Khan's book. Number one, to support them. Number two, to have some fun stuff to give away to all attendees who are in person at Simply CyberCon. So not that you really needed another reason to come out to our conference at Folly Beach in November, but if you did, make sure you save a little room in your luggage because you're taking back a book. There will be a book signing as well there. But more about that as we get closer to the event.