Episodes
Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
SOC Talk: Cyber Safety Review Board and the Log4j Report
Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
In today's podcast, we talk about the Cyber Safety Review Board and their report on Log4j.
Also, make sure to check out some of the articles and resources mentioned during this episode:
- DHS Launches First-Ever Cyber Safety Review Board via Homeland Security
- Pentest Stories: Responsible vulnerability disclosure via Heather Terry & Dennis Goodlett
- How to Write a Vulnerability Management Policy by Roxy, Hurricane Labs Director of Compliance
Keep an eye out for our upcoming blog posts about vulnerability management too!
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Teaching and Learning Cybersecurity: Closing the Skills Gap, Part 2
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Heather meets with Tom Kopchak to discuss strategies for organizations should utilize when creating cybersecurity training programs.
In case you missed it, check out the first part of our Teaching and Learning Cybersecurity podcast series. Also, tune in to our related podcast: Addressing the Cybersecurity Skills Gap featuring Heather Terry, Tom Kopchak, Roxy, and Dusty Miller!
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Teaching and Learning Cybersecurity: Closing the Skills Gap, Part 1
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Heather meets with Tom Kopchak to reflect on his recent experiences teaching cybersecurity and on what skills are needed to help bridge the cybersecurity skills gap.
Also, make sure to check out some of our related posts and podcasts:
- Addressing the Cybersecurity Skills Gap podcast featuring Heather Terry, Tom Kopchak, Roxy, and Dusty Miller
- Tom's Tips for Infosec Professionals blog post via Tom Kopchak
- A Guide to Success: 9 Career Tips for Infosec Newbies blog post via Kelsey Clark
- 5 Student Networking Strategies for Security Conferences blog post via Kelsey Clark
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Pentest Perspective: Taking a Look at Social Engineering
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
The Hurricane Labs team shares a few stories about their experiences with social engineering–and ways we can become more resilient to this type of attack.
Also, make sure to check out some of the articles and resources mentioned during this episode:
- Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
- RSA Key Extraction via Low-Bandwidth Acoustic Cryptanalysis
- (Coming May 2!) Blog: How to reduce your organization’s vulnerability to social engineering
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
SOC Talk: Red Teaming for NECCDC
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Two of Hurricane Labs' team members red teamed for the NECCDC in March. They share insight to some of the strategies they used in their role as attackers.
Also, make sure to check out some of the articles and resources mentioned during this episode:
Friday Mar 25, 2022
SOC Talk: The Russia-Ukraine War Follow-up
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Friday Mar 25, 2022
In this follow-up podcast, Heather chats with Hurricane Labs’ Director of Security Operations about further security implications of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Also, make sure to check out some of the articles and resources mentioned during this episode:
- SOC Talk: The Russia-Ukraine Crisis, Part 1
- Statement by President Biden on our Nation's Cybersecurity (Full)
- Act Now to Protect Against Potential Cyberattacks – Security hardening recommendations via the Biden-Harris Administration
- President Signs New Executive Order Chartering Course New Course to Improve the Nation's Cybersecurity and Protect Federal Government Networks
- Backdoors & Breaches via Black Hills Information Security
- Russia Cyber Threat Overview and Advisories via CISA
- How to Run a Security Tabletop Scenario via Hurricane Labs
- Need help with your security? Contact us!
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
SOC Talk: VPNs and Personal Security
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
In today's podcast, our team discusses the value of VPNs–and a home firewall VPN project one of our analysts has set up.
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Preventing, Identifying, and Mitigating DDoS Attacks
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
In this podcast, Heather chats with two members of the Hurricane Labs SOC team about distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks as well as how to identify, prevent, and mitigate these attacks.
Also, make sure to check out some of the articles and resources mentioned during this episode:
Friday Feb 25, 2022
SOC Talk: The Russia-Ukraine Crisis
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
In this special release podcast, Hurricane Labs' Director of Security Operations and our Director of Splunk Operations discuss the security implications of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Also, make sure to check out some of the articles and resources mentioned during this episode:
- CISA Alert (AA22-047A)
- Second Wiper Attack Strikes Systems in Ukraine and Two Neighboring Countries via Kim Zetter, Substack
- Ukraine: Disk-wiping Attacks Precede Russian Invasion via Symantec Enterprise Blogs
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
SOC Talk: Our Favorite Open Source Security Tools
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
In this podcast, Heather chats with the Hurricane Labs' SOC team about their favorite OSINT tools.
Also, make sure to check out some of the articles and resources mentioned during this episode: