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, Ryan Naraine and Costin Raiu.

Links:

• Transcript (unedited, AI-generated)
• Live from Black Hat: Brandon Dixon
• PSIRT | FortiGuard Labs
• SonicWall Firewalls – SSLVPN Recent Threat Activity
• Cisco CVSS 1.0 RCE
• Margin Research: Cyber Militias Redux
• Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System
• Russian hackers seized control of Norwegian dam
• Poland foiled cyberattack on big city's water supply
• EU Parliament pressing for agreement on chat scanning bill
• LABScon 2025