Know Your Adversary

In this episode of Know Your Adversary , Jared Atkinson and Justin Kohler are joined by HD Moore, CEO of runZero . Drawing from decades of experience in offensive security, vulnerability research, and network discovery, HD shares his perspective on how defenders can better understand the real attack surface of modern enterprise environments. The discussion explores the intersection of identity and...

In this episode of Know Your Adversary, Jared Atkinson and Justin Kohler are joined by Robin Unglaub , creator of TaskHound, an open-source BloodHound OpenGraph extension designed to uncover credential exposure and attack paths hidden within Windows scheduled tasks. Drawing from years of offensive security experience, Robin explains how a common administrative feature can become a valuable source...

In this episode of Know Your Adversary , Jared Atkinson and Justin Kohler are joined by Javier Azofra from Siemens Healthineers, where he leads the continuous assessments team focused on enterprise security posture. Javier shares how his team approaches identity security and the challenges of maintaining visibility across complex environments. The conversation focuses on how security gaps emerge b...

In this episode of Know Your Adversary , Jared Atkinson and Justin Kohler are joined by Steve Elovitz of Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, where he leads service delivery across North America. With years of incident response experience, including time at Mandiant, Steve shares what it’s like responding to hundreds of real-world security incidents each year. The conversation explores how modern adversar...

In this episode of Know Your Adversary , Jared Atkinson and Justin Kohler sit down with SpecterOps Principal Product Architect Andy Robbins and Ping Identity Director of Product Management Bjorn Aannestad to discuss SpecterOps’ recent attack path research engagement with the PingOne platform. The conversation covers how the collaboration began, why gaining access to a real PingOne tenant was cruci...

In this episode of Know Your Adversary , Jared Atkinson and Justin Kohler sit down with Christopher Maddalena to explore how open-source contributions continue to shape the evolution of attack path management. Christopher breaks down how community tools have moved from raw data dumps to polished, digestible insights that plug directly into BloodHound . The team also discusses how researchers are e...

In this episode of Know Your Adversary, Jared Atkinson and Justin Kohler talk with Andrew Chiles , VP of Tradecraft at SpecterOps, about the latest trends in tradecraft. Andrew breaks down how real assessment data is reshaping identity-focused attacks, why hybrid and SaaS environments create new pivot opportunities, and how browser-based session abuse is changing the game. He also shares insights...

In this episode of Know Your Adversary, hosts Jared Atkinson and Justin Kohler sit down with Elad Shamir , Head of Research at SpecterOps, to discuss the evolution and future of BloodHound OpenGraph. Elad shares how BloodHound has grown from a simple model into a powerful platform that maps complex attack surfaces across diverse environments. The conversation explores the challenges of modeling ad...

In this episode of Know Your Adversary , hosts Jared Atkinson and Justin Kohler sit down with Kate Dawson , Director of Customer Success at SpecterOps, to explore what it takes to implement a successful Attack Path Management (APM) program. Kate explains how cross-team collaboration, identity-focused strategies, and programmatic—not project-based—approaches are key to lasting success. The team dra...

In the very first episode of Know Your Adversary by SpecterOps, Chief Product Officer Justin Kohler and Chief Technology Officer Jared Atkinson pull back the curtain on how BloodHound came to be and why attack path management is more critical than ever. They trace BloodHound’s roots from a red teamer’s Excel-driven struggle to its evolution into a revolutionary graph-theory tool that changed how d...

In this episode of Know Your Adversary , hosts Justin Kohler and Jared Atkinson sit down with Robby Winchester , Chief Services Officer at SpecterOps, to explore the practical side of attack path management. Robby reflects on nearly a decade of SpecterOps’ consulting and training work, sharing how the newly released State of Attack Path Management Report formalizes long-standing challenges that or...

In this episode of Know Your Adversary , hosts Justin Kohler and Jared Atkinson break down two key theoretical concepts shaping attack path management: the distinction between access graphs vs. attack graphs and the paradigm of identities at rest vs. identities in transit . They explain why access graphs—maps of who can reach what—don’t tell the full story, and how attack graphs reveal the snowbal...