Episodes 227
Avg. Duration 15m
Activity Highly Active
Since Aug 2019
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
83%
Hosting
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About This Podcast

Darnley's Cyber Café is your go-to cybersecurity and IT security podcast, available everywhere you listen. Each episode, we brew up fresh conversations on cybersecurity, IT security, business, technology, and the geopolitical forces shaping our digital world: from data breaches and ransomware to privacy, surveillance, and emerging threats. 


Whether you're commuting, at your desk, or just unwinding after a long day, there's always a seat at the café. Pull up a chair, pour your java — not script — and join the conversation that keeps the digitally aware one step ahead. Follow and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and never miss an episode. The café is always open and knowledge is your power. 

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S6E55 LinkedIn Espionage: Five Eyes Warns China Is Running Spy Recruitment on Job Boards

Jun 10, 2026 23m

A job offer lands in your inbox on LinkedIn. The company checks out. The money is fine... All they need is a short report on geopolitics or defence policy.You just got flagged by the People's…

S6E54 Ghost Session: The Zero-Click WhatsApp Takeover Nobody Saw Coming

Jun 03, 2026 22m

iPhone users across iOS 16 are having their WhatsApp accounts hijacked...without clicking anything, without approving a login, and without any new device appearing in their Linked Devices list. In…

S6E53 Your AI Told You to Download That. It Was a Trap

May 27, 2026 17m

Your AI chatbot just recommended a software download. You clicked it...along with a GPU cryptominer running silently in the background.Darnley breaks down Microsoft Defender Experts' latest findings…

S6E52 When The Vendor Gets Hacked, You Pay The Price

May 20, 2026 21m

In May 2026, NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public health system in the USA, disclosed months long data breach affecting 1.8 million people. Stealing data such as medical records, Social…

S6E61 AI Doesn't Ask for Permission: Agentic AI Is a National Security Problem

May 14, 2026 26m

Five Eyes intelligence agencies: CISA, NCSC, CCC, ASD, and NCSC just published their first ever coordinated security guidance on agentic AI, and the message is clear: autonomous AI systems are…

S6E50 The Training Trap: Why Cyber Awareness Isn't Making You Safer

May 06, 2026 12m

Your organization spent money on cybersecurity training. Someone still clicked the link. In this episode of Darnley's Cyber Café, we break down why most security awareness programs fail to change…

S6E49 Bitwarden CLI Hacked? The Supply Chain Attack That Targeted 250K Developers

Apr 29, 2026 21m

On April 22, 2026, the Bitwarden CLI, used in CI/CD pipelines at tens of thousands of organizations, was weaponized for exactly 93 minutes. In this episode, Darnley walks through the anatomy of the…

S6E48 Why Cybersecurity Startups Are Being Targeted? What That Means For Your Business?

Apr 22, 2026 27m

The company you hired to protect you just got hacked. That is not a hypothetical, it is the defining threat pattern of the past 18 months. In this episode Darnley breaks down why cybersecurity…

S6E47 Smart Weapons: How AI Is Rewriting the Attacker's Playbook

Apr 15, 2026 19m Transcript

The attacker's toolkit just got a significant upgrade, and most businesses haven't caught up. In this episode of Darnley's Cyber Café, Darnley breaks down how AI is reshaping offensive cyber…

S6E46 Digital Exhaust: The Trail You Leave Online Without Knowing It

Apr 08, 2026 27m Transcript

Your digital footprint is bigger than you think, and most of it was never intentional.In this Episode of Darnley's Cyber Café, Darnley breaks down digital exhaust: the passive data trail generated by…

S6E45 The Deepfake Threat: Voice Cloning & Video Fraud Targeting Businesses

Mar 31, 2026 16m Transcript

Your CEO sounds exactly right on that Zoom call...but is it actually them? In this episode of Darnley's Cyber Café, cybersecurity veteran Darnley breaks down the rapidly escalating threat of deepfake…

S6E44 Big Brother Goes Online: How Canada's Bill C-22 is Building the Surveillance Infrastructure of the Future

Mar 25, 2026 19m

Canada's Bill C-22 is being presented as a modernisation of law enforcement tools. But beneath the legislative language lies an infrastructure architecture with implications that extend far beyond…

S6E43 You're the Target: What Every Business Owner Needs to Know About Cyber Threats Right Now

Mar 18, 2026 8m Transcript

Small businesses now account for over 70% of all data breaches, and if you think you're too small to be a target, attackers are counting on that. In this episode of Darnley's Cyber Café,…

S6E42 The EU Digital Sovereignty Illusion: What No One Is Telling You About Your 'Secure' Infrastructure

Mar 11, 2026 19m Transcript

In this episode of Darnley's Cyber Café, Darnley cuts through the politics and exposes what EU digital sovereignty actually looks like beneath the surface...and it's not what policymakers are telling…

S6E41 Silent Breach: How Hackers Hide in Your Business Network

Mar 04, 2026 20m Transcript

If your business was hacked today, would you know? Most companies discover cyber breaches 7 months after attackers infiltrate their networks. That's 207 days of undetected network intrusion, data…

S6E40 The End of Private Thought: How Predictive Algorithms Reshape Privacy and Human Behavior

Feb 18, 2026 10m Transcript

In this episode of Darnley’s Cyber Café, we explore a deeper question about modern privacy: what happens when systems don’t need your words to understand you?From behavioural research to predictive…

S6E39 The Quiet Shift: AI Acceleration and the Rise of Digital Minimalism

Feb 11, 2026 10m Transcript

After exploring artificial intelligence, acceleration, and what the future seems to be racing toward, a quieter question emerges.What happens after we realize this isn’t slowing down?In this episode…

S6E38 When AI Talks to Itself: What Moltbook Signals About Our Future With AI

Feb 04, 2026 10m Transcript

What happens when AI stops talking to us... and starts talking to itself?In this episode of Darnley’s Cyber Café, we explore the rise of AI-only social spaces and what they reveal about the direction…

S6E37 When AI Cites AI: ChatGPT, Grokipedia, and the Future of Trust Online

Jan 28, 2026 10m Transcript

AI is starting to cite other AI as a source, and most people don’t realize what that means yet or will it be too late?In this episode of Darnley’s Cyber Café, we look at reports of ChatGPT citing…

S6E36 Your Car Is Listening: EVs, Data, and the Quiet Privacy Tradeoff

Jan 21, 2026 10m Transcript

Electric vehicles don’t just move through the city...they observe it.In this episode of Darnley’s Cyber Café, we step inside the modern EV to examine what smart cars collect, store, and transmit.…

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