
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

Jan 24, 2024 • 49min
177. Just Around the COLDRIVER Bend
This week it’s all about targeting expansions! Kali Fencl, Tim Helming, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss threat actors COLDRIVER expanding their targeting along with Mint Sandstorm.

Jan 17, 2024 • 46min
Breaking Badness Book Club Episode #2
We’re coming back with another iteration of our Book Club on the Breaking Badness podcast! Kali Fencl, Ian Campbell, and Daniel Schwalbe discuss their top cybersecurity book picks along with books outside the industry.

Jan 10, 2024 • 55min
176. A Tale of OAuth2 Cities
This week Kali Fencl, Tim Helming, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss a new method of hacking compromising Google accounts along with findings from Operation Triangulation.

Jan 3, 2024 • 46min
The Best of 2023
This week we're taking a look back at 2023! We're reminiscing about the guests we spoke with and counting down to the top episode...and the top puns!

Dec 27, 2023 • 55min
2024 Infosec Predictions
It’s been a big year in infosec/cybersecurity, but we could say that almost every year. We did a similar discussion last year if you’d like to check that out, and we wanted to follow up on those predictions along with sharing some new ones for 2024.

Dec 20, 2023 • 53min
175. BazarCall of the Wild
Episode 175 of Breaking Badness is here! This week Kali Fencl, Tim Helming, and Ian Campbell discuss bad actors using shell companies in Wyoming for global attacks along with BazarCall attacks leveraging Google Forms.

Dec 13, 2023 • 55min
[Special Report] Father Phishmas, Give Us The Money
A special Phishmas episode of Breaking Badness is here! We’re talking with @nullcookies about the recent phishing attacks targeting the United States Postal Service, its implications, and possible mitigations. Listen here:

Dec 6, 2023 • 51min
174. Pick Your DNS Cache Poison
This week Kali Fencl, Tim Helming, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss a recent attack on a municipal water authority along with Timo Longin and SEC Consult’s latest research on DNS cache poisoning

Nov 29, 2023 • 53min
Breaking Badness Book Club #1
Kali Fencl, Tim Helming, Taylor Wilkes-Pierce, and Sean McNee discuss their favorite #cybersecurity books! Listen and learn what we’ve enjoyed and what we’ve found helpful in our careers along with non-industry books we’re currently enjoying.

Nov 22, 2023 • 1h 1min
Special Report - Quadrant Security [Re-Release]
We're taking this opportunity to share how grateful we are for the guests and discussions we've had this past year on Breaking Badness. One of which is our conversation with Champ Clark III and Steven Drenning-Blalock from Quadrant Security on how they thwarted the Black Basta ransomware gang. If you didn't have a chance to listen when we initially released this episode, now's a great time to catch up!
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