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EPISODE · May 12, 2026 · 27 MIN

Daily breach attempts target UAE, fake ransomware attack, PAN-OS vulnerability & Microsoft’s Phone Link attack / Intel Chat [#321]

from The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast · host LimaCharlie

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some intel being shared in the LimaCharlie community.The cyber threat environment in the Middle East has intensified sharply following military operations involving Israel, the United States, and Iran. An intrusion campaign attributed with moderate confidence to the Iranian state-linked group MuddyWater was disguised as a Chaos ransomware attack, according to research from Rapid7.Palo Alto Networks has warned customers that a critical remote code execution vulnerability in PAN-OS is being actively exploited in the wild.Attackers are abusing Microsoft’s Phone Link application in a campaign that Cisco Talos says has been active since January. Report here.Support our show by sharing your favorite episodes with a friend, subscribe, give us a rating or leave a comment on your podcast platform.This podcast is brought to you by LimaCharlie, maker of the SecOps Cloud Platform, infrastructure for SecOps where everything is built API first. Scale with confidence as your business grows. Start today for free at limacharlie.io.

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