In today's podcast, we hear that AMD is investigating a report of exploitable flaws in its processors. Vietnamese threat actor OceanLotus gets a look from researchers. Patch Tuesday notes. Britain expels Russian diplomats in retaliation for a nerve agent attack. Russia demands to know what these cyberattacks are that the UK is said to be threatening. A brief history of Russo-British Twenty-first Century espionage and cyber tensions. Iranian threat actor MuddyWaters threatens researchers.  Justin Harvey from Accenture on the importance of the first 48 hours following a breach. Guest is Patrick Sullivan from Akamai on VPNs and the notion of “verify and never trust.”