Cybersecurity

Risky Business

On this week’s show Patrick Gray, Adam Boileau and James Wilson discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They cover: Anthropic’s Fable 5 returning while OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 gets thrown in model jail Distillation, cheap tokens, and AI chat harvesting is an industry in China Edge becomes a lolbin via a new malicious extension An Iranian APT boss’s vacation in a …

Risky Business #844 -- China closes AI vulndev gap as USA lifts Fable ban

Global News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!

Romania’s hospitals faced a cyber-attack that paralyzed over a hundred facilities, forcing doctors to use pen and paper while IT teams raced to contain the ransomware—highlighting healthcare’s growing vulnerability and the urgent need for cybersecurity resilience. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:adv…

Romania's Hospital Cyber Attack

Advanced Persistent Threat Hacking

CyberSecurity Summary

A hierarchy of cyber threats, placing the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) at the summit due to their strategic thinking and relentless focus on specific targets. Wrightson argues that no organization is truly safe because the rapid immersion of technology has outpaced our ability to defend it. The provided chapters detail a comprehensive hacking methodol…

Advanced Persistent Threat Hacking: The Art and Science of Hacking Any Organization

Soap Box

Risky Business

In this sponsored Soap Box edition of the Risky Business podcast Patrick Gray chats with Edward Wu, founder of Dropzone, about what AI is doing to detection, response and the SOC more generally. Dropzone makes AI agents that conduct alert investigations in your SOC, but will the SOC as we know it even exist in the future? Ed has a deep expertise in SOC te…

Soap Box: Detection and response in the AI age

Risky Business

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and James Wilson are joined by special guest-host Dmitri Alperovitch. They discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: The US government is mad as hell about Chinese firms stealing American AI technology Dmitri has an opinion or two about the US selling Nvidia chips to China Speaking of Chinese AI, Kimi’s new 2.6 is…

Risky Business #835 -- Why the Fast16 malware is badass

CyberSecurity Summary

This comprehensive guide focuses on architecting and managing security within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem. The text outlines a structured approach to protecting cloud environments by utilizing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, emphasizing the core functions of identification, protection, detection, response, and recovery. Key strategic pillars…

Practical Guide to Security in the AWS Cloud

Darknet Diaries

In the streets of the Dominican Republic, a new economy thrives in the shadows. It’s built not on tourism or sugar, but on stolen data. They call them tarjeteros. And they are making a lot of money from stolen credit cards. This is a story about one group of tarjeteros who came to the US, and let loose on New York city.SponsorsSupport for this show comes …

Tarjeteros

CyberCode Academy

In this lesson, you’ll learn about: Defensive perspectives on common red-team techniques1. System Enumeration (Detection & Hardening)What attackers typically try to collect:OS version, hostname, IP addressCurrent user and privilege levelWhy it matters:Helps attackers tailor exploits and escalate privilegesDefensive measures:Monitor unusual process behavio…

Course 30 - Practical Malware Development - Beginner Level | Episode 1: C# Offensive Operations: Recon, Persistence, and File Acquisition

Darknet Diaries

What if there was a device which gave you endless movies and TV shows without ads? Ok great sign me up! In this episode we interview “D3ada55”, who found such a device, but as she gazed into it, she discovered it gazing back at her.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from ThreatLocker®. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform that stren…

SuperBox

Abhinav Kothiala

SemiWiki.com

Synopsys IP expert Abhinav Khotalya breaks down why AI clusters demand lossless, deterministic networking and how emerging open standards UALink and ESUN are reshaping scale-up fabric design.

Podcast EP337: The Importance of Network Communications to Enable AI Workloads with Abhinav Kothiala

Darknet Diaries

What if the music charts you see aren’t real? What if the numbers that define success can be manufactured? We talked to Andrew, a man who has spent his career on both sides of this battle. He once profited from the loopholes in streaming platforms, but now, his job is to close them. This episode will change the way you understand music streaming platforms…

Melody Fraud

Risky Business

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray, Adam Boileau and James WIlson discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They cover: Palo Alto threat researchers want to attribute to China, but management says shush An increasing proportion of ransomware is data extortion. Is this good? Cambodia says it’s going to dismantle scam compounds CISA sufferers through yet anothe…

