The Threat Show

Welcome to The Threat Show, powered by Fletch! This week, Chris and Grant discuss the potential cybersecurity implications of the new administration, the sudden (but unsurprising) rise of DeepSeek, and several trending threats. Watch the episode here. Want to know if you’re exposed to any of the threats featured on today’s show? Sign up for Fletch to find the threats likely to impact you: fletch.a...

Welcome to The Threat Show, powered by Fletch! This week, Chris and Grant discuss strategies of MSSPs, threats targeting the healthcare industry, and how a renaissance in the language we use in cybersecurity is long overdue. Sign-up for Fletch to dive deeper into this week's threats and much more! Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Welcome to The Threat Show, powered by Fletch! This week, Chris and Grant discuss the importance of being proactive in dealing with threats to stay ahead of threat actors. They also dive into what Mastercard's acquisition of Recorded Future means for the cybersecurity industry, along with top trending threats you need to know about, including a critical vulnerability in Versa Networks' Versa Direc...

Welcome to The Threat Show, powered by Fletch! This week Chris is joined by Grant Wernick, CEO and Founder of Fletch, to discuss a new way of predicting cyber threats that is radically shifting how cybersecurity is done. We also discuss several trending threats that you need to know about. Sign-up for Fletch to dive deeper into this week's threats and much more! Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/priva...

Welcome to The Threat Show, powered by Fletch! In this special year-end episode, Darien and Chris get down to the brass tacks of what went down in cybersecurity this year. From the tactics that made practitioners lose sleep, to the most targeted industries in 2023, to looking towards technology that will drastically alter cybersecurity in 2024 and beyond. This episode’s discussion is the perfect w...

Welcome to The Threat Show, powered by Fletch! In this episode, we're joined by Michael Coates, CISO and VP of Engineering at CoinList, a token distribution platform that helps launch new crypto assets. Michael is a cybersecurity executive, startup founder, and investor/advisor to emerging cybersecurity startups. With over 20 years of experience, he has held pivotal roles in some of the world's mo...

Welcome to The Threat Show, powered by Fletch! In this episode, we're joined by Leon DuPree, a consultant with the heart of a teacher.  Throughout his career, Leon has worked with larger consulting firms, such as Deloitte & Touche and PricewaterhouseCoopers, holding positions such as Systems Engineer, Project Manager, Systems Manager, Lead Consultant, Senior Security Architect & Auditor. H...

This week, we're joined by Andrew Peterson, Co-founder of Aviso Ventures, a seed venture capital fund investing in the next generation. Prior to Aviso, Andrew was CEO and Co-Founder of Signal Sciences.  He is a celebrated figure in Information Security, boasting experience as a founder, board member, advisor, and investor. Andrew has a proven track record of establishing high-performance product a...

This week, we're joined by Ivan Tsarynny, the CEO and Co-founder of Feroot, a behavior-based web security monitoring platform dedicated to helping their customers do business securely online by diminishing a threat actor’s ability to breach customer data or damage websites via client-side attacks. He serves on the Standards Council of Canada GDPR Committee, a national forum that develops and adopt...

This week, we're joined by John Masserini, a 30-year veteran CISO who has worked for major, multinational companies, including Dow Jones, Millicom, and MIAX. As a Senior Security Analyst at TAG Cyber, John spends his days assisting enterprise clients on how to mature and enhance their security programs while also meeting with new security technology vendors and digging into how their solutions wou...

Generative AI is one of the most widely discussed emerging technologies, with new applications and capabilities developing at a rapid pace. It has been a recurring topic on The Threat Show, during which we've shared insights into the current state of the technology, where it's heading in the future, and its potential for both positive and negative impacts from many of our visionary guests includin...

We have compiled the best advice and discussions on the topic of social engineering from throughout our first 33 episodes. Our impressive roster of cybersecurity experts have shared not only mitigation strategies but also common and emerging techniques exploited by bad actors, how generative AI will be used to target the human attack surface, and more. Sign-up for the Fletch App to dive deeper int...

