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Cyber and its "Hive" Mind

CyberWire Daily

N2K Networks, Inc.

Tech News, News, Daily News, Technology

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

While our team is out on winter break, please enjoy this episode of Cyber Things from our partners at Armis. Welcome to Episode 2 of Cyber Things, a special edition podcast produced in partnership by Armis and N2K CyberWire in an homage to Stranger Things. Host ⁠Rebecca Cradick⁠, VP of Global Communications at ⁠Armis⁠, is joined by ⁠Curtis Simpson⁠, CISO at Armis, to dive deep into the rise of the “Hive Mind”: the collective, connected threat ecosystem where attackers share tools, data, and tactics across the dark web, evolving faster than ever through AI-powered reconnaissance and automation. This is essential listening for anyone seeking to better understand how today’s adversaries no longer operate alone, but as a distributed learning network that observes, adapts, and strikes with speed and precision. Tune in now to learn how organizations can think upside down, harness AI, and build defenses that move at the speed of today’s threats - before the shadows reach your network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Cyberwire Network, powered by N2K.

0:10.1

As we take a short break for the holidays, we want to thank you for being part of our community

0:14.4

and for tuning in throughout the year. Today we're bringing you a special encore episode.

0:20.1

One will hope you enjoy revisiting or hearing for the first time.

0:24.1

However you're spending the season, we wish you happy holidays, a safe and restful break.

0:29.3

And as always, thank you for listening.

0:42.8

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0:55.8

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1:21.1

We're back for episode two.

1:22.9

This is our short series in homage to Stranger Things,

1:26.7

but obviously always join us for our bad actors

1:28.8

podcaster Armis. And spoiler, of course, we have watched volume one of the final season. So if you

1:35.4

do not want to know what's happened so far, come back next week once you've watched. If you are

1:41.7

up to date, carry on listening to us because we're going to talk a lot about the hive mind.

1:47.3

And of course, in Stranger Things, the mind flayer didn't just attack, it observed, adapted and learned.

1:54.2

It isn't one just one monster, it's many, connected through a single invisible network.

1:59.5

And like cybersecurity, there is no single villain that

2:02.4

we are trying to defend our country or organisations against. There's no one all-powerful adversary.

2:08.8

The greatest danger, while most of that activity happens in the shadows, long before an attack

2:13.4

is even launched. So today we're going to dive into how organizations can defend against the unknown.

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