This week's episode is (nearly) all about those pesky passwords that won't  go away and how one industry giant told Richard how he can't wait for them to 'Die'!We explore the concept of the 'password-less' future, how Coinbase got ...

Back by zero demand, as if they never went away, REvil's back and up to their old tricks.  Was it as simple as a nice summer break or something more sinister?Also - is it time we rewrite the rules of business continuity and inciden...

In this week's roundup of our industry's SNAFU's, we delve into the 'Worst Vulnerability Ever Found' in a cloud provider, the largest fine ever dealt out by the Irish Data Protection Commission, and LockBit strikes again!Notes:<...

SEASON 2! We're back and we're bold!  And bald....Vlad and Richard pick from where they left off at the end of Season 1.  But now with added edginess!  Unlike the rest of the world, the bad guys don...

In this final episode of the season, we cover two of the most notable cyber incidents in recent weeks; PrintNightmare and the Kaseya breach.  As a result, we lament the problem of the  'soggy middle' taking the 'tickbox' approach to c...

VENDOR SPOTLIGHT:KnowBe4In another of our sub-series where we focus on a particular vendor in our portfolio, we welcome Javvad Malik, a Security Awareness Advocate from KnowBe4.It's a given ...

This week we talk about the concept of 'SOC Burnout' and the need for companies to recognise the condition and support the analysts.  Tenuously related to SOC burnout, we examine (destroy!), the 'Artificial Intelligence' myth that ...

This week's episode is dominated by the snafu at Fastly that brought the Internet to its knees.  And following the news this week that the FBI was able to 'recover' a significant portion of the ransom paid to the DarkSide gang afte...

In this second episode of our sub-series of 'VENDOR SPOTLIGHT's, we introduce Agari - a leading vendor delivering enterprise email security by leveraging unique AI technology to protect your organisation and your inbox.We're joined by C...

In this episode we cover the cybersecurity news from the past two weeks which is again dominated by more ransomware attacks wreaking havoc across the private and public sector alike...However, in a break from the norm Vlad and I go toe-...

In a break from the norm, this week we're focussing purely on a single vendor that recently joined our portfolio: rThreat.  We're delighted to be joined by Dany Applegate, their Co-Founder and Head of Marketing.rThreat specialises ...

In this episode we discuss one heck of an 'own-goal' that leads to a rather embarrassing situation for an unlucky student.  And could we actually see the beginning of the end for Ransomware?  We cover the newly formed Ransomwa...

In this episode we discuss this week's New Kids on the Block-chain; QLocker and their rather well-executed and profitable Ransomware debut.Also covered is the no. 1 attack vector for these increasingly well-organised gangs and what your...

Breaking news this week:  A Pulse Secure VPN zero-day vulnerability found with NO FIX!We unpack what that means for the thousands of customers out there and what measures could be put in place to be in a Permanent State of Readines...

Now you may be forgiven for thinking that this episode is a montage of  3 or 4 of our previous podcasts...  but alas, no...We do however visit some old friends like SolarWinds,  Travelex  and HAFNIUM as  they al...

BAE.  No, not the aerospace company, your kid's bestie or the Danish for 'poop', but in fact an exciting and emerging capability in the war on cybercrime.Breach and Attack Emulation.  This is the real deal. It may...

In a shocking turn of events, Richard gets triggered regarding the seemingly inexorable rise and rise of Ransomware attacks on organisations big and small.  Vlad stays uncharacteristically calm!We discuss the facts and figu...

In this episode we're joined by James Linton, AKA Sinon_reborn, AKA the Email Prankster.  James shot to fame in 2017 following a series of audacious and outrageous email scams that targeted international banking institutions, high-...

Yes, yes... you DO need another acronym!  Or more specifically, an initialism!  In this episode we introduce the concept of P.S.R.  A 'Permanent State of Readiness'.Achieving PSR from an information and / or cybersecurity...

BREAKING NEWS!This week's brief podcast is recorded live from the front line of a potentially breached customer.  Following on from last week's announced 'HAFNIUM' attacks on vulnerable Microsoft Exchange on-premise servers...

With the fallout of the Solarwinds breach continuing to grab the headlines, we discuss the concept of 'supply-chain compromise' and why it's such a favoured attack vector.Also covered is the highly sophisticated zero-day exploit chainin...

An action packed week in the world of cyber incidents leads us to explore what a DDOS attack is and what happens when you're not prepared!  Vlad gets uncomfortable with 5000 firemen and in the end it was Agatha all Along!Notes:...

This week we feature our first guest speaker, Michael Stout.  Michael is an internationally focused information security consultant, lecturer, and mentor. With a background in ethical hacking and senior management, he specialises i...

This week's episode provides an antidote to last week's main story; well we get about half way anyway!  We're imparting our hard won experience and war stories concerning vulnerability management  programs and how to hopefully...

In this episode we study in detail, (apologies, Richard rambled!), the shocking story of the demise of Travelex due in no small part to a highly successful ransomware attack. We cover just how avoidable these incidents are by dealing with those...