Risky Business #825 -- Palo Alto Networks blames it on the boogie

Darknet Diaries

Phrack is legendary. It is the oldest, and arguably the most prestigious, underground hacking magazine in the world.It started in 1985 and is still running today. In this episode we interview the Phrack staff to hear some stories about what it’s like running a hacker magazine for 40 years.phrack.orgSponsorsSupport for this show comes from ThreatLocker®. T…

Phrack

Darknet Diaries

Legion of Doom, step aside. There’s a new elite hacker group in town, and they’re calling themselves Masters of Deception (MoD). With tactics that are grittier and more sophisticated than those of the LoD, MoD has targeted high-profile entities and left an indelible mark on the internet.This is part 2 of the LoD/MoD series. Part 1 is episode 168: “LoD”.Sp…

MoD

Darknet Diaries

The Legion of Doom (LoD) wasn’t just a “hacker group”, it captured the essence of underground hacking in the 80s/90s. BBSes, phreaking, rival crews, and the crackdowns that changed everything. From those humble beginnings came a legacy that still echoes through modern security culture today.This is part 1 of the LoD/MoD saga. Part 2 is episode 169: “MoD”.…

LoD

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Adam Scott (Severance, Parks and Recreation, Stepbrothers) is an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor and comedian. Adam joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why the era of movies that produced ET, The Goonies, and Temple of Doom means so much to him, how Severance was in such apt alignment with the grief for his mother’s death, and the reason playing “f…

Rerelease: Adam Scott Returns

Darknet Diaries

A manufacturer gets hit with ransomware. A hospital too. Learn how Threatlocker stops these types of attacks. This episode is brought to you by Threatlocker.SponsorsThis episode is sponsored by ThreatLocker®. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform that strengthens your infrastructure from the ground up. With ThreatLocker® Allowlisting …

Threatlocker

Risky Business

In the final show of 2025, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: React2Shell attacks continue, surprising no one The unholy combination of OAuth consent phishing, social engineering and Azure CLI Venezuela’s state oil firm gets ransomware’d, blames US… but what if it really is a US cyber op?! Russian junk-hacktivi…

Risky Business #819 -- Venezuela (credibly?!) blames USA for wiper attack

Risky Business

In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Anthropic says a Chinese APT orchestrated attacks using its AI It’s a day ending in -y, so of course there are shamefully bad Fortinet exploits in the wild Turns out slashing CISA was a bad idea, now it’s time for a hiring spree Researchers brute force enti…

Risky Business #815 -- Anthropic's AI APT report is a big deal

Risky Business

In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: We love some good vulnerability reporting drama, this time FFmpeg’s got beef with Google OpenAI announces its Aardvark bug-gobbling system Two US ransomware responders get arrested for… ransomware Memento (nee HackingTeam) CEO says: Sì, those are totally ou…

Risky Business #813 -- FFmpeg has a point

Darknet Diaries

Tanya Janca is a globally recognized AppSec (application security) expert and founder of We Hack Purple. In this episode, she shares wild stories from the front lines of cybersecurity. She shares stories of when she was a penetration tester to an incident responder.You can sign up for her newsletter at https://newsletter.shehackspurple.ca/SponsorsSupport …

Tanya

Risky Biz Soap Box

Risky Business

In this sponsored Soap Box edition of the Risky Business podcast, host Patrick Gray chats with Mastercard’s Executive Vice President and Head of Security Solutions, Johan Gerber, about how the card brand thinks about cybersecurity and why it’s aggressively investing in the space. After listening to this interview you’ll understand why the credit card comp…

Risky Biz Soap Box: Why Mastercard is scaling its cybersecurity business

Risky Business

In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: FBI intervenes in Scattered Spider Salesforce leaksite Clop loots Oracle E-Biz deployments Plus so much more data extortion.. At least it’s not ransomware … we guess? The US still can’t decide who’s gonna be in charge of NSA & Cybercom Cambodian scam compou…

Risky Business #810 -- Data extortion attacks have a silver lining

Darknet Diaries

He started small, swiping cards, buying gift cards, and cashing out. It spiraled into a full‑blown criminal enterprise. Dozens of co‑conspirators, stacks of stolen plastic, and a lifestyle built on chaos.Meet Nathan Michael, leader of Oak Cliff Swipers.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from ThreatLocker®. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust Endpoint Protectio…

