In episode 7 of What The Hack, jointly supported by Sysdig and AWS, we bring together cybersecurity journalists Kate O’Flaherty, Geoff White and Dan Raywood to discuss their stories of the year, the challenges that security leaders will face in 2025, and what individuals can learn from the media about how to handle potential issues. Kate covers both business and consumer security, Dan dives into enterprise IT security, and Geoff shares his experience looking into the cross-over between cryptocurrency, hackers and organised crime.

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What The Hack is hosted by Rayna Stamboliyska and this episode's special guests are Kate O’Flaherty, Geoff White and Dan Raywood.

Kate is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist with well over a decade’s experience covering the issues that matter to users, businesses and governments.

From billion-dollar cyber heists to global money laundering rings and crypto-gangsters – Geoff has covered it all. As an author, speaker, investigative journalist and podcast creator, his work’s been featured by Penguin, the BBC, Audible, Sky News, The Sunday Times and many more.

With more than 20 years experience of B2B journalism, including 12 years covering cybersecurity, Dan brings a wealth of experience and information security knowledge to the table. He has covered everything from the rise of APTs, nation-state hackers, and hacktivists, to data breaches and the increase in government regulation to better protect citizens and hold businesses to account

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The podcast is proudly supported by Sysdig and AWS - together, Sysdig and AWS help enterprises strengthen cyber resilience and accelerate secure cloud innovation.

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Episodes

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