Podcast Episodes

Inside the attack chain: A new methodology for tracking compartmentalized threats

Edmund Brumaghin joins Hazel to discuss how threat actors (including state sponsored attackers), are increasingly compartmentalizing their attacks i.…

1 year, 4 months ago

Follow the motive: Rethinking defense against Initial Access Groups

In this episode, Hazel welcomes Talos researcher Ashley Shen to discuss the evolution of initial access brokers (IABs) and the importance of distingu…

1 year, 4 months ago

Year in Review special pt. 4: How AI is influencing the threat landscape?

A jam packed episode of guests means a slightly longer Talos Takes for your feed today! We welcome Amy Chang and Omar Santos from Cisco, Vitor Ventur…

1 year, 5 months ago

Year in Review special part 3: Identity and MFA attacks

Steven Leung from Cisco Duo joins Hazel to discuss the prevalence of identity-based attacks, why they're happening, and the various methods attackers…

1 year, 5 months ago

Year in Review special part 2: The biggest ransomware trends

Azim Khodjibaev and Lexi DiScola join Hazel to discuss some of the most prolific ransomware groups (and why LockBit may end this year very differentl…

1 year, 5 months ago

Year in Review special part 1: vulnerabilities, email threats, and adversary tooling

Talos researchers Martin Lee and Thorsten Rosendahl join Hazel for the first of our dedicated episodes on the top findings from Talos' 2024 Year in R…

1 year, 5 months ago

A blueprint for protecting major events

Have you ever wondered what it takes to put on a major event like a World Cup or the Olympics, and all the cybersecurity and threat intelligence that…

1 year, 7 months ago

Why attackers are using hidden text salting to evade email filters

In this episode Hazel chats with Omid Mirzaei, a security research lead in the email threat research team at Cisco Talos. 

Omid and several Talos team…

1 year, 7 months ago

How to establish a threat intelligence program (Cisco Live EMEA preview)

It's an European takeover this week, as Hazel sits down with Talos EMEA threat researchers Martin Lee and Thorsten Rosendahl. They're heading to Cisc…

1 year, 8 months ago

Web shell frenzies, the first appearance of Interlock, and why hackers have the worst cybersecurity: IR Trends Q4 2024

Joe Marshall and Craig Jackson join Hazel to discuss the biggest takeaways from Cisco Talos Incident Response's latest Quarterly Trends report. This …

1 year, 8 months ago