

Breaking Badness
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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.
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Apr 5, 2023 • 53min
153. It’s Pillar Time!
This week Kelsey LaBelle, Tim Helming, and Aaron Gee-Clough discuss the 5 pillars of the White House’s National Cybersecurity Strategy.

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Mar 29, 2023 • 55min
152. Good Will Threat Hunting
This week Kelsey LaBelle, Tim Helming, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss Cisco Talos’ Ukraine task unit one year into the Ukraine/Russia conflict along with the Google Pixel and Windows 11 uncropping bugs

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Mar 22, 2023 • 46min
151. Epic Bail: The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank Its Impact on Infosec
This week on Breaking Badness, Kelsey LaBelle, Daniel Schwalbe, and Tim Helming discuss the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. We’ll dive into what we’ve been seeing on our end, predictions on what we may see from bad actors, and practical advice for moving forward.

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Mar 15, 2023 • 50min
150. Thrifty, Nifty, Never Shifty (Part II)
The 150th celebration of Breaking Badness continues this week for Part II! We’re talking to Daniel Schwalbe, Sean McNee, Aaron Gee-Clough, and Kelly Molloy about their paths to infosec favorite pod memories, and interests outside of work.

Mar 8, 2023 • 56min
150. Thrifty, Nifty, Never Shifty (Part I)
We’re celebrating 150 episodes of Breaking Badness! Join us for Part I of a 2 week extravaganza! We’re talking to Kelsey LaBelle, Tim Helming, Taylor Wilkes-Pierce, and Ian Campbell this week on their paths to infosec, favorite pod memories, and interests outside of work.

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.