A special mailbag episode with book recommendations

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( Presented by Material Security : We protect your company’s most valuable materials -- the emails, files, and accounts that live in your Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 cloud offices. ) Three Buddy Problem - Episode 79 : We cover MongoBleed (CVE‑2025‑14847), exposed MongoDB deployments, and the sad realization that zero-day attacks are a normal, everyday occurrence. Plus, AI’s expanding role and misuse across products and workflows, proximity attacks against Bluetooth audio devices, spyware sanctions de-listings, and ransomware economics. In a special mailbag segment, we give our book recommendations and respond to common questions from the listeners. Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade , Ryan Naraine and Costin Raiu . Links: Transcript (unedited, AI-generated) Sponsored by Material Security MongoDB Server Security Update (Dec 2025) CVE Record: CVE-2025-14847 Censys on MongoBleed European Space Agency hit by cyberattack Security pros plead guilty to ransomware US removes sanctions for three execs tied to spyware maker Intellexa Bluetooth Headphone Jacking: A Key to Your Phone Dan Geer Black Hat 2015 keynote Book Review: Infected - A Candid Look at VirusTotal’s Birth and Legacy Infected: From Side Project to Google: The Journey Behind VirusTotal The Human Factor (Inside the CIA's dysfunctional intelligence culture) A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money Cult of the Dead Cow (by Joseph Menn) The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant From Third World to First: The Singapore Story Thinking in Systems (PDF) AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order The Denial of Death: Ernest Becker Energy and Civilization: A History by Vaclav Smil DeepLearning.AI

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