Hacker Valley Red
28 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsExploring the nexus of cybersecurity defense and humanity with the mind of a hacker.
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Keeping It Open Source with Metasploit’s HD Moore
July 01, 2022 09:00 - 37 minutes - 50.8 MBThis season of Hacker Valley Red wraps up with another interview of an incredible offensive cybersecurity legend. Known first and foremost for his work founding Metasploit and his recent work co-founding Rumble, HD Moore joins the show this week to talk about his journey from spiteful hacker to successful founder. HD walks through the history of Metasploit, the motivation behind their coding decisions, his opinions on open source software, and the excitement of exploration and discovery. Ti...
From Black Hat to Bug Bounties [Pt. 2] with Thomas DeVoss
June 24, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBWe’re joined again by the hacker’s hacker, Tommy DeVoss, aka dawgyg. Bug bounty hunter and reformed black hat, Tommy dives back into a great conversation with us about his journey in hacking and his advice to future red team offensive hackers. We cover everything we couldn’t get to from part 1 of our interview, including his struggles with burnout, his past hacking foreign countries on a bold quest to stop terrorism, and his future in Twitch streaming to teach you how to be a better bug boun...
From Black Hat to Bug Bounties [Pt. 1] with Tommy DeVoss
June 17, 2022 09:00 - 35 minutes - 48.6 MBWe’re joined by million-dollar hacker and bug bounty hunter, Thomas DeVoss, this week as we continue our season-long discussion of offensive cybersecurity legends. A legend in the making with a success story in bug bounty hunting that has to be heard to be believed, Tommy is an incredibly successful black hat hacker-turned-bug bounty hunter. He represents how misunderstood the hacking community can be and how positively impactful bug bounties can be. Who hacks the hackers? Look no further th...
Unlocking Cyber Education with John Hammond
June 10, 2022 09:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBJohn Hammond, Senior Security Researcher at Huntress Labs and self-described cybersecurity education enthusiast, joins us as we continue our discussion of red team legends. With a focus on content creation this week, John discusses his success with his YouTube channel, his passion for showcasing authentic and accessible educational materials online, and his advice for creating content safely and spreading awareness with not only a red team or blue team mindset, but with a purple team perspec...
Purposeful Communication Through PlexTrac with Dan DeCloss
June 03, 2022 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBWe’re joined by sponsor and guest Dan DeCloss, CEO and Founder of PlexTrac, on the podcast today to talk about communication and collaboration between the red and blue side of cybersecurity and why security success depends on those two sides working together. On their mission to build stronger, more productive, and well-rounded security teams, PlexTrac provides incredible and insightful metric and messaging tools that change the game for the cybersecurity industry. Timecoded Guide: [05:36]...
Representation Without Technicalities with Mari Galloway
May 27, 2022 09:00 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MBWe’re breaking down the concept of difference makers this week and we couldn’t help but call upon Mari Galloway, CEO of the Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu, to be our guest during this conversation. As a black woman in cybersecurity who has dedicated a large portion of her career to helping women and girls become a part of the cyber community on both the technical and non-technical sides, Mari is a stunning example of making a difference and creating a path to expand cybersecurity beyond stere...
Learning from Cybersecurity Legends with Davin Jackson
May 20, 2022 09:00 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBThose on the red team may not be household names to the everyday person, but they are absolute legends and icons in the world of cybersecurity and hacking. While we have our personal favorite hackers between the two of us, we also invite our guest, Davin Jackson, to share his favorite cybersecurity legends and the lessons he’s learned from them. Timecode Guide: [00:50] The importance of red teaming, especially during this season [02:17] Ron and Chris’ first experience working in a red tea...
Making Hacking Accessible with Deviant Ollam
May 13, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBIn this season of Hacker Valley Red, we focus on cybersecurity legends in offensive operations with a legend in physical pen testing and lockpicking: Deviant Ollam. As a pioneer in our industry and an author of two incredible books about lockpicking, Deviant shares his history from hobbyist to professional and all that he’s learned along the way. He also discusses making the secrets of the hacking world accessible to all. Timecoded Guide: [01:28] Defining the pioneers in cybersecurity [08...
Making Cybersecurity Accessible with Deviant Ollam
May 13, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBThis season of Hacker Valley Red, we focus on cybersecurity legends in offensive operations with a legend in physical pen testing and lockpicking: Deviant Ollam. As a pioneer in our industry and an author of two incredible books about lockpicking, Deviant shares his history from hobbyist to professional and all that he’s learned along the way. He also discusses making the secrets of the hacking world accessible to all. Timecoded Guide: [01:28] Defining the pioneers in cybersecurity [08:47...
