Security Weekly Podcast Network (Video)

Not all infosec advice is helpful. Bad advice wastes time, makes people less secure, and takes focus away from making software more secure. Bob Lord talks about his efforts to tamp down hacklore -- the security myths and mistakes that crop up in news stories and advice to users. He talks about how these myths come about, why they're harmful, and how they're related to the necessity of building software that's secure by design.

Segment Resources:

• https://www.hacklore.org/

• https://medium.com/@boblord/lets-stop-hacklore-d5c86a0fdad8

• https://www.cisa.gov/securebydesign

• https://medium.com/@boblord/recurring-classes-of-software-weaknesses-2007-vs-2025-c2cd56125e1a

• https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/report/a-method-to-assess-forgivable-vs-unforgivable-vulnerabilities

• https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/nut-behind-wheel/

• https://timharford.com/2022/05/cautionary-tales-short-a-screw-loose-at-17000ft/

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-365

Every year, I like to sit down and consider what the podcast should be focusing on. Not doing so ensures every single episode will be about AI and nobody wants that. Least of all, me. If I have one more all-AI episode, my head is going to explode.

With that said, most of what we talk about in this segment is AI (picard face palm.png). I think 2026 will be THE defining year for GenAI. Three years after the release of ChatGPT, I think we've hit peak GenAI hype and folks are ready for it to put up or shut up. We'll see winners grow and get acquired and losers pivot to something else. More than anything, I want to interview folks who have actually seen it work at scale, rather than just in a cool demo in a vendor sandbox.

Also on the agenda for this year:

• The battle against infostealers and session hijacking: we didn't have a good answer in 2025. When is it coming? Will it include Macs, despite them not having a traditional TPM?
• The state of trust in outsourcing and third party use (Cloud, MSSPs, SaaS, contractors): 2025 was not a good year for third parties. Lots of them got breached and caused their customers a lot of pain. Also, there's the state of balkanization between the US and... the rest of the entire world. Everyone outside the US seems to be trying to derisk their companies and systems from the Cloud Act right now.
• Vulnerability management market disruption: there are half a dozen startups already plotting to disrupt the market, likely to come out of stealth in 2026
• Future of the SOC: if it's not AI, what is it?
• What else???

What am I missing? What would you like to see us discuss? Please drop me a line and let me know: [email protected]

This topic has been in the works for a while! Ayman had a whole podcast and book focused on all the paths people take to get into security. Jackie worked with WiSys on outlining pathways into a cybersecurity career.

Whether you're already in cyber or looking for a way in, this segment crams a lot of great advice into just 15-20 minutes.

Segment resources:

• Ayman's personal guide for getting into security
• https://www.wicys.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/WiCyS-Pathways-in-Cyber-PDF-9.24.25.pdf

Finally, in the enterprise security news,

1. Fundings and acquisitions still strong in 2026!
2. Santa might be done delivering gifts, but not protecting Macs!
3. ClickFix attacks
4. Weaponized Raspberry Pis
5. MongoDB incidents for Christmas
6. Top 10 Cyber attacks of 2025
7. US gets tough on nation state hackers?
8. Brute force attacks on Banks
9. An AI Vending Machine

All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-441

Grok Nudification, Spying, Ni8mare, Cisco, Chat-GPT, Chrome, SaaS, CES, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-545

This week in the security news:

• Supply chain attacks and XSS
• PS5 leaked keys
• Claude tips for security pros
• No Flipper Zeros allowed, or Raspberry PIs for that matter
• Kimwolf and your local network
• Linux is good now
• Removing unremovable apps without root
• Detecting lag catches infiltrators
• Defending your KVM
• Fixing some of the oldest code
• Deleting websites live on stage in costume
• It was a honeypot
• FCC is letting telecoms off easy
• Don't buy a Haribo power bank
• Ransomeware scum
• Fortinet vulns
• CISA warns about NVRs
• Patching MongoDB

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-908

Cyber threats and cyber criminals indiscriminately target the old as well as young regardless of race, creed or origin. Teens and young adults must realize that on the Internet nobody knows you're a rat. How do we keep kids and young adults safe in an era of AI-driven attacks?

