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Threat Talks - Your Gateway to Cybersecurity Insights

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Supply Chain Attacks
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Ddos Attacks
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Bangladesh Bank SWIFT Attack
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Threat Talks is your cybersecurity knowledge hub. Unpack the latest threats and explore industry trends with top experts as they break down the complexities of cyber threats. We make complex cybersecurity topics accessible and engaging for everyone, from IT professionals to every day internet users by providing in-depth and first-hand experiences from leading cybersecurity professionals. Join us f... more

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Latest Episodes

It was built to secure service accounts.

Instead, it became the cleanest privilege-escalation vector of 2025.

They called it Bad Successor (A.K.A. CVE-2025-53779).

A new “secure by design” feature in Windows Server 2025 -DMSA -was supposed to fix s... more

What if your next great cyber defender is a teenager gaming in their bedroom right now?

In this Threat Talks episode, Lieuwe Jan Koning and former FBI Supervisory Special Agent William McKean (founder of The Redirect Project) explore how young digit... more

The world’s biggest open-source ecosystem - npm - faced its first self-spreading worm.

They called it Shai Hulud.

It didn’t just infect one package. It infected developers themselves.

When a maintainer got phished, the worm harvested credentials, ... more

You were promised safe SaaS - but got silent data loss.

In Inside the Salesloft Breach, Rob Maas and Luca Cipriano expose how trusted integrations became the attack vector.

They trace how vishing calls, trojanized Salesforce tools, and GitHub-to-AWS... more

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Recent Guests

William McKeen
Former FBI supervisory special agent and founder of The re_direct Project
Episode: From Hacker to Hero
Ernst Noorman
Ambassador at Large for Cyber Affairs for the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Episode: The Secret Diplomats Fighting Cyber Wars
Professor Bart Jacobs
Professor of Computer Security, Privacy, and Identity at Radboud University of Nijmegen
Radboud University
Episode: Resilience Over Fragmentation: The Risk You Can’t Ignore
Andy Grotto
Founder and Director of the Program for Geopolitics, Technology, Governance at Stanford University
Stanford University
Episode: Agentic AI: Hype, Hope, or Real Risk?
Davis Hake
Cybersecurity and technology expert at Venable
Venable
Episode: Agentic AI: Hype, Hope, or Real Risk?
Lisa Hill
Director of Investor Relations at Shield Capital
Shield Capital
Episode: Cybersecurity Without Borders
Chris Painter
Nation's first Cyber Ambassador
Cyber Policy Group
Episode: Cybersecurity Without Borders
Lieuwe Koning
CTO and co-founder of On2It Cybersecurity
On2It Cybersecurity
Episode: Cybersecurity Without Borders
Peter Brown
Former EU official and diplomat
Episode: Cybersecurity Without Borders

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Rob Maas
Field CTO at ON2IT, with expertise in cybersecurity practices and Zero Trust architectures.
Lieuwe Jan Koning
Host of Threat Talks, known for insights on Zero Trust strategies and cybersecurity best practices.

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From Hacker to Hero
Q: What can organizations do to help?
Organizations can collaborate with projects like The re_direct Project to find and nurture young talent in cybersecurity while providing education and resources.
From Hacker to Hero
Q: Can you give us a few examples of things you've encountered in your career?
William discussed various incidents involving young hackers, including a 17-year-old who hacked Twitter and a 15-year-old who attempted to hack into the Italian Ministry of Education.
From Hacker to Hero
Q: Can you tell us a little bit, what was your job?
William McKeen shared that he worked for 15 years in the FBI, mostly in the cyber division focusing on financially motivated cybercrime.
From Stealth to Wipers: Inside Russia’s APT 44 AKA Seashell Blizzard | The Cybersecurity Podcast
Q: What is the main goal of Seashell Blizzard in their attacks?
The main objectives involve either exfiltrating data or deploying wiper software to cause disruption and damage.
From Stealth to Wipers: Inside Russia’s APT 44 AKA Seashell Blizzard | The Cybersecurity Podcast
Q: What are the common tactics used by Seashell Blizzard to gain access to networks?
They typically use stealthy initial access methods, focusing on exploiting vulnerable edge devices rather than traditional phishing attacks.

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This series focuses on cybersecurity, emphasizing the ever-evolving nature of cyber threats and strategies to mitigate them. Episodes feature discussions on a range of topics including artificial intelligence's impact on cybersecurity, Zero Trust architectures, data privacy, and advanced persistent threats. With a variety of expert guests from different sectors, the content is geared towards making complex cybersecurity concepts accessible to a broader audience, from IT professionals to general listeners. Noteworthy elements include deep dives into pressing cybersecurity incidents and trends, a unique perspective on the intersection of technology and governance, and practical insights for organizations navigating this critical landscape.

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2. Ernst Noorman
3. Professor Bart Jacobs
4. Andy Grotto
5. Davis Hake
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7. Chris Painter
8. Lieuwe Koning

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