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The Defensive Line Weekly Podcast 018

20 May 2026 13:36 The Defensive Line

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The Defensive Line Weekly is a weekly intelligence briefing for blue teamers and security leaders — the stories that matter most, with clear implications and practical defensive actions. This podcast is the audio version of the weekly Defensive Line Substack newsletter, bringing the same curated analysis to your ears. Voices are AI generated, but the analysis and script is human curated.

Topic 1: South Staffordshire Water — 22 Months Undetected

* ICO enforcement notice

* The Record

* BleepingComputer

* Help Net Security

* Computer Weekly

Topic 2: BlackFile — Vishing and Real-Time AitM

* Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG)

* Push Security

Topic 3: Mini Shai-Hulud — npm Supply Chain Worm

* TanStack postmortem

* OpenAI disclosure

* StepSecurity (TanStack)

* Socket (TanStack)

* StepSecurity (node-ipc)

* The Record

* The Hacker News (TanStack)

* The Hacker News (node-ipc)

Honourable Mentions

* Cisco Security Advisory CVE-2026-20182

* Rapid7 (Cisco SD-WAN)

* Cisco Talos (SD-WAN exploitation)

* Microsoft Security — Kazuar/Secret Blizzard

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