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Hosted by three veteran security pros -- journalist Ryan Naraine and malware paleontologists Costin Raiu and Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade -- the weekly show attracts a highly engaged audience of security researchers, corporate defenders, CISOs, and policymakers.
&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ryanaraine"&gt;Connect with Ryan on Twitter&lt;/a&gt; (Open DMs).
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&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ryanaraine"&gt;Connect with Ryan on Twitter&lt;/a&gt; (Open DMs).
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  <itunes:subtitle>Three Buddy Problem - Episode 58:  Indepth reaction to the Brandon Dixon episode, digging into what it’s really like to scale products inside a tech giant, navigate politics, and bring features to millions of machines. Plus, an exploration of the AI cybersecurity gold-rush, the promise and hype, and the gamble for startups versus the slow-moving advantage of incumbents. 

We revisit the Chinese "cyber militia" discussion and the looming AI “dot-com bubble,” the value of owning infrastructure, Nvidia and export controls, China’s manufacturing edge, and the geopolitics of supply chains.  

Cast: Ryan Naraine, Costin Raiu and Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Three Buddy Problem - Episode 58:  The buddies react to the Brandon Dixon episode, digging into what it’s really like to scale products inside a tech giant, navigate politics, and bring features to millions of machines. Plus, an exploration of the AI cybersecurity gold rush, the promise and hype, and the gamble for startups versus the slow-moving advantage of incumbents. 
We revisit the Chinese "cyber militia" discussion and the looming AI “dot-com bubble,” the value of owning infrastructure, Nvidia and export controls, China’s manufacturing edge, and the geopolitics of supply chains.  
Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade (https://twitter.com/juanandres_gs),  Ryan Naraine (https://twitter.com/ryanaraine) and    Costin Raiu (https://twitter.com/craiu). 
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    <![CDATA[<p><strong>Three Buddy Problem - Episode 58</strong>:  The buddies react to the Brandon Dixon episode, digging into what it’s really like to scale products inside a tech giant, navigate politics, and bring features to millions of machines. Plus, an exploration of the AI cybersecurity gold rush, the promise and hype, and the gamble for startups versus the slow-moving advantage of incumbents. </p>

<p>We revisit the Chinese &quot;cyber militia&quot; discussion and the looming AI “dot-com bubble,” the value of owning infrastructure, Nvidia and export controls, China’s manufacturing edge, and the geopolitics of supply chains.  </p>

<p><strong>Cast:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/juanandres_gs" rel="nofollow">Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade</a>,  <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanaraine" rel="nofollow">Ryan Naraine</a> and    <a href="https://twitter.com/craiu" rel="nofollow">Costin Raiu</a>.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Transcript (unedited, AI-generated)" rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VZcPDkqbuB4MZihxH8wKDEnpcFo7Kq70Kl-JV9i_p5s/edit?usp=sharing">Transcript (unedited, AI-generated)</a></li><li><a title="Live from Black Hat: Brandon Dixon" rel="nofollow" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-from-black-hat-brandon-dixon-parses-the-ai/id1414525622?i=1000721209590">Live from Black Hat: Brandon Dixon</a></li><li><a title="PSIRT | FortiGuard Labs" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-152">PSIRT | FortiGuard Labs</a></li><li><a title="SonicWall Firewalls – SSLVPN Recent Threat Activity" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.sonicwall.com/support/notices/gen-7-and-newer-sonicwall-firewalls-sslvpn-recent-threat-activity/250804095336430">SonicWall Firewalls – SSLVPN Recent Threat Activity</a></li><li><a title="Cisco CVSS 1.0 RCE" rel="nofollow" href="https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-radius-rce-TNBKf79">Cisco CVSS 1.0 RCE</a></li><li><a title="Margin Research: Cyber Militias Redux" rel="nofollow" href="https://margin.re/2025/08/cyber-militias-redux-or-why-your-boss-might-also-be-your-platoon-leader-in-china-2/">Margin Research: Cyber Militias Redux</a></li><li><a title="Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System" rel="nofollow" href="https://archive.ph/iVhTS">Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System</a></li><li><a title="Russian hackers seized control of Norwegian dam" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/russian-hackers-control-norwegian-dam-norway">Russian hackers seized control of Norwegian dam</a></li><li><a title="Poland foiled cyberattack on big city&#39;s water supply" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.reuters.com/en/poland-foiled-cyberattack-big-citys-water-supply-deputy-pm-says-2025-08-14/">Poland foiled cyberattack on big city's water supply</a></li><li><a title="EU Parliament pressing for agreement on chat scanning bill" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/a-political-blackmail-the-eu-parliament-is-pressing-for-new-mandatory-scanning-of-your-private-chats?utm_source=chatgpt.com">EU Parliament pressing for agreement on chat scanning bill</a></li><li><a title="LABScon 2025" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.labscon.io/">LABScon 2025</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><strong>Three Buddy Problem - Episode 58</strong>:  The buddies react to the Brandon Dixon episode, digging into what it’s really like to scale products inside a tech giant, navigate politics, and bring features to millions of machines. Plus, an exploration of the AI cybersecurity gold rush, the promise and hype, and the gamble for startups versus the slow-moving advantage of incumbents. </p>

<p>We revisit the Chinese &quot;cyber militia&quot; discussion and the looming AI “dot-com bubble,” the value of owning infrastructure, Nvidia and export controls, China’s manufacturing edge, and the geopolitics of supply chains.  </p>

<p><strong>Cast:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/juanandres_gs" rel="nofollow">Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade</a>,  <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanaraine" rel="nofollow">Ryan Naraine</a> and    <a href="https://twitter.com/craiu" rel="nofollow">Costin Raiu</a>.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Transcript (unedited, AI-generated)" rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VZcPDkqbuB4MZihxH8wKDEnpcFo7Kq70Kl-JV9i_p5s/edit?usp=sharing">Transcript (unedited, AI-generated)</a></li><li><a title="Live from Black Hat: Brandon Dixon" rel="nofollow" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-from-black-hat-brandon-dixon-parses-the-ai/id1414525622?i=1000721209590">Live from Black Hat: Brandon Dixon</a></li><li><a title="PSIRT | FortiGuard Labs" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-152">PSIRT | FortiGuard Labs</a></li><li><a title="SonicWall Firewalls – SSLVPN Recent Threat Activity" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.sonicwall.com/support/notices/gen-7-and-newer-sonicwall-firewalls-sslvpn-recent-threat-activity/250804095336430">SonicWall Firewalls – SSLVPN Recent Threat Activity</a></li><li><a title="Cisco CVSS 1.0 RCE" rel="nofollow" href="https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-radius-rce-TNBKf79">Cisco CVSS 1.0 RCE</a></li><li><a title="Margin Research: Cyber Militias Redux" rel="nofollow" href="https://margin.re/2025/08/cyber-militias-redux-or-why-your-boss-might-also-be-your-platoon-leader-in-china-2/">Margin Research: Cyber Militias Redux</a></li><li><a title="Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System" rel="nofollow" href="https://archive.ph/iVhTS">Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System</a></li><li><a title="Russian hackers seized control of Norwegian dam" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/russian-hackers-control-norwegian-dam-norway">Russian hackers seized control of Norwegian dam</a></li><li><a title="Poland foiled cyberattack on big city&#39;s water supply" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.reuters.com/en/poland-foiled-cyberattack-big-citys-water-supply-deputy-pm-says-2025-08-14/">Poland foiled cyberattack on big city's water supply</a></li><li><a title="EU Parliament pressing for agreement on chat scanning bill" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/a-political-blackmail-the-eu-parliament-is-pressing-for-new-mandatory-scanning-of-your-private-chats?utm_source=chatgpt.com">EU Parliament pressing for agreement on chat scanning bill</a></li><li><a title="LABScon 2025" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.labscon.io/">LABScon 2025</a></li></ul>]]>
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