

Adventures of Alice & Bob
Merchants Media
Welcome to the Adventures of Alice & Bob Podcast, where we talk shop with pen testers, hackers, and the unsung heroes of the cybersecurity world about the human element of being on the front lines of cyber attacks.
Produced by Merchants Media.
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Produced by Merchants Media.
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Feb 24, 2023 • 1h 7min
Ep. 22 – We Don’t Scan the Pie Factory // Ryan Kovar
Today’s episode is hosted by James. He is joined by Ryan Kovar, Distinguished Security Strategist at Splunk. Join us as Ryan discusses how he accidentally disabled internet for an entire fleet during his time in the military and how a simple pen test burned over $600,000 of pies. Crust us, you knead to hear this episode.

Feb 10, 2023 • 1h 4min
Ep. 21 – Ethereum Mission: Improbable, Not Impossible // Ted Harrington
Today’s episode is hosted by Karl. He is joined by Ted Harrington, Executive Partner at ISE (Independent Security Evaluators). Your mission, should you choose to accept: Listen as Ted discusses how to think like a hacker and how his team of ethical hackers overcame statistical improbability to predict the keys to over 700 Ethereum wallets.

Jan 27, 2023 • 42min
Ep. 20 – Girls Just Wanna Have Functioning Elections // Bianca Lewis
Today’s episode is hosted by James. He is joined by Bianca Lewis, the 16-year-old Founder and CEO of Girls Who Hack. Bianca shares her first experience speaking at a cybersecurity convention, how she hacked a voting machine at DEFCON 26, and how it led her to start Girls Who Hack, an organization focused on teaching girls the skills of hacking. Move over Barbie, we’re not kidding around.Produced by ProSeries Media

Jan 13, 2023 • 51min
Ep. 19 – Ocean’s Eleven in Real Life // Bill Graydon
Today’s episode is hosted by Karl. He is joined by Bill Graydon, Principal Researcher at GGR Security. Bill unlocks his secrets on physical pen testing, how he sizes up a building’s security prior to a break-in, and shares his story about getting caught red-handed and using social engineering to defeat security guards! Does the house always win? Find out on this episode of Adventures of Alice & Bob.Produced by ProSeries Media

Dec 30, 2022 • 53min
Ep. 18 - The Traitor Among Us // Paula Januszkiewicz
Today’s episode is hosted by James. He is joined by Paula Januszkiewicz, CEO and Founder of CQURE. Today, Paula talks about why she started CQURE, why sharing information between cybersecurity professionals is so important, and how her team helped bring down an administrator who was sabotaging their own company from the inside. Produced by ProSeries Media

Dec 16, 2022 • 54min
Ep. 17 - When Malicious Insiders Have All the Access // Fabio Viggiani
Today’s episode is hosted by Karl. He is joined by Fabio Viggiani, CTO at Truesec Group and self-described as "that hacker guy." Today Fabio kicks off the episode by sharing how he got his start in technology, strategies he has utilized to identify (and even predict) some very sophisticated cyberattacks and why a security investigation was made harder by a group of malicious insiders.

Nov 28, 2022 • 1h 13min
Ep. 16 - Like Shooting Vish in a Barrel // Alethe Denis
Today’s episode is hosted by Karl and James. They talk to Alethe Denis, Senior Security Consultant at Bishop Fox, about how children learn how to utilize social engineering at a young age, some common misconceptions about making a career out of social engineering, and why HR departments are a force to be reckoned with.Produced by ProSeries Media

Nov 18, 2022 • 53min
Ep. 15 - Using Jedi Mind Tricks on a Call Center // Chris Silvers
Today’s episode is hosted by James. He is joined by Chris Silvers, Owner of CG Silvers Consulting, to talk about how someone with a hacker mindset can turn a prank into a powerful attack vector. Chris and James do some roleplay and reenact a couple of real-life calls from a social engineering attack Chris had executed in the past!Here is a link to the full presentation Chris Silvers gave at at DEF CON that includes the original call recordings : https://youtu.be/vgKAxd_4s0AProduced by ProSeries Media

Nov 4, 2022 • 49min
Ep. 14 - The Creation of Frankenstein's Machine // John Hawes
Welcome to the Adventures of Alice & Bob podcast. Today’s episode is hosted by Karl Lankford. He is joined by John Hawes, the COO of AMTSO, to talk about building a world class virus replicator with spare computer parts, the importance of independent testing labs, and how more collaboration can help improve the cybersecurity industry.Produced by ProSeries Media

Oct 28, 2022 • 58min
Ep. 13 - Halloween Special
Ghostly Greetings! In today's frightfully fantastic episode, all three of our hosts get together to swap their nightmarish cybersecurity tales of bloodsucking phishing schemes, lurking critical vulnerabilities, and festering overprivileged access. If those stories don't chase you away, stay until the end where there's a sweet treat for our listeners. Don't miss this scream-worthy episode on Adventures of Alice & Bob!Produced by ProSeries Media


