Best Forrest Wilson Podcasts (2025)

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Following the Felt Path with Forrest B. Wilson | #32 1:19:32

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When the systems he helped build no longer made sense, Forrest Wilson walked away from money, success, and certainty straight into awakening. In this episode, Tim and Forrest trace his journey from the ache of success without purpose to a full-body awakening in the jungles of Thailand, and ultimately to the creation of Luminous Labs, where consciou…

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Its Always DNS - PSW #897 2:04:27

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In the security news: When in doubt, blame DNS, you're almost always correct How to Make Windows 11 great, or at least suck less CSRF is the least of your problems Shady exploits Linux security table stakes (not steaks) The pill camera Give AI access to your UART Security products that actually try to be secure? Firmware vulnerabilities, lots of th…

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Security That Sticks: Shaping Human Behavior - Rinki Sethi, Nicole Jiang - BSW #418 1:03:00

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As the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report has stated year after year, most breaches start with human error. We've invested a lot in Security Awareness and Training and Phishing solutions, but yet human error is still the top risk. How do we actually reduce human risk? Rinki Sethi, CSO at Upwind Security, and Nicole Jiang, CEO of Fable Securi…

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#619 - Stan the Chauffeur 1:21:04

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Stan is a chauffeur and driver who was born and raised in the Bronx, but currently operates in the Columbia, SC area. Theo and Stan talk about his journey from New York to the South, the proper etiquette of being a Chauffeur, and what he’s learned about women over the years. Stan the Chauffeur: https://www.instagram.com/stan_the_og_poet/ Signature …

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The Afterlife, AWS, ClickFix, Agentic AI, Robot Lumberjacks, Robocalls, Aaran Leyland - SWN #522 37:43

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The Afterlife, AWS, ClickFix, Agentic AI Galore, Robot Lumberjacks, Robocalls, Aaran Leyland, and more on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-522 This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn mor…

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Reacting to Ransomware and Setting Secure Defaults - Rob Allen - ASW #353 1:03:39

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Ransomware attacks typically don't care about memory safety and dependency scanning, they often target old, unpatched vulns and too often they succeed. Rob Allen shares some of the biggest cases he's seen, what they have in common, and what appsec teams could do better to help them. Too much software still requires custom configuration to make it m…

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Mitigating attacks against AI-enabled Apps, Replacing the CIA triad, Enterprise News - David Brauchler - ESW #429 1:38:26

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Segment 1: David Brauchler on AI attacks and stopping them David Brauchler says AI red teaming has proven that eliminating prompt injection is a lost cause. And many developers inadvertently introduce serious threat vectors into their applications – risks they must later eliminate before they become ingrained across application stacks. NCC Group’s …

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Erotic Chats, UEFI, F5, Cisco, Doug Sings, Insiders, Lastpass, Sora, Aaran Leyland... - SWN #521 35:31

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Erotic Chats, UEFI, F5, Cisco, Doug Sings, Insiders, Lastpass, Sora, Aaran Leyland, and More on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-521

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#618 - Sam and Colby 1:28:50

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Sam and Colby (Sam Golbach + Colby Brock) are paranormal content creators. Their annual Halloween series “Hell Month” is happening now through 10/31. Sam and Colby join Theo to talk about traveling the world in search of the paranormal, meeting spirituality halfway, and getting a private tour through France’s biggest underground boneyard. Sam and C…

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AI, EDR, and Hacking Things - PSW #896 2:04:54

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First up is a technical segment on UEFI shells: determining if they contain dangerous functionality that allows attackers to bypass Secure Boot. Then in the security news: Your vulnerability scanner is your weakest link Scams that almost got me The state of EDR is not good You don't need to do that on a phone or Raspberry PI Hash cracking and explo…

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Fear, Love, and the Architecture of Consciousness with Sebastian Schelper | #31 1:16:50

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This week, Tim sits down with Sebastian Schelper, CEO and founder of bq.Capital and former BMW strategist, to explore what it really means to lead and live with consciousness. From losing his father at age twelve to leading global innovation at BMW, Sebastian’s journey reveals how tragedy, drive, and awakening can coexist in one life. Together, the…

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Automating Compliance and Risk with Agentic AI as CISOs (R)Evolve - Trevor Horwitz - BSW #417 54:20

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Still managing compliance in a spreadsheet? Don't have enough time or resources to verify your control or risk posture? And you wonder why you can't get the budget to move your compliance and risk programs forward. Maybe it's time for a different approach. Trevor Horwitz, Founder and CISO at TrustNet joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how th…

