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One Click, One Rogue Agent: Agent Forger, the EY Help Desk Breach & How to Work Black Hat/DEF CON

Shawn Valle and Garrett Gross return on Cybersecurity Growth to discuss three topics: Agent Forger, where a crafted phishing link to a ChatGPT URL could silently deploy an attacker-controlled AI agent that inherits a user’s enterprise integrations (email, calendar, cloud storage) and enables data exfiltration and persistence, prompting leaders to inventory AI agents and their authorized access; an Ernst & Young breach tied to Shiny Hunters, where a help desk/ITSM platform exposed sensitive client tax data, highlighting how ticketing systems can become “shadow data lakes” and the need to reassess third-party risk and data handling; and guidance for security leaders attending Hacker Summer Camp (BSides LV, Black Hat, DEF CON), including planning meetups, defining ROI, doing post-conference briefings, and basic OPSEC like avoiding open Wi‑Fi and clearing remembered networks.

00:00 Cold Open & Welcome

02:00 Topic 1 — AgentForger

08:40 Topic 2 — EY Breach

17:27 Topic 3 — Hacker Summer Camp

40:37 Rapid Takeaways & Close

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Patch now, govern faster. This week Shawn Valle and Garrett Gross break down three stories every security leader needs on their radar: the SharePoint zero-days under active attack (and CISA's 72-hour patch mandate), the Craneware breach that put 2,000 hospitals in the blast radius of a single vendor, and Gartner's warning that AI agents are hitting production 8x faster than governance can keep up — with $234B at risk.

Cybersecurity Growth is a show for aspiring and existing cybersecurity leaders, hosted by Shawn Valle and Garrett Gross.

⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open + welcome 2:30 A word from Cybersecurity Growth 3:30 SharePoint zero-days: CISA says patch in 3 days 11:00 Craneware breach: one vendor, 2,000 hospitals of blast radius 18:30 Gartner: AI agents outpacing governance 8-to-1, $234B at risk 26:00 Rapid takeaways you can use Monday morning

🔗 STORIES WE COVERED

• CISA urges immediate SharePoint patching: https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-urges-immediate-patching-of-exploited-sharepoint-vulnerabilities/
• CISA SharePoint hardening alert: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2026/07/14/cisa-urges-sharepoint-hardening-after-new-exploitations
• Craneware breach (TechCrunch): https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/hackers-stole-significant-amount-of-data-from-tech-firm-relied-on-by-thousands-of-us-hospitals-and-pharmacies/
• Gartner: agentic AI puts $234B at risk (CIO): https://www.cio.com/article/4192242/agentic-ai-puts-234b-in-enterprise-saas-spending-at-risk-gartner-says.html
• Gartner on tiered AI agent governance: https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-05-26-gartner-says-applying-uniform-governance-across-ai-agents-will-lead-to-enterprise-ai-agent-failure

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Patch Now, Govern Faster

SharePoint under fire (3:30). Four SharePoint CVEs are being actively exploited, including an unauthenticated RCE, and CISA gave federal agencies just 3 days to patch. Attackers are chaining bugs to steal IIS machine keys and persist — meaning patching alone won't evict them; key rotation is required. We debate the real leadership call: emergency weekend change window vs. normal change control, and whether on-prem SharePoint should exist in your environment at all in 2026.

The vendor blast radius problem (11:00). Craneware — billing software behind ~2,000 US hospitals and ~10,000 clinics and pharmacies — confirmed attackers exfiltrated a significant volume of data. Same week, Hugging Face disclosed a malicious-dataset attack that stole credentials off its infrastructure. Two supply-chain intrusions in one news cycle is a pattern. We dig into what a real vendor-breach playbook looks like, and how much disclosure — and how fast — you should demand from critical vendors.

The AI agent governance gap (18:30). Gartner says AI agents are entering production 7–8x faster than orgs are building governance, with $234B in enterprise software spend at risk by 2030 and 40%+ of agentic AI projects predicted to be canceled by 2027. Their contrarian take: uniform governance across all agents guarantees failure — tier it by autonomy and risk. The real question is organizational, not technical: who owns agent identity and authorization at your company?

Monday-morning takeaways (26:00). Ask your team: do we run on-prem SharePoint anywhere, and which critical vendors have breach-notification SLAs in their contracts? Then start an AI agent inventory — even a spreadsheet of what agents exist, what they can touch, and who approved them puts you ahead of most orgs.

Hosted by Shawn Valle (Founder & Chief Strategist, Cybersecurity Growth) and Garrett Gross. Learn more at https://CybersecurityGrowth.com

From IC to Leader 🎙

Leadership in cybersecurity isn’t just about a title — although sometimes the title forces the issue. Whether you’re an IC, a manager, or a director, there’s a real shift that has to happen when you move from doing security to leading security.

In this episode, Garrett and Shawn dig into the core differences, including the transition from:

1. SecOps worker → SecOps leader
2. AppSec worker → AppSec leader
3. GRC worker → GRC leader
4. Manager → Executive leader (VP, CISO, SVP)

We talk about what really changes:

1. Doing it yourself → delegating effectively
2. Delivering results → setting strategy and holding teams accountable
3. Celebrating your own wins → celebrating your team’s wins
4. Being the technical expert → translating security into executive language (revenue, growth, customer trust)

If you’re thinking about what the next step looks like in your career — or you’re already in a role where leadership is expected — this conversation is for you.

