
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

Jul 17, 2024 • 52min
190. The Weak Security Default in Our Stars
This week we compromised domains targeting DeFi protocols along with the JFrog research team's findings regarding a leaked access token with admin access to Python repositories

Jul 10, 2024 • 1h 3min
Voices from Infosec: Tanya Janca
We're thrilled Tanya Janca (aka SheHacksPurple) joined us this week on the podcast! She and Kali Fencl discuss secure guardrails, Semgrep Academy, the process of writing two books, gardening, and so much more.

Jul 3, 2024 • 47min
189. Malware the Wild Things Are
In this episode of the Breaking Badness Cybersecurity Podcast, Kali Fencl, Tim Helming, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss vulnerabilities impacting your phone's 5G connection along with the new owner of the popular Polyfill JS project injecting malware into more than 100,000 sites.

Jun 26, 2024 • 38min
Voices from Infosec: Jake Bernardes
Jake Bernardes, Field CISO of Anecdotes, joins the Breaking Badness Cybersecurity Podcast in this week’s episode! We’re sharing Jake’s background and path within infosec along with what’s intriguing him about the industry currently, how conferences and in-person events can still play a role in community involvement, and we’ll touch briefly on American history.

Jun 19, 2024 • 55min
188. Vish Upon a Star
This week Kali Fencl, Tim Helming, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss vishing attacks against CISA along with a threat campaign targeting Snowflake customer database instances.

Jun 12, 2024 • 30min
[Mini Series] The Art of the Possible: Aqsa Taylor
It is the final episode of our mini-series from RSAC 2024! Join Kali as she speaks with Aqsa Taylor, Director of Product Management at Gutsy! They'll discuss Aqsa's path to infosec, the importance of governance strategy and how to achieve a cleaner security posture, women in cybersecurity, and how to break into the field.

Jun 5, 2024 • 42min
[Mini Series] The Art of the Possible: Zack Schuler and Lawrence Gentilello
It's the penultimate episode of our RSAC mini series! We're speaking with Zack Schuler of NINJIO in the first half of the episode and in the second, we speak with Lawrence Gentilello of Optery.

May 29, 2024 • 50min
[Mini Series] The Art of the Possible: Joe Slowik and David Goldschlag
We're halfway through our RSAC mini series! We're speaking with Joe Slowik of MITRE in the first half of the episode and in the second, Kali is joined by Daniel Schwalbe to speak with David Goldschlag of Aembit.

May 22, 2024 • 53min
[Mini Series] The Art of the Possible: Ben April and Allan Liska
In our second iteration of our mini-series, we'll speak with Ben April of Maltego and Allan Liska of Recorded Future. We'll cover topics such as AI, the LockBit ransomware gang, cybersecurity comic books, and more!

May 15, 2024 • 1h 6min
[Mini Series] The Art of the Possible: Jori VanAntwerp and Steve Stone
In our first episode of our mini-series, we'll speak with Jori VanAntwerp of EmberOT and Steve Stone of Rubrik Zero Labs. We'll cover topics like IT and operational technology and how ransomware is impacting the healthcare space.