Tom Arnold, Adjunct Professor, Digital Evidence & Forensics, Cybersecurity Graduate Program at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss his new book: The Digital Detective: First Intervention. We examine how technologies like deepfakes, voice cloning, and hyper-personalized scams are being used to target younger audiences, and what parents, educators, communities, and CISOs can do to build awareness, resilience, and smart digital habits.

Learn how today's highly organized operations, powered by automation and advanced AI, power the bad actors' tools, techniques, and procedures—making them more effective than ever. Understanding the past helps us prepare for the future—and protect the next generation online, including our employees.

Segment Resources:

• https://www.idigitaldetective.com/blog
• https://www.idigitaldetective.com/
• https://www.unlv.edu/degree/ms-cybersecurity

In the leadership and communications segment, Executives say cybersecurity has outgrown the IT department, The Most Dangerous Leadership Mistake Isn't a Wrong Answer. It's a Wrong Question, Building cyber talent through competition, residency, and real-world immersion, and more!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-429

Pornhub Redux, Enki, Grok, BSODs, NORDVPN, Kimwolf, Privacy in Rhode Island, Aaran Leyland, and More, on the Security Weekly News.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-544

Developers are adding LLMs to their code creation toolboxes, using them to assist with writing and reviewing code. Chris Wysopal talks about the security downsides of relying on LLMs and how appsec needs to adapt to dealing with more code at a faster pace.

Resources

• https://www.veracode.com/blog/genai-code-security-report/

• https://www.veracode.com/blog/ai-code-security-october-update/

• https://www.veracode.com/resources/analyst-reports/2025-genai-code-security-report/

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-364

For our first episode of the new year, we thought it would be appropriate to dig into some cybersecurity predictions.

First, we cover the very nature of predictions and why they're often so bad. To understand this, we get into logical fallacies and cognitive biases.

In the next segment, we cover some 2025 predictions we found on the Internet.

In the final segment, we discuss 2026, drop some of our own predictions, and talk about what we hope to see this year.

SPOILER: Please fix session hijacking, okay tech industry?

Segment resources:

• A great site for better understanding logical fallacies and cognitive biases

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-440

Cloud breaches don't always start in the cloud, but they do end there. To defeat an attacker you need to understand their mission target along with the access points available to them, regardless of whether they reside within or beyond the cloud. SentinelOne is purpose-built to stop attacks wherever they originate - from within and beyond the cloud. This year's OneCon aims to showcase exactly how Singularity Cloud Security can be applied to each stage of a cloud attack - from buildtime to runtime. You'll hear about the latest innovations for the Singularity Cloud Security product during our General Session. Immediately following, our packed Cloud Security Breakout session agenda will showcase how to put these capabilities into practice. You'll also hear more about our partnership with AWS and how we are advancing cloud security with Purple AI Support for AWS CloudTrail and Singularity Hyperautomation for AWS Security Incident Response.

Live from SentinelOneCon 2025, join us for an in-depth conversation on today's rapidly shifting threat landscape. We'll explore what SentinelOne is seeing across global attack surfaces, how geopolitical tensions are shaping cyber activity, and the latest trends in threat actor behavior. Don't miss this opportunity to gain expert insight into the forces driving today's most critical cybersecurity challenges.

This interview is sponsored by SentinelOne. Visit https://securityweekly.com/onecon to learn more about them!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-543

Our field is booming! Cybersecurity jobs are projected to grow 33 percent through 2033, far outpacing the average 4 percent growth across all jobs. (And yes, those stats could be made up, but they sound nice, eh?) Yet newcomers often feel paralyzed by where to start. The truth? There's no single "right path," but there are proven strategies that work. The field needs people at all levels, and you don't need a four-year degree to break in. We'll discuss all the details, including a list of projects for beginners in Cybersecurity, plus plenty of non-technical suggestions!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-907