Oak Cliff Swipers

Risky Biz Soap Box

Risky Business

In this sponsored Soap Box edition of the Risky Business podcast, industry legend HD Moore joins the show to talk about runZero’s major push into vulnerability management. With its new Nuclei integration, runZero is now able to get a very accurate picture of what’s vulnerable in your environment, without spraying highly privileged credentials at attackers…

Risky Biz Soap Box: runZero shakes up vulnerability management

Risky Business

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: The Salesloft breach and why OAuth soup is a problem The Salt Typhoon telco hackers turn out to be Chinese private sector, but state-directed Google says it will stand up a “disruption unit” Microsoft writes up a ransomware gang that’s all-in on the cloud f…

Risky Business #805 -- On the Salesloft Drift breach and "OAuth soup"

Darknet Diaries

In 2019, Ola Bini, a Swedish programmer and privacy advocate, was arrested in Ecuador for being a Russian hacker.Find Ola on X: https://x.com/olabini. Or visit his website https://olabini.se/blog/. Or check out his non-profit https://autonomia.digital/.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from ThreatLocker®. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust Endpoint Protectio…

Ola

Darknet Diaries

All Hieu Minh Ngo wanted was to make money online. But when he stumbled into the dark web, he found more than just opportunity, he found a global dark market. What started as a side hustle turned into an international crime spree.Find Hieu on X: https://x.com/HHieupc.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from ThreatLocker®. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust End…

Hieu

Darknet Diaries

In this episode we talk with mg (https://x.com/MG), the brilliant (and notorious) hacker and hardware engineer behind the OMG Cable. A seemingly ordinary USB cable with extraordinary offensive capabilities.Learn more about mg at: o.mg.lolSponsorsSupport for this show comes from ThreatLocker®. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform that…

mg

Darknet Diaries

Greg Linares (AKA Laughing Mantis) joins us to tell us about how he became the youngest hacker to be arrested in Arizona.Follow Greg on Twitter: https://x.com/Laughing_Mantis.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from ThreatLocker®. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform that strengthens your infrastructure from the ground up. With Threa…

Greg

Darknet Diaries

Joe Tidy investigates what may be the cruelest and most disturbing cyber attack in history. A breach so invasive it blurred the line between digital crime and psychological torture. This story might make your skin crawl.Get more from Joe linktr.ee/joetidy.Get the book Ctrl + Alt + Chaos: How Teenage Hackers Hijack the Internet (https://amzn.to/3He7GNs).Sp…

Vastaamo

Darknet Diaries

MalwareTech was an anonymous security researcher, until he accidentally stopped WannaCry, one of the largest ransomware attacks in history. That single act of heroism shattered his anonymity and pulled him into a world he never expected.https://malwaretech.comSponsorsSupport for the show comes from Black Hills Information Security. Black Hills has a varie…

MalwareTech

Nidhi Rastogi

The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)

Today, we're joined by Nidhi Rastogi, assistant professor at Rochester Institute of Technology to discuss Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), focusing on her recent project CTIBench—a benchmark for evaluating LLMs on real-world CTI tasks. Nidhi explains the evolution of AI in cybersecurity, from rule-based systems to LLMs that accelerate analysis by providin…

CTIBench: Evaluating LLMs in Cyber Threat Intelligence with Nidhi Rastogi

Darknet Diaries

Grifter is a longtime hacker, DEF CON organizer, and respected voice in the infosec community. From his early days exploring networks to helping shape one of the largest hacker conferences in the world, Grifter has built a reputation for blending deep technical insight with a sharp sense of humor.Learn more about Grifter by visiting grifter.org.SponsorsSu…

Grifter

Darknet Diaries

The dark web is full of mystery. Some of it’s just made up though. Chris Monteiro wanted to see what was real and fake and discovered a hitman for hire site which took him on an unbelievable journey.Chris Monteiro Twitter: x.com/Deku_shrub, Website: https://pirate.london/Carl Miller Twitter: https://x.com/carljackmiller.Kill List podcast: https://wondery.…