This week on The Threat Show,  we're joined by Jono Bacon, a leading community and collaboration speaker, author, and podcaster. He's the founder of Community Leadership Core, an accelerator that develops industry-leading community engagement and growth via personalized training, coaching, and accountability. He has an impressive career path, having served as director of community at GitHub, Canon...

This week on The Threat Show, we're joined by Guru Chahal, a seasoned investor, and founding member of multiple successful startups, currently a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, one of the leading venture capital firms in Silicon Valley. Early on in his career, he was Manager and then Director of product management at Nuova Systems, later acquired by Cisco. Then he made strategic investment...

This week on The Threat Show, we're joined by Corey White, Founder, CEO, and Chief Experience Officer at Cyvatar, an innovative cybersecurity company offering subscription-based solutions to a multitude of problems.  Corey brings eye-opening facts about the increasing amount of cyberattacks that highlight the importance of continuous remediation for small/medium-sized businesses, and the need for...

This week on The Threat Show, we cover the threat landscape and seven trending threats you should know about with an emphasis on ransomware. We explore the recent surge in ransomware activity, warn of the extent of damage these attacks can cause, and provide actionable steps for small/medium-sized businesses to enhance their protections. Sign-up for the Fletch App to dive deeper into this week's t...

This week, we're joined by Matt Polak, Founder & CEO of Picnic, a Cybersecurity firm focused on helping companies stop social engineering attacks before they start. He is a subject matter expert in intelligence collection, having spent his career applying these skills to protect people from open-source intelligence gathering by hackers.  We talk to Matt about practical steps SMBs can take to p...

This week, we're joined by Chris Camacho, the Chief Revenue Officer at Flashpoint, a risk intelligence platform. Chris has over 15 years of cybersecurity leadership experience, including several years of security operations for financial institutions such as The World Bank and Bank of America. He’s joined by his colleague Jason Rivera, the Executive Director of Partnerships at Flashpoint, who has...

This week, we're joined by Graham Thompson, the founder and CEO of Privacy Dynamics, a data anonymizer designed for innovative and ethical data teams. With over a decade of experience in the tech industry, including positions at Microsoft and Apple, Graham shares his insights on why organizations should invest in effective data segmentation to protect against supply chain attacks, responsible cust...

This week on The Threat Show, Darien and Chris break down four interesting threats, including a ransomware group with a double extortion model, a popular point-of-sale system hit with ransomware, a 6-year-old flaw that can give Russian state-sponsored threat actors backdoor access to Cisco Routers, and two Apple zero-day vulnerabilities. Sign-up for the Fletch App to dive deeper into this week's t...

This week on The Threat Show, Darien and Chris go over five trending threats, including several vulnerabilities affecting Windows systems, Mastodon servers leaking data, and even a hack that can help a bad actor steal a car.  We also look at the recent discussion surrounding Tik Tok/Bytedance, and give our thoughts on who should be concerned and practical advice for small/medium sized businesses w...

This week on The Threat Show, Darien and Chris cover a diverse range of threats, from a 10 year old bug that led to the 3CX supply chain attack we covered last week, to a new vulnerability affecting Samba and small businesses who host sensitive information in Samba’s active directory. Then, a compromised tax filing service that could install malware on everyday taxpayer’s computers. Finally, we go...

Here at Fletch and The Threat Show, we're all about making complex cybersecurity conversations simple and digestible, and a huge part of that hinges on the language we use. From a daunting list of acronyms, to naming conflicts where malware and vulnerabilities discovered in quick succession of each other coincidentally end up sharing the name, Darien and Chris discuss how the cybersecurity industr...

This week we're joined by Smith Tennyson. Smith has had three decades of experience in the physical and cybersecurity industry, working with clients from around the world. For the past 7 years, Smith has served as the founder of Harbinger Solutions Group, a security operations service that provides comprehensive physical and cybersecurity solutions.  Smith explains how cyber and physical security...

This week Darien Kindlund breaks down the state of the threat landscape as we near the end of Q1, five major threats you need to know about, and answers some questions from you, our audience. Topics include if we Use ChatGPT in Fletch to help determine your tailormade threat list, when threats are typically reported on, and more. Sign-up for the Fletch App to dive deeper into this week's threats a...