Best Project Salt Run Podcasts (2025)

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18 Weeks to Go: On the Trail, Teamwork, Ticks and Tough Miles on the C2C 30:11

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Send us a text This one’s straight from the field. We’re on location in the UK, following Hannah as she takes on the Coast to Coast trail, a brutal seven day back-to-back run with one rest day in the middle. This is more than just a test of endurance. It’s a full-team trial run ahead of her 100-marathon mission across India and Pakistan. In this ep…

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Risky Business #796 -- With special guest co-host Chris Krebs 1:01:04

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau are joined by special guest Chris Krebs to discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They talk through: Israeli “hacktivists” take out an Iranian state-owned bank Scattered-spider and friends pivot into attacking insurers Securing identities in a cloud-first world keeps us awake at night Microsoft take…

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Soap Box: AI has entered the SOC, and it ain't going anywhere 30:58

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In this sponsored Soap Box edition of the Risky Business podcast Patrick Gray chats with Dropzone AI founder Ed Wu about the role of LLMs in the SOC. The debate about whether AI agents are going to wind up in the SOC is over, they’ve already arrived. But what are they good for? What are they NOT good for? And where else will we see AI popping up in…

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19 Weeks to Go: Blisters, Bandages & Barefoot Truths with Alex Fowler 52:06

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Send us a text Feet take a beating, especially when you're running 100 marathons in 100 days. In this episode, Hannah and Joel chat with podiatrist and endurance-running ally Alex Fowler, who’s on a mission to keep Hannah moving safely and comfortably throughout Project Salt Run. From injury prevention to smart sock swaps, Alex shares how he’s prep…

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Risky Business #795 -- How The Com is hacking Salesforce tenants 1:07:34

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: New York Times gets a little stolen Russian FSB data as a treat iVerify spots possible evidence of iOS exploitation against the Harris-Walz campaign Researcher figures out a trick to get Google account holders’ full names and phone numbers Major US food distrib…

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20 Weeks to Go: 1% That Changes Everything with Kate Williams 1:21:20

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Send us a text In this episode, we sit down with Kate Williams, CEO of 1% for the Planet, a global movement helping businesses and individuals give back to the Earth. She’s smart, steady, and has found a way to turn ambition into action — leading a network that’s reimagining what giving back really looks like. We chat about how 1% for the Planet wo…

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Risky Business #794 -- Psychic Panda outgunned by Fluffy Lizard and UNC56728242 58:22

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: Cyber firms agree to deconflict and cross-reference hacker group names Russian nuclear facility blueprints gathered from public procurement websites Someone audio deepfaked the White House Chief of Staff, but for the dumbest reasons Germany identifies the Trick…

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21 Weeks to Go: The Man Filming the Madness, Michael Shaw 1:02:13

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Send us a text This week, we’re finally introducing the man behind the lens Michael Shaw. He’s the lead filmmaker capturing the chaos of Project Salt Run. From serendipitous meetings to joining the team just as everything kicked off, Michael shares how he got involved, why this story matters, and what it really means to shoot a 100-day adventure ac…

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Risky Business #793 -- Scattered Spider is hijacking MX records 1:04:52

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In this week’s edition of Risky Business Dmitri Alperovitch and Adam Boileau join Patrick Gray to talk through the week’s news, including: EXCLUSIVE: A Scattered Spider-style crew is hijacking DNS MX entries and compromising enterprises within minutes The SVG format brings the all horrors of HTML+JS to image files, and attackers have noticed Brian …

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22 Weeks to Go: Finding the Thread, Hannah’s Family Roots in India 31:52

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Send us a text This week, we’re going personal. Hannah dives into her family history and shares how her connection to India has shaped the vision behind Project Salt Run. From Anglo-Indian roots to uncovering relatives tied to the Taj Mahal, it’s a ride through ancestry, identity, and colonial legacy. If you’re nosy or just love a good story, this …

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Risky Business #792 -- Beware, Coinbase users. Crypto thieves are taking fingers now 53:01

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: TeleMessage memory dumps show up on DDoSecrets Coinbase contractor bribed to hand over user data Telegram does seem to be actually cooperating with law enforcement Britain’s legal aid service gets 15 years worth of applicant data stolen Shocking no one, Ivanti …

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Risky Biz Soap Box: Push Security's browser-first twist on identity security 34:24

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In this wholly sponsored Soap Box edition of the show, Patrick Gray chats with Adam Bateman and Luke Jennings from Push Security. Push has built an identity security platform that collects identity information and events from your users’ browsers. It can detect phish kits and shut down phishing attempts, protect SSO credentials, and find shadow/per…

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23 Weeks to Go: Coast to Coast: Seven Marathons, One Team, and the Ultimate UK Test 45:24

