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Stories from the Power Grid
Beers with Talos Podcast - April 11, 2024 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsPower grid security expert Joe Marshall joins the crew today to talk all things, well, power grid security. But not before he gets an impromptu pop quiz from Matt in the roundtable. Joe then tells some stories from his days working in electric utility, deploying new systems and his experiences...
The old people episode
Beers with Talos Podcast - March 21, 2024 12:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsMatt, Mitch and Lurene discuss if the internet is better or worse today than it was 20 years ago. This leads them to discuss their various career paths, with Lurene talking about how she got into vulnerability exploitation and how Matt got into threat intelligence. And why neither of those path...
The Reverberations of Volt Typhoon
Beers with Talos Podcast - February 22, 2024 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsYou will no doubt have seen the advisories published over the last few weeks concerning Volt Typhoon's malicious activities. In this episode, JJ Cummings joins the crew to discuss the background to this threat actor, their impact on the threat landscape, and the covertly strategic (and specific)...
The Reddit Security Diaries
Beers with Talos Podcast - February 14, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsMatt, Mitch and Lurene sit down to discuss “random stuff from Reddit” (don’t be put off – they’re all genuinely interesting security questions!). Topics range from password managers and how password security guidance has become outdated, how to ‘self-learn’ in cybersecurity, and thoughtful appro...
Talos Speed Dating (the episode we never set out to make but did anyway)
Beers with Talos Podcast - December 20, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsMitch, Matt and Lurene were almost about to be in the same physical space at the same time to record an episode, and then Lurene couldn't make it...so we made this instead! Mitch is joined by Azim Khodjibaev from the Talos Threat Intelligence and Interdiction team to rapid-fire interview a bunch...
The TurkeyLurkey Man wants YOU to read the Talos 2023 Year in Review report
Beers with Talos Podcast - December 06, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWe recorded this episode AFTER Thanksgiving, so you'll need to forgive us for the amount of Thanksgiving talk that doesn't actually apply until Thanksgiving 2024. It all evens out in the end because the annual "Ranksgiving" from special guest David Liebenberg results in the creation of TurkeyLur...
Chicken Soup and Contact Centers
Beers with Talos Podcast - November 02, 2023 08:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsIt's that time of the quarter again when we sit down to look at what we learned over the past three months. Caitlin Huey from the Talos Threat Interdiction Team joins the show for this special look at the latest Talos Incident Response Quarterly Trends report. Caitlin's team helps compile these ...
Who is Jacques Wagon?
Beers with Talos Podcast - September 28, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsThis episode of Beers with Talos has a very special guest: Our old friend Nigel Houghton. He's one of the OG BWTers and is back with two-plus years' worth of hot takes to get off his chest. Nigel starts out by delivering his long-awaited update on his beloved Mighty Red. But he, Mitch, Matt and ...
"I'm going to breach you off." "Not if I breach you off first!"
Beers with Talos Podcast - August 24, 2023 08:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWe know we're like two weeks late to the Barbie party, but the whole Beers with Talos crew has seen it now so we had to talk about it. Expect a lot of "Barbie" talk up at the top. After that, though, we dive into how to set up deception systems and establish your environment to make it harder fo...
Rachel Tobac on social engineering, expanding opportunities for women in cybersecurity
Beers with Talos Podcast - August 03, 2023 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsIn this special episode, Matt is flying solo while he interviews Rachel Tobac, the CEO of SocialProof Security. Rachel's company helps individuals and companies keep their data safe by offering various training and penetration testing opportunities, all related to social engineering attacks and ...
Yarrr! There be mercenaries on the high seas!
Beers with Talos Podcast - August 01, 2023 08:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsThe Beers with Talos Crew is back to a team of four this week, with special guest Nick Biasini joining the show to talk about Mercenary Groups and the spyware they're creating. This episode, we talk about the current spyware landscape, and how it encompasses "mercenary" groups like the NSO Group...
Oh hello, "Susan"
Beers with Talos Podcast - May 25, 2023 08:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsMitch was out for this recording, so Hazel Burton, the newest addition to Team Talos, stepped in to host this episode! She, Lurene and Matt got together for Mental Health Awareness Month and share stories and advice with one another. Cybersecurity is a notoriously rough field for burnout and an ...
The XDR Files
Beers with Talos Podcast - May 18, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsOur second of two episodes recorded live at the RSA Conference, Mitch and Lurene are joined by Nick Biasini from Talos Outreach and AJ Shipley, a vice president of product management for Cisco Secure. The four of them recap Nick and AJ's talk they gave at RSA and discuss the centralization of cy...
SHIFT_NOP
Beers with Talos Podcast - May 11, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsThis is the first of two episodes we have coming out that we recorded live at the RSA Conference. In this edition of Beers with Talos, we welcome Mick Baccio, a security strategist for Splunk, to talk about all things RSA. At this point in the week, we had hit the halfway point of RSA and were p...
The one where they talk a lot about wireless routers
Beers with Talos Podcast - April 24, 2023 14:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsThis episode discusses network resilience, hardware hygiene, and the recently disclosed Jaguar Tooth campaign. J.J. joins the show and the usual cast to discuss the recent attacks against out-of-date and unpatched wireless routers from sophisticated, state-sponsored actors. J.J., Matt and Lurene...
Should we even care about vulnerability severity scores?