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#617 - Aziz Ansari 1:46:18

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Aziz Ansari is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and filmmaker. His new movie “Good Fortune” is in theaters Oct. 17th. Aziz joins Theo to talk about writing and directing his first film, the mystery of mini anamalia, and how his family found community in the south when he was growing up. Aziz Ansari: https://www.instagram.com/azizansari/ ---------…

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Bikers, Apple, Storm-657, Astaroth, EES, Salesforce, Aaran Leyland, and more... - SWN #520 32:37

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Bikers, Apple, Storm-657, Astaroth, EES, Salesforce, Aaran Leyland, and more on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-520

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What Happened to Joseph Smedley? Episode Three: Rumors 33:44

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In this episode, we step deeper into the growing confusion surrounding Joseph’s disappearance, the conflicting stories, the strange notes, and the data that didn’t add up. Detectives traced Joseph’s last cell-phone pings to two vastly different locations: one in the center of Bloomington’s busy nightlife district at 7th and Walnut, and another mile…

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Inside the OWASP GenAI Security Project - Steve Wilson - ASW #352 1:07:32

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Interest and participation in the OWASP GenAI Security Project has exploded over the last two years. Steve Wilson explains why it was important for the project to grow beyond just a Top Ten list and address more audiences than just developers. He also talks about how the growth of AI Agents influences the areas that appsec teams need to focus on. W…

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New book from Dr. Anand Singh, why CISOs buy, and the latest news - Anand Singh - ESW #428 1:43:44

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Segment 1 - Interview with Dr. Anand Singh We're always thrilled to have authors join us to discuss their new book releases, and this week, it is Dr. Anand Singh. He seriously hustled to get his new book, Data Security in the Age of AI, out as soon as possible so that it could help folks dealing with securing AI rollouts right now! We'll discuss wh…

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Ballistic Hot Dogs, Clayrat, Twonet, Lockbit, Resumes, Discord, Aaran Leyland and... - SWN #519 31:50

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Ballistic Hot Dogs, Sonicwall, Clayrat, Twonet, Lockbit, Breachforums, Resumes, Discord, Aaran Leyland, and More on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-519

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IoT Hacks Galore - Kieran Human - PSW #895 2:09:14

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This week we kick things off with a special interview: Kieran Human from Threat Locker talks about EDR bypasses and other special projects. In the security news: Hacking TVs Flushable wipes are not the only problem People just want to spy on their pets, except the devices can be hacked Linux EDR is for the birds What does my hat say we love exploit…

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From Wall Street to the Edge of Consciousness with Garrett Stevens | #30 1:06:04

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Every once in a while, life cracks open in a way that makes you question everything. What’s real, what matters, and who you actually are beneath the story you’ve been telling yourself. For Garrett Stevens, President of Hemi-Sync, that crack came at the height of his success on Wall Street, and it led him somewhere he never expected: into the fronti…

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#616 - Retired Boston Detective 1:55:42

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Kara Connolly is a former detective and police officer who recently retired following a 30+ year career in the Boston area. After her time as a patrolwoman she transferred to the Human Trafficking Division where she worked undercover. Kara joins Theo to talk about some of her most unique cases as a detective, going undercover on Backpage to target …

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Forrester's Global Cybersecurity Market Forecast Before AI Fully Kicks In - Merritt Maxim - BSW #416 52:51

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Global spending on cybersecurity products and services will see a strong 14.4% CAGR from 2024 through 2029 and will hit $302.5 billion in 2029, driven by continued concerns around cyberattacks across all verticals and geographies. But where is the spending occuring and how do you prepare? Merritt Maxim, VP & Research Director at Forrester, joins Bu…

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Bad Crypto, Zombie CPUs, Y2K38,Park Mobile, Redis, Red Hat, Deloitte, Aaran Leyland.. - SWN #518 28:47

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#615 - Ken Burns 1:52:10

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Finding Large Bounties with Large Language Models - Nico Waisman - ASW #351 53:52

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What Happened to Joseph Smedley? Episode Two: Someone Knows Something 31:18

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AI & IAM: Where Security Gets Superhuman (Or Supremely Stuck) - Matt Immler, Heather Ceylan, Alexander Makarov, Nitin Raina, Dor Fledel, Aaron Parecki - ESW #427 1:34:04

