Cyber Confessions with Cybersecurity Girl

Think your private life is safe because your phone is powered down? Stuart McClure says that advice is 15 years out of date. In this episode of Cyber Confessions , host Caitlin Sarian (Cybersecurity Girl) sits down with the man who wrote the "Bible" of hacking, Stuart McClure . As the former Global CTO of McAfee and founder of Cylance, Stuart reveals the chilling reality of modern "...

What happens when 1,000 nation-state spies spend a year hiding inside the world's most secure networks? In this episode of Cyber Confessions , Caitlin Sarian (Cybersecurity Girl) sits down with Eric Doerr , the man who led Microsoft’s response to the infamous SolarWinds attack. Eric pulls back the curtain on the "2-to-1" battle to save global infrastructure, the 25-day sprint that ru...

At 13 years old, Joseph Cheung found an "open door" in an information system he shouldn't have been in. Nine months later, "big scary people" from a three-letter agency came knocking. Today, he is a Chief Engineer for the U.S. Space Force, protecting the satellite technology that keeps our GPS, global clocks, and credit card processing running In this episode of Cyber Confessions , Caitlin Sarian...

In this episode of Cyber Confessions , host Caitlin Sarian (Cybersecurity Girl) sits down with Andrea Schaumann-Phillips , a DEF CON Black Badge social engineering expert. Andrea reveals how she "sneaks into things " (legally ofc!) by using human psychology to bypass the most secure technical systems. We also dive into why your "harmless" social media posts are actually a roadm...

Is your "cyber hygiene" putting you at risk without you even knowing it? In this episode of Cyber Confessions , host Caitlin Sarian (Cybersecurity Girl) sits down with Keelin Conant, Senior Solutions Advisor at Alvaka and host of the CyberSoul podcast, to expose the surprising ways our daily habits leave us vulnerable. From the "false sense of security" we feel while working at...

Think your private life is safe? Think again. In this episode of Cyber Confessions , host Caitlin Sarian (Cybersecurity Girl) and Adaptive Security CEO Brian Long reveal how AI uses a single LinkedIn URL to uncover your family’s deepest secrets, even things you’ve never officially posted. From AI voice cloning to $1 million crypto thefts , the rules of digital safety have changed. Brian shares chi...

In this episode of Cyber Confessions , host Caitlin Sarian (Cybersecurity Girl) sits down with Andy Piazza , Senior Director of Threat Intelligence at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 . Andy reveals how the most sophisticated technical security in the world was outsmarted by a simple human "vibe check." We dive into a shocking Business Email Compromise (BEC) story where a fraudulent banking transfer was...

In this episode of Cyber Confessions , host Caitlin Sarian (Cybersecurity Girl) sits down with Tito Sestito , CEO and Co-Founder of HiddenLayer . Tito shares a "no sleep" story from the early days of starting the company: a high-stakes crisis where threat actors reverse-engineered AI models and sold them on the dark web. We also explore the bizarre side of cyber history—from 2005-era hac...

In this episode of Cyber Confessions, host Caitlin Sarian  talks with Fergus Hay, Co-Founder and CEO of The Hacking Games. Fergus shares surprising stories about how many modern hackers are actually kids, not adults in faraway countries. He explains how gaming platforms often become the first place young people discover exploits, build skills, and sometimes cross lines they do not fully understand...