What we can learn from unusual journeys into infosec - Part 1

Welcome to a special edition of the Exploring Information Security podcast, where we dive into the intricacies of cybersecurity with industry veteran Jeff Man! A distinguished figure in cybersecurity Jeff has a wealth of experience that spans over four decades, including his early years at the National Security Agency and extensive work in the private sector. This podcast sponsored by ShowMeCon.

In this engaging episode Jayson E. Street, a renowned cybersecurity expert, joins me to discuss the return of ShowMeCon, the impact of AI in cybersecurity, and innovative strategies for enhancing security and combating threats. Jayson shares his excitement for ShowMeCon, insights on utilizing AI for security enhancements rather than traditional attacks, and offers practical advice for users, executives, and information security professionals. This podcast sponsored by ShowMeCon.

Scott Miller, a fresh voice in the cybersecurity arena, joins me to discuss the intricacies of hacking Azure services. Scott shares his journey from a recent college graduate to becoming a speaker at cybersecurity conferences, along with valuable insights into Azure AD (Active Directory), vulnerabilities within cloud services, and the art of escalation. This episode sponsored by ShowMeCon.

In this captivating episode of the "Exploring Information Security" podcast, cybersecurity expert Paul Coggin discusses the intricate world of threat hunting in SCADA networks and the emerging frontier of space cybersecurity. From the inspiration drawn from Transformers movies to the sophisticated attacks like Stuxnet, Coggin delves deep into how monitoring physical indicators could revolutionize our approach to cybersecurity in both terrestrial and extraterrestrial domains. This podcast is sponsored by ShowMeCon.

Arnar is not a speaker this year at ShowMeCon but he will be in attendance. He doesn’t work in the security field but he’s doing some really advanced stuff with cooling in cloud environments. We get into a little bit of everything around what he’s doing as well as talk about AI. Surprise! This podcast is sponsored by ShowMeCon.

Amanda Berlin is Lead Incident Detection Engineer at Blumira, where she leads the development of new detections for the Blumira platform, based on threat intelligence and research. In this episode I catch up with her to talk about Sysmon and ShowMeCon. Sysmon is such a great tool for getting more information out of your systems. The best part is it’s free. This podcast is sponsored by ShowMeCon.

Veteran conference speaker Johnny Xmas joins me to discuss ShowMeCon and his talk Couch to Compromise the 2024 edition. His talk is an update from previous years which goes over the latest attacks impacting organizations.

Shameer Amir AKA Titan joins me to discuss his upcoming talk on his research into bypassing multifactor authentication (MFA) at the upcoming ShowMeCon conference. In this episode we talk about a variety of different ways of bypassing MFA from human interaction to more technical interactions with the platforms. A lot of what it comes down to is making sure MFA is setup properly.

Micah Hoffman and Griffin Glynn from My OSINT Training join me to talk about the current state of OSINT. Both bring a wealth of knowledge and first meet while working together at the National Child Protection Task Force. They bring a wealth of knowledge and we get into a lot of the ins and outs of OSINT.

Rob Fuller AKA Mubix joins me to talk about security tooling every organization should have. This was a result of a discussion Rob and I were having about Thinkst Canary and RunZero. Two fantastic tools that are low cost, easy implementation, and provide a ton of value to a security team.