CrowdStrike 2022 Global Threat Report: Cloud Security
April 15, 2022 09:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBIn this special mini series of Hacker Valley Red, hosts Ron and Chris are joined by the Senior Vice President of Intelligence at CrowdStrike, Adam Meyers, to review and highlight elements shared in CrowdStrike’s 2022 Global Threat Report. In the final episode of this series Ron, Chris and Adam discuss threats to cloud infrastructure and how to better secure the gaps. Adam explores how the adoption of cloud technology has expanded our attack surface, how the digital transformation has place...
CrowdStrike 2022 Global Threat Report: APTs
April 13, 2022 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBIn this special mini series of Hacker Valley Red, hosts Ron and Chris are joined by the Senior Vice President of Intelligence at CrowdStrike, Adam Meyers, to review and highlight elements shared in CrowdStrike’s 2022 Global Threat Report. In episode two of this series Ron, Chris and Adam take a deep dive into APTs – how it’s changed over the years and where we stand on the matter today. Adam uncovers the motivations behind nation-state attacks, how APTs are becoming more sophisticated in c...
CrowdStrike 2022 Global Threat Report: Ransomware
April 11, 2022 09:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBIn this special mini series of Hacker Valley Red, hosts Ron and Chris are joined by the Senior Vice President of Intelligence at CrowdStrike, Adam Meyers, to review and highlight elements shared in CrowdStrike’s 2022 Global Threat Report. In episode one of this series Ron, Chris and Adam take a deep dive into understanding the state of ransomware today and how it’s shaping the cybersecurity landscape as we know it. Adam explores the evolution of ransomware from a targeting and technical pe...
Hacker Valley Red Season 2 Finale
December 17, 2021 18:23 - 31 minutes - 72.5 MBAlissa Knight joins Ron and Chris to wrap up this season 2 of Hacker Valley Red. Why? Some big news is why! Stay tuned for that and much more as the trio dive back into the mind of a hacker. Key Takeaways: 02:57 Big News! 03:20 Alissa's Bio, round 2 05:10 Ron’s takeaway for this season of Hacker Valley Red 06:43 Alissa’s take on Lisa Forte 09:30 “My content is different” 11:38 Hacking an entire industry and doing research with it 18:56 The generational difference – Past vs. Prese...
A Mind Hacked with Lisa Forte
December 09, 2021 17:43 - 31 minutes - 72.6 MBThis episode is all about the hacked mind and who better to discuss it with than Lisa Forte. Lisa is a partner at Red Goat Cyber Security -- she started her career in counter piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and then worked her way to UK Counter Terrorism Policing. She continued her career in UK Police Cyber Crime Units and co-founded a movement called, “Respect in Security” to try and stamp out harassment and abuse in the infosec industry. This episode is a loaded weapon in the fi...
Crowdsourcing Hackers with Dan Trauner
December 03, 2021 16:10 - 30 minutes - 70 MBThis week on Hacker Valley Red, Chris and Ron are joined by Dan Trauner. Dan is Senior Director of Security at Axonius, and takes pleasure in breaking things to find creative ways to put them back together. The three colleagues discuss more technical specifics of a hacker’s mind, like how we can understand motive and deception, trends among attacks, and much more. Key Takeaways: 03:09 Bio 04:33 Where to start when you attack a computer – Finding weaknesses 10:20 Surprising Motives ...
A Cyber Criminal‘s Mind with Laurie Pieters-James
November 26, 2021 13:45 - 34 minutes - 77.9 MBLaurie Pieters-James is an Offender Profiler, Forensic Criminologist, Expert Witness and best-selling author of Shattered Lives: The Story of Advocate Barbie. Chris, Ron and Laurie dive deep into understanding the mind of a hacker, a criminal, and a criminal hacker. Laurie has spent her career learning to profile the most heinous criminals, both in cyber and on the streets. Listen to help yourself understand the enemy from the inside out. 03:20 Bio 04:41 Why did you choose to learn t...
Hacking an Entire Industry with Alissa Knight
November 18, 2021 12:54 - 38 minutes - 87.9 MBWelcome back to Hacker Valley Red season two. This week Chris and Ron are joined by a hacker through and through. Alissa Knight blends influencer marketing, content creation in writing and filmmaking/cinematography, and go-to market strategies for telling brand stories at scale in cybersecurity through the lens of a hacker. She achieves this through ideation to execution of content strategy, storytelling, and execution of influencer marketing strategies that take cybersecurity buyers through...
The Next Generation of Hackers with Deviant Ollam
November 11, 2021 22:23 - 36 minutes - 82.8 MBIn episode three of Hacker Valley Red, Chris and Ron are joined by Deviant Ollam, a hacker to the bone and one of Chris’ inspirations in security. Deviant is currently a physical penetration specialist with The CORE Group and the Director of Education for Red Team Alliance. He is also a master lock-picker and uses his skill to shape the future of physical security. The three discuss very important topics, such as the hacker’s mindset, what we can do to foster growth in the next generation of...
A Hacking Nation Personified with Charity Wright
November 04, 2021 10:46 - 31 minutes - 72.3 MBCharity Wright is a Threat Intelligence Analyst with over 20 years of experience in the intelligence community, including the US Army and the National Security Agency, where she translated Mandarin Chinese. Charity now specializes in strategic intelligence, dark web cybercrime, counter-disinformation, and at Recorded Future. Join Ron, Chris and Charity as they discuss all things nation state-level, what we can do to avoid bad habits as a community, and how we understand our enemy. Key Takea...
Hack Them Empathetically with Chris Hadnagy
October 28, 2021 14:02 - 38 minutes - 88.3 MBChris Hadnagy – Show Notes Christopher Hadnagy is the founder and CEO of Social-Engineer, LLC. He created the world’s first social engineering framework, as well as hosted the first social engineering-based podcast. Chris is an adjunct professor of Social Engineering for an NSA Cyber School of excellence at University of Arizona. Chris is also a well-known author, having written five books on social engineering. Chris’ new book, “Human Hacking: Win Friends, Influence People and Leave Them B...
Hacker Valley Season One Finale with Marco Figueroa
October 17, 2021 20:14 - 46 minutes - 43 MBThis episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast concludes the Hacker Valley Red series. In this finale, Ron and Chris interview their friend - and formerly their shared roommate - Marco Figueroa. Marco is a security researcher and cybersecurity speaker, and he is also a bug bounty enthusiast. He and the hosts constant improvement, bug bounty, and more, while also looking back at the conversations thus far in the season. -The episode features Marco Figueroa, and listeners are introduc...
An Attacking Strategy with Chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley
October 17, 2021 20:11 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBThis episode of Hacker Valley Studio podcast’s Hacker Valley Red Series features guest Maurice Ashley, a chess grandmaster and author of Chess for Success. Maurice is a chess guru and has been playing it ever since his high school years. He is currently involved in commentating for chess events, teaching chess, and training national chess champions. In this episode, Maurice and the hosts talk about Maurice’s chess journey along with some parallels between chess and cyber security. The hosts...
Hacking a Career with Lisa Jiggetts
October 17, 2021 20:08 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBOn this episode of Hacker Valley Studio, hosts Ron and Chris speak with Lisa Jiggetts, founder of Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu. Their conversation covers Lisa’s background, her current work and her involvement as a penetration tester. Lisa says she’s always been a techie who loved gadgets, breaking things and trying to understand how they fit together. She knew she wanted to work with computers, but wasn’t sure what that meant, exactly. Out of high school she joined the military working in...
Oh, It‘s Hackable with Ted Harrington
October 17, 2021 20:07 - 41 minutes - 38 MBIn this episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast’s Hacker Valley Red series, this time featuring guest Ted Harrington. Ted is an Executive Partner at ISE Security, an author, and a professional speaker. Hosts Ron and Chris speak with Ted about the concept of unhackability, his experience in the security field, an interesting story of an attack in real time, and more! To start off the interview, Ted shares about his background. He currently works for a consulting firm that focuses on eth...
Hacking Cars and Content with Alissa Knight
October 17, 2021 20:04 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBOn this episode of Hacker Valley Studio, hosts Ron and Chris speak with Alissa Knight, author of the book Hacking Connected Cars and self described “recovering hacker.” Their conversation covers content creation, API’s and hacking cars. Alissa grew up in Seattle, Washington where there was a big art scene. She began building her own computers and running her own boards at an early age. She says a lot of people don’t know that she started out in the BBS scene back in the 90’s. At seventeen s...
Going Big on Bug Bounty with Alex Rice
October 17, 2021 20:02 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBThis episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast continues the Hacker Valley Red series by featuring Alex Rice. Alex is the CTO and co-founder of HackerOne, and he joins hosts Ron and Chris for a conversation about such topics as the beginnings of the researcher community, bug bounty, and the term “hacker.” Alex first shares about his background leading up to what he’s doing today. He worked as a developer, and then about 20 years ago, he moved into the security field. Part of his caree...
Hacker People with Your Voice with Rachel Tobac
October 17, 2021 20:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBOn this episode of Hacker Valley Studio, hosts Ron and Chris speak with Rachel Tobac, CEO of SocialProof Security and Chair of the Women in Security and Privacy Board. Their conversation covers everything from neuroscience to spearfishing and human’s place in cyber security. Rachel is a human hacker, also known as a social engineer, and she begins the episode by explaining her background in social engineering and experience in the non profit space. She credits her success in the field to he...
The Red Side of Hacker Valley
October 17, 2021 19:49 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBIn this episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast, hosts Ron and Chris introduce the podcast’s new series: Hacker Valley Red. After the previous season highlighted the defensive side of cyber security, this season will focus on the other side of the coin - the offensive side. Ron and Chris spend this initial episode talking about their experience with the offensive side of cyber security, what listeners can look forward to hearing in the episodes ahead, and what sorts of questions expert...