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- SafeHill Raises $2.6M as It Launches from Stealth to Transform Threat Exposure Management (September 26, 2025)
- Building Mastermind: Why We’re Giving Our Entire Company an AI That Never Forgets a Finding, a Conversation, or a Client (February 19, 2026)
- Building Sentinel: Teaching an AI Agent to Validate Vulnerabilities So Our Engineers Don’t Have To (February 19, 2026)
- The Future of Pentesting Is Not a Scanner And It’s Not a Human Either (February 19, 2026)
- Continuity Was Always the Point: An Argument for a Proactive Cybersecurity Posture (February 25, 2026)
- SafeHill Acquires Arcane Security to Secure the Rise of AI-Driven (‘Vibe Code’) Software Development (March 19, 2026)
- The Evolution of Cybersecurity Assessments: From Curiosity to Continuous Adversarial Validation (March 20, 2026)
- SecureIQ Case Studies: An Overview (March 23, 2026)
- CTEM for Startups: Closing the Security Gaps Before You Open the Doors (April 22, 2026)
- What a Robust Exposure Management Program Actually Looks Like (May 1, 2026)
- What Is Secure Code Review? A 2026 Guide for Vibe-Coded Apps (May 12, 2026)
- Why Automation Alone Will Not Secure Your Organization (May 12, 2026)
- Supply Chain Attacks in Education: A Playbook for Schools and Edtech Vendors (May 14, 2026)
- AIUC-1 Framework: With Great Agency Comes Great Responsibility (May 20, 2026)
- Deepfake Phishing, Explained for Business Leaders (May 26, 2026)
- Why SafeHill Acquired Arcane Security: Building the Future of Vibe Coding Security and AI-Driven Threat Exposure Management (May 28, 2026)
- Introducing FaultLine: Open-Source AI Benchmark Tool for SAST & DAST (June 3, 2026)
- Introducing the Adversarial Intelligence Loop: The Learning Matters as Much as the Finding (June 4, 2026)
- SafeHill to Open Research Office in Tampa Bay to Power Next Phase of AI-Driven Security Research (June 11, 2026)
- ClickFix: Why The Newest Phishing Technique Doesn’t Need Your Password (June 15, 2026)
- Vulnerability Prioritization: Why Basic Scoring Fails and a Better Way to Triage (June 23, 2026)
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Hacker and the Fed Podcasts
- Introducing Hacker And The Fed (October 12, 2022)
- The Origin Story (October 13, 2022)
- Social Engineering & “Vishing” (October 20, 2022)
- Cyber Security Whac-A-Mole, Getting Arrested By The FBI, And Protecting Your Small Business (October 27, 2022)
- NSO Group’s Pegasus & IRC Wars (November 3, 2022)
- The Dropbox Hack And Questions About The FBI (November 10, 2022)
- The Silk Road Bitcoin Hack (November 17, 2022)
- Hector’s Decision To Work With The FBI (November 24, 2022)
- Sabu and Recursion Face to Face, Former Hackers Reunite Over War Stories (December 1, 2022)
- CISA’s Small Business Security Guidance and Listener Questions (December 8, 2022)
- The Infamous Shadow Brokers and Apple’s New Security Posture (December 19, 2022)
- The Perspective Of A Hacker, Questions For Sabu (December 22, 2022)
- Cyber Warfare With Special Guest Jeffrey Carr (December 29, 2022)
- Cell Phone Eavesdropping, Tupac and Biggie in New Zealand, and Botnets (January 5, 2023)
- Twitter’s Data Leak, Russian Hacking Crew “Cold River”, and Listener Questions (January 12, 2023)
- Cyber In The News: Important Stories Slipping Under The Radar (January 19, 2023)
- 2023 Hacking Predictions, Bug Bounty Hunters, And The Super Bowl Sunday Hack (January 26, 2023)
- The FBI Take Down Of Hive Ransomware Network & Questions About The FBI (February 2, 2023)
- “Malvertising” and Stolen Background Check Data (February 9, 2023)
- A Major Phishing Attack, TikTok In Texas, And FBI Customer Service (February 16, 2023)
- Insider Threat Attacks, Malware Used To Steal Crypto, And Hector’s Embarrassing Story (February 23, 2023)
- A Leaked Ransomware Negotiation, Twitter Security, And NSA Best Practices For Securing Your Home Network (March 2, 2023)
- Fake Google Ads, Law Firms Under Attack, And The White House Announces New National Cybersecurity Strategy (March 9, 2023)
- Jobs, Academics, And The Future Of Cybersecurity With Professor Bill Gardner (March 16, 2023)
- Listener Questions: How To Protect Your Kids Online, Advanced Personal Cybersecurity, And What A “Red Team” Is (March 23, 2023)
- Who Can Read Your Emails, And Busting DDoS For Hire (March 30, 2023)
