CypherCon Podcast
59 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsInterviews with Hackers around the conference CypherCon, Milwaukee Wisconsin's hacker con. Explore interviews with community hackers involved with or around CypherCon, Wisconsin’s Hacker Conference. CypherCon attracts over 1000 attendees every Spring in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Episode 58: Exploration in Consciousness
August 15, 2023 08:04 - 1 ByteIn this episode I talk with Torie who discusses her consciousness awakening. We discuss channeling entities, telepathy, history and future of consciousness expansion, and many other mind bending topics. If you’d like to reach out to Torie you can find her on her website https://empathicgangster.com/
Episode 57: NerdQuarters Crypto Machine
July 15, 2023 08:01 - 1 ByteOn this episode I talk with @At0xNQ about his journey into crypto from an interest in telemedicine and issues around hospital payment systems. He started NerdQuarters Telegram group where he met the founder of Strudel protocol and took it over for him. He went on to start Orkan protocol. We dive into all this fun...
Episode 56: Firebird Crypto Music with Cullah
June 29, 2023 18:52 - 1 ByteHad an excellent conversation with Cullah! We talk about his music journey and how it led him to start Firebird Media, a Web3 based music collaboration and licensing platform. You can checkout this clip of The Wolff Family band his grandparents started and hold the world record for the biggest family band ever with 17...
Episode 55: Exploit GPT
May 01, 2023 08:37 - 1 ByteWe’re back! I got a lot of great feedback at CypherCon6 about the podcast and when I’m going to get another episode out. Due to popular demand, we’re back. I met Evan Adams at CypherCon and he told me about the ChatGPT research he was doing. On this episode we talk about all angles of...
Episode 54: Metaverse at Holosoft Fortress
April 26, 2022 18:28 - 1 ByteI had the pleasure of visiting Lance, Ben, and Travis at the Holosoft Fortress. They showed me some amazing projects that they’re working on in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. They showed some amazing applications in education, business development, entertainment and even surgery. This taste of XR applications got my brain cooking about the possibilities...
Episode 53: Dr Dark Web and the Ethics of a Hacker
April 05, 2022 21:37 - 1 ByteChris Roberts (@Sidragon1) joins me on this episode of the podcast to talk all sorts of hacker things from his new podcast Dr. Dark Web to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We discuss his code of ethics and how he decides how to act on an exploit he discovers. His ragtag crew known as Hill...
Episode 52: Cryptocurrency and the Afterlife
March 08, 2022 05:01 - 1 ByteI have the pleasure of speaking with one of my favorite authors, Daniel Pinchbeck. We started a dialogue after I replied to one of his articles on his substack that explored some of the problematic aspects of cryptocurrency. On this episode we discuss the promises and perils of cryptocurrency, organizing society in a functional anarchy,...
Episode 51: Climate Change – A Health Crisis
February 22, 2022 22:25 - 1 ByteDr. Bruce Krawisz joins me to discuss climate change. Dr. Krawisz is a retired physician who dedicated his retirement to researching and speaking about climate change. He was moved by research he read at https://www.lancetcountdown.org/ that showed a lot of devastating climate ecological disasters. We discuss the health problems caused by climate change, the catalysts...
Episode 50: Decentralized Infrastructure
February 08, 2022 22:09 - 1 ByteRuss From comes back on the podcast to discuss decentralized infrastructure and telecom. We discuss decentralized infrastructure with https://threefold.io/. And then we discuss decentralized telecom with Helium. You can check out how much people are making near your house to get an idea of how profitable it would be to install your own device at...
Episode 49: The Everything Podcast
January 18, 2022 07:47 - 1 ByteOn this Episode of the podcast I talk with Alma Rinasz and we talk about everything. I met Alma in a book club where we read the book After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond. So naturally we started out discussing what happens when we die. Amongst other topics we...
Episode 48: Weed Hacking
January 05, 2022 05:01 - 1 ByteOn this episode I chat with my good friend Eric <redacted>. He shares his story about hacking his high school network and how that’s shaped who he is today as a leader in the fight for marijuana legalization. As a young obedient student, Eric learned that the system works for some people. In his frustration,...
Episode 47: Hacking the Financial System
February 24, 2021 03:15 - 69.3 MBMatt Werner aka @ropstenrich comes back during this cryptocurrency bull run to talk about DeFi. Matt is an expert in the cryptocurrency industry and a Product Manager at the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is disrupting the traditional banking system as we know it. Financial tools and actions such as borrowing, lending, insurance, and...
Episode 46: God’s Art
February 03, 2021 03:17 - 26 minutes - 26.3 MBCalib Madrigal returns to the podcast to talk about God’s Art, a project he’s been working on to turn math equations into beautiful works of art. We talk about TruthyGraph, his fun project where you can see the artisticness of an equation’s truthliness. We talk a bit about his move down to Georgia and the...
Episode 45: Pentesting Business
January 19, 2021 09:26 - 38 minutes - 38.2 MBTim Medin joins me on this podcast to talk about his journey to starting the pentesting company Red Siege. He gives advice to pentesters who might be thinking of going out on their own to weigh the pros and cons. From there we discuss some of the pentesting strategies that have emerged over the last...
Episode 44: Brew Hacking
January 06, 2021 03:48 - 47 minutes - 80 MBOn this episode, I spent New Years Eve with Nick Wersel at Dead Bird Brewing Company. We talk about our urban foraging adventure we took last spring in Milwaukee. We discuss hacking business in pandemic times and how Dead Bird Brewing’s model has pivoted. We also talk about Nick’s new brand of fermented and canned...
Episode 43: What’s Hackable
December 16, 2020 03:27 - 42 minutes - 42.8 MBTed Harrington joins us again on the podcast to talk about his new book Hackable. We discuss how to take a complicated subject and simplify it to make it accessible for anyone to understand. We discuss the perils of doing only Black Box pentesting and how choosing a security partner to help with your security...
Episode 42: Journey of an InfoSec Warrior
October 21, 2020 17:06 - 37 minutes - 32 MBDaniel Creed shares stories of the meandering journey of his career from studying music in college to becoming the Global Director of Information Security at Transunion. He’s seen a lot of things in his day (including getting shot in Peru taking down nefarious bank executives amongst other fascinating stories). We talk about the role of...
Episode 41: Dumpster Diving with HD Moore
September 25, 2020 05:47 - 25 minutes - 22.6 MBIt’s not everyday you get the chance to chat with a courageous genius like HD Moore. In this episode, we talk about HD’s youth spent dumpster diving for computer parts and how those early days tinkering and building influenced the creation of Metasploit and what HD is up to now with Rumble. We talk about...
Episode 40: Coding Tunes with Sonic-Pi
August 18, 2020 05:27 - 42 minutes - 40.6 MBOn this episode Amy Upthagrove and I discuss how to make music by programming it with Sonic-Pi. We review music code she created and if you want to watch what we’re referencing you can watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/cEo-jx1fJM8 . Sonic-Pi is a fascinating program and Amy shares with us the knowledge she’s learned. You...
Episode 39: Brain Hacking – Finding Peace
July 20, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBDr. Sudesh Kannan AKA Dr. K joins me on this episode of the podcast to discuss hacking your brain in these uncertain times to find peace, joy and love. Dr. K has been practicing mindfulness and mediation for 30+ years and is the author of more than 25 publications and is co-author of the book...
Episode 38: Radio Statler Takeover
July 14, 2020 19:56 - 1 hour - 108 MBBeaches, Bunni3, and Johnny Xmas from Radio Statler join me on this episode of the podcast. We talk about Radio Statler’s journey since they started the radio program at HOPE as well as the state of cons during covid. We journey to the depths of ocean waters to discuss dolphin mating habits. We talk a...
Episode 37: Shamanic Hacking from the Jungle of Peru
June 23, 2020 18:25 - 1 hour - 79.7 MBOn this episode, I talk with Hamilton Souther, an ayahuasquero (ayahuasca shaman) talking to us from the jungle of Peru. I visited Hamilton’s Blue Morpho Ayahuasca retreat in Iquitos, Peru back in 2008. Hamilton tells his story about how he came to the jungle of Peru and found his ayahuasca apprenticeship, the tools of the...
Episode 36: Hacking the Writer’s Mind
June 10, 2020 15:50 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBOn this episode, Janine Ayana Watkins AKA Winner joins me to discuss her new book Sonder Lives: Here Lies Sonder Light. It’s a fascinating sci-fi novel about an amnesiac Marsean who is piecing together her memories about her mission when she came to Arth. In this episode, we talk about the writing process, inspiration, some...
Episode 35: When the Truth is a Lie
June 03, 2020 00:02 - 52 minutes - 59.6 MBOn this episode, I interview my good friend and journalist, Geoff Davidian about his most recent article When the Truth is a Lie, an Image is an Ethical Selfie. We talk a bit about this article and the state of journalism today as well as his work with Project Censored. Then we dive into how...
Episode 34: InfoSec Oasis
May 19, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBTrenton Ivey and Sean Peterson did it! They created what hackers have been talking about for years – the first VR Con (that we know of)! This conversation blew my mind and I hope it blows yours away too! It’s been Trenton’s dream for a long time to do VR Con and when COVID hit...
Episode 33: Hack All The Sounds
May 06, 2020 22:51 - 53 minutes - 61.5 MBOn this episode I have the honor of chatting with int eighty, half of the hip hop duo DualCore (dualcoremusic.com). We talk about the music making process, a few songs from their latest album Downtime, how he went from a hacker to a hacker rapper headlining DEFCON parties and different CONs everywhere, and the inspiration...
Episode 32: Shecky the Missing 8th Dwarf
April 22, 2020 02:04 - 48 minutes - 54.8 MBOn this episode I chat with Mike Kavka AKA Shecky on the state of security, hiring for security, as well as trying to get your foot in the door if you want to get into security. As bonus you’ll also hear the story about how Mike became Shecky. You can find all things Shecky on...
Episode 31: COVID-19 Pandemic
April 05, 2020 21:10 - 1 hour - 60 MBToday is April 5, two days after CypherCon would have normally ended had it not been due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Michelle Meas, an infectious disease researcher at Berkley, joins me on this episode of the podcast to discuss all things COVID-19. We talk about what the virus is and the differences between SARS CoV-1...
Episode 30: Pyrotechnics, Church of WiFi, and Other Shenanigans
March 24, 2020 11:59 - 24 minutes - 24.2 MBEvilMog, of HashCat blesses the CypherCon Podcast with his holy Church of WiFi presence. We talk a wide range of shenanigans he’s involved in from the inception of the Church of WiFi to running pyrotechnics at Burning Man events. He’s one of these people that sets his sights on something and then figures it out,...
Episode 29: Threat Modeling Imposter Syndrome
March 17, 2020 11:59 - 49 minutes - 70.8 MBKeynote Speaker of CypherCon 5 – 2020, Alyssa Miller, joins me on this podcast to talk about applications security, threat modeling, and imposter syndrome amongst other topics. We talk about some of the best practices around applications security – especially when using open source tools that may have unknown exploits. We dig into vulnerability to...
Episode 28: Socially Engineering
March 10, 2020 17:19 - 30 minutes - 42.7 MBChris and Kris Silvers of CG Silvers Consulting join me on this episode of the podcast and we talk about social engineering amongst other topics. This year (2020) they’ll host the OSINT CTF at Cyphercon. In this CTF you’ll put your internet stalking skills to the test to find volunteer targets based on public information...
Episode 27: Interactive Experiences with the Tymkrs
February 18, 2020 21:08 - 50 minutes - 44.9 MBAddie and Whiskr (the Tymkrs)are a couple of amazingly creative people who make the wicked awesome interactive badges at CypherCon. Tune in to get a whiff of what the CypherCon 5.0 Badge smells like. We discuss the inspiration behind prior badges, what it was like to do the DEFCON badges, and how they design the...
Episode 26: Cracking P@ssw0rd5
February 04, 2020 23:12 - 51 minutes - 72.3 MBRobert Reif is a brilliant password cracker. I learn all sorts of stuff about cracking passwords that I never knew about. In this episode we talk about how Robert’s summertime hacker hobby (involves a Wi-Fi pentesting stroller) helped him discover vulnerabilities in wireless routers. We’ve all heard of password best practices, but on this podcast...
Episode 25: Adventures with Pocket
January 21, 2020 11:59 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBI enjoyed getting to know Pocket on this podcast. He’s a fun loving social engineering kinda guy. He talks about getting kicked out of BSides to working for BSides. We discuss the DEFCON side con ShabbotCon that he and his brothers started so that Jews who attend DEFCON have a space to recognize the Sabbath...
Episode 24: Hacking Sex Toys, AI, and X-Prize
January 07, 2020 22:28 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBIn this episode I have the pleasure of speaking with Sydney Swaine – Simon, founder of the non-profit Neurotechx, XPRIZE advisor, AI Commons partner and all around interesting human. We talk about his involvement at the Biohacking Village at DEFCON, which leads us to an interesting case study of identifying vulnerabilities in IoT sex toys...
Episode 23: Continuous Penetration Testing
December 18, 2019 03:16 - 43 minutes - 62.6 MBCasey Cammilleri, founder of Sprocket Security, joins me to discuss the necessity of continuous with DevOps and shadow IT departments so prevalent in today’s companies. We exchange security stories from our start-ups and talk about the awesomeness of hacker communities challenging each other and exchanging information in a fun entertaining way. Say hi to Casey...
Episode 22: Spiritual Hacking on a Train
December 03, 2019 11:59 - 1 hour - 154 MBThis is a different episode. I happened to be on a train coming from Winnemucca, NV to Salt Lake City, UT soaking in the afterglow of my first trip to Burning Man. I happened to talk to a gentleman, Anthony Benton, who turned out to be a spiritual hacker. While he’s not in your traditional...
Episode 21: Building Tiny Robots and Tesla Coils
November 19, 2019 11:59 - 44 minutes - 59.6 MBI have the pleasure of speaking with Torrey Smith on this episode of the podcast. Torrey’s got the right blend of grit and tenacity to get things done. He’s putting the same energy into building giant Tesla Coils at Burning Man into his new startup Endiatx to build tiny robots that swim around our bodies...
Episode 20: Thots on Hacker Farm
November 05, 2019 11:59 - 45 minutes - 66.5 MBJonathan Tomek, co-founder of Chicago’s THOTCON, joins me on this podcast to discuss threat intelligence, ham radio, and what it’s like to run a hacker conference and the genesis of THOTCON. We talk about how he’s gathered threat intelligence data through Iranian hacker groups. We discuss QRP records sending messages thousands of miles with very...
Episode 19: Tales from the Cold War
October 15, 2019 12:00 - 56 minutes - 77.3 MBJo Jones is a collector of Cold War artifacts and she shares her knowledge and passion with me on the podcast. We discuss pamphlets, ID tags, nuclear bunker maps that were handed out in the Greater Milwaukee Area during the Cold War. From citizen activation and engagement to preparing for the morbid possibility that your...
Episode 18: Meditation Moss
July 24, 2019 12:00 - 38 minutes - 52.1 MBKat Traxler joins me on the podcast to talk about encryption, secrets management, security impact of application layers, and growing things. One of the themes on this podcast is that cybersecurity can be super stressful work and it is important to have something to allow you to decompress and center your mind. For Kat that’s...
Episode 17: Capture the Purple Team
July 13, 2019 12:00 - 32 minutes - 46 MBOn this episode of the podcast, I am joined by Trenton Ivey, Co-founder of CypherCon. He’s led and designed the capture-the-con events at CypherCon and really put a lot of emphasis on interactivity into the capture-the-con competition. We chat about the hacker communities in Milwaukee compared to St. Louis where he now lives. He talks...
Episode 16: Cyber security Strategies and Approaches
June 19, 2019 12:00 - 57 minutes - 96.5 MBI join Chris Merkel at Northwestern Mutual’s Cream City Labs for this podcast. Chris is a Senior Director of Cybersecurity Operations at Northwestern Mutual. We talk about fostering a work environment that allows the team to do great security work, overcoming challenges in the shift to cloud services, security challenges within different sectors, strategies for...
Episode 15: Knife Fighting and Industrial Cyber Security
June 11, 2019 12:00 - 35 minutes - 46.4 MBOn this episode of the podcast, I am joined by Lesley Carhart. We talk about hacking for pancakes, knife fighting martial arts, industrial cybersecurity, apartment complexes sharing your data without permission, and some really great resume and job hunting tips. You say hi to Lesley at @hacks4pancakes on twitter and find her on her blog at tisphone.net.
Episode 14: True Stories of an AV Entrepreneur
June 05, 2019 12:00 - 42 minutes - 43.3 MBI am joined by all around technical A/V guru and entrepreneur Sean Schult. We talk about how he sold his first program when he was 12 years old, how he started doing A/V in high school as a DJ and doing sound production for plays, and today he has a full blown production company. We...
Episode 13: Everything Crypto
May 30, 2019 12:00 - 48 minutes - 69.8 MBMatt Werner joins me in a conversation about cryptocurrency. Matt recently worked as an Engineering Manager at Coinbase and shares a wealth of knowledge on cryptocurrency. We talk about different coins, how to vet a coin to find out if it’s good, and interesting applications of ERC20. Matt shares what it was like to be...
Episode 12: Augmented Reality Podcasting
May 23, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 97.8 MBBummed that CypherCon is over? We bring you back with Augmented Reality Podcasting! Johnny Xmas and I sat down after his talk at CypherCon 4.0 and we bring you back into the Con. Among other topics, we discuss (not) flamethrowers, venmo drug dealers, and questioning whether or not there is true altruism. You can check...
Episode 11: Exploring Art, Gender and Community
May 15, 2019 12:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBIn this episode I have the pleasure of chatting with Mar Williams. Mar is an artist and hacker whose interest is in the artistic applications of emerging and open source technology. You have probably seen some of their art featured at CypherCon. Mar has also done artwork for DEFCON and other notable conferences for the...
Episode 10: Hacking Cars, Hospitals and IoT Village
May 08, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutes - 39.5 MBOn this episode Ted Harrington, partner of Independent Security Evaluators joins me to talk some exciting security research. We talk about what they’ve found in cars, hospitals, printers, password managers and more. ISE started the IoT Village movement at Cons across the world where the hacker community helps find and report vulnerabilities to make sure...
Episode 09: Small Cell and Cyber security in Wisconsin
May 01, 2019 12:00 - 57 minutes - 52.1 MBOn this episode Russ From and I discuss small cell technology, the cyber-security scene in the Midwest, and how to navigate your way through a fruitful InfoSec career.