As Vice President of Threat Research & Intelligence at BlackBerry, Ismael Valenzuela leads threat research, intelligence, and defensive innovation. Ismael has participated as a security professional in numerous projects around the world for over the past two decades. In this episode, Ismael discusses his journey to become a top cybersecurity expert. We also explore the cybersecurity trends he and his team are seeing, and how cyber attackers are gaining a foothold and maintaining persistence. Segment Resources: https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/company/research-and-intelligence https://blogs.blackberry.com/en/2022/09/the-curious-case-of-monti-ransomware-a-real-world-doppelganger https://blogs.blackberry.com/en/2022/06/symbiote-a-new-nearly-impossible-to-detect-linux-threat   This week in the Security News: The secrets of Schneider Electric’s UMAS protocol, Pixel 6 bootloader: Emulation, Securing Developer Tools: A New Supply Chain Attack on PHP, Microsoft Exchange double zero-day – “like ProxyShell, only different”, Tech Journalists Offered Bribes to Write Articles for Major Outlets, & Detecting Deepfake Audio!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw759