THOR Collective Radio

📝 Episode Summary We took a detour this month. No thrunting, no hunt repos, just a long honest look at social engineering in the age of AI, with the person who scares Lauren the most in the entire SE community: Matt Bangert (aka @bngrsec) , DEF CON 30 black badge winner and the guy whose AI bots now do his social engineering for him. If you have spent a decade training users to spot bad grammar,...

📝 Episode Summary Mythos pulled us out of sabbatical. After a few months heads-down on conferences, work, and shipping, the THOR Collective is back with a special episode dedicated to cutting through the Mythos hype cycle. Lauren and Sydney are joined by Trent Lo (aka Surbo) , Principal Security Researcher at Marsh and longtime adversary-in-chief from the CenturyLink days. Trent lives on both sid...

Ask-a-Thrunt3r: January 2026 - Season 2 Premiere 🐏 📝 Episode Summary New year, same crew — and we’re building. The THOR Collective kicks off 2026 (Season 2!) with a deep dive into why this is the year security practitioners stop waiting on vendors and start building their own solutions. Lauren, Sydney, and John walk through the trio of Dispatch posts that kicked off the year — a manifesto series...

Ask-a-Thrunt3r: December 2025 - DEcember 🐏 📝 Episode Summary Welcome back from the holiday break! The THOR Collective returns with a cozy end-of-year reflection meets practitioner reality check, featuring special guest Alex Hurtado, content creator extraordinaire and voice behind Detection Engineering Dispatch. This December edition tackles the often-overlooked but crucial relationship between t...

Ask-a-Thrunt3r: October 2025 - Logtoberfest Edition 🍺 📝 Episode Summary Welcome to Logtoberfest! The THOR Collective raises their glasses (and their log levels) for the most anticipated episode of the year, featuring special guest Damien Lewke, founder and CEO of Nebulock. This October edition tackles the burning question on every hunter’s mind: what does the future of threat hunting actually lo...

📝 Episode Summary Back to school, Thrunter style! The THOR Collective celebrates a massive milestone with 2,000 Dispatch subscribers while diving deep into the art and science of baselining. This September edition of Ask a Thrunt3r is all about getting back to basics – because you can’t find weird if you don’t know normal, as Sydney reminds us in her must-read post that kicked off the month’s bas...

📝 Episode Summary Back from the desert and (mostly) intact! The THOR Collective crew returns from Hacker Summer Camp with minimal tattoos and maximum insights in this August edition of Ask a Thrunt3r . We're diving deep into the post-DEF CON content dump, exploring everything from Brett's first-timer perspective to Damien's philosophical take on the evolving threat landscape in "The Quiet War." T...

📝 Episode Summary We’re cutting it close but making it count! In this July edition of Ask a Thrunter , the crew drops into the studio right before Hacker Summer Camp kicks off to talk DEF CON plans, survival kit must-haves, and the latest Dispatch highlights. We’re joined by special guest Brett Schoenwald — designer, creative force, and the EDM + AI mastermind behind Elipscion — who’s making his...

🎧 Episode Title: Ask-a-Thrunter: June 2025 Recap 🐏 🗓️ Release Date: June 2025 📝 Episode Summary The thrunters are back in high definition! In this June edition of Ask a Thrunter , the crew settles into a new virtual podcast studio, dishes out Dispatch Deep Cuts, and unveils a massive revamp to HEARTH , our collaborative GitHub project for threat hunting hypotheses. We talk about our favorite (a...

🎧 Episode Title: Ask-a-Thrunter: May 2025 Recap 🐏 🗓️ Release Date: May 2025 📝 Episode Summary In this episode of Ask a Thrunter , we’re catching up on the best of May and making up for missing our usual THORsday slot (thanks, Broadway). We finally do proper introductions and shout out two of our favorite Dispatch posts: one on SOC personality dynamics and another on integrating AI into your hun...

What happens when you put a bunch of threat hunters in a Discord call and ask them questions? * Watch the replay of our first Ask-a-Thrunter —exclusively from the THOR Collective Discord * Want in on the next live one? Paid subscribers get access, live Q&A privileges, and a shot at monthly giveaways. THOR Collective Dispatch is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my wo...