- City Cyber Security with NYC CISO Kelly Moan (April 6, 2023)
- Hackers Stealing Your Car And Internet Bandwidth, And A Massive Corporate Security Breach (April 13, 2023)
- The Classified Document Leak, A Hacker Gets Hacked, And Can A Video Silently Hack Your Phone? (April 20, 2023)
- Search Engine Vulnerabilities, Ghost Tokens, Anna Kournikova (April 27, 2023)
- Cyber Insurance With Michelle Chia, Head Of Cyber Insurance At Zurich North America (May 4, 2023)
- Chinese State Hackers, Ransom Negotiation, And Listener Questions (May 11, 2023)
- Vehicle Location Data Leaked For Over 2 million Drivers, Another US Government Breach, And D.B. Cooper (May 18, 2023)
- Pig Butchering And Crypto Crime-fighting With Erin West (May 25, 2023)
- An Insider Exploits A Ransomware Attack, AI Photos, And Hector’s Indonesian Hack (June 1, 2023)
- Zero-click Exploits Attacking iPhones, PC Motherboards Downloading Malware, and a New Dutch Mandate (June 8, 2023)
- China’s Tik Tok “God Credential” Allegation, a New Phishing and Email Takeover Campaign, and Listener Questions (June 15, 2023)
- A Massive Ongoing Ransomware Attack, Google Claims to Catch Chinese Hackers, and the Feds Arrest a Russian Hacker in Arizona (June 22, 2023)
- A Hack-Back Lands a CEO in Prison, Repo Jacking, and When to Use a VPN (June 30, 2023)
- Your Car’s Data Might Be For Sale, a New Malware Payload Vector Using DNS, and Listener Questions (July 6, 2023)
- Are Your Lightbulbs a Security Risk? Voice Authentication May be Broken, and Logistics Security (July 13, 2023)
- The Dangers of Googling Phone Numbers, an Attack on a Security Platform, and Typo Squatting on US Military Domains (July 20, 2023)
- Thousands of Intelligence and Defense Employees Exposed, a Hacker Infects His Own Computer, Google Accuses Apple Employee of Not Reporting a Zero-day (July 27, 2023)
- Authentication Attacks, US Government Domains, and New Cyber Incident Disclosure Guidelines (August 3, 2023)
- Chinese Malware, a Year in Review of Zero-day Exploits, a Ransomware Study, and Listener Questions (August 10, 2023)
- Zoom and AI, the NSA and DARPA Presenting Challenges to the Cyber Security Community and Listener Questions (August 17, 2023)
- Demystifying Internet Honeypots and Getting into Cyber Security with Andrew Morris, Founder and CEO of GreyNoise (August 24, 2023)
- Hacking Through a Fire Stick, a Danish Cloud Provider Loses all Their Customer Data, an Active Hacker Becoming a White Hat (August 31, 2023)
- The FBI’s Operation “Duck Hunt” Takes Down a Botnet, NYC Subway Allows Users to be Tracked Online, and Why Chris Left the FBI (September 7, 2023)
- Your Car and Your Sex Life, US Departments of State and Commerce Compromised, Iran and North Korea Hacking Crews, and Victories Over Russian Hackers (September 14, 2023)
- Finding out our Relative is a Hacker, Working for the FBI, Prepping for a Technical Interview, and More Listener Questions (September 21, 2023)
- Equifax Breach, a Hack of 27 Crypto Companies, and the Arrest of a Department of State IT Contractor (September 28, 2023)
- Artificial Intelligence Doxxing in Viral Videos, Billions of Usernames and Passwords Exposed, and a HATF Contest (October 5, 2023)
- Are Paying Ransoms Illegal? Ransomware Shuts Down a 158 Year Old Company, Fido2 Security Keys, and Hacktivist Rules (October 12, 2023)
- MOVEit and MGM Resorts Hacks, U.S. Senate’s Email System Melts Down, Cisco Can’t Stop Using Static Passwords, and Listener Questions (October 19, 2023)
- The SolarWinds hack, North Korea IT Workers, Hackers Targeting a Data Company, and Listener Questions (October 26, 2023)
- The FBI Shares Tactics of a Ransomware Gang, a Ransom Payment Fail, and Cyber Law with Lance Taubin (November 30, 2023)
- A Train Hack, $80M Pig Butchering Scheme, and Greg Van Houten of Haynes Boone on the SEC’s New Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules (December 21, 2023)
- The Colonial Pipeline Hack, the SEC’s X Account, and Special Agent Aron Mann on Homeland Security and Cyber (January 31, 2024)
- We’re Back! (November 14, 2024)
- Italian Hacking Scandal, NSA Best Practices, Insider Threats & a Former Anonymous Hacker? (November 21, 2024)
- A THANKSGIVING SPECIAL: Phishing Failures, Red Team Career Advice, and Cybersecurity Ethics (November 28, 2024)