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Send us a text What happens when you take on 7 marathons in 7 days with barely one under your belt? Join Hannah Cox and Joel as they run, stumble, and laugh their way across 300km of wild British terrain on the iconic Coast to Coast route. Van life, foot tape, team dynamics, and total exhaustion this so-called training run turned into something muc…

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Risky Business #791 -- Woof! Copilot for Sharepoint coughs up creds and keys 57:52

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: Struggling to find that pesky passwords.xlsx in Sharepoint? Copilot has your back! The ransomware ecosystem is finding life a bit tough lately SAP Netweaver bug being used by Chinese APT crew Academics keep just keep finding CPU side-channel attacks And of cour…

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Wide World of Cyber: How state adversaries attack security vendors 52:42

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In this edition of the Wide World of Cyber podcast Patrick Gray talks to SentinelOne’s Steve Stone and Alex Stamos about how foreign adversaries are targeting security vendors, including them. From North Korean IT workers to Chinese supply chain attacks, SentinelOne and its competitors are constantly fending off sophisticated hacking campaigns. Thi…

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24 Weeks to Go: Blisters, Boulders & the Peak Divide 36:48

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Send us a text In this episode, Hannah and Joel look back on her recent training run along the Peak Divide. Two days of running, camping, and figuring things out on the move. They unpack what it taught her about pacing, pressure, and just enjoying the process! We’re currently raising money to make this expedition possible. EVERY Pound raised on Cro…

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Risky Business #790 -- Bye bye Signal-gate, hello TeleMessage-gate 56:12

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: White House’s off-brand Israeli Signal fork logs cleartext messages with hard coded creds while getting hacked (twice). Just … Wow. Ransomware attacks on UK retailers are linked, and Marks & Spencer has it extra bad After six years dormant, a Magento eCommerce …

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BONUS INTERVIEW: Senator Mark Warner on Signalgate, Volt Typhoon and tariffs 49:44

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In this extended interview the Vice Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senator Mark Warner, joins Risky Business host Patrick Gray to talk about: The latest developments in the Signalgate scandal Why America needs to be more aggressive in responding to Volt Typhoon How tariffs are affecting American alliances Why the Five Eyes al…

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25 Weeks to Go: Privilege, and the Problem With Being “First” 34:40

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Send us a text This week, Hannah and Joel dive headfirst into the messy, often uncomfortable conversation about privilege, purpose, and what it really means to run across a country that’s not your own. They talk openly about the backlash other adventurers have faced, the complexity of Hannah’s family history in India, and how she's still figuring o…

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Risky Business #789 -- Apple's AirPlay vulns are surprisingly awful 1:02:31

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: British retail stalwart Marks & Spencer gets cybered South Korean telco sets out to replace all its subscriber SIMs after (we assume) it lost the keymat It’s a good exploit week! Bugs in Apple Airplay, SAP webservers, Erlang SSH and CommVault backups Juice jack…

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Snake Oilers: LimaCharlie, Honeywell Cyber Insights, CobaltStrike and Outflank 38:50

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In this edition of the Snake Oilers podcast, three sponsors come along to pitch their products: LimaCharlie: A public cloud for SecOps Honeywell Cyber Insights: An OT security/discovery solution Fortra’s CobaltStrike and Outflank: Security tooling for red teamers This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes…

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26 Weeks to Go: Running, Recovery, & the Reality Check 45:44

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Send us a text In this episode of Project Salt Run, Joel and Hannah sit down with running coach Nina Davis to take a no-holds-barred look at what training for a 100-day ultra marathon really looks like. Together, they unpack how far Hannah’s come — from a self-described non-runner to someone clocking 30+ kilometer weekends — and what’s made that po…

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27 Weeks to Go: Donuts, Despair & Doing Our Bit for the Planet 47:05

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Send us a text In this episode, Hannah and Joel dig into the wild emotional rollercoaster of climate action, and chat about how their both just trying to figure it out as they go. Discussing doubt, donuts, sweaty run clubs, and what it means to be an eco warrior in a world that often feels like it’s working against you. Hannah shares how she went f…

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Snake Oilers: Pangea, Cosive and Sysdig 47:45

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In this edition of Snake Oilers three vendors pitch host Patrick Gray on their tech: Pangea: Guardrails and security for AI agents and applications (https://pangea.cloud) Worried about your AI apps going rogue, being mean to your customers or even disclosing sensitive information? Pangea exists to address these risks. Fascinating stuff. Cosive: A t…

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Risky Business #788 -- Trump targets Chris Krebs, SentinelOne 53:35

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray talks to former NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce about Donald Trump’s unprecedented, unwarranted and completely bonkers political persecution of Chris Krebs and his employer SentinelOne. They also talk through the week’s cybersecurity news, covering: Mitre’s stewardship of the CVE database gets its funding DOGE’…

