Stories from the Power Grid

Stories from the Power Grid

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The Guy Who Invented Pain (plus first reactions to PHP2Shell)

David Bianco built the Pyramid of Pain, so we offered him some more. David joins the crew for a conversation how AI changes about his famous model, how EvidenceForge creates simulated incidents for research and training, and why his red-team entrance exam didn’t go to plan. First ...  Show more

You've Got to Lurk Before you Smirk

How do you get under a cybercriminal’s skin? Sometimes you expose their operations. Sometimes you make every step through a network painfully slow. And sometimes, if you’re Azim, you join a dark web forum where they’re insulting you, and help them do it.Azim and Nick join Hazel a ...  Show more

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