Simply Cyber
Cybersecurity career guidance and daily threat updates – helps viewers break into the field and develop a practitioner mindset, with an emphasis on practical advice and news ([www.linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danielmakelley_introducing-44-cybersecurity-youtube-channels-activity-7309901512430813184-Beok#:~:text=hacking%2C%20web,8)).
How Women Are Rewriting the Rules of Cybersecurity Leadership | 2 Cyber Chicks S8 E2
The episode spotlights Artie Gadia, a Kenyan-Indian cyber leader, entrepreneur and author who has built a career bridging sales, leadership and advocacy in cybersecurity. Gadia recounted her multicultural upbringing, education in financial economics, immigration to Canada and entry into tech via sales before founding She Sharing Her Empowerment and writing The Rise of Cyber Women. She is recognized as a top cyber woman and woman of the year, has closed major deals, served on boards and focuses on elevating other women through authentic leadership and global community building. The conversation frames her work as emblematic of a broader shift toward more diverse, purpose-driven leadership in cybersecurity.
🔴 Mar 11's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1086
Simply Cyber’s March 11, 2026 episode of the Daily Cyber Threat Brief, hosted by Dr. Gerald Oer, delivered its routine roundup of cyber headlines, community updates and sponsor spotlights. The show promoted a noon workshop by James McQuigan on detecting...
🔴 Mar 10's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1085
The March 10, 2026 episode of Simply Cyber’s Daily Cyber Threat Brief delivers a fast‑paced rundown of eight top stories while emphasizing community learning, CPE credits, and sponsor‑driven resources. Host Dr. Gerald Oer highlights that each hour‑long show awards half a CPE, and...
🔴 Mar 12's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1087
The episode delivers a concise daily roundup of the most pressing cybersecurity headlines, targeting analysts, insiders, and business leaders. It highlights ThreatLocker’s Zero Trust Platform as a streamlined ransomware defense solution. The video also promotes several free or pay‑what‑you‑can training...
ThreatLocker CEO Told Me the Codename... Project Elephant
The video features ThreatLocker’s CEO previewing an upcoming product reveal, internally dubbed “Project Elephant.” The initiative follows the company’s recent success with zero‑trust endpoint protection, which now operates without generating alerts unless left in monitor mode. Key insights include the realization...
🔴 Mar 3's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1080
Dr. Gerald Oer hosted Simply Cyber’s live daily threat brief (Episode 1080), walking viewers through eight top cyber stories in an unscripted format and applying two decades of industry experience to offer real-time insights. He emphasized the show’s value for...
🔴 Mar 2's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1079
The episode of Simply Cyber’s daily cyber threat brief aired March 2, 2026, blending community interaction, sponsor shout‑outs, and a roundup of the day’s top cyber‑security headlines. The headline news included the abrupt removal of Gotham Malla as CISA director, with...
Patch and Threat Hunt Immediately
The video warns of a newly disclosed vulnerability in Cisco’s Catalyst SD‑WAN controller and manager that grants unauthenticated attackers full administrative rights. Rated a perfect 10 on severity, the flaw has been weaponized for three years and may already reside...
🔴 Feb 27's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1078
Episode 1078 of the "Top Cyber News NOW!" series delivers a concise daily roundup of the most pressing cybersecurity stories for analysts, insiders, and business leaders. The episode highlights emerging ransomware threats, zero‑trust solutions, and new training opportunities. It also promotes...
Patch THIS Vulnerability in 10 Seconds
A critical Chrome zero‑day vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild, and Google has released an emergency patch. The flaw, a use‑after‑free bug in Chrome’s rendering engine, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code simply by getting a user to...
🔴 Mar 4's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1081
Episode 1081 of "Top Cyber News NOW!" delivers a concise daily roundup of the most pressing cybersecurity developments for March 4, spotlighting ransomware mitigation strategies and emerging zero‑trust solutions. The episode promotes ThreatLocker’s Zero Trust Platform as a simple, deploy‑and‑manage tool to...
Turning Threat Intelligence Into Real-World Action | 2 Cyber Chicks S8 E1
In the latest 2 Cyber Chicks episode, Karla Reffold, Chief Insights Officer at Surefire Cyber, explains how threat intelligence can move from static data to actionable insight during high‑pressure incidents. She emphasizes the need for concise, context‑rich intel that aligns...
3 Skills That Separate Junior GRC Analysts From Senior Pros
The video explains that while most GRC professionals excel technically, advancement hinges on three soft skills: effective communication, business‑focused risk translation, and proactive stakeholder leadership. Junior analysts often lack these, limiting promotion prospects. Senior pros leverage clear storytelling, align risk...
This New Malware Calls Gemini AI Mid-Attack to Decide What to Do Next
A newly discovered malware family now contacts Google’s Gemini AI mid‑infection to decide its next actions. By feeding contextual data to the large language model, the code receives real‑time instructions on payload selection, lateral movement, and data exfiltration. The technique...
🔴 Feb 23's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1074
Episode 1074 delivers a concise roundup of the most pressing cyber‑security headlines for February 23, targeting analysts, CISOs, and business leaders. It spotlights ThreatLocker’s Zero Trust platform as a ransomware‑prevention solution and promotes free educational resources such as Flare.io Academy and Antisyphon...
3 Reasons Your GRC Program Is Failing You in 2026
The video warns that traditional GRC programs are falling short in 2026, highlighting three critical failure points: third‑party risk, browser‑based attacks, and the rapid rise of AI. First, the explosion of SaaS services has multiplied third‑party exposure, exemplified by the Snowflake...
🔴 Feb 20's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1073
The February 20 2026 episode of Simply Cyber’s Daily Cyber Threat Brief opened with host Dr. Gerald Oer reminding listeners that CISA has issued an urgent three‑day patch mandate for Dell’s RecoverPoint backup solution. The vulnerability, tracked as a hard‑coded credential CVE, has...
🔴 Feb 25's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1076
Episode 1076 of the "Top Cyber News NOW!" series provides a concise roundup of the day’s most relevant cybersecurity developments for professionals. The episode spotlights ThreatLocker’s Zero Trust platform as a ransomware mitigation tool and promotes educational resources such as...
🔴 Feb 24's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1075
The Simply Cyber Daily Threat Brief episode 1075, recorded on February 24, 2026, opened with the host’s usual community banter before diving into the day’s headline: a ransomware attack by the Everest group that compromised nearly 140,000 records at V‑Core...
🔴 Feb 17's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1070
The Feb. 17 episode of Simply Cyber’s Daily Cyber Threat Brief opened with host Jerry outlining the show’s format—an unscripted, instructor-led rundown of eight daily cyber stories designed to educate and entertain while offering practical career context. He highlighted community...
🔴 Feb 16's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1069
The episode of Simply Cyber’s Daily Cyber Threat Brief on February 16, 2026 opened with host Dr. Gerald Oer welcoming listeners, highlighting the show’s CPE value, and thanking sponsors Flare, Material, and Threat Locker before diving into the day’s top...
🔴 Feb 12's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1067
The February 12 episode of Simply Cyber’s Daily Cyber Threat Brief, hosted by Dr. Gerald Oer, opened with community shout‑outs, sponsor plugs for Flare, Material, and Threat Locker, and a reminder that each show earns half a CPE credit for listeners. The core...
🔴 Feb 11's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1066
The episode of Simply Cyber’s Daily Cyber Threat Brief, hosted by Dr. Gerald Ogier, delivers the day’s top eight cybersecurity headlines while fostering a lively community of professionals. After a brief welcome and sponsor shout‑outs, the show pivots to the...
🔴 Feb 10's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1065
The episode of Simply Cyber’s Daily Cyber Threat Brief on February 10, 2026 centered on a new espionage campaign attributed to the China‑linked APT group UNC 3886, which targeted all four major telecom operators in Singapore using a zero‑day exploit and sophisticated rootkits. According...
🔴 Feb 9's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1064
Episode 1064 of Simply Cyber’s Daily Cyber Threat Brief recapped the most pressing cybersecurity developments on February 9, 2026, ranging from AI‑assistant abuse to federal hardware mandates. The show highlighted OpenClaw’s new partnership with Google‑owned VirusTotal, which hashes each uploaded skill and checks...
🔴 Feb 6's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1063
The episode of Simply Cyber’s Daily Cyber Threat Brief opened with host Dr. Gerald Ogier welcoming listeners and outlining the show’s format—daily cyber headlines, community interaction, and CPE credit opportunities. The centerpiece of the news roundup was Substack’s admission of...
AI in Cybersecurity for SOC Analysts
The Simply Cyber Fireside chat brings together veteran SOC practitioners Wade Wells and Hayden Covington to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping day‑to‑day security operations. The conversation centers on concrete AI‑driven workflows—using large‑language models to draft detection rule descriptions,...