Podcast Episodes

The old people episode

Matt, Mitch and Lurene discuss if the internet is better or worse today than it was 20 years ago.  This leads them to discuss their various career paths, with Lurene talking about how she got into vu…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

The Reverberations of Volt Typhoon

Episode 144

You will no doubt have seen the advisories published over the last few weeks concerning Volt Typhoon's malicious activities. In this episode, JJ Cummings joins the crew to discuss the background to t…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

The Reddit Security Diaries

Episode 143

Matt, Mitch and Lurene sit down to discuss “random stuff from Reddit” (don’t be put off – they’re all genuinely interesting security questions!). Topics range from password managers and how password …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Talos Speed Dating (the episode we never set out to make but did anyway)

Episode 142

Mitch, Matt and Lurene were almost about to be in the same physical space at the same time to record an episode, and then Lurene couldn't make it...so we made this instead! Mitch is joined by Azim Kh…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

The TurkeyLurkey Man wants YOU to read the Talos 2023 Year in Review report

Episode 141

We recorded this episode AFTER Thanksgiving, so you'll need to forgive us for the amount of Thanksgiving talk that doesn't actually apply until Thanksgiving 2024. It all evens out in the end because …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Chicken Soup and Contact Centers

Episode 140

It's that time of the quarter again when we sit down to look at what we learned over the past three months. Caitlin Huey from the Talos Threat Interdiction Team joins the show for this special look a…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Who is Jacques Wagon?

Episode 139

This episode of Beers with Talos has a very special guest: Our old friend Nigel Houghton. He's one of the OG BWTers and is back with two-plus years' worth of hot takes to get off his chest. Nigel sta…

Published on 2 years ago

"I'm going to breach you off." "Not if I breach you off first!"

Episode 139

We know we're like two weeks late to the Barbie party, but the whole Beers with Talos crew has seen it now so we had to talk about it. Expect a lot of "Barbie" talk up at the top. After that, though,…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Rachel Tobac on social engineering, expanding opportunities for women in cybersecurity

Episode 138

In this special episode, Matt is flying solo while he interviews Rachel Tobac, the CEO of SocialProof Security. Rachel's company helps individuals and companies keep their data safe by offering vario…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Yarrr! There be mercenaries on the high seas!

Episode 137

The Beers with Talos Crew is back to a team of four this week, with special guest Nick Biasini joining the show to talk about Mercenary Groups and the spyware they're creating. This episode, we talk …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago