00:00 Intro

01:40 Iran's Internet blackout

48:06 U.S. Weighs Expanding Private Companies’ Role in Cyberwarfare

57:35 Aligning cybersecurity programs to frameworks

There's an internet blackout in Iran. How are videos and images getting out? During Iran’s nationwide internet blackout imposed amid widespread anti-government protests, some citizens have been using Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite service to bypass state-controlled communication blackouts and share information with the outside world despite government efforts to restrict or jam such access.

Lawmakers to Restart Efforts to Revive Lapsed Cyber Intel Bill. U.S. lawmakers are preparing to revive and reauthorize the lapsed Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, a key bill that facilitates sharing of cyber threat intelligence between the federal government and the private sector, with bipartisan momentum to include it in broader funding legislation as concerns grow about rising cyber threats and gaps left by the law’s expiration.

U.S. Weighs Expanding Private Companies’ Role in Cyberwarfare. The U.S. administration is considering a significant shift in cyber strategy that would allow private companies, beyond their current contractor roles, to directly participate in offensive cyber operations against foreign adversaries—a move that would require new legal authorities and raises legal, ethical and oversight concerns.

Should Our Security Controls Be More Like North Korea or Norway? Security programs work better when they resemble Norway’s balanced, trust-based model rather than North Korea’s heavy-handed, surveillance-first approach.

Hosts:

Jerry Perullo (Founder, https://adversarial.com/)

Sounil Yu (Founder, https://www.knostic.ai/)

Mario Duarte (Founder, stealth startup)

Producer: Tillson Galloway (Founder, http://githoundexplore.com/)

Adversarial Podcast S4E11 – Iran Internet blackout, threat intelligence briefings, cyber framework alignment