Beers with Talos Podcast - March 16, 2023 08:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsEveryone fears the dreaded 10-out-of-10 CVSS severity score on a vulnerability with "critical" written somewhere on the advisory. But does that number even matter to an attacker or hypothetical defender? Matt, Mitch and Lurene discuss the various ways the security community classifies vulnerabil...
Beers with Talos Ep. #130: Ransomware is a people problem (but getting rid of email helps)
Beers with Talos Podcast - February 17, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratings(Recorded Jan. 27, 2023) No Matt this episode, so we have two guests in the rotating chair(s): Nick Biasini and David Liebenberg. Lurene, Mitch and our two esteemed companions talk about the human problem of ransomware. Lurene says getting rid of email altogether is the best option — but since ...
Talos Year in Review 2022 w/ Dave Liebenberg
Beers with Talos Podcast - December 14, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWith this episode, we set out to discuss the first annual Cisco Talos Year in Review report - a look back at the major threats, trends, and topics from 2022 and what we should take forward into 2023. Our guest Dave Liebenberg runs the team behind this report and joins us to discuss *why* his t...
I find your vulnerabilities offensive (and exploitable).
Beers with Talos Podcast - November 29, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWe are (finally) talking about the recent OpenSSL vulnerability as we had to redo this EP. In our infinite podcasting wisdom, we took a stab at it roughly 2 hours before the embargo expired and coverage was released - which is obviously is a very silly idea in hindsight. After we cover the cur...
Im a skiddie, and you can too!
Beers with Talos Podcast - October 26, 2022 18:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsMitch was trying to preserve his voice, so Matt is driving the bus during this episode — hang on! In this edition, we're talking about script kiddies (unfortunately, not "kitties.") These are basically adversaries with an extreme base level of computer knowledge who use basic scripts to carry ou...
The intricacies of cyber conflict in Ukraine
Beers with Talos Podcast - September 22, 2022 19:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsAt the onset of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many experts and government officials expected there to be two fronts of the war — one on the ground in Ukraine and one in cyberspace. But all things considered, we haven't seen as much offensive cyber warfare come from either side of this conflict t...
A(nother) new host approaches!
Beers with Talos Podcast - August 31, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWe're excited to add to the growing Beers with Talos family with the addition of Lurene Grenier to the squad. Lurene joins her first episode and hits the ground running talking about her current role within Talos. She, Mitch and Matt talk about the major differences between exploit development a...
A(nother) new host approaches!
Beers with Talos Podcast - August 31, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWe're excited to add to the growing Beers with Talos family with the addition of Lurene Grenier to the squad. Lurene joins her first episode and hits the ground running talking about her current role within Talos. She, Mitch and Matt talk about the major differences between exploit development a...
Beers with Talos Ep. #119: If it walks like a BlackCat, meows like a BlackCat...
Beers with Talos Podcast - August 12, 2022 17:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWe’re all still pretty exhausted from our work in Ukraine. But that hasn’t slowed down any of the threat actors, unfortunately. So we enlisted special guest Nick Biasini to dive into the BlackCat ransomware group to discuss how it potentially is or isn’t connected to BlackMatter/DarkSide. These ...
Beers with Talos Ep. #118: Reacting to the current situation in Ukraine
Beers with Talos Podcast - August 12, 2022 17:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsThis was admittedly a tough one to record. In the middle of us trying to respond to the situation in Ukraine, we felt it was important to let our listeners in a bit. Matt, JJ and Liz discuss the work they and their teams are doing in Ukraine to protect critical systems there and keep users onlin...
Beers with Talos Ep. #117: Talos' Big Game commercial about a month too late
Beers with Talos Podcast - August 12, 2022 17:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWe’re dropping two episodes today. This is undoubtedly the less serious of the two, as it was recorded prior to the invasion of Ukraine. Check out Ep. #118 for more on that situation. In this episode, though, we got to talk about Talos’ involvement at the Super Bowl. Mitch welcomes on Brett Elli...
Kaseya it ain't so
Beers with Talos Podcast - August 12, 2022 17:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsSummer hacking, happened so fast…. We’ve been trying to enjoy our summer, but supply chain attacks just had to go and ruin the fun. So Mitch got back from fishing and decided to pull the guys together to discuss the Kaseya supply chain attack. We cover this major event BWT-style, and talk phony ...
Is More than Executive Action in Order?
Beers with Talos Podcast - August 12, 2022 17:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsRecorded May 11, 2020 – Craig wins MVP of the podcast for his attempts to avoid discussing… something. Anyway, we went a little long on this podcast, but stick with us as we wind through the recent Executive Order on cybersecurity, and then discuss another… interesting take on how we should then...
Beers with Talos, Ep. #115: Everybody's measured by quarters — even threat actors
Beers with Talos Podcast - August 12, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWe wanted to start off the new year by reflecting on 2021 with Talos Incident Response. The one thing many cyber attacks had in common? People. There are issues that arise any time humans are involved, whether it’s being tempted by a phish or someone making simple human errors. So, Matt, Mitch ...
Beers with Talos Ep. #114: And then there were two...
Beers with Talos Podcast - August 12, 2022 17:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratings(Uploaded again, this time with the correct music!) The OG Beers with Talos folks are dropping like flies, because now we also have to say goodbye to Joel! We know this has been quite the roller coaster for listeners, but we appreciate you all sticking with us through all these changes. We take ...
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