Physical & Cyber Security Threats Combined: The Repercussions of Conflict in the Middle East

Serious discussions this week as Christina & Rory look more closely at how a combination of physical and digital threats are bringing the effects of the conflict in the Middle East home to people across a wide region. Datacenter outages, AI-powered targeting and large-scale hacktivist attacks outline the heightened vulnerability of critical infrastructure.   AWS UAE data center hit by outage following military strikes across the region Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’  Iran Cyber Front: Hacktivist Activity Rises, but State-Sponsored Attacks Stay Low As War Continues, Pro-Iranian Actors Launch Barrage of Cyberattacks   AI NEWS GenAI content spawns a new acronym Microsoft gets pissed at new AI term - I wonder why? AI Agent scans GitHub for exploitable Actions - asks for crypto Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in the following episode. SpeakPipe link - https://www.speakpipe.com/Cyber_Sidekicks Or, send us an email: Christina Richmond – [email protected] Rory Duncan – [email protected] Subscribe to our Newsletter - "Signal, not noise" Our monthly newsletter is free to subscribers! Sign-up now at Richmond Advisory Group.   Technology we use Podcast Recording Platform – Cleanfeed.com Cyber Sidekicks Show Host – Podbean.com Edited & mastered in GarageBand