The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast

Unknown threat actors have been observed hiding malware execution behind a legitimate Windows support binary. S3 buckets are now encrypted by default. A powerful Android malware has been tuned to target banking applications. And it is the end of life for Windows Server 2008. We also sit down with Walter Haydock, Founder and CEO of StackAware. We learn about StackAware and their approach to vulnera...

In this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders podcast, we recount some hacker history and tell the story of Shawn Carpenter; a rogue cybersecurity defender who singlehandedly identified a Chinese APT. It is a phenomenal story that exemplifies the grit and moral fortitude that the best defenders among us have. Titan Rain was a series of coordinated attacks on computer systems in the United States...

New vulnerability found in WooCommerece Gift Cards Premium Wordpress plugin with CVSS score of 9.8. Fin7 has developed an AI-powered automated attacking tool called Checkmarks. Checkmarks is designed to auto-attack ms exchange systems, perform post exploitation actions, and grab enough data to allow FIN7 to understand their victim. Raspberry Robin has a new feature. This version of Raspberry Robin...

In this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, Matt Bromiley opens up the Adversary Toolbox to tell us all about WinRM + PowerShell Remoting. We also sit down with Zack Allen, Director of Security Detection & Research at Datadog, about managing uncertainty, some of his favorite tools, and building quality detections. The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast: a show about cybersecurity and...

The Simply Cyber Report for December 14, 2022. Go-based malware named Zerobot in the wild. Android malware dubbed "Zombinder" a Just-in-time Trojan style malware. Iranian based APT, has been pushing hard with remote administration tooling. A roundtable conversation with several Open Source cybersecurity founders. During the conversation we discuss the complexities of open-source as it relates to c...

As we get ready to say goodbye to 2022 the team at the Cybersecurity Defenders podcast thought it would be nice to review all the predictions for the future made by guests on this show so far. It is a fun episode and will be interesting to circle back on next year at the same time. In the show, we talk about Dr. Joseph Burt-Miller Jr's study hall group on Discord - here is the link for anybody int...

In this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, Dr. Gerald Auger takes us through the last couple of weeks in cybersecurity news via the Simply Cyber Report. We also sit down with Daniel Velasquez, founder of Ground Truth Connections . Daniel has had a very interesting career. He has been a drone pilot inside of a war zone, worked in signals intelligence, been a CIA Targeter and risen thro...

In this episode, we recount the story of Operation Flyhook - an FBI sting operation in 2000 that resulted in the arrest of two Russian hackers on American soil. It is quite the story and leaves us with some pretty heavy conclusions. This episode was written by Nathaniel Nelson, narrated by Christopher Luft, and produced by the team at LimaCharlie . Any questions or feedback can be directed to defe...

In this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, Dr. Gerald Auger takes us through the last couple of weeks in cybersecurity news via the Simply Cyber Report. We also sit down with David Burkett, co-author of Detectors as Code . David is an experienced Information Security Architect with a demonstrated history of working in the security industry in both Government and the Telecommunications...

In this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, Matt Bromiley opens up the Adversary Toolbox and tells us all about PaExec. We also sit down to chat with Eric Capuano, Founder and CEO of Recon Infosec . During the conversation with Eric, we talk about many different things including the OpenSoc Network Defense Range and their new Thursday Defensive webcast. If you have any suggestions or f...

In this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, Dr. Gerald Auger takes us through the last couple of weeks in cybersecurity news via the Simply Cyber Report We also sit down with Paul Caiazzo: cybersecurity expert, entrepreneur and strategist, CISO and CPO. Paul has dedicated his career to advancing the field of global cyber security. In his current role as Chief Growth Officer at SnapAtta...

In this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, Matt Bromiley introduces the Adversary Toolbox and discusses Microsoft Windows remote execution tool, PsExec. We also sit down to chat with several cybersecurity startup founders about the lessons that they learned along the way and the things they wished they had known starting out. The panelists for this informative discussion are: Roselle...

In this episode, we are going to be recounting the Story of Clifford Stoll, who made a pretty big discovery in 1986 while working as a sys admin for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. It is a story that involves a suspected murder, international espionage, and the type of relentless curiosity that makes a great defender. This episode was written by Nathaniel Nelson, narrated and produced b...

The first episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast. A show about cybersecurity and the people that defend the internet.  This weekly show is put together as a series of segments. This episode includes the following: A cybersecurity news update by Dr. Gerald Auger of Simply Cyber. An interview with the CISO of Synoptek, Chris Gebhardt. A product update from LimaCharlie founder Maxime Lam...