Breaking Badness

Peter Lowe joins Kali Fencl and Daniel Schwalbe for this edition of Voices from Infosec! We discuss Peter’s background, AI, its progress, and where we think it’s headed, informed consent on the Internet, and some of Peter’s interests outside of cybersecurity.

This week Kali Fencl, Tim Helming, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss telekopye and online marketplace scams along with NIST’s publication of the first draft standards for post-quantum cryptography. Listen here:

This week Kali Fencl, Tim Helming, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss the Downfall Intel CPU vulnerability along with MoustachedBouncer’s espionage against Belarus.

Upcoming comic book author and cyber insurance investigator, Allan Liska, discusses his passion project of a cybersecurity comic book. They also talk about their love for comic books, movie watch alongs, unique film recommendations, and the appeal of the cyber security insurance investigator character, Johnny Dollar. A cyber council meeting sparks a hilarious discussion about a movie concept featuring a ransomware negotiator, and they brainstorm catchy titles for the film. The conversation also includes lighthearted discussions on naming ransomware gangs, creating a Kickstarter project, and previous Christmas card anecdotes.

In this special episode of Breaking Badness, Kali Fencl and Tim Helming speak with none other than Tracy Maleeff (aka InfoSec Sherpa!) We’re excited to share our conversation on her background, empathy in infosec, industry myths she’d like to bust, and more!

This week on the pod, Kali Fencl, Daniel Schwalbe, and Ian Campbell discuss Cisco Talos' blog on what authentication attacks might look like in a phishing-resistant future along with the SEC’s approval of new cyber reporting regulations for public companies

This week Kali Fencl, Tim Helming, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss the investigation of Storm-0558 along with Ukraine’s most recent takedown of a massive bot farm.

Math puns abound in episode 161 of Breaking Badness! But Kali Fencl, Tim Helming, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce do manage to discuss Daniel Kelley’s blog on how AI is revolutionizing BEC attacks along with details of the national #cybersecurity strategy.

This week Kali Fencl, Ian Campbell, and Taylor Wilkes-Pierce discuss France’s pending phone monitoring bill along with Nickelodeon’s recent data breach (includes a healthy dose of 90s nostalgia!)

This week Kelsey LaBelle, Tim Helming, and Ian Campbell discuss the new variant of the Mirai botnet along with Graham Cluley’s article on zero-day flaws used in spy attacks against Kaspersky.