Kill List

Darknet Diaries

Conor Freeman (x.com/conorfrmn) stole money online. Lot’s of it. In this episode we talk with him, and hear how he did it, why he did, and what he spent it on.Conor’s website: https://conorfreeman.ieConor’s X: https://x.com/conorfrmnSponsorsSupport for this show comes from ThreatLocker®. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform that stre…

Hijacked Line

Darknet Diaries

Have you ever got your bike stolen? In this episode we dive into the world of stolen bikes. Who does it and where do the bikes go? We talk with Bryan from Bike Index who investigates this.https://bikeindex.orgSponsorsSupport for this show comes from ThreatLocker®. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform that strengthens your infrastruct…

Bike Index

Kate Pierce

CIO Podcast by Healthcare IT Today

For the 86th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Kate Pierce, Senior vCISO and Executive Director of Govt Affairs at Fortified Health Security and a Former CIO and CISO at a provider organization, to talk about cybersecurity! We kick this episode off by discussing the recent administration change and what that could …

Cybersecurity Needs with Kate Pierce

Darknet Diaries

Chris Rock is known for being a security researcher. But he’s also a black hat incident responder. He tells us about a job he did in the middle east.https://x.com/chrisrockhackerSponsorsSupport for this show comes from Varonis. Do you wonder what your company’s ransomware blast radius is? Varonis does a free cyber resilience assessment that tells you how …

Chris Rock

Analog Devices

Defense Tech Podcast

Join Civilian Sydney in this Tech TALX episode as she sits with John Cowles from Analog Devices to talk advanced packaging and System on a Chip (SOCs). In this tech deep dive, John walks us through what an SOC is as well as its history, and why the industry is moving towards advanced packaging as an effective solution. John Cowles is the Senior Director o…

Tech TALX: How Advanced Packaging Works with Analog Devices

Darknet Diaries

In this episode we hear EvilMog (https://x.com/Evil_Mog) tell us a story about when he had to troubleshoot networks in Afghanistan. We also get Joe (http://x.com/gonzosec) to tell us a penetration test story.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from Varonis. Do you wonder what your company’s ransomware blast radius is? Varonis does a free cyber resilience …

Mini-Stories: Vol 3

Darknet Diaries

Ever wondered how far a fan would go to get a sneak peek of their favorite artist’s unreleased tracks? In this episode, we uncover the audacious story of some teens bent on getting their hands on the newest dubstep music before anyone else.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from Varonis. Do you wonder what your company’s ransomware blast radius is? Varon…

Dubsnatch

Darknet Diaries

Shannen Rossmiller wanted to fight terrorism. So she went online and did.Read more about her from her book “The Unexpected Patriot: How an Ordinary American Mother Is Bringing Terrorists to Justice”. An affiliate link to the book on Amazon is here: https://amzn.to/3yaf5sI.Thanks to Spycast for allowing usage of the audio interview with Shannen.SponsorsSup…

Shannen

Darknet Diaries

Omar Avilez worked in the CSIRT of the Dominican Republic when a major cyber security incident erupted. Omar walks us through what happened and the incident response procedures that he went through.Breakmaster Cylinder’s new album: https://breakmastercylinder.bandcamp.com/album/the-moon-all-that.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from Varonis. Do you won…

The D.R. Incident

Darknet Diaries

Maddie Stone is a security researcher for Google’s Project Zero. In this episode we hear what it’s like battling zero day vulnerabilities.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from Zscalar. Zscalar zero trust exchange will scrutinize the traffic and permit or deny traffic based on a set of rules. This is so much more secure than letting data flow freely int…

Maddie

Darknet Diaries

REvil is the name of a ransomware service as well as a group of criminals inflicting ransomware onto the world. Hear how this ransomware shook the world.A special thanks to our guest Will, a CTI researcher with Equinix.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from Zscalar. Zscalar zero trust exchange will scrutinize the traffic and permit or deny traffic based…

REvil

Techmeme Ride Home

Apple’s planning an awards ceremony? Amazon has a new fire TV accessory, Spotify launches Your Daily Podcast, Google announces Your News Update, Ransomware comes for the vets, and the hidden cost hurdle for electric cars. Sponsors: Castro SVB.com/next Links: Apple announces press event on Dec. 2 (CNBC) Amazon’s latest Fire TV accessory is an I…

Tue. 11/19 - An Apple Awards Ceremony? (The App-ies?)