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28 Weeks to Go: Cape Town to London: Deo Kato’s Epic Run for Justice and Migration 1:06:16

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Send us a text In this episode, we sit down with the extraordinary Deo Kato, a trail runner, activist, and campaigner, who recently completed an awe-inspiring 8,230-mile run from Cape Town to London. Over 518 days, Deo crossed 20 countries, endured countless challenges from visa issues to physical exhaustion and even imprisonment in South Sudan. Hi…

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Wide World of Cyber: How the Trump admin is changing the cybersecurity landscape 43:29

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In this podcast, Patrick Gray chats with SentinelOne’s Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos about the huge changes afoot in the United States government and what they mean for the threat environment. From the director of NSA being fired to massive job cuts at CISA and huge foreign policy shifts, tomorrow’s threat environment is going to be very different to…

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Risky Business #787 -- Trump fires NSA director, CISA cuts inbound 53:01

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: Oracle quietly cops to being hacked, but immediately pivots into pretending it didn’t matter NSA and CyberCom leaders fired for not being MAGA enough US Treasury had some dusty corners it hadn’t found China in yet, looked, found China in them …which is a great …

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29 Weeks to Go: Hannahs Mental: Mental Fortitude & Running Through the Chaos 41:06

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Send us a text What does it take to push through the hardest days when your body and mind are screaming to quit? In this candid episode of Project Salt Run, Hannah Cox and Joel Chevaillier dive deep into the mental game of endurance running and life’s relentless challenges. From training for a run across India while juggling two businesses to navig…

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Risky Business #786 -- Oracle is lying 55:14

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: Yes, Oracle Health and Oracle Cloud did get hacked The fallout from Signalgate continues North Korean IT workers pivot to Europe Honeypot data suggests a storm is brewing for Palo Alto VPNs Canadian Anon gets arrested for hacking Texas GOP This week’s episode i…

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30 Weeks to Go: Running the World: An Epic Journey with Nick Butter 55:44

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Send us a text Join us as we sit down with Nick Butter, the incredible athlete who has run a marathon in every country in the world. From his humble beginnings in Dorset to his record-breaking adventures, Nick shares his inspiring story of adventure, resilience, and the power of perseverance. Dive into the challenges, triumphs, and lessons learned …

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Soap Box: Knocknoc glues your SSO to your firewalls for Just-in-Time network access 30:46

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In this Soap Box edition of Risky Business host Patrick Gray talks to Knocknoc CEO Adam Pointon about how to easily rein in attack surface by glueing your single sign-on service to your network controls. Do your Palo Alto and Fortinet devices really need to be discoverable by ransomware crews? Does your file transfer appliance need to be open to th…

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Risky Business #785 -- Signal-gate is actually as bad as it looks 59:05

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: Yes, the Trump admin really did just add a journo to their Yemen-attack-planning Signal group The Github actions hack is smaller than we thought, but was targeting crypto Remote code exec in Kubernetes, ouch Oracle denies its cloud got owned, but that sure does…

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31 Weeks to Go: The Women Who Took on an Empire (And Won!) 30:42

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Send us a text Did you know that one of the most powerful protests in history was led by women? This episode dives into the untold stories of the women behind Gandhi’s Salt March a 240-mile act of defiance against British rule that changed the course of history. From Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, who called out Gandhi himself, to the fearless women who…

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Risky Business #784 -- GitHub supply chain attack steals secrets from 23k projects 56:58

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: Github Actions supply chain attack loots keys and secrets from 23k projects Why a VC fund now owns a minority stake in Risky Business Media (!?!?) China doxes Taiwanese military hackers Microsoft thinks .lnk file whitespace trick isn’t worth patching but APTs s…

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32 Weeks to Go: Running the Impossible, Nikki Love on Ultra-Endurance and the Power of Mindset 1:19:50

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Send us a text In this episode of Project Salt Run, we sit down with ultra-runner and endurance adventurer Nikki Love, whose extraordinary feats include running across Australia and tackling some of the world’s toughest multi-day endurance challenges. Nikki shares how she went from an everyday runner to pushing the limits of human endurance, the me…

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Risky Business #783 -- Evil webcam ransomwares entire Windows network 1:03:40

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news with special guest Rob Joyce, a Former Special Assistant to the US President and Director of Cybersecurity for NSA. They talk through: A realistic bluetooth-proximity phishing attack against Passkeys A very patient ransomware actor encrypts an entire enterprise …

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33 Weeks to Go: Dyslexia, Dinosaurs, and Driving Around the World: A Totally Unexpected Recipe for Success 50:49

