
Breaking Badness
Where timely and relevant security meets puns and witty banter. Our goal is to keep defenders apprised of pertinent news and trends in under forty-five minutes.
Latest episodes

Feb 21, 2023 • 51min
149. You Data Broker My Heart
Oooh it’s the last episode of Breaking Badness before the big 150! This week Kelsey LaBelle, Daniel Schwalbe, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss the rise of phishing as a service along with a discussion on how mental health data is obtained via third parties.

Feb 15, 2023 • 39min
148. What Not To Ransomware
This week Kelsey LaBelle, Ian Campbell, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce get out the 🍿 to discuss the dismantling of Exclu along with hackers who exploited a 2 year old VMware vulnerability.

Feb 8, 2023 • 47min
147. DOUBLEBACK in Black
This week Kelsey LaBelle, Tim Helming, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss malvertising using Google Ads along with ProofPoint’s recent research on use of Microsoft OneNote for delivering malware

Feb 1, 2023 • 51min
146. I Am Extortionary (If You Ever Get To Know Me)
This week Kelsey LaBelle, Tim Helming, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss the FBI takedown of the Hive ransomware variant along with insights from the 2022 GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team ransomware report.

Jan 25, 2023 • 1h
Special Report - Quadrant Security
This week on Breaking Badness we've got a Special Report. We're talking to Champ Clark III and Steven Drenning-Blalock from Quadrant Security about a re-emergence of the Black Basta ransomware group. Plus—we’ll get their Gold, Guidance and Grievances.

Jan 18, 2023 • 50min
145. Me, Myself, and API
This week Kelsey LaBelle, Tim Helming, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss vulnerabilities in Siemens programmable logic controllers along with Kevin Chung’s blog post on resurrecting the defunct IoT NYCTrainSign.

Jan 11, 2023 • 53min
144. LastPass on the Left
This week Tim Helming speaks with CISO Daniel Schwalbe and SecOps Engineer Ian Campbell on the LastPass breach

Jan 4, 2023 • 44min
143. The Best of 2022
That's a wrap on 2022! Tune in to hear Kali Fencl discuss your favorite puns and episodes from the past year along with our podcast plans for 2023!

Dec 21, 2022 • 55min
142. Pheast of the Seven Phishes
This week Kelsey LaBelle, Tim Helming, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss domains seized by the FBI linked to DDoS-for-hire services along with Rick Osgood’s blog on ChatGPT’s phishing potential.

Dec 14, 2022 • 57min
141. Scam a-Lama Ding Dong
This week Kelsey LaBelle, Tim Helming, and special guest Sean McNee discuss Wired’s article on scammers scammed by scammers along with Jan Schaumann’s research on who controls the Internet.