TL;DR: Grab your favorite note-taking thing, this week's pod features Julian Brownlow Davies of BugCrowd and it's chock full of things you'll want to look up. We tackle how red teaming and external 3rd party testing fits into a current security strategy, and how finding signal in the noise is just the beginning.

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TL;DR: This week's episode is a special one. I (Rafal) revisit episode 100 with the one and only Dan Geer. Some shows are "in the moment", some are timeless. This show is timeless. Dan's wisdom and insights are as applicable today as they were 12 years ago. Crazy, right? Fun story - I ran into Dan at Black Hat conference a few years ago and asked him what he would say is 'different' since we recorded that episode... his response? "My beard is longer". Solid GOLD.

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TL;DR: On today's pod, Rob Allen of ThreatLocker makes his triumphant return to derail us straight into a conversation about legacy systems and why he's still supporting WindowsXP. Right, you read that right. A great conversation ensued, and I'm glad we were able to record this one. Enjoy.

From us to you, thank you for following along this year, and we wish you a happy new year, and all the best in 2026!

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TL;DR: In part 1 of 2, Gadi Evron joins the show and chats with Jim and Rafal on the topic of the "AI Cataclysm". What does that even mean? Listen in - but it's part to do with how AI is changing the attacker model (level of effort, expertise required, timeline) and what defenders should start to think about. Part 2 is coming soon, standby.

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TL;DR: This week's show features Aaron Costello, and is all about an analog from real-world attacks on humans, applied to AI "agents". I know what you're thinking - computers are supposed to be more difficult to trick, right? Right... no. Attacks such as this where computers try to be "helpful" (just like humans) are probably more common than we'd like to think. Give this a listen, it's a hoot.

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TL;DR: On this episode, it's just Jim and Rafal talking about how sometimes you just need to take a big step back from your day job and touch some grass. Our chosen profession is, demanding, to say the least. So let's take a minute to acknowledge what we're really thinking. Unfiltered, raw, and straight from our heads to your ears, enjoy.

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TL;DR: This week's pod features a conversation with the Jay Jacobs, whom had previously been on the show talking about this very topic (vulnerability ranking/scoring) many, many years ago. If you missed Episode 297 check it out, it's crazy how far (or not) we've come since that conversation.

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TL;DR: John Rafal & Jim as we welcome Dustin Lehr to talk about the state of AppSec and how we got here. We discuss vulnerabilities, accountability, culture, and a host of other things. It's a caffein-fueled episode, so buckle in!

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TL;DR: We heard RSnake's take on CVSS and CVEs and such, now let's hear Brian "Jericho" Martin's take. The gloves are off, and the opinions go native when we take this episode live. Brian doesn't pull any punches, and apparently I'm the only one without a pocket full of $2 bills?

Sorry for the explicit rating, that's Brian's fault.

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TL;DR: Patching. Your least favorite thing. Well, it turns out that most of the work we have been doing in the last 20+ years has been for nothing. Robert "RSnake" Hansen's theory, backed by a lot of data, seems to point to a much bigger problem in cyber, and it's time we talk about it.

Rob's Closing Keynote that started this conversation: https://youtu.be/80ZtAsuC4v4?si=-liUcLX4adz092yP

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