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Send us a text Is there a secret formula for a life of adventure? Our guest, Becca, might have cracked the code. We explore how a passion for art, a love of natural history museums, and a life-changing diagnosis of dyslexia led her to drive around the world in a 75-pound car and become a travel writer and filmmaker. Get ready for a surprising conve…

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Risky Business #782 -- Are the USA and Russia cyber friends now? 50:12

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: Did the US decide to stop caring about Russian cyber, or not? Adam stans hard for North Korea’s massive ByBit crypto-theft Cellebrite firing Serbia is an example of the system working Starlink keeps scam compounds in Myanmar running Biggest DDoS botnet yet push…

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34 Weeks to Go: Great Hedge of India (Book) 45:35

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Send us a text Can one book change everything? For Hannah, it did! Join her and Joel as they uncover the bizarre story of the Great Hedge of India, a 4,000km barrier built for a salt tax! Now, they're retracing its steps, armed with a few old maps & alot of hope. Learn about the lost history, the challenges of mapping a forgotten route, and how you…

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Risky Business #781 -- How Bybit oopsied $1.4bn 1:02:40

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: North Korea pulls off a 1.5 billion dollar crypto heist Apple pulls Advanced Data Protection from the UK Black Basta ransomware gang’s internal chats leak Russians snoop on Signal with QR codes And Myanmar ships thousands of freed scam compound workers to Thail…

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Wide World of Cyber: DeepSeek lobs an AI hand grenade 41:02

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In this episode of the Wide World of Cyber podcast Risky Business host Patrick Gray chats with SentinelOne’s Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos about AI, DeepSeek, and regulation. From its bad transport security to its Chinese ownership and the economic implications of China “entering the chat”, everyone’s freaking out over this new model. But should they…

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35 Weeks to Go: An American who loves buses walks into a bar in Amsterdam. His life changed forever. 50:10

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Send us a text Today we deep dive into your Co-Host on the PSR podcast Joel Chevaillier (FRGS) as he explains just how he got here and his unhealthy obsession with buses. A whistle stop tour into how meeting a Portuguese guy in Amsterdam changed his life, he travelled around the world with Global Convoy, got a travel documentary on Amazon Prime, tr…

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Risky Business #780 -- ASD torched Zservers data while admins were drunk 1:00:35

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Australian spooks scrubbed Medibank data off Zservers bulletproof hosting Why device code phishing is the latest trick in confusing poor users about cloud authentication Cloudflare gets blocked in Spain, but only on weekends and because of… football?…

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Risky Biz Soap Box: Run your own open source IDP with Authentik 38:02

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In this SoapBox edition of the show Patrick Gray chats to Fletcher Heisler, the CEO of open-source identity provider Authentik. The whole idea of Authentik is you can take control of an essential IT and security function: identity. Because Authentik is open source it’s extremely flexible, and if you’re running it yourself, you get to decide where y…

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36 Weeks To Go: The Truth about how we’re funding Project Salt Run 41:28

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Send us a text Ever wondered how those epic adventure expeditions really get funded? Hannah and Joel pull back the curtain on Project Salt Run's financial journey, revealing the grit, the gambles, and the ramen-fueled determination it takes to chase a world-changing goal. Hannah reveals she is NOT a secret millionaire, won't be climbing Everest any…

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Risky Business #779 -- DOGE staffer linked to The Com 58:48

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Musk’s DOGE kid has a history with The Com Paragon fires Italy as a spyware customer Thailand cuts power to scam compounds… … and arrests Phobos/8Base Russian cybercrims The CyberCX DFIR report shows non-U2F MFA is well and truly over And much, much …

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37 Weeks to Go: How NOT to quit! Meet Dan Beaumont: The Ultra Runner Driving Project Salt Run 38:34

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Send us a text In this episode of Project Salt Run, we sit down with Dan Beaumont, the man supporting this ambitious journey. Dan shares his ultra running story, what drives him to push beyond the limits, and his role in making Project Salt Run a reality. From endurance mindset to logistical challenges, get an inside look at what it takes to suppor…

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Risky Business #778 -- Musk's child soldiers seize control of FedGov IT systems 56:28

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: DeepSeek leaves an unauthed database on the internet Russia hacked UK prime minister’s personal mail Australia sanctions a Telegram group… which is more sensible than it sounds Medical device backdoor turns out to be just poorly thought out upgrade f…

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38 Weeks to Go: Ultrarunning Coach Nina Davies shares advice on training, endurance mindset and how to be a Green Runner 46:20

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Send us a text Today, we’re joined by Nina Davies, Hannah’s coach and a truly inspiring figure. As the co-founder of The Green Runners, a passionate running community advocating for a healthier planet. Nina brings a wealth of experience and motivation to the table. Her mission? To guide Hannah on the incredible journey from zero training to running…