Show timeline:

1. 00:00 ...coming up
2. 00:20 introduction & agenda
3. 02:30 progressing in career
4. 03:55 core differences between an IC and a leader
5. 05:30 doing the work or delegating
6. 07:20 you don't have to be a people manager
7. 08:55 when people management isn't right for you
8. 11:40 transitioning to people manger
9. 14:50 is people management a calling?
10. 17:50 delegating and celebrating
11. 20:40 delivering key results and managing strategic objectives
12. 22:50 climbing the corporate ladder
13. 24:10 the real job of the c-level team, including the CISO
14. 33:50 final thoughts and wrap-up
15. 37:44 b-roll and bloopers
16. Cybersecuritygrowth.com and cybersecuritygrowth.com/webcasts
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00:00 ...coming up

00:45 introduction & agenda

01:36 sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Membership E-Learning & Community

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03:36 470K U.S. openings

04:46 Global shortfall of ~3–4 million cybersecurity jobs

10:20 Reddit discussions

12:26 Misaligned candidate expectations

17:34 Outsourcing & offshoring

19:10 AI! AI! AI! AI! AI! AI!

28:00 Talent supply

31:20 Heading for a recession?

38:53 Actionable Advice & Strategies

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Welcome to Cybersecurity Growth. A show for aspiring and existing cybersecurity leaders.

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00:00 ...coming up

00:22 introduction & agenda

03:03 who are you wearing?

06:28 sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Membership E-Learning & Community

08:08 hot topic - RSA Conference 2025 Recap

08:50 The history, what it is, etc

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14:00 Hot Themes & Industry Buzz

14:20 AI Everywhere

19:13 Sessions & Keynotes

21:50 Parties & Events

22:43 Booth Culture & Vendor Standouts

27:37 sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Merch Store

28:41 Recap

32:25 Upcoming Shows

33:29 That’s a Wrap

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Welcome to Cybersecurity Growth. A show for aspiring and existing cybersecurity leaders.

Highlight reel of the 2025 Verizon DBIR. Organized into 10 clear areas of focus, to help you quickly identify data points that you can use to quickly build business cases and focus on risk areas.

Dive into our recap of Black Hat, DEF CON and BSides Las Vegas from the summer of 2025.

00:00 ...coming up

00:12 introduction & agenda

02:53 who are you wearing?

04:36 sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Membership E-Learning & Community

06:01 hot topic - Hacker Summer Camp 2025 Recap

07:28 BSidesLV

08:38 Pros Vs Joes CTF

09:34 Great for noobs but industry heavies still there

11:29 Compliance ≠ Security: Passing audits (PCI, GDPR) does not guarantee real protection against attackers.

13:58 Black Hat USA

17:40 AI! AI! AI! AI! AI! AI! AI!

21:24 Biz hall much smaller than usual

24:24 RunZero booth/CTF

27:22 Party Crashing

29:07 VulnCheck - this is how you do parties at BlackHat

34:37 DEF CON

37:55 DARPA AIxCC

43:26 DEF CON Soundtrack

45:41 Villages

52:05 Very large vendor area this year - good/bad?

56:11 Recap

57:34 sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Merch Store

58:15 upcoming shows

59:09 That’s a Wrap

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Welcome to Cybersecurity Growth. A show for aspiring and existing cybersecurity leaders.

Highlight reel of the 2025 Verizon DBIR. Organized into 10 clear areas of focus, to help you quickly identify data points that you can use to quickly build business cases and focus on risk areas.

00:00 ...coming up

00:13 introduction & agenda

05:21 who are you wearing?

07:51 this week in cyber - Prepping for Hacker Summer Camp?

09:05 sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Membership E-Learning & Community

10:29 hot topic - 2025 Verizon DBIR Highlights

10:48 1. Largest dataset to date

13:12 2. System Intrusions explode

17:05 3. Third‑party risk doubles

21:57 4. Edge/VPN vulnerabilities skyrocket

24:48 5. Credential chaos reigns

30:43 6. Ransomware relentless—but payments drop

32:19 7. Human factor still deadly

36:32 8. Espionage rising

37:46 9. Secrets & GenAI pose new threats

42:06 10. Eye-popping BEC losses

43:50 Why This Matters

10:29 Final takeaway

50:32 sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Merch Store

51:00 upcoming shows

52:01 That’s a Wrap

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Welcome to Cybersecurity Growth. A show for aspiring and existing cybersecurity leaders.

Our first roadmap walkthrough of what has been developed on the Cybersecurity Growth platform and what is planned.

00:00 introduction

00:16 our development approach

03:08 sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Membership E-Learning & Community

03:54 what's been released so far

14:49 coming very soon

15:59 updated courses coming soon

17:20 new courses anticipated in 2025

19:30 courses on the horizon

22:27 resources & templates coming up

23:29 stay connected

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Welcome to Cybersecurity Growth. A show for aspiring and existing cybersecurity leaders.

Let's chat about real-world cyber attacks. Let's share some stories together. Let's learn and grow together.

00:00 introduction & agenda

00:54 who are you wearing?

06:55 sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Membership E-Learning & Community

07:44 Scattered Spider, and other things

41:04 Steps to protect against threat actors

47:57 sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Merch Store

48:30 That’s a Wrap

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicbysv_

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