(00:00) Intro

(02:24) Exploding pagers: are psychological attacks worse than breaches?

(20:21) Are credit card breaches still a concern in 2024?

(24:57) Infostealer delivered through GitHub Issues: how are trustworthy services being abused?

(31:45) Founder mode: when is it time to switch from "founder mode" to "manager mode?"

(44:02) Is open-source more secure than closed-source?

Stories and books mentioned:

• “Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, say sources” - https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-planted-explosives-hezbollahs-taiwan-made-pagers-say-sources-2024-09-18/
• Darkwire, by Joseph Cox - https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/?lens=publicaffairs
• Kingpin, by Kevin Poulsen - https://www.kingpin.cc/
• “Clever 'GitHub Scanner' campaign abusing repos to push malware” - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clever-github-scanner-campaign-abusing-repos-to-push-malware/
• “Founder Mode” - https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html
• “On Pioneers, Settlers, Town Planners and Theft” - https://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/03/on-pioneers-settlers-town-planners-and.html

Hosts:

• Jerry Perullo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perullo/
• Mario Duarte: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-duarte-7855237/
• Sounil Yu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sounil/