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At Oktane 2025, leaders from across the security ecosystem shared how identity has become the new front line in protecting today’s AI-driven enterprises. As SaaS adoption accelerates and AI agents proliferate, organizations face an explosion of human and non-human identities—and with it, growing risks like misconfigured access, orphaned accounts, a…

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Ratboi, Clop, Oracle, svgs, Impact Solutions, The Pentagon, Open AI, Josh Marpet... - SWN #517 30:34

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Ratboi, Clop, Oracle, svgs, Impact Solutions, The Pentagon, Open AI, Josh Marpet, and More on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-517

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AI: The new trigger word. Or is it Robots? - PSW #894 2:04:32

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In addition to some fun news, we get a Mary Ann Davidson as a surprise guest. We even get a great quote from her of "You're never going to have enough cybersecurity people to defend what was never built to be defensible.". Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-894…

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Awakening Beyond the Known | #29 1:23:10

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What if UFOs, consciousness, and creativity are all connected? In this mind-expanding conversation, Alan Steinfeld—author of Making Contact and host of the long-running series New Realities—shares his decades of exploration into human potential, spirituality, and the mysteries of extraterrestrial contact. Alan recounts the pivotal “inciting inciden…

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#614 - New York Circus 55:32

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Theo is back to talk about the circus coming to Nashville, new glasses, and what happened this past weekend in New York City.Big thanks to Joey Diaz, Bonnie McFarlane, and Lee Kimbrell for their help with the special taping.------------------------------------------------Tour Dates! https://theovon.com/tourNew Merch: https://www.theovonstore.com---…

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Future Forward: CIO 2025 Outlook - Cybersecurity, AI, and Economic Uncertainty? - Amanda Jack - BSW #415 55:15

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More than four out of ten (41%) Chief Information Officers (CIOs) report cybersecurity as their top concern, yet these same leaders are simultaneously increasing security budgets (77%), expanding cloud infrastructure (68%), and accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities (67%). According to the new Future Forward: CIO 2025 Outlook report…

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Attica, Crustacean Porn, Broadcom, William of Ockham, Jaguar, SVG, Aaran Leyland... - SWN #516 31:22

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Attica, Crustacean Porn, Broadcom, William of Ockham, Jaguar, SVG, Aaran Leyland, and more on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-516

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Changing the Vuln Conversation from Volume to Remediation - Francesco Cipollone - ASW #350 1:14:32

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Dealing with vulns tends to be a discussion about prioritization. After all, there a tons of CVEs and dependencies with known vulns. It's important to figure out how to present developers with useful vuln info that doesn't overwhelm them. Francesco Cipollone shares how to redirect that discussion to focus on remediation and how to incorporate LLMs …

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What Happened to Joseph Smedley? Episode One: Blood Moon 39:23

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On the tenth anniversary of Joseph Smedley’s disappearance, we return to Bloomington, Indiana, to re-examine the night it all began. Under the eerie glow of a rare Blood Moon, Joseph left his off-campus house and vanished. Five days later, his body was discovered in Griffy Lake, weighed down by rocks. In this first episode, we hear a never-before-r…

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Live interviews from Oktane 2025: threats, AI in apps, and AI in cybersecurity tools - Brett Winterford, Shiv Ramji, Damon McDougald - ESW #426 1:35:13

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How identity security can keep pace with the evolving threat landscape, with Brett Winterford Today’s threat landscape has never been more complex. Malicious actors are leveraging tools like generative AI to develop more creative social engineering attacks that can have serious ramifications for businesses. Brett Winterford, VP of Okta Threat Intel…

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#613 - Forrest Galante 1:52:22

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Forrest Galante is a wildlife biologist, adventurer, and TV host known for his shows “Animals on Drugs” and “Extinct or Alive”, along with his multiple Shark Week specials. Forrest joins Theo to talk about growing up a bush-kid under political turmoil in Zimbabwe, his multiple near-death experiences in the wild, and how to make an animal “de-extinc…

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Riker's Curse, River City, EDR-Freeze, MCP, WordPress, GitHub, Josh Marpet, and More. - SWN #515 30:49

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Riker's Curse, River City, EDR-Freeze, MCP, WordPress, GitHub, Josh Marpet, and More, on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-515

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Broadcom, LastPass, SEO Poisoning, QR codes, H1B visas, Distributed Computing... - PSW #893 1:03:06

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Broadcom, LastPass, Brickstone, SEO Poisoning, QR codes, H1B visas, Distributed Computing, and More... Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-893

