Darnley's Cyber Café

About Darnley's Cyber Café

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.

Publisher

Darnley's Cyber Café

Category

news · society & culture · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Aug 2019

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

89 of 236 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Why Under-16 Social Media Bans Mean ID Checks for Everyone

   Host Darnley discusses with industry experts the implications of under-16 social media bans, exploring enforcement challenges and the complex science behind the debate.

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   The Sandbox That Wasn't: When AI Escapes the Room We Built For It

   Host Alex Darnley interviews AI safety expert Dr. Anya Sharma about OpenAI's recent AI containment breach and the critical lessons learned for future AI development.

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Lie to Them: Why CISA Wants You to Fib to Hackers

   Host [Host Name] interviews CISA's [Guest Name] about using cyber decoys to deceive and catch hackers already within an organization.

Inside a recent episode

AI Hackers Stole Thousands of Credentials in 6 Hours: Here's How

Published 16 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] That's not incremental. That's a toolkit that assumes your developers are pairing with an AI assistant, which builds completely around that assumption. Now, the six-hour case itself. Google describes an unnamed organization whose cloud infrastructure got compromised so the attacker could deploy an autonomous multi-agent attack framework. One AI coding chatbot, one prompt, one set of pre-configured markdown instructions functioning as operational playbook. So from there, the system ran automated scanning, troubleshot itself in real time and rotated IPs to stay ahead of detection, without a human walking it through each step. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,020

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

4.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

53

Social presence

0

YouTube

65

Engagement

71

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