- DB Cooper, ExxonMobil & Corporate Espionage, and Ross Ulbricht’s Potential Pardon (December 5, 2024)
- Telecom Hacks, Ransomware Fallout, Encrypted Chats, and a Diss Track Challenge (December 12, 2024)
- Yahoo Red Team Layoffs, North Korea Infiltrating U.S. Companies, Data Breaches, and Protecting your Medical History (December 19, 2024)
- Holiday Reflections: Cybersecurity, Careers, and Christmas Cheer (December 26, 2024)
- ROSS ULBRICHT PARDONED, Plus Insider Threats, Corporate Security Risks, and A High-Profile Crypto Kidnapping (February 1, 2025)
- Hacked Healthcare, Hacked Cars & The Hidden Risks of Modern Tech (February 6, 2025)
- SSH Backdoors, the Decline of Ransomware Payments, and Hector Rants on a MASSIVE Insider Threat (February 13, 2025)
- School Cyberattacks, Swatting as a Service, and Hector Rants on the Broken Cybersecurity Job Market (February 20, 2025)
- Inside a Ransomware Gang, Leaked Logs, a $1.4B Crypto Heist & Signal Under Attack (February 27, 2025)
- Smart Bed Backdoor, Crypto Heists, Router Hacks, and U.S. Cyber Command’s Stand Down (March 6, 2025)
- Hacks, Heists, and the Rise of Digital Deception (March 13, 2025)
- Telecom Hacks, AI Fears, and the Quantum Threat – Plus, Hector Rants! (March 20, 2025)
- Oracle Breach, MGM Hacker Busted, North Korean IT Scams (April 10, 2025)
- Starlink Bugs, Bank Regulator Breach, and the LastPass Fallout (April 17, 2025)
- DOGE Drama, Digital Grit, and CVE Chaos (April 24, 2025)
- Credential Theft, InfoStealers, and the Rise of Cyber Snake Oil (May 1, 2025)
- Joe Rogan, Ross Ulbricht, and the $1 Billion Disney Hack (May 8, 2025)
- LulzSec, LockBit & the Price of Weak Security (May 15, 2025)
- SIM Swaps, Insider Threats & the Rise of ‘Zishing’ (May 22, 2025)
- Backdoors, Breaches, and Bitcoin (May 29, 2025)
- The $400 Million Mistake, Router Invasions, and Crypto Chaos (June 5, 2025)
- We Fixed Cybersecurity (You’re Welcome) (June 12, 2025)
- Your AI Assistant Just Betrayed You (June 19, 2025)
- Burning Millions and Breaking MFA (June 26, 2025)
- Arrests, Airline Breaches, and the Human Side of Hacking (July 3, 2025)
- Are We Losing the Cyber War? (July 10, 2025)
- McDonald’s Has Been Compromised (July 17, 2025)
- Zero Trust, Many Fails: Government Cybersecurity Exposed (July 24, 2025)
- Your Favorite Game Just Stole Your Crypto (July 31, 2025)
- $48 Billion and No 2FA, What Could Go Wrong? (August 7, 2025)
- Zero-Days, Cookies, and the Death of Dial-Up (August 14, 2025)
- Your Nudes Aren’t Private: The Meta AI Leak (August 21, 2025)
- AI Agents Gone Rogue: The Next Breach Waiting to Happen (August 28, 2025)
- The $1 Billion Scam on Seniors (September 4, 2025)
- Your WhatsApp Data Wasn’t Private After All (September 11, 2025)
- Microsoft’s $20B Cybersecurity Scam (September 18, 2025)
- Bitcoin, Vegas, and the Feds (September 25, 2025)
- The Phantom Extension: Backdooring Your Browser (October 2, 2025)
- Click, Jack, and Roll: The Rise of AI-Powered Cybercrime (October 9, 2025)
- Insiders for Sale: The Hackers Recruiting Your Employees (October 16, 2025)
- The Night the Internet Broke: AWS, China, and the Quantum Hack (October 23, 2025)
- YouTube Tutorials or Malware Traps? Don’t Click That Link (October 30, 2025)
- How Residential Proxies Became the Dark Web’s Secret Weapon (November 6, 2025)
- The Typo That Destroyed a Cybercrime Empire (November 13, 2025)
- The First Bitcoin Cold War (November 20, 2025)
- Microsoft Admits Everything’s Broken, What Now? (November 27, 2025)
- China’s Leaked Cyber Warfare Playbook (December 4, 2025)
- When Your Smart Fridge Joins a Botnet (December 11, 2025)
- Copy Pasting Commands Is the New Phishing (December 18, 2025)
- The Supply Chain Attack Nobody Checked For (December 25, 2025)
- We Gave AI the Keys and It Learned to Steal (January 1, 2026)
- Everyone Has Your Data and Nobody Is Accountable (January 8, 2026)
- Cyber Attacks Without a Declaration of War (January 15, 2026)
- Inside China’s Leaking Cyber Machine (January 22, 2026)
- From Doorbell Cameras to Seized Crypto (January 29, 2026)
- The Moment AI Stopped Waiting for Humans (February 5, 2026)
- One Stolen Password Can Take Down a Nation (February 12, 2026)
- What CISOs Won’t Say in Public (February 19, 2026)
- The FBI Drug Market Rumor, Blue Checkmarks, and Government Backdoors (February 26, 2026)