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Addiction, Redemption, and the Power of Music with Wes Geer | #28 1:08:12

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From the chaos of the late ‘90s nu metal scene to the quiet clarity of meditation in Joshua Tree, Wes Geer has lived through extremes most of us only read about. As a founding member of Hed PE and later guitarist for Korn, Wes was immersed in the excess of rock stardom. But his real story begins when it all fell apart. In this episode, Wes opens up…

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Rearchitecting Systems for Privacy as AI Agents Force You to Rethink Security - Guillaume Jaulerry - BSW #414 1:02:20

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As AI and cloud-based services power our connected world, individuals are facing an unprecedented privacy crisis. With more than 2.3 billion people entrusting their data to the cloud and centralized servers, cyberattacks, data breaches, surveillance, identity theft, and privacy threats are now everyday risks. How do we protect against these threats…

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#612 - Pete Davidson 1:26:57

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Pete Davidson is a stand-up comedian and actor from Staten Island, New York. His first international tour kicks off this week in Singapore. Pete joins Theo in NYC to talk about the excitement of becoming a new dad, memories of his own father, and why “Frequency” with Dennis Quaid is one of the best movies ever. -------------------------------------…

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Uhura, Collins, Nimbus Manticore, Sonic Wall, Async Rat, Solar Winds, Aaran Leyland.. - SWN #514 29:42

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Uhura, Collins, Nimbus Manticore, Sonic Wall, Async Rat, Solar Winds, ShadowV2, H1B, Aaran Leyland, and more on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-514

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Design Errors in Entra ID, Design Defenses in iOS, Design Difficulties in DeepSeek - ASW #349 58:43

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In the news, Microsoft encounters a new cascade of avoidable errors with Entra ID, Apple improves iOS with hardware-backed memory safety, DeepSeek demonstrates the difficulty in reviewing models, curl reduces risk by eliminating code, preserving the context of code reviews, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episo…

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Disruption is Coming for the Vulnerability Management Market - Tod Beardsley - ESW #425 1:47:15

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Interview with Tod Beardsley This interview is sponsored by runZero. Legacy vulnerability management (VM) hasn't innovated alongside of attackers, and it shows. Let's talk about the state of VM. Check out https://securityweekly.com/runzero to learn more! Topic Segment: NPM Incidents In this week’s topic segment, we’re discussing all the NPM supply …

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CrowdStrike's AI Innovations in Cyber Defense - SWN #513 37:15

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In this episode of Security Weekly News, Joshua Marpet and Aaran Leyland discuss the latest trends in AI and cybersecurity, focusing on innovations from CrowdStrike, the implications of new cyber incident reporting rules, and the evolving landscape of ransomware. They explore the role of AI in enhancing security measures, the challenges posed by ma…

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#611 - Louis C.K. 2:25:57

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Louis C.K. is a stand-up comedian, filmmaker, and author. His first novel “Ingram” is available now for pre-order. Louis C.K. returns to talk with Theo about the English language, his writing process and being human. Louis C.K.: https://www.instagram.com/louisckx/ Pre-order “Ingram” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ingram-Novel-Louis-C-K/dp/163774…

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Safes, Hackers, and Web Servers - PSW #892 2:12:25

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This week's technical segment is all about the T-Lora Pager from Lilygo, and really cool Meshtastic device that can also be used for some hacking tasks! In the security news: Your safe is not safe Cisco ASA devices are under attack VMScape HybridPetya and UEFI attacks in the wild Eveything is a Linux terminal Hackers turns 30 Hosting websites on di…

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Following the Breadcrumbs of Creativity with Sam Bennett | #27 1:14:03

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What does it mean to live a life led by creativity? In this episode of The Inciting Incident, I sit down with Sam Bennett, author, teacher, actor, and lifelong artist, to explore the pathless path of art, trust, and surrender. From her early years producing kindergarten plays to performing improv alongside future comedy greats, Sam has lived at the…

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Board Priority But Lack of Access & CISO Pressure, 360 Privacy and Pentera Interviews - Chuck Randolph, Tom Pore - BSW #413 1:10:10

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In the leadership and communications segment, Lack of board access: The No. 1 factor for CISO dissatisfaction, Pressure on CISOs to stay silent about security incidents growing, The Secret to Building a High-Performing Team, and more! Jackie McGuire sits down with Chuck Randolph, SVP of Strategic Intelligence & Security at 